A car struck and killed a suspected Trader Joe’s shoplifter and injured two San Francisco Police Department officers during a foot chase Friday morning, according to the department.
Images of the aftermath show one cop pinned beneath the front bumper of a gray Lexus and another lying to the side of the vehicle on California near Hyde Street.
Firefighters worked with SFPD officers to remove the injured officer from under the vehicle. Paramedics provided advanced life support at the scene to all three patients, but the suspect, an adult male, was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
The officers were taken to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital for trauma care. Their injuries were described as non-life threatening.
The altercation began with a report of a white Tesla on fire in the Trader Joe’s parking lot around 7:36 a.m., authorities said. The store had not yet opened for the day. Upon arriving, police were told of a theft from the store. Police said later the car fire was unrelated to the theft.
A Trader Joe’s employee then flagged down the two police officers who pursued a suspect, according to Louis Wong, the president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association.
“The scene escalated into a violent struggle with the suspect in the middle of the street,” Wong’s statement said.
The cops were a recruit and a field training officer.
San Francisco firefighters arrived at 7:43 a.m. after receiving reports that individuals had been hit by a vehicle, with one pinned beneath it, according to a department spokesperson.
The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.
A witness who asked to be anonymous said the officers were pursuing a suspect on foot from Trader Joe’s into the street when a vehicle traveling east along California struck the three.
The Trader Joe’s was closed following the incident and expects to open Saturday, an employee said.
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