Posted June 19, 2018 9:00 am by Comments

By Tactical-Life

Police Shooting Force Science Institute

The San Francisco Police Department has released body camera footage showing one of its officers shooting an armed felon in the back as he’s running from the scene. Watch the video above to see this officer-involved shooting go down.

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A SFPD press release says that on Saturday, June 9, at 12:17 a.m., two officers were on patrol in the city’s North Beach neighborhood when they observed four men on a street corner with an open container. One of the officers approached the four men on foot while his partner parked their patrol vehicle.

The video shows the unidentified officer talking to the four men. One of them—later identified as 28-year-old Oliver Barcenas—suddenly bolts down the street. The unidentified officer pursues on foot. During the chase, the officer later said he saw Barcenas take off his jacket and pull out a firearm from his waist. The video shows Barcenas discarding his jacket. The officer then opens fire, causing Barcenas to fall to the ground.

Medical personnel arrived on the scene shortly after the shooting. Barcenas was taken to Zuckerberg San …Read the Rest

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