Police in San Francisco shot and killed a man early Friday morning near Union Square who was wanted for hitting two pedestrians and a bicyclist with a vehicle hours earlier.
The shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. Friday when officers found the suspect's vehicle around in the area of Grant Avenue and Post Street. San Francisco police said officers had responded Thursday evening at about 6:30 p.m. about a block away in the area of Post Street and Kearny Street after a vehicle drove onto a sidewalk at a high rate of speed and hit two pedestrians. The vehicle continued after a bicyclist, who was hit in the area of Kearny and Sutter Street.
Police said the driver was armed and during the encounter with the driver, officers shot him. A firearm was recovered at the scene, police said.Officers provided aid to the suspect and paramedics took him to a hospital where he died of his injuries.
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