{"id":27601,"date":"2023-07-28T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=27601"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:29:05","slug":"police-shoot-kill-man-in-bayview-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/28\/police-shoot-kill-man-in-bayview-standoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Police shoot, kill man in Bayview standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Man hit with hail of gunfire after raising what appears to be pistol toward officers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\" by\u00a0JOE ESKENAZI<\/a><\/strong> JULY 26, 2023 (MissionLocal.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ryant Bluford was hit with hail of gunfire after raising what appears to be pistol toward officers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Update, July 27: <\/strong>The man shot dead by San Francisco police was identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Thursday morning. He was city resident Ryant Bluford, 41.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Police have confirmed that a man shot in a Bayview standoff with officers has died of his wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooting occurred at the intersection of Catalina Street and Fairfax Avenue at around 2:53 p.m., and was caught on video posted on Twitter by @campaignrallo.<\/a> A Black man with a knit cap can be seen standing in the middle of the street while a trio of officers are in defensive positions behind their vehicle with guns drawn at about 10 to 15 yards away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man shouts and gesticulates at the officers, at one point extending his middle finger. It is a chaotic scene, with bystanders\u2019 frantic screams caught up on the microphone of the camera recording the goings on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirty seconds into the video, bystanders shout, \u201cDon\u2019t shoot! Don\u2019t shoot him!\u201d But, almost immediately thereafter, the man raises what appears to be a pistol toward the officers and is instantaneously cut down in a barrage of police gunfire. At least eight shots were fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ironwood Way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W Point Rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At around 2:53 p.m., a man was shot at the intersection of Catalina and Fairfax after apparently pointing a pistol at officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trio of officers stood behind the doors of their police crusier. They opened fire when the man appeared to brandish a gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catalina St<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairfax Ave<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Catalina and Fairfax intersection, where a man was killed by SFPD officers after appearing to brandish a gun. Graphic by Will Jarrett, basemap from Google Earth.<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a press release, the San Francisco Police Department said that the incident that led to the lethal shooting started when police detained a man. Mission Local is told that the officers were part of the SFPD Community Violence Reduction Team \u2014 formerly known as the Gang Task Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMH SFPD pic.twitter.com\/vyMKMrsPga<\/a><\/p>— SK2 (@campaignralo) July 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>