After police held an informational meeting this week regarding an officer-involved shooting earlier this month in San Francisco, some details about the shooting remain unknown and it appears that police bypassed several procedural steps before resorting to lethal force. 

During the virtual town hall, the San Francisco Police Department presented 911 calls and video footage related to the shooting of Dmitri Hochstatter by police in his backyard after he allegedly pointed a gun at a police drone.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.