The San Francisco Police Department confirmed Thursday that the man who officers shot and killed in the Bayview District Thursday was armed with a gun.
“There’s a rumor going on out there that this man was unarmed, he was armed,” said San Francisco Police chief Bill Scott.“But let me pause for a second and say this as well, somebody lost their lives and that is a very tragic situation. I don’t care how you slice it,” Scott said.
Scott was speaking to the department’s newest academy class on Thursday, when he took questions about the shooting. Scott said that he wanted to set the record straight and added that police recovered a gun at the scene.San Francisco Mayor London Breed was also speaking to the class, she said that she wants to support the police and hold them accountable.
“I think that you know, no one comes to work wanting to take someone’s life I believe, in this department and in this city,” Breed said. As multiple departments continue investigating the shooting, police are preparing for a town hall as is procedure to go over the details in the latter half of next week.
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