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S.F. police fatally shoot person after standoff near SoMa dispensary S.F. police fatally shoot person after standoff near SoMa dispensary
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S.F. police fatally shoot person after standoff near SoMa cannabis dispensary
By Jordan Parker, Dominic FracassaUpdated Jan 28, 2025 6:29 a.m.
A person was transported in an ambulance after authorities responded to a disturbance at a San Francisco marijuana dispensary on Monday.Dan Hernandez / The Chronicle
A person was transported in an ambulance after authorities responded to a disturbance at a San Francisco marijuana dispensary on Monday.Dan Hernandez / The Chronicle
San Francisco police officers shot and killed a person Monday afternoon in the city's South of Market neighborhood following a standoff and an initial shooting that left a man severely injured, officials said.
Police said they initially responded to a reported shooting in the area of Mission and Ninth streets, police said, where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. That man, who was not initially identified, was hospitalized with what police described as life-threatening injuries.
The address near the shooting, 79 Ninth St., is the location of Vapor Room dispensary. A Chronicle photographer witnessed blood on a sidewalk and the wounded person being transported from the scene in an ambulance. When reached by the Chronicle Monday evening an employee at the Vapor Room dispensary declined to comment on the shooting.
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At the scene, officers were alerted that "a suspect was possibly in a nearby building," officials said in a statement issued early Tuesday morning.
Officials offered little detail in the statement about what happened next, saying only that officers set up a perimeter around the building and utilized hostage negotiators to attempt to coax the suspected shooter out of the building.
"The suspect failed to comply and refused to exit the building," police said in a statement. "During this contact" with the suspect, police shot the person, officials said. It was not clear from the initial police statement who opened fire first, but police said a gun was recovered at the scene. The person who was killed by police was not immediately identified.
After the shooting, officers entered the building and attempted to provide medical aid, but the person died at the scene, police said.
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A bevy of San Francisco agencies will investigate the shooting, including officials from the district attorney's office. Police were expected to publicly release officer body-worn camera footage of the incident in the next 10 days.
Reach Jordan Parker: Jordan.Parker@sfchronicle.com. Reach Dominic Fracassa: dfracassa@sfchronicle.com
Jordan Parker
Breaking News Reporter
Jordan Parker is a breaking news reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. He graduated from Sacramento State University in May 2022 with a degree in journalism. During his time there, he spent three years as a reporter and editor for the university's award-winning student newspaper, The State Hornet. He spent his senior year of college serving as The Hornet's first Black editor in chief, leading the organization to two Pacemaker awards and several other national honors from the Associated Collegiate Press. When he's not chasing down a story, he likes watching movies, traveling and trying new restaurants.
Dominic Fracassa
Assistant Metro Editor
Dominic Fracassa is an assistant metro editor overseeing breaking news and criminal justice in San Francisco. He previously covered San Francisco City Hall as a staff writer.
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[news] [concept] | propaganda theme1 propaganda theme2 propaganda theme3 propaganda theme6 | | •Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate? (Bruce E Levine, 2012)
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•Themes in Chemical Prohibition
•Drug War Propaganda (kindle edition)
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•drugwarfacts.org/druguse.htm
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•America's Racist Drug laws
•narcoterror.org/
•Labeling theory
•Transfer (propaganda)
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•drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm
•drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm
•Distortion 18: Cannabis and Mental Illness
•No, marijuana use doesn't lower your IQ (10/2014)
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[news] [concept] | "American" "neighborhood" | 2 | •Survival of Society (propaganda theme 3)
•The "Nation" as a Device To Create a Psychological Crowd
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[news] [concept] | compassion club | | •medicalmarijuanaprocon.org/
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•Cannabis Treats Anxiety, Depression And Activates Pathways That Regulate Emotional Behavior (2014)
•The Flower (video cartoon)
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[news] [concept] | "Beer" "wine" | 6 | •Stanton Peele Addiction Web Site
•drugwarfacts.org/alcohol.htm
•Pot Threatens Booze Profits
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[news] [concept] | "marijuana" "cannabis" medical cannabis | 3 | •Cannabis: Religious and Spiritual Uses
•Cannabis-Driving Studies
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•medicalmarijuanaprocon.org
•cannabisculture.com
•Schaffer Library: Marijuana
•drugwarfacts.org/marijuan.htm
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•U.S. Prisons Thriving on Jim Crow Marijuana Arrests (2013)
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carisoprodol 50%
[news] [concept] | "SoMa" | 3 | •erowid.org/pharms/carisoprodol/
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•Wikipedia: Statolatry
•lewrockwell.com/2014/07/thomas-d...
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•Worship of the U. S. Government (2011)
•Bureaucratic Thrust
•Tyranny of Experts
•The Threat of Authority (2012)
•The Media As Enablers of Government Lies
•The Statist Mindset (Jacob Hornberger, 2011)
•Thinking Critically about Experts and Authority
•'Scientific' evidence for FDA-approved drugs isn't so scientific, it turns out (2014)
•The Intellectual Gravy Train (2015)
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