US police shoot driver who rammed China consulate
Law enforcement officers fatally shot the driver of a vehicle that plowed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday (October 9), in an incident police have given few details about, but which the Chinese diplomatic post has described as an "attack". - REUTERS
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00:00 People were seen rushing out of the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Monday afternoon,
00:06 after a driver plowed a car into the lobby of the building's visa office.
00:11 Police said law enforcement shot the driver, who later died in hospital.
00:16 San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Catherine Winters
00:21 described the incident hours later.
00:23 Officers entered, made contact with the suspect, and an officer-involved shooting occurred.
00:29 Officers rendered aid, and they had summoned paramedics from the San Francisco Fire Department.
00:33 And in spite of the life-saving efforts of the police officers, firefighter paramedics,
00:39 and personnel at the hospital, the suspect was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.
00:45 Winters said the identity of the driver and the motive were not yet known,
00:49 and there was no mention of any other injuries in the incident.
00:52 She said police were working with U.S. State Department investigators
00:56 and explained why few details could be given.
01:00 This is a unique investigation because it did happen inside the lobby of the Chinese consulate.
01:05 So there's a number of agencies and jurisdictions that are involved. So this is far different than
01:10 our normal officer-involved shooting, which really does unfortunately impact the amount
01:14 of information that we can give to you at this time.
01:16 The Chinese diplomatic post in San Francisco called it an attack, saying in a statement it
01:22 quote "strongly condemns this violent attack and reserves the right to pursue responsibility for
01:28 the incident." The State Department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for
01:33 comment on the incident.