— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
According to ABC 7, a bystander was critically shot by police around 2 a.m. Sunday morning after a fight broke out between people leaving Elbo Room:
“One of the men pulled a gun on the group. Citizens ran into the parking lot at Mission Station, calling the attention of the officers that somebody had pulled a gun on the group,” said [Police Chief Greg Suhr].
“In fearing that the folks were going to be either shot or killed, they fired upon the suspect, striking the suspect. We don't know the circumstances, but another person was also hit by the gunfire,” said Suhr.
Both men were taken to San Francisco General Hospital in critical condition. During the investigation, there were 15 orange circles with numbers drawn on the ground indicating where the shells fell from the shots one of the officers fired. When officers recovered the suspect's gun, they discovered it was not a gun, but an air-powered weapon.
Comments (3)
I only heard three shots from my apartment (17th and Valencia) – definitely not fifteen of which the article is speculating. I ran to my window after I heard the shots and instinctively looked towards 17th and Mission as that is typically the corner for 2am action.
Btw, is the Columbo trench coat standard issue uniform for detectives? There were three walking clichés on the scene for the better part of the night…
The number of yellow cones suggest more than 3 shots.
Yellow cones are not exclusively used to mark shell casings. They could indicate where the suspects non-gun was recovered or any other number of things.