Man Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting After Alleged Carjacking in San Francisco

San Francisco police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in the city’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. According to police officials, a man was killed Friday after officers responded to reports of a carjacking.

SFPD Sgt. Michael Andraychak said the incident began Friday about 10:30 a.m. when a van belonging to the California State Lottery was allegedly stolen in the 1800 block of 23rd Street in Potrero Hill. A lottery employee was assaulted during the incident. Her injuries are non-life-threatening, according to police.

Following the alleged carjacking, one suspect fled the scene in the lottery van and was chased by police into the Alice Griffith Housing Development, a public housing complex.

“The suspect exited the vehicle,” Andraychak said, “and an officer-involved shooting occurred.” The suspect was then taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Andraychak said another vehicle was at the crime scene that police believe was also involved in the robbery. Officers stopped that car and detained three or four people in connection with the incident.

According to police officials, body-worn cameras from the officers involved in the incident were retrieved.

“They will be reviewed later for evidence,” Andraychak said. “We’re also canvassing the area -- both of the robbery and of the termination point of the pursuit and the officer-involved shooting -- for potential video evidence.”

Andraychak would not say whether the suspect was carrying a weapon. “That’s part of the investigation,” he said. “It’s much too early at this time to comment on the evidence at the scene.”

“Crime-scene investigators are still going over the scene and photographing and collecting evidence,” Andraychak said. “The officers that were involved have yet to be interviewed."

The SFPD's homicide detail, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, the Department of Police Accountability, the San Francisco Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are all investigating the incident.

Andraychak said there will also be a town hall meeting within the next 10 days to discuss the matter.

No officers were injured during the incident.

The shooting occurred almost exactly two years after the highly controversial police killing of 26-year-old Mario Woods in the Bayview on Dec. 2, 2015.