The San Francisco Police Department on Tuesday at a virtual town hall meeting shared more details about a shooting that seriously injured an officer late last month.
Acting Cmdr. Thomas Harvey said an automatic license plate reader alerted officers at 10:29 p.m. on May 31 of armed suspects associated with a robbery who were on the Bay Bridge entering San Francisco. Southern Station officers observed and started following the suspect vehicle, a 2021 gray Toyota Camry, while other units coordinated plans to stop the vehicle, Harvey said during the town hall.
At a traffic stop on Mission and First streets, officers stepped out of the police vehicle, telling the driver to turn off the car and yield, but the suspect continued to flee in the vehicle, according to officer body camera footage shared at Tuesday’s meeting.
The pursuit continued through San Francisco until the vehicle collided with a concrete barrier at the intersection of Bayshore Boulevard and Jerrold Avenue at 10:46 p.m., Harvey noted.
Several officers ordered the suspects out of the vehicle before the driver, Norris Reed III, opened the car door and immediately fired at the officers as police returned fire, Harvey said.
Both the passenger, who was identified as Ariunsanaa Dolgorsuren, and Ofc. Brittney Taylor were struck by gunfire and transported to a hospital. Taylor underwent emergency surgery June 1 and was in serious but stable condition as of last week, according to Sam Singer, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Officers Association.
Reed, 36, of Oakland, fled the scene by foot down Jerrold Avenue into the Bayshore Navigation Center’s gated area, Harvey noted in the town hall. Police located Reed, arrested him and seized two guns from him shortly afterward. He has since been charged with numerous felony charges, including two counts of attempted murder.
“The precise chronology of this incident is currently under investigation,” Harvey said in the town hall. “We are still in the very early stages of an administrative investigation that can take several months to complete, and our understanding of the incident may change as additional evidence is collected and analyzed.”
A public comment period took place after Harvey’s presentation. The virtual town hall can be found on the SFGovTV’s YouTube channel and the unabridged raw video can be found on the SFPD’s Vimeo channel.