LAPD Releases Videos From Fatal Shooting of Teen Girl in Clothing Store

Los Angeles Police Department Public Information Officer Capt. Stacy Spell (2nd L) speaks in a press conference at the scene where two people were struck by gunfire in a shooting at a Burlington store in North Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 23, 2021. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Photo

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on Monday released surveillance footage and police camera videos showing the moment police fatally shot a teenage girl in a clothing store after officers fired at an assault suspect.

Valentina Orellana-Peralta, 14, was hiding in a Burlington clothing store dressing room with her mother when she was hit in the chest by a bullet as officers opened fire on a man suspected of assault on Thursday morning.