{"id":1988,"date":"2026-05-07T19:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:02:07","slug":"jury-rules-in-las-favor-in-accidental-police-shooting-of-teen-at-burlington-store-in-north-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1988","title":{"rendered":"Jury rules in LA\u2019s favor in accidental police shooting of teen at Burlington store in North Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A jury ruled in favor of the city of Los Angeles on Thursday, May 7, in a lawsuit brought by the parents of a teenage girl accidentally shot by a Los Angeles police officer in a North Hollywood clothing and home accessories store in 2021.<\/p>\n

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The 14-year-old girl, Valentina Orellana-Peralta, was killed Dec. 23, 2021, while shopping with her mother for Christmas dresses at the Burlington store at 12121 Victory Blvd. The girl was in a second-floor dressing room when a bullet fired by Officer William Dorsey Jones passed through a wall and struck her.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs were Valentina\u2019s father and mother, Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas and Soledad Peralta.<\/p>\n

Police had gone into the store in search of a suspect who assaulted multiple people with a metal bicycle lock. That suspect, 24-year-old Daniel Elena Lopez, was also killed. Police said at the time that a bullet Jones fired ricocheted off the floor, passed through dressing room wall and struck Valentina.<\/p>\n

In 2024, the state Attorney General\u2019s Office announced it would not pursue any criminal charges against Dorsey, concluding that the evidence did not show, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the officer involved acted without the intent to defend himself and others from what he reasonably believed to be imminent death or serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n

The AG\u2019s Office did recommend that the LAPD consider making changes to \u201cimprove lines of communication in response to \u2018immediate-action-and-rapid deployment\u2019 scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LAPD officers were trained in \u2018background awareness\u2019 a month before Burlington shooting<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n