SFPD News Release
January 6, 2017
17-005
On January 6, 2017, at 3:51 AM, two uniformed San Francisco Police Department officers responded to the 500 block of Capitol Avenue regarding a restraining order violation between two neighbors. The suspect was reported to have been hitting a shared wall in the middle of the night. The officers made contact with the suspect at his residence. The contact became physical and during the incident, pepper spray was deployed, an officer’s baton was taken and shots were fired by at least one officer.
The suspect barricaded himself inside his residence and refused orders to come out. Additional units arriving on the scene attempted to convince the suspect to surrender. The suspect remained insidea and called 9-1-1 dispatchers, stating that he had been shot.
The SFPD Crisis Hostage Negotiation Team (C-HNT) and Tactical Unit arrived on scene. The C-HNT officers attempted to negotiate the suspect’s surrender. The suspect did not surrender. Due to exigent circumstances, tactical officers forced entry into the residence so that they could get the suspect medical attention. The suspect taken into custody without further incident and immediately transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The initial responding officers sustained injuries during the incident. One officer sustained a head injury. Both were transported to the hospital where they were treated and released with non-life threatening injuries.
This is an active and ongoing investigation in its early stages. All information is preliminary. The SFPD Homicide Detail and Internal Affairs Division will be conducting separate investigations. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Investigators and Office of Citizen Complaints (OCC) are also investigating.
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