The shooting turned out to be a successful case of suicide by cop
By Bob Walsh
PACOVILLA Corrections blog
January 5, 2015
The San Francisco PD shot a man to death on Sunday who was armed with what turned out to be a fake gun.
The shooting happened just outside the Mission District Station on Valencia St. The man was spotted by officers inside a restricted parking area, which is not uncommon as the gate is typically not closed. They told him to move along and went out to their vehicles. The man, however, did not leave the lot.
The cops went back and told him he needed to move along. At that time he went for a gun in his waistband. Two Police Sergeants opened fire, hitting the man a total of three times. He died that evening at San Francisco General Hospital.
The dead guy, Matthew Hoffman, 32, left a suicide note. He apologized for using the cops to do something he was unwilling to do himself.
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