The Los Angeles Police Department has placed an off-duty officer who allegedly shot and killed a man and injured two members of his family inside a Costco store on administrative leave.
The officer was identified as Salvador Sanchez of the LAPD's Southwest Division, the department announced Wednesday.
Sanchez shot at the family after an argument ensued at the Costco in Corona on Friday night, a Corona Police spokesperson said at a press conference.
Police said Sanchez was assaulted "without provocation" by a 32-year-old man while he was holding his young child. The officer allegedly then opened fire and struck the man, identified as Riverside resident Kenneth French, and his parents.