(San Francisco) San Francisco police announced Monday that they shot and killed a man whose vehicle violently drove into the city’s Chinese consulate.
The suspect “charged violently into the administration hall of our consulate, seriously threatening the lives of the teams and people on site and causing serious damage” to the building, a spokesperson for the consulate said in a statement.
“The suspect was subdued by the police,” he continued, condemning this “violent attack” and calling for an investigation to be opened.
Kathryn Winters, a San Francisco police sergeant, told reporters that “officers […] came into contact with the suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred.”
The victim was declared dead at the hospital despite the efforts of the police and emergency services on site, she added, without being able to provide information on his identity.
Images published on social networks, which AFP was unable to authenticate, show a vehicle inside the building and police officers pointing their weapons in the direction of the driver’s door, while people flee.
An investigation by San Francisco police and the State Department is ongoing, according to Mme Winters.
Many residents of Chinese origin, many from Taiwan, call San Francisco home.