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Video Released in LAPD Shooting of 14-Year-Old Girl at Store

Ben Crump is now representing the family of the girl who was trying on dresses when cops unleashed fatal shots.

Los Angeles authorities on Monday released video connected to the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta at a Burlington store. The teenager, who was born in Santiago, Chile, was trying on dresses at the store last Thursday when police shot and killed a man suspected of attacking people in the area. At least one 911 caller did suggest the assailant had a gun, but that was not the case, police instead indicating he struck people with a bike lock. Outrage has spiraled in connection with the tragedy, coming after a year-and-a-half of national dialogue about race, policing, and de-escalation tactics, and the family has brought on civil-rights attorney Ben Crump ahead of an expected press conference Tuesday.