Mario Woods
Male, Black
Date of the incident: 12/2/2015
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Third Street and Fitzgerald Avenue
Third Street and Fitzgerald Avenue
Police say they opened fire after failing to subdue Mario with “less lethal” beanbag rounds. The video shows Mario walking slowly along a sidewalk surrounded by a group of seven or eight police officers who have weapons drawn. It's not clear whether he had an object in his hands. One officer moves to block the suspect's progress as he moves along a wall bordering the sidewalk. Then gunfire erupts — a rapid-fire sequence that could have been more than a dozen shots. Video shows that Mario did not raise his arm prior to being shot, as police have claimed.