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Driver who rammed car into San Francisco's Chinese consulate building shot, killed by police
2023-10-10
BLUF: Man had knife, police concerned his car was a VBIED.
[FoxNews] A person accused of ramming a car into the lobby of the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, California, Monday evening is dead, according to San Francisco police.

The suspect, whose identity has not been released, was inside a car that came to rest inside the lobby of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China, the San Francisco Police Department said in a media briefing on Monday. When SFPD officers entered the building and made contact with the suspect, gunfire erupted and the suspect was shot.

Officers rendered aid to the suspect until paramedics with the San Francisco Fire Department arrived for transport to the hospital, where the suspect later died.

"In spite of the lifesaving efforts of the police officers, firefighter/paramedics, and personnel at the hospital, the suspect was later pronounced deceased at the hospital," SFPD said.

Local news organization, The San Francisco Standard, spoke with Stanford student Sergii Molchanov, who was submitting documents to get a visa when the vehicle crashed into the building.

Molchanov told The Standard the driver’s head was bleeding, and when he got out of the car, he shouted, "Where’s the CCP?"

He was quickly approached by security guards who held his arms back, and while the student told the news organization he did not see a weapon on the driver, security guards were holding a knife.

"He looked at me, and I was a little bit scared because I didn’t know if he had any gun or something," Molchanov told The Standard.

People were seen fleeing the building on video captured by Molchanov. Also seen on video is the suspect, who appeared disheveled and bloody.

Molchanov also told The Standard he heard two gunshots.

Police were reportedly worried the suspect had an explosive device in the vehicle, and several police vehicles and emergency vehicles responded to the scene, along with bomb-sniffing dogs.
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  ^Including the secret CCP jails here? Fuck you, Herb Jr.
Posted by: Frank G   2023-10-10 18:22  

#6  This will be big news in China. The host country is responsible for the security of foreign diplomatic posts. Even back when we bombed their compound in Serbia, the Chinese government protected US consulates.
Posted by: Jairong Scourge of the Gepids2435   2023-10-10 16:42  

#5  Must be more of that anti-Asian racism we heard about briefly some months ago.

But "the suspect, whose identity has not been released" tells us all we need to know. Expect to hear nothing more about this.
Posted by: Tom   2023-10-10 11:32  

#4  As SFPD respond, twain:
"A bomber! Let's aim for his brain,
The critical part
Of his being, the heart
Of his consciousness, source of his pain!"
[bangety bang bang]
"Oy... me pride and joy!"
Posted by: Sneper Omaigum5069   2023-10-10 05:13  

#3  ^ Forget it, Jake...
Posted by: Sneper Omaigum5069   2023-10-10 05:04  

#2  was grabbed by guards just after 3pm Pacific time.

He was shot when police arrived moments later and was declared dead after being taken to hospital.


????
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-10-10 04:18  

#1  'Where's the CCP?': Driver is shot dead after plowing car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco and then demanding to know where to find the Communist Party
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-10-10 03:28  

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