Family of man killed by off-duty LAPD officer in Costco shooting files lawsuit

LOS ANGELES - The family of an intellectually disabled man who was shot and killed by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer inside a Costco in Corona filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the officer and the city of Los Angeles.

Kenneth French, 32, died in the June 14 shooting; his parents, Russell and Paola French, were seriously injured.

"Our lives will never be the same and the holidays are completely empty without Kenneth," the parents said in a statement. "Our family has been terrorized in too many ways. We are still fighting for our health and will not stop fighting for justice."

Prosecutors declined to charge Officer Salvador Sanchez, a veteran of the LAPD's Southwest Division.