STORY BY: Waechtermovie
At 4:44 p.m., two uniformed officers were patrolling Third Street between Oakdale and Palou avenues as part of a recent violence-reduction effort in the area. They encountered the man as they were conducting a fare inspection on a Muni light-rail platform, police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said Saturday.
As the officers tried to detain the man, he took off running and drew a gun, police said. The two officers chased him on foot for about 1 1/2 blocks down Third Street, police said. When the suspect shot at the officers, they returned fire, fatally wounding him, Andraychak said. The man was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:01 p.m.
Police did not know how many shots were exchanged and would not say whether the suspect's gun had been retrieved, as the incident is still under investigation. Officers declined to release the suspect's name, saying only that he is believed to be between 19 and 21 years old.
Neither officer was injured.
Investigators were at the shooting scene into the evening, trying to piece together what happened. Some angry people at the site of the shooting complained that the officers had overreacted in the incident.
In accordance with the department's policy, the incident is being investigated by homicide investigators, the department's officer-involved shooting team, the district attorney's office and the Office of Citizen Complaints.
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