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    At Costco food sample line, gunfire, death and unanswered questions

    by Hannah Fry, Mark Puente, Richard Winton and Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times Jun 18, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - It was a typical Friday night at Costco.

    The cavernous Corona store was packed, and customers waited in line for food samples - the quintessential Costco experience.

    An off-duty Los Angeles police officer, his wife and their baby were among those in the tasting queue. So was 32-year-old Kenneth French and his parents, who were shopping for a Father's Day barbecue.

    An attorney for the officer told The Times it was in this sample line that a lethal confrontation began.

    It is still unclear what incited the dispute. But the attorney, David Winslow, said the officer was knocked to the ground by a large man later identified as French. The officer then fired his gun

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