A police officer and a robbery suspect were both shot and left with life-threatening wounds after a vehicle pursuit and a gunfight late Sunday night.
According to a San Francisco Police Department press release, officers were alerted to a suspect’s vehicle coming into the city via the Bay Bridge. The driver, along with a passenger, fled from officers after an attempted intervention at Mission and First streets, sparking a chase.
The suspect’s vehicle “became disabled” in the vicinity of Bayshore Boulevard and Jerrold Avenue in Bayview. One or both of the people in the vehicle purportedly shot at officers, hitting one officer multiple times. Police returned fire, and the vehicle’s passenger was hit. The driver fled on foot and was subsequently arrested nearby. Officers also recovered two guns.
ShotSpotter data reviewed by Mission Local for the vicinity of Bayshore and Jerrold recorded 19 shots from “high capacity” weapons at about 10:45 p.m. on Sunday.
Both the passenger and an SFPD officer were transported to the hospital and are being treated for life-threatening injuries.
“The San Francisco Police Officers Association is profoundly relieved to learn that the San Francisco police officer who was shot multiple times in the line of duty Sunday night is expected to survive,” wrote the police union in a Monday morning release. “The officer is currently in surgery.”
This incident is being investigated by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office; the San
Francisco Police Department Investigative Services Division (ISD); the San Francisco Police
Department Internal Affairs Division (IAD); and the Department of Police Accountability (DPA).