Two San Francisco police officers were struck by a car Friday morning after pursuing a person suspected of stealing from a Nob Hill Trader Joe’s into the street, authorities said.
The person died and the officers are in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said they responded to reports of a theft at the Trader Joe’s at 7:30 a.m. and attempted to detain the suspect, who allegedly resisted arrest and ran into the street. Two officers followed.
All three were struck by a vehicle driving down busy California Street. One officer was pinned beneath the vehicle and had to be removed by firefighters called to the scene around 7:45 a.m., the department said.
A photo taken at 7:40 a.m. and shared with Mission Local by a witness shows one officer underneath the front of a black Lexus while a handful of other officers gathered around the vehicle.
The officers and person who died have not yet been publicly identified, and details of the police’s subsequent investigation remain unclear. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene and cooperative, the department said.
“There have been way more people stealing,” said a witness who works in the area but was not authorized by his employer to speak about the incident. “I’ve been scared something violent like this would happen.”
This is a breaking news story that will be updated as more information becomes available.