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Kenneth French was 32 and developmentally disabled when he was shot and killed on June 14, 2019, inside a Costco in Corona, California. He had been shopping with his parents, Russell and Paola French, when an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer, Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, who was holding his infant son, allegedly reacted after French pushed him in the back of the head. Sanchez fired ten shots; four struck Kenneth French and killed him. The parents were also injured but survived.

Witnesses and the French family say Kenneth posed no real threat and that the encounter lasted only seconds, while Sanchez said he believed he had been shot and acted to protect himself and his child. Sanchez was charged with voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, and the case went to trial; the first trial ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury. The French family also filed a civil lawsuit alleging negligence and civil rights violations.

What additional details do readers who were in Corona that day remember about the incident or the people involved?