— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Details are light as this is breaking, but a uniformed police officer was shot around 3pm on Florida Street between 25th and 26th. The officer, 23, had recently joined the police force [update: we have since learned the officer is 28 and has been on the force for six years]. What prompted the shooting is currently unknown, but a rumor is circulating that it was following a car chase on 101.
There were 6 or 7 shots fired according to a neighbor, and the officer was struck in the shoulder. The officer was seen “bleeding out” and “someone was looking for a belt to tourinquet him.”
The suspect fled the scene in a gray Mustang. We will update as we learn more.
Comments (4)
Daveed | [Permalink]
That’s explains it. Saw 3 cop cars blazing down Steiner by Duboce Park; hell bent on getting somewhere. Have to say, despite the urgency; they were travelling way too fast for that section of street.
En-Chu Lao | [Permalink]
I was driving south on Steiner when they blazed through the area.
vanessa | [Permalink]
Crazy hearing all the sirens and helicoptors this afternoon in the neighborhood.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Police-Investigating-Reported-Offic…
Rodney King | [Permalink]
Cop shoots cop is what it’s looking like now. Not just once a great name for a band but the reality of a bad situation getting very little media play.