SFPD Police Officer Involved Shooting in the Tenderloin District (17-067)

At approximately 11:22 AM, two uniformed SFPD officers were walking a foot beat on the 900 block of Market Street. The officers observed a white, male subject stabbing an Asian or Filipino male. The officers intervened and at least one officer discharged a firearm.

The person who was stabbed was transported to a hospital for treatment. Despite the initiation of lifesaving efforts on the scene, the second subject was pronounced deceased.

This incident is under investigation by the San Francisco Police Department’s Homicide and Internal Affairs divisions; the San Francisco District Attorney’s Independent Investigations Bureau; the Department of Police Accountability; and the Medical Examiner’s Office.

This is preliminary information and this remains an active and ongoing investigation.

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Update, May, 4th 2017:

The stabbing victim was treated and released from San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) late Wednesday evening, 5/3/17.

It is department policy to release the name(s) of the officer(s) involved in a shooting within ten days of the incident.

A Town Hall Meeting will be held to update the community. Details will be forthcoming.

Active and ongoing investigations are being conducted by the San Francisco Police Department’s Homicide Detail, the SFPD Internal Affairs Division, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Independent Investigations Bureau, the Department of Police Accountability and the Medical Examiner’s Office.

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