Family members said their last goodbye to the young Chilean who died from a stray bullet in the United States

The relatives of Valentina Orellana Peralta, the Chilean teenager who died of A lost bullet During a police operation in California, the young woman was watched in a crowded ceremony held this Monday in Gardena, south of Los Angeles.

“[Estoy] devastated, ”Juan Pablo Orellana, the father of the young woman, upon entering the Ciudad de Refugio church.

Orellana and Soledad Peralta, Valentina’s mother, were received into the church by Reverend Al Sharpton, leading figure in the civil rights struggle.

Valentina Orellana: the tragedy of the 14-year-old Chilean who was accidentally shot by a police officer in a Los Angeles store

Valentina Orellana Peralta, of 14 years, passed away on December 23 at a North Hollywood department store where she was shopping for clothes with her mother.

Both they took refuge in a fitting room when he started a police operation to control a man who attacked customers in the store. A stray bullet fired by police it shocked Valentina, who died in her mother’s arms.

“We come here to plead for justice,” Benjamin Crump, a prominent black civil rights lawyer who represented the George Floyd family.

“Valentina’s blood will not leave the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department as long as they continue to justify the unjustifiable actions that caused this 14 year old angel to shed her innocent blood“, He said.

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All the relatives of the teenager wore a black sweater with the image of the young woman and the legend in Spanish “Justice for Valentina”.

“There is nothing normal in such an uncontrolled shooting that a young woman who came to live the American dream and goes to a store with her mother to buy clothes possibly for Christmas, ends up dressed for his funeral “said the Rev. Sharpton, during a harsh speech against Los Angeles police procedures.

“I wonder if they would have shot like this if this had happened in a department store in an upper class neighborhoodSharpton questioned, applauded by those present.

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In addition to the parents, relatives from Chile and Canada appeared.

The young woman, veiled with an open drawer, will be buried in the United States, said the spokesmen of the service. “Is where she wanted to live”They said.

Valentina Orellana Peralta had recently moved to the United States with her mother Soledad from Chile.

The officer who shot during the operation is on leave meanwhile the case is investigated by the Los Angeles police. (I)