SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Authorities launched surveillance video Monday exhibiting a hit-and-run pedestrian crash that occurred earlier this month in San Francisco’s Union Sq. together with officer-worn physique digicam footage of the deadly police capturing of the suspect hours later.
The hit-and-run suspect, 50-year-old Peter Francis Hodge Jr., was shot and killed by San Francisco Police Division officers on Dec. 20 in entrance of the Christian Dior retailer on the nook of Grant Avenue and Publish Avenue the place he labored as an armed safety guard.
Authorities recognized Hodge as being behind the wheel of a GMC Yukon that sped down the sidewalk of Kearny Avenue at round 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 19, putting two pedestrians, a 17-year-old lady and an 18-year-old girl, earlier than ramming into a person on an e-bike.
Throughout a city corridor assembly on Monday, police launched a 911 telephone name from one of many hit-and-run victims. The sufferer is heard telling dispatch that her foot and thigh had been injured from being run over by the car and that her pal “flew in the air” after being struck. The 2 pedestrians had been transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
Surveillance video reveals the concerned car driving down the sidewalk of Kearny Avenue intently after the bicyclist on an e-bike. (SFPD)
Surveillance video newly shared by officers reveals a black SUV with flashing lights, resembling emergency autos, driving down the sidewalk of Kearny St. at a excessive fee of pace, intently following behind an individual on an e-bike. Because the bike and the car attain the nook becoming a member of Sutter Avenue, at the very least one pedestrian on the sidewalk is seen being struck by the GMC and others run out of the way in which.
Shortly after the e-bike and the car flip left on Sutter, the bicyclist, later described by police as a Hispanic man in his twenties, is seen being struck by the GMC and is ejected. After sliding from the road onto the sidewalk, the bicyclist jumps up and runs away right into a parking storage. The suspect is seen grabbing the bike and the bicyclist’s belongings and bringing them to the car. After a short while, the suspect drives away with the belongings whereas leaving the bike behind.
The concerned bicyclist was not positioned after the incident.
Through the investigation of the aggravated assault, officers reviewed video proof and acquired witness ideas, main them to establish Hodge as the first suspect.
SFPD officers talk about how they’ll strategy Peter Hodge. (SFPD)
Officer-worn physique digicam footage launched on Monday begins with a briefing between a number of SFPD officers earlier than they contact Hodge exterior of Dior. In response to officers on digicam, they’re conscious of Hodge having a number of registered firearms. “We know that he’s armed with a pistol,” the officer mentioned on video in the course of the temporary.
The officers start to speak technique on how they’ll strategy Hodge and the way they’ll deal with totally different attainable situations, together with if officers are shot at. “If we start taking rounds, then we’re going to have to like return fire,” an officer is heard saying.
Bodycam video launched from six officers reveals gunshots ringing out round 40 seconds after officers get out of their autos and start to offer instructions to Hodge.
San Francisco cops confront safety guard Peter Hodge on Grant Avenue exterior of Dior. (SFPD)
“What are you worried about?” Hodge is heard asking a number of occasions earlier than the capturing.
“We’re going to use force against you. Just put your hands up,” an officer replied.
The video from one officer reveals a BolaWrap restraint gadget being fired, adopted by one other officer capturing a less-lethal projectile. Virtually instantly after, Hodge is seen elevating what seems to be a handgun at officers and quite a few gunshots are quickly fired by police.
Peter Hodge is seen elevating what seems to be a handgun earlier than SFPD officers fatally shoot him. (SFPD)
Officers offered assist earlier than paramedics transported Hodge to a hospital, the place he was pronounced deceased.
A handgun is seen on bodycam mendacity close to Hodge after the capturing and was recovered from the scene, in line with SFPD.
The deadly police capturing stays below investigation, in line with SFPD Appearing Commander Mark Im. “We are still in the very early stages of an administrative investigation that can take months to complete,” Im mentioned.
The total video launched by SFPD could be seen on the division’s Vimeo web page (WARNING: graphic content material).
