Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Consistent with our Critical Incident Video Release Procedure, the department, today, released the video from the Officer Involved Shooting that occurred on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at Colima and Gus Garcia.
Below is a brief synopsis of the critical incident:
On October 17, 2023, at approximately 5:00 am, two SAPD officers observed a vehicle with an expired registration at the 500 block of West Cevallos and attempted to conduct a traffic stop by activating their emergency lights. As the suspect vehicle came to a stop, both the driver and the passenger exited the vehicle and began to run. The driver of the vehicle was quickly apprehended while the passenger continued to run through the neighborhood with a gun in his hand. The suspect attempted to jump a fence near a home on Gus Garcia and one of the Officers yelled at the suspect to drop his gun. The suspect turned towards the officers and raised his gun; the officers then fired their weapons at the suspect, striking him. The suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene. No one else was injured. A second firearm was found concealed in the suspect’s waistband.
As with all officer involved shootings, the District Attorney’s Office is reviewing this incident.
Link to Narrated Version: youtu.be/7xtByCF936k
Consistent with our Critical Incident Video Release Procedure, the department, today, released the video from the Officer Involved Shooting that occurred on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at Colima and Gus Garcia.
Below is a brief synopsis of the critical incident:
On October 17, 2023, at approximately 5:00 am, two SAPD officers observed a vehicle with an expired registration at the 500 block of West Cevallos and attempted to conduct a traffic stop by activating their emergency lights. As the suspect vehicle came to a stop, both the driver and the passenger exited the vehicle and began to run. The driver of the vehicle was quickly apprehended while the passenger continued to run through the neighborhood with a gun in his hand. The suspect attempted to jump a fence near a home on Gus Garcia and one of the Officers yelled at the suspect to drop his gun. The suspect turned towards the officers and raised his gun; the officers then fired their weapons at the suspect, striking him. The suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene. No one else was injured. A second firearm was found concealed in the suspect’s waistband.
As with all officer involved shootings, the District Attorney’s Office is reviewing this incident.
Link to Narrated Version: youtu.be/7xtByCF936k
