An unknown man on a Highway 101 onramp was shot by San Francisco police this morning, sources said.
Reports had been called in in the late morning of a man walking on the highway. Sheriff’s Deputies were the first on-scene.
Police reported coming into contact with the man near a highway onramp at Cesar Chavez Street.
“During the encounter, the subject produced an edged weapon” and an officer shot him, the SFPD reports. By 11:20 a.m., the San Francisco Fire Department arrived to find the man suffering from critical injuries.
He was transported to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s trauma center and is currently being treated for his injuries. Despite “critical” injuries, sources say he is expected to survive. As of 3 p.m., the onramp was still blocked by police tape.
A homeless woman, who wished to remain anonymous, was staying at the Bayshore Navigation Center, just a few feet away from the scene. She said she remembered hearing one shot in the morning, but couldn’t say for certain when.
Workers at All Seas wholesale couldn’t hear anything this morning over the blast of music and machines. A number for the police department and 311 was written on a whiteboard in their office.
“Stuff like this happens all the time,” said a worker, who added that they recently had to call SFPD when a homeless man wielding a knife entered their warehouse.
This incident is being investigated by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office; the San Francisco Police Department Investigative Services Division, the San Francisco Police Department Internal Affairs Division and the Department of Police Accountability.
If the man does not survive his injuries, this incident would be the eighth fatal police shooting since San Francisco adopted its new use-of-force policy in 2022, aimed at improving police officer accountability. Between 2000 and 2022, 65 people were been killed by San Francisco police.
At the beginning of this year, the San Francisco Police Commission changed its protocols for coming into contact with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.
The policy now expands the definition of those who pose a danger to themselves or others to include those experiencing the effects of a “substance-use disorder.”
The policy requires that officers, “if feasible,” use de-escalation tactics before “resorting to force.”
A Town Hall featuring debriefings and video will held within 10 days.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Perhaps with Lurie’s new CalTrans partnership we can clean up the Cesar Chavez on-ramps of the encampments so we have less episodes like this. Just a thought…
Clean your mind.
The policy requires that officers, “if feasible,” use de-escalation tactics before “resorting to force.” Nothing feasible when you have something sharp and can gut someone, only more force is required,
ew gross