Valentina Orellana Peralta, 14, died from a stray bullet from the police
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Valentina Orellana Peralta, 14, died from a stray bullet from the police

Who was Valentina Orellana Peralta? 14-year-old Chilean girl who was killed by a stray bullet in a heavy shooting in California.

#ValentinaOrellana was with her mother in a store buying the Christmas premieres in a shopping center in Los Angeles California, when an individual broke the peace that was in the place at the time of pre-Christmas shopping.


The police came to the place to repel the attacks that this madman was causing in the quiet store.


However, Valentina was in the place and at the least indicated moment, a stray bullet pierced the weak sheets of the dressing room of the clothing store, where Valentina Orellana Peralta was measuring the clothes she would buy that December 23, 2021.


Valentina Orellana Peralta's dream was to become an American citizen and study robotics, however those dreams were truncated by the uncontrolled actions of the California police who enter into another controversial case of abuse of excessive abuse of force using assault rifles without any professionalism.


Valentina Orellana Peralta's mother says that minutes before the shooting that took her daughter's life, they hugged and prayed in the locker room. Between tears she said that when she heard screams in the store, they tried to take cover in the changing room where Valentina Orellana Peralta is half the dress for Christmas. "We sat down and prayed," said Peralta, but at one point Valentina fell to the ground collapsed when she was shot.

"He died in my arms, I couldn't do anything," Peralta said at a news conference in front of the Los Angeles, California police headquarters. Watching a son or daughter die in your arms is one of the strongest and most deeply painful things you can imagine. Valentina meant the world to me and to her family and friends. Now our sweet angel is gone forever. Valentina give us strength, angel, to do justice. My daughter, I love you. "


Valentina came to the United States from Chile with her mother and sister about six months ago. His father stayed in Chile, but had planned a trip to California for the holidays. He was hoping to take his daughter to a Los Angeles Lakers game.


Valentina Orellana Peralta, despite her short stay in the United States, had excelled at school, said relatives of Valentina.


Los Angeles police released edited images from surveillance cameras and videos from police body cameras on Monday showing the events leading up to the teenager's death by an officer who shot a suspect.


The video shows a 24-year-old suspect identified as Daniel Elena-López entering the Burlington Coat Factory store in North Hollywood with his bicycle and wearing a tank top and shorts. He takes his bike up the escalators.


Valentina Orellana Peralta's father says that Valentina once told him that the United States was the safest country in the world for her.

Moments later, he returns to the stairs wearing a multi-colored jacket and long pants before brandishing his bike lock at customers, according to police. He is seen attacking several women.


Valentina Orellana Peralta's parents hope that justice will be done because the murderer of their 14-year-old daughter was not the suspect who was killed by the police, but the police themselves are responsible for Valentina's death. The Mayor of Los Angeles is expected to meet with them and the police chief to determine how to bring about justice.


Anthony Barksdale, a CNN law enforcement analyst and former Baltimore police deputy commissioner, said the video raises some questions.


"Was the use of the patrol rifle justified?" He asked Monday night on CNN. "And ... if you are going to fire a bullet (.223) inside a department store, those bullets can easily pass through a body and continue to advance through the plaster wall. So you have to analyze the excessive use of force."















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