Police released disturbing video Friday of an officer shooting in San Francisco last week that left two men dead.
Video from several angles shows officers crowded around the men at the scene and giving repeated commands to drop the knife. Less-than-lethal projectiles were fired before officers opened fire with their service weapons.
Enhanced video from one of the bodycams showed one man wielding the knife over the other's head while on the ground at the moment officers began shooting. Both men were hit; one died at the scene while the second died at a hospital. They were identified as Michael MacFhionghain, 57, and Rafael Mendoza, 49."Within seconds, Mr. MacFhionghain again brought the knifepoint up. Then down toward Mr.
Police said the department would not draw any conclusions as to whether officers acted consistently with police policy until a full investigation is completed.it would investigate the shooting and is treating the officer-involved shooting as a qualifying eventAB 1506 requires the state Department of Justice to investigate any officer-involved shooting when it results in the death of an unarmed civilian. AB 1506 went into effect July 1.
The shooting is also being investigated by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, the San Francisco Police Department Investigative Services Division, the SFPD Internal Affairs Division, the Department of Police Accountability and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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