the personr identified as alexander antonio lopez. fter 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. l

the suspect' is alexander antonio lopez and his date of birth is july 26th, 1995. crime scene investigators from the san francisco police depen services division responded and collected physical evidence from the scene including but not limited to, the following one. loaded firearm containing ten nine millimeter cartridges and fired nine millimeter cartridge casing. this firearm matched the description from the robber. 340 caliber fired cartridge and one black and red scooter. the robberyidentified this scooter as the one taken from the robbery. officers on scene were issued body worn cameras, which were activated whileand recorded the events as they unfolded. the independent stigations bureau of or iib, is an independent unit within the san francisco district attorney's office that investigates officer involved shootings. any relevant video footage provided to iib by. calling (628) 652-4420, or by email at sfda. hyphen iib at sfgov. org witnesses and victims are encouraged to call iib at (628) 652-4420. the sfpd officer whrearm in this incident is officer paul bal

worn camera of the officer who fired the shots that killed armed robbery suspect 28-year-old alexander antonio lopez. according to police, late sunday night july 21st a man reported he was robbed of his electric scooter at gunpoint near u.n. plaza. within 30 minutes officers spotted lopez who they say matched the description of the suspect and when they tried to stop him to talk to him, he ran. in this surveillance video that was edited and enhanced by sfpd, they say you can see lopez turn back toward officers, point a gun at them and fire one shot. they say lopez continued running down willow street and in the top right-hand corner of the screen you can see the officer chasing him. that's when they say lopez raised the gun a second time leading officer paul balza to shoot lopez. >> he shot to protect society. >> reporter: don cameron was a police academy trainer for almost 50 years. he says with the suspect firing one shot at officers then raising the gun at them again, the officer was justified in shooting lopez. >> there's other people in the area. >> reporter: during the virtual town hall spfd s

man's name is alexander antonio lopez. today police released more video from other angles giving a better picture what happened before he was shot and killed. here's video that police released today from another security camera which they did edit. it appears to demonstrate what police outlined today. they say the man, as he ran from police, turned his head back and pointed a gun behind him toward an officer and fired one shot. then soon after he raised his arm again and officers shot him. >> stop. >> police edited and slowed down this view from the body camera of officer paul balza who shot and killed that man. they say it shows the moment when the suspect fires toward him and they later show a freeze frame that they say shows the suspect's gun on the ground. the investigation into all this continues. they just wanted to get that video out there and police say they're still looking for more witnesses. >> thanks. >>> let's take a live look out now. the air quality advisory for the bay area has now been extended through at

the person was later identified as alexander antonio lopezer matched the description of the onethrobberyso contact mr.op. as the officer stopped, mr. lopez began running west on willow street toward van seat avenue. officer nume, seat, exited the vehicle ander one commanded mr. lopez to stop, bu continued to run away from officer number one. as mr. lopez fled, he left the scooter in front of the patrol vehicles dr number two, who was it as the s lopez, officer number one gave a second command to stop mr. lopez continued running away westbound street. while running, mr. lopez raised his left hand in which he held a firearm, turned hishind him toward officer number one. mr. lopez then toward the officer while running. while still running away, approximately 1.5 seconds later, mr. lopez turned his head back, raised his left arm behind him■, and pointed the firearm in the direction of officer number one for a second time. running toward mr. lopez, unholstered his firearm and returned fire. mr. lopez fell to the ground and dropped the firearm. the time between when mr. lopez firearm e and when

this was on july 21st, about ten days ago, 28 year old alexander antonio lopez was shot and killed by an officer during the incident. they say lopez opened fire as he ran from two police officers when they tried to question him about stolen a stolen scooter. the officers then returned fire. stop stop several officers move in after lopez went down. he was taken to the hospital, but later died. >> a change is coming to campuses in the uc school system, the university of california said today. it's ten campuses enrolled. the largest class of students in history. in addition, abc seven news reporter lena howland explains the campus population is getting more diverse. >> come fall 2024, the university of california system will welcome their largest and most diverse class ever. >> it's part of our mission for the university of california is really to be a change agent for the state. >> the uc system says the number of first year students admitted from underrepresented groups has grown by nearly 2800 students. that's up by 1.2% from last school year. han-mi yoon wu is uc's associate vice pro

. >> about a half hour later, officers located a man, now identified as 28 year old alexander antonio lopez, who matched that description and had the scooter near the intersection of venice and willow streets. what happened next was captured on multiple surveillance cameras as well as responding officers body worn cameras. the responding officers say lopez ran as they tried to approach him. one officer giving chase repeatedly ordered him to stop. >> mr. lopez continued running away westbound on willow street while running, mr. lopez raised his left hand, in which he held a firearm, turned his head back and pointed the firearm behind him toward officer number one. >> the video shows that about a second and a half later, lopez appears to turn and aim at the pursuing officer for a second time. >> officer number one stopped running toward mr. lopez, unholstered his firearm and returned fire. mr. lopez fell to the ground and dropped the firearm. >> officers then used shields and approached lopez on the ground, rendering first aid. lopez later died at a san francisco hospital. san francisco polic

. >> about a half hour later, officers located a man, now identified as 28 year old alexander antonio lopezar the intersection of venice and willow streets. what happened next was captured on multiple surveillance cameras as responding officers body worn cameras. the responding officers say lopez ran as they tried to approach him. one officer giving chase repeatedly ordered him to stop. >> mr. lopez continued running away westbound on willow street while running, mr. lopez raised his left hand, in which he held a firearm, turned his head back and pointed the firearm behind him toward officer number one. >> the video shows that about a second and a half later, lopez appears to turn and aim at the pursuing officer for a second time. >> officer number one stopped running toward mr. lopez unholstered his firearm, and returned fire. mr. lopez fell to the ground and dropped the firearm. >> officers then used shields and approached lopez on the ground, rendering first aid. lopez later died at a san francisco hospital. san francisco police praised the officers, who responded, i'm grateful that the

. >> about a half hour later, officers located a man, now identified as 28 year old alexander antonio lopez, who matched that description and had the scooter near the intersection of venice and willow streets. what happened next was captured on multiple surveillance cameras as well as responding officers body worn cameras. the responding officers say lopez ran as they tried to approach him. one officer giving chase repeatedly ordered him to stop. >> mr. lopez continued running away westbound on willow street while running, mr. lopez raised his left hand, in which he held a firearm, turned his head back and pointed the firearm behind him toward officer number one. >> the video shows that about a second and a half later, lopez appears to turn and aim at the pursuing officer for a second time. >> officer number one stopped running toward mr. lopez, unholstered his firearm, and returned fire. mr. lopez fell to the ground and dropped the firearm. >> officers then used shields and approached lopez on the ground, rendering first aid. lopez later died at a san francisco hospital. san francisco poli