You can bet that a lawsuit will follow and it will hit cash-strapped San Francisco hard!
2 BYSTANDERS HIT AS SF COPS OPEN FIRE ON BROADWAY
By Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
September 18, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- A violent night in San Francisco left two bystanders apparently hit by stray bullets after police opened fire on a suspect in North Beach.
Officers were on foot patrol when they noticed a suspect making a drug transaction on the 400 block of Broadway at 2:06 a.m. Saturday, police said. The man ran away and pulled out - but did not fire - a loaded semiautomatic pistol, and an officer fired numerous shots in his direction, according to San Francisco police Lt. Troy Dangerfield.
"In the process, the suspect was not hit," Dangerfield said. But two bystanders were hit by gunfire. A woman was hit in the upper right thigh, and a man was struck in the lower left leg, he said. They were treated at San Francisco General Hospital and released.
The suspect Jesus Paredes Rodriguez, 20, of San Pablo, dropped his gun and was arrested on suspicion of assault and weapons violations. His weapon had one round in the chamber and 21 rounds in the magazine, Dangerfield said.
Neither the officers nor Rodriguez was injured. The officers were put on paid administrative leave, pending an investigation. Their names were not released.
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