San Francisco police announced that officers shot and killed a man in the city’s Bayview district Wednesday afternoon after he approached officers with “what appeared to be a firearm.&#…
SAN FRANCISCO — Police shot and killed a man who approached officers with what appeared to be a firearm Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco’s Bayview district, according to authorities.
In a news release Thursday morning, the San Francisco Police Department detailed the fatal shooting that took place at 2:53 p.m. in the area of Catalina Street and Fairfax Avenue. Two officers in plain clothing were arresting a man when another man, unrelated to the arrest, approached and engaged the officers.
Two more officers arrived in a marked police vehicle and in uniform, and contacted the man, who appeared to be in possession of a firearm, police said. Officers eventually shot the man. Policde did not say how the encounter unfolded or specify whether the man fired shots at the officers or if a firearm was recovered at the scene.
An officer-involved shooting occurred in the Bayview District when a male approached officers who were making an arrest with what appeared to be a firearm. During this encounter, an OIS occurred – the male was pronounced deceased at the hospital. ➡️
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