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    LAPD officer fired bullet that killed Trader Joe's employee during standoff, chief says

    by Joseph Serna and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Jul 24, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Department announced Tuesday that one of its officers fired the bullet that struck and killed a Trader Joe's employee in the frantic moments they exchanged gunfire with a suspect in an attempted murder case over the weekend.

    "On behalf of myself and the rest of the department, I want to express my deepest condolences and sympathy to her family and everyone that knew her," Chief Michel Moore said of the store manager, Melyda Corado, 27. "I know that it's every officer's worst nightmare to hurt an innocent bystander during a violent engagement. I spoke with the officers this morning - they're devastated. They were devastated in the immediate aftermath of this event."

    Moore said that the officer

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