San Francisco police release new details in deadly shooting of security guard
New body cam footage released by San Francisco police during a virtual town hall shows the events leading up to a deadly, police shooting of a security guard in front of a Christian Dior store in Union Square.
According to Mark Im, acting commander for the police department's risk management division, police were searching for a man, later identified as 50-year-old Peter Hodge, for driving his SUV on a sidewalk during a car chase that ended in two women and an e-bike rider getting hit by his vehicle.
Just hours after the initial investigation into the chase, police found Hodge standing between the Giorgio Armani and Christian Dior store just one street over from where the pedestrians were hit.
Grainy body cam footage shows several police officers ask Hodge to put his hands up multiple times before activating a bolawrap device used to restrain suspects. Hodge partially raised his hands while asking why he was being surrounded but he still refused to cooperate with police. He walked to the right toward Post St. when officers fired non-lethal rounds in an attempt to subdue him.
Hodge took a few steps, turning his back to the police before turning around with a gun pointed at the officers. The video shows the police fire a barrage of shots before Hodge falls to the ground. Hodge was taken to the nearest hospital where he later died.
Im said police tracked down Hodge using security cam footage from the car chase just seven hours prior to the shooting.
Surveillance video showed Hodge hit two women outside of a Chipotle before hitting the man on the bike farther up the street. Both of the women were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police saw video of the bike rider running into a parking garage to escape Hodge.
During their initial investigation to locate the suspect, police found an SUV with markings consistent with damage sustained from an e-bike collision. Im said the vehicle had a different license plate than what was seen on surveillance video, indicating that Hodge switched plates before the shooting.
Police said there is no further indication that there is a threat to the public. But this investigation is still underway. Various city agencies are looking into this case including the DPA and the district attorney's office.