San Francisco police say a man killed by police after intentionally crashing a car at the Chinese Consulate was armed with a knife, and a crosbow and arrows.
SAN FRANCISCO — A man who crashed a car at the Chinese Consulate earlier this month had a crossbow and arrows and swung a knife at officers before a police sergeant killed him, San Francisco police said Thursday, offering the first official details of the attack.San Francisco police showed body camera footage from the officers who responded to the Oct. 9 attack on the consulate in a residential neighborhood in the city.
Several people called 911, including one person who said the suspect had a gun, which dispatchers relayed to officers sent to the scene, though Yang did not have a gun, police said.'If we believe that we have an active attacker event, we will do everything possible to stop that threat immediately so we don't have a loss of life,' he said.The crash was condemned by the Chinese government, which called it 'a violent attack,' and by the White House.
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