In an incident that occurred just before midnight last night, San Francisco police officers shot and killed a man who was a suspect in an armed robbery on McAllister Street.
The San Francisco Police Department officers shot and killed a man near the Tenderloin Sunday night, according to Bay City News, in an incident near the intersection of Willow Street and Van Ness Avenue. The man was a suspect in a McAllister Street armed robbery that police were responding to, and the man was apparently still armed at the time of the shooting.
The identity of the man has not yet been released, and we don’t have much additional information at this point. SFPD said in a statement to the Chronicle that officers “attempted to make contact with a man armed with a firearm” before shooting him.
First responders arrived on the scene and gave medical aid to the suspect who’d been shot, and he was taken to the hospital with what were described as life-threatening injuries. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital early Monday morning.
"All information is preliminary and could be subject to change,” SFPD said in a statement to Bay City News. “This remains an open and active investigation. Additional information will be released as it becomes available. As part of SFPD's commitment to transparency and accountability, a town hall meeting regarding this officer-involved shooting will be held within ten days.”
If you have any information on this incident, you’re asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at 415-575-4444, or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous.
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