Police in San Francisco shot and killed a man early Friday morning near Union Square who was wanted for hitting two pedestrians and a bicyclist with a vehicle hours earlier.
The shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. Friday when officers found the suspect's vehicle around in the area of Grant Avenue and Post Street.
San Francisco police said officers had responded Thursday evening at about 6:30 p.m. about a block away in the area of Post Street and Kearny Street after a vehicle drove onto a sidewalk at a high rate of speed and hit two pedestrians. The vehicle continued after a bicyclist, who was hit in the area of Kearny and Sutter Street.
The vehicle then fled from the area.
Officers treated the pedestrians, a woman and a girl, before medics arrived. They were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Police said officers were unable to locate the bicyclist.
After officers located the vehicle hours later in the same area, they set up a perimeter and coordinated a plan to safely approach the vehicle. Police said the driver was armed and during the encounter with the driver, officers shot him. A firearm was recovered at the scene, police said.
Officers provided aid to the suspect and paramedics took him to a hospital where he died of his injuries.
Police said the fatal shooting was also being investigated by the District Attorney's Office, the police department's investigative services and internal affairs divisions, the Chief Medical Examiner's Office, and the Department of Police Accountability.
Streets were still closed in the area around Union Square as of 7 a.m. Additional information would be released as available and all information was preliminary and subject to change, police said.
The department said a town hall meeting about the fatal shooting will be held within ten days.
Any witnesses and or additional victims were asked to call the police department at 415-575-4444 or text TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.
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