Police killings
2013-2020

Mario Woods

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 12/2/2015

San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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.