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Family of teen girl killed in California store sues LAPD, officer who fired

A picture of Valentina Orellana-Peralta at the news conference on Dec. 28, 2021, memorialized the 14- year-old killed by a stray bullet fired by a Los Angeles Police Department officer at a North Hollywood clothing store.

LOS ANGELES — The parents of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, the 14-year-old girl accidentally killed in a Los Angeles police shooting in December, have filed a lawsuit against the city and the officer who fired the fatal shot.

Soledad Peralta and Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas allege that the LAPD failed to "adequately train and supervise" the officers who

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