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Valentina Orellana-Peralta
Age : 14
Gender : Female
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 08/26/2021
Location : Burlington store
City : North Hollywood
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : Los Angeles Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Bystander killed by police gunfire
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On December 23, 2021, Valentina Orellano Peralta was shopping for clothes with her mother in a Burlington department store in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles when Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a call about a man attacking shoppers. As police fired at the suspect, one of the rounds apparently ricocheted off the floor and entered the fitting room where Valentina and her mother were hiding. She was struck by the bullet and died in her mother’s arms.
