“We were not pre-committed to any specific outcome or even criminal culpability, and we never treated the fact that criminal charges would be a forgone conclusion,” he said.
A man who answered the phone Thursday at a number listed for Alnaji said he did not want to comment.
The district attorney said he met with Kessler's family and that they wanted privacy.
He said Kessler had worked in medical sales for decades, taught sales and marketing at colleges and was a pilot.
The district attorney thanked local Muslim and Jewish leaders for not inflaming the situation with tensions rising across the country over the war.
Persons:
Erik Nasarenko, Loay, Paul Kessler, “, ”, Kessler, Nasarenko, ” Alnaji, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryoff, Alnaji, Paul Kessler’s, ” Nasarenko, ___ Watson
Organizations:
ANGELES, —, Israel, Ventura County Sheriff, Moorpark College, Los Angeles Times
Locations:
— California, Israel, Ventura County, Oaks, Los Angeles, San Diego