<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3yxlSP_0vVbVTQ800" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3yxlSP_0vVbVTQ800" width="1280" height="960" ><figcaption>A San Francisco police car on July 3, 2024. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.</figcaption></figure>Three San Francisco police officers shot an allegedly armed person in the Powell BART station, after chasing that person into the station on Friday morning, Mission Local has learned. Tenderloin Station officers responded to reports of a person with a gun. Police set up “containment” units, but the suspect eluded them and fled. Officers followed the person on foot into the Powell BART station, where the three officers shot the person. The person was conscious and speaking with medics after being shot, but their condition is not yet known, according to sources. Witnesses at the scene saw the person being <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/powell-street-sf-shooting-19763293.php">wheeled into an ambulance</a> by medics. A police department spokesperson said that officers along with Healthy Street Operation Center workers discovered the man, armed with a gun, around 10:18 a.m. in a car near Jessie and 6th streets. Police approached the vehicle and the man fled on foot. “When officers approached the vehicle, the suspect exited the vehicle and a foot pursuit ensued,” the statement from police said. “The armed suspect ran into a retail store in the area in an attempt to evade police officers. The suspect later exited the store and continued to flee from officers and ran down into the Powell BART station.”A swarm of armed officers were seen gathered outside GNG Liquors on 5th Street between Market and Mission, and a man is seen leaving with his hand at his waistband, according to <a href="https://x.com/friscolive415/status/1834667140231950736">footage</a> posted on Twitter by FriscoLive415. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">🎥🔫Unreal Footage –&gt; What happened in the moments leading up to this mornings wild Officer Involved Shooting incident at Powell Station? Here is our first cut of the available footage we have, and we still have LOTS more to comb through. Media 🚁are circling overhead Powell!! <a href="https://t.co/otTAVpnHpy">https://t.co/otTAVpnHpy</a><a href="https://t.co/uypY1Ipdfx">pic.twitter.com/uypY1Ipdfx</a>— FriscoLive415 (@friscolive415) <a href="https://twitter.com/friscolive415/status/1834667140231950736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote>Police and sheriff’s deputies with weapons drawn chased the man toward Market Street, and down into the BART station, where multiple gunshots could be heard in the footage. People gathered near the cable car terminus nearby are seen running away.After the shooting, police recovered a gun at the scene, according to a statement from the police department on Friday afternoon. This is a developing story and may be updated as more information becomes available.</div></body>

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SFPD officers shoot purportedly armed man at Powell BART station

Three San Francisco police officers shot an allegedly armed person in the Powell BART station, after chasing that person into the station on Friday morning, Mission Local has learned. Tenderloin Station officers responded to reports of a person with a gun. Police set up “containment” units, but the suspect eluded...