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language, or asl members of our community who speak those languages without suggesting a premature judgment on the appropriateness of the force used in thisid include details from an officer involved shooting tragically, claiming the life of 28 year old alexander lopez. i'd like to express my deepesting family members in the san francisco police department. we recognize that our sworn duty as law enforcement officers imposes no more solemn obligation on us thand respect the sanctity of human life. we also know that police officers, we are sometimes required to use force including de the performance of our duties. we recognize, too, ficer involved shootings can have a traumatic effect oners of our communities especially for individuals their families and loved ones who have suffered traumas of their own and encounters with the criminal justice system,qv be. to any of our viewers experiencing trauma from the information or images that we will present duringse know that help is available to you. you. you may francisco

department of public health's at (415) 970-3800 for trauma services. here is what we hope to accomplish it is the san francisco police department's aspiration to be a national model of 21st century policing. we trust of those we serve by committing to transparenc]3y an]pjustice and this process and in this town hall presenta on the legitimacy of polic as our entire criminal justice system. with these town halls, we work to embody the foundational tenets of what procedural justice is all about. we will to us at this time about this incident. we will to do so in a manner that is impartial and neutral. we members of the public as well as members of the news media and we will listen to public feedback. acting commander markham will be presenting the facts of this case in a few minutes, before turning the floor over to him. i want to emphasize that this incident is subject to multipleoing investigations. as such, there may be release at this time

either because the release of certain prohibited by law, or because the release of certain information could compromise an ongoing investigation, or because certain facts havey9 not yet been established with certainty. in other words, we are not release unconfirmed information. next acting commander markham's presentation will include a detailed verbal narrative of the facts as well as audio and video content from the officer-involved shooting incident e they were on their consistent with our body worn camera policy department general order 10.11, you will see body bwc video from those officers from multiple perspectives at the san francisco police department. our commitmentur officer-involved shooting investigations and town years now. although our practices predate the transparency and accountability laws in california, we believe ourh has remained consistent with the letter and spirit of reforms implemented by senate bill 1421 for police

transparency and assembly bill 1506 for police accountability. sfpd's commitment to transparency in this process will also be of information online video from this town hall, including recordings from 911 calls and dispatchers and just mentioned will be posted on sfpd's website at s san francisco police.org. it will remain available there for public viewing. of sfpd's governing policies and procedures can also be found website. san francisco police department directives mandate th-c officers from officer-involved shootings unless safety concerns argue against disclosure and this matter. we have identified no safety concerns and acting commander markham will release officer as part of his presentation. now i would like to explain the investigative process for officer involved shs a multi-agency response to officer invo each agency's investigation is independent. whenever an officer involved shooting occurs in san francisco, involving an on duty

san francisco police officer the following agencies are immediately notified. t sfpd's investigative services detail or is a unit responsible for investigating the events that involved shooting the sfpd's internal affairsonsible for conducting administrative investigation to determinethe officer or officers responsible for theis are in compliance with the standards and requirements of sfpd policy. although the investigations of both sfpd units run parallel, each has a distinct and focus. each maintains a firewall to comply with legal standards and requirements of police accountability, or dpa ucts an independent administrative investigation. the san francisco voters created dpa as a successor to the office of citizen complaints. with passage of proposition d in the investigates all sfpd incidents in officers discharge a weapon within the course and duties, and whenever that

discharge results ian individual's injury or death. the san francisco district attorney's office, independent investigations bureau, or iib, is r the legality of the officer involved shooting based on their independent and review. the district attorney of the county of make the final decision as to whether the officers or the comply with the laws of the state of california. the san francisco office of the chief medical examiner, or ocme, has responsibility for conducting an on scene collecting evidence, and taking custody of a deceased person that results in a fatalitythis one the ocme is responsible for autopsy to determine the decedent's cause of deathndings publicly in this incident. because mr. lopez died from his injuries, the osm osm will conduct an investigation to determine the cause of death. all notified agencies dispatched investigators and appropriate personnel to begin their respectiveinvestigations. finally, i would

like to point outk very seriously and based on feedback from priorshooting townhalls, we will also take questions and answer them to the extent we're able. understanding that this incident remains ongoing and ongoing investigation. we will allocate one hourcomments and questions. thank you very much for joining us todaynder mark m. the officer involved shooting or ois discussed in this!?÷, july 21st, 2024 a 11:56 p.m. the ois was preceded by a call for service regarding an armed robbery. the robbery which involved the use of a firearm occurred in the tenderloin police district nearection of mcallister street and leavenworth street at 11:27 p.m. the ois occurred on the 100 block of willow street district. in this presentation you will hear the following policeyh commonly used by officers. 211 is a robbery. 221 is a person with a gun. 408 is

an ambulance. code four is no fu. bwc is body worn. camera of emergency management dispatcher and radio communications eaw or extended range impact weaponss lethal force option. officers use this weapon to deploy a projectile commonly referred to as a beanbag or a 4d foam baton. areas are designed to temporarily individual red light is a verbal announcement their intent to deploy the iaw. the precise chronology of this incident is currently under investigation. we are s of an administrative investigation that can take months to complete and our understanding of the incident may changes additional evidence is collected and reviewed. the timings presented are approxi. the following is a summary of the events as they are today, and may evolve as further information is learned through thnv. as of july 31st 2024, we believe the;w follows. on sunday, july 21st dispatch received a call for victim

advised dispatch that he had been robbed a firearm at un plaza. the victim statedstole his black and red scooter. officers responded to the scene of the with the victim. the victim described the male adult, 20 to 40 years old, approximately five feet six inches, wearing a long sleeved blue and white sweater dark bottoms and armed with a gray pistol, fleeing on the black and red scooter in an the officers then provided the suspect description to other officers by radio. at about 11:55 p.m,ers number one and two while on patrol in full uniform and in red a person on willow street between van ness avenuestreet. the person was wearing a gray and white jacket, blue jeans, and in possession of a black and red scooter. the personr identified as alexander antonio lopez. after recognizing that the scooter matched the description of the oneak the officers stopped their vehicle to contact mr. stopped, mr. lopez began running van

ness avenue. officer number one, in the front passenger seat, exited the vehicle and ran after mr. lopez. officer number one commanded mr. lopez to stop, t mr continued to run away from officer number one. as mr. lopez fled, he left the scooter in front of the patrol vehicles drive the driver, could not immed door. while pursuing mr. lopez officer second command to stop mr. lopez continued runningbound on willow street. while running mr. lopez raised his left hand in which he held a firearm turned hisnd pointed the firearm behind him toward officer number one. mr. lopez then toward the officer while running. while stilloximately 1.5 seconds later mr. lopez turned his head back, raised his left arm behind himpointed the firearm in the direction of officer number one for a second time. officer number one stopped running toward mr. lopez, unholstered his firearm and

mr. lopez a second time and when mr. officer number one fire was approximately two seconds. the time between when mr. lopez fired and when officer number one first fired was approximately 3.5 seconds. officer number one advised involved in an ois. to cover behind a parked vehicle and was joined by officer number two. officers number one and two gave mr. lopez severalr hands out to your sides. let me see your hay face down. end quote. officerd two waited for additional police officers to arrive at their location. numerous of from tenderloin station, northern station and central street to assist. officers requested an ambulance stage in the area as the scene was not secur officers formulated a plan to cure and render aid to mr. lopez. this plan included the use of ballistic shields, less lethal options, and medical kits. the team of o mr. lopez and placed him into custody and immediately rendered aid. san francisco fire

department medics responded and transported mr. local hospital, where he was later pronounced is alexander antonio lopez and his date of birth is july 26th, 1995. crime scene investigators from the sanpolice department forensic services division responded and collectedrom the scene including but not limited to, the following containing ten nine millimeter cartridges andfired nine millimeter cartridge casing. this firearm mat. 340 caliber fired cartridge and one black and red scooter. t victim identified this scooter as the one taken from the robberyre wearing department issued body worn cameras,eri in route to the incident, and recorded the events as they unfoldedations bureau of or iib, is an san francisco district attorney's office that investigates officer involved shootings. relevant video footage or photographs can be provided to iib by. calling (628) 652-4420,

at sfda. hyphen iib witnesses and victims are call iib t (628) 652-4420. the sfpd officer who discharged his firearm in this incident is officer paul balza. patrol officer assigned to tenderloin station. the officer that discharged his firearm completed critical mindset training, as well as active shooter, violent intruder training. cmcr is a 20e developed by the san francisco police depa's field tactics force options unit. this courseisk situations encountered by officers out in the field. training objectives include critical decision making during gain a deeper understanding of how with a coordinated and tactically sound approach. usingleadership. active shooter 20 hour california post certified training course developed by the

san francisco police department's field tactics force options unit. this critical decision making based on the information known at the time. this course utilizes force on force exercise scenarios to induce stress and therefore increaseoculation to stress. today's prestion is provided in a multimedia format in an effort to provide a transparent ancomprehensive perspective of this incident, the sfpd will provide audio from the 911 call, surveillance video footage , bwc footage, crime sceneigd visual aids. our presentation today consists of relevant known video and audio. at this time, but it is not intended to provide all photos videos, or testimonial information related tos investigation. i will now provide a presentation of this incident using these multimedia sourcesin points, to increase the clarity for viewers, certain and slowed down to allow for a better understanding. please note that this presentation, the enhanceds will all be

available on the sfpd website thi town hall event. sfpdn also be located on the sfpd website. beginning of each segment, i will provid orient the viewer to the time, place and locationwn. you're about to see relevant video footage an related to this case so you can have a better understanding of what occurred based upon what we know right now. a word of caution. the images and information you are about to see and hear may be disturbing. when a police officer uses force to arrest aagainst attack the images are graphic and may be difficult too in addition, there may be struggle. there may be strong language used by those in the video. viewer discretion is advised, especially for youngdren and sensitive viewers. we encourage those in need of support to contact the san francisco department of public health (415) 970-3800.

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that he was robbed by ad with a gun near un plaza. we will now play by the san francisco department of emergency management. the 911 callers voice has been altered to protect their pri. tell me exactly what happened last. summer a woman testament to estaba cruzando por aqui del campo de un del dia con un llama. until monday. como de la quito o make me a scooter. pero con un arma. to.

okay, so there was a guy that took something from me and he pointed to me with a gun. okay. is that person still there? it's open from icu. la persona si. porque me quita vaya. pero y este pues yo me aqui. i'm not sure because i left andme with a gun. he asked me to leave. how, how long ago. consequences to pfizer. to como como diez minutos. otras como. like five minutes ago. you're about to hear a recording of the robbery call for broadcast by dispatch to responding officers. the audio was provided san francisco department of emergency management. going forward, a penworth mcalesterfour.

thank you. through spanish interpreter rp was 211 221 at un plaza about ten ago. information is coming in slowly. back on three. edwards yeah. ten four. g on further a geographical map of willow street to the officer involved shooting as well as its locati relative to the original robbery. call for service near un plaza. the map ll show a google satellite perspective, as well as a google earth view

we will now show bwc footage as well as surveillance footage from security cameras located on willow street. i will introduce each video prior to playing it. bwc foottured from department issued body members at the time of the event. portions of these to protect the privacy of third parties. the first 30s of bwc footage does not contain audio. th a buffering system that captures 30s of video footage prior to the officer's activation of it. when activated by the camera records with audio and video timestamps displayed on bwc footage are in coordinated universal time. the officers who responded to the reported robbery obtained a suspect description from the victim. one then broadcast the description for other units. we

will now play a portion of the bwc from one of the victim's voice has been altered to protect their privacy. one. 2240 year old approxim five six. she was wearing a long . it was white and blue dark bottoms. he was. he had pistol and was last seen on scooter. unknown direction. officers number one and two were partners the night of the ois and riding in a markarching for the person matching the description from the robbery. officers one and two located an individual who matceen van ness avenue and polk street. when offiber one exited his patrol vehicle, the suspect ran. surveillance footage was obtained from a security camera located at the scene. we are now

going to play the surveillance footage showing a street level12 view of the incident.

play an enhanced version of the surveillance video, which has also been slowed down. the enhancements highlight the suspect pointing the firearm toward the officer, shooting the firearm, and the resulting gunpowder smoke

we are now going to play number one, who discharged his firearm.

op. stop. john oh 40 oh, be on. radio. i got the radioands out to your sides. let me see your hands. let+e see your hands. we are now going to play an en footage. we just viewed, which has also been slowed down. enhancements highlight the suspect pointing the firearm toward theer and..

to plafrom officer number one and video footage from the street camera that have been synced together based on time. stop. stop. we are now going an enhanced and slowed version of the synced bwc footage fromfficer number one and the street level security camera. the enhancements

highghhe suspect pointing the firearm toward the officer and shooting the firearm. stop. we are now going to play surveillance footage from a se

going to play an enhanced version of the overhead surveillan]qce vid, which has also been slowed down.ts highlight the suspect pointing the firearm toward the officer and shooting the firearm.

we are now going to play bwcne and video footage from the overhead security camera thatn (g. stop stop. john 40 oh, to be on, i got the radio. radio. when officer number two exited his patrol vehicle, a scooter matching the one stolen immediately next to the patrol vehicle. we are now going to'by bwc footage from officer number two.

oh drop it got the radio. i got the side. let me see your hand. let me see. . willowap yep. we're in b on willow. we got guns pointed ness. we got one suspect down. he is compliant. where's the gun? right there like it's left. all right. hey! get away! get away from me! moveck up! this way. all right. three john 40. suspects is 221 is near his head. we're going to start

giving commands. let me get a shield and a move. team. go hey hey. 221 to the left. i got you i got you. hey y good. holster up. whoever has paul calls the os. os when shut down not respond to commands for late stage. how many of these units a block hey, man, if you can hearnds out to the side like an airplane. hey, somebody grab car. put your arms out to the side like an airplane. hey, she had the still? yeah, it's by his head. to the left, by his neck the head. put your arms out to the side like hey those units, get out the way you got. put your arms ) to the side like an airplaneck off! out to the side. hey all right. shield, shield. shield

up! shield. hey, paul. heyswitzer. paul. he's an ois. hey, do me a solid. brett. left up! it from the kitchen. the car. let him get up what we're going to do. we push up him handcuffs. somebody immediately get the gun. okay. hey, chili, when we go up t gun's going to be on the left side by his neck. all right, i'm goinom the rear left side. they say okay. if it is secured, step is there? hold up. is everybody ready, man? hold on. i'm a rescue. okay, we'll go with you. you . we got lethal here. i got 40 up 40. and this. hey, somebody give a warning not to reach for the gun or he'l again. do not reach for the gun. if you reach for the gun, you willshot. goodnight. everybody up. ready? move move on! you. if he starts moving, stormy, we're going to back up. yep. do not move. did you reach for the gun? i will, you will be out of there in a second. arms oute like

an airplane. do not reach for nothing. we are now going to play an enhanced video tage we just viewed, which has also been slowed down. the enhancements highlight the black and red scooter as well as the suspect's firearm put second. arms out to the side like an airplane nothing. officer number three responded after the ois occurred. officer numberr aid to the

suspect. we are now going number three, which shows him arrivingscene, forming a plan, and carrying out the plan with a team of offic down 21 is here. hey, where are you at5#. hey watch the left, i got you. i got you a. you guys are good. holster up. whoever is it owes a firm ois. one suspect down respond to commands 408 to stage. i need a unit to block off venice northbound at me, put your hands out to the side airplane. hey, somebody grab the shield from the car hey, put your arms out to the side like an airplane. hey, does he have the weapon by him? still yesea to the left. by his neck. to the left. put. put your arms out to thee units, get out the way.

you got guns pointed in that direction all to the side like an. out to the side. hey, do we have? shield up. all right, shield up. we gotxd two shields. hey, paul. hey, move his gun! shield paul, you got. hey,p out i'll take the shield. all right? hey, do me a gloved up. pull back. grab a trauma kit from the up there, start rendering aid. we're going to do. we push up on him, secure him from the car. somebody immediately get the gun. yep. okay. hey shelly, when we go up there, the gun's going to be on the left side right, i'm going to secure him from the left side. he said okay is secured, step on it. all right. is there? hey. hold up.t, hold on. all right, so i'm arresting. okay forward. we got lisa here. i got we have this. hey 40 not to reach for. the gun will be shot. hey do not reach for the gun. if you reach for the gun, you hey, remember red light red light, red light, red light.

red light. red lethal. hey! on you! if he starts being squirmy we're going to back up. yep do not move. if you be hit. ma'am. just stay put. we'll get out to the side like an airplane. do r n nothing, you hear me? you fucking hands! outr one responded to the scene after the ois took place. as se one approached the suspect with the arrest and aid team, therm. we are now going to play sergeant number one. currently moving in. do not moveach for the gun, i will. you will be hit. fantastic. we'll get you a second. arms out to the side like reach your fucking hands., stand with that. we are now going tolay an enhanced video of the bwc footage we just viewed, whicn slowed down. the

enhancement highlights the suspect's firearm. c after the suspect was taken into custody, officer number four assisted in rendering aid by on the gunshot wound. we are now going to play bwc footage from officer number four showing him rendering aid. rendering aid nowe it here, put it back in your car. keep it

on the willow fromit i got it. let me go. no, you got to take off your gloves or it just gets all messy. cool. hold on. do you need a chest seal? i have a still. i don't get it out. watch out. yep did you see anything? hear anything? you see anything idea. ready yeah. no. that's fine.. this photo shows an overview of the scene. this photo shows the robbery scene of the ois. this photo shows the suspect's firearm the scene. this photo shows the suspect'saded. this photo shows the department officer number one. this concludes my

presentation. i will now introduce tenderloin police station acting captain daniel manning9z.od afternoon. my name is daniel manning. i was the actingoin police station when this officer involved shooting occurred. since the day of incident, i have been communicating with our community leaders concerns. members from my community, police advisory board have also been briefed. th officers of tenderloin station will continue to be responsive, empathetic and proactive in their approach towards addressing crime in the tenderloin. we will continue to work together with the community to ensure public or all residents and businesses at our monthly community meeting last night i listened to the community's eir feedback. moving forward, i believe we can work together to better serve and protect everyone in the district. thank you. i will now introduce the commicer of northern police station captain jason sawyer. is jason

sawyer and i'm the commanding station. i'm here today regarding an officer involved shooting that resulted armed conflict with a street robber. this incident took willow street late on july 21st. although the initial robbery took place the neighborhood tenderloin district the suspect fled andn the northern district. i'm grateful that the involved officers are and that no innocent people were injured during this incident bravery under extreme circumstances and upheld the core tenets of what it takes to be a san francisco police officer. as the investigation progresses it is important for people to understand that there is a process and that process is upheld to an incredible standardpatient and allow the necessary parties to complete their part. the will continue to cooperate and be transparent along the way we answer to you the public, and keeping your moving forward, specifically to the residents who live on or the ongoing issues that have plagued t will continue to be an advocate for the resources to resolve the issues.v"m1 of you and am steadfast in my

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