In a possible first, San Francisco charges an officer with homicide over fatal on-duty shooting
A former police officer was charged with manslaughter by the San Francisco district attorneys office Monday, three years after he fatally shot Kita ONeil during an alleged carjacking incident.
District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced that his office had filed homicide charges against former San Francisco Police Department officer Christopher Samayoa, a decision that appears to be the citys first homicide prosecution against a law enforcement officer who has killed someone while on duty.
Samayoa faces charges of voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, assault with a semiautomatic weapon, assault by a police officer and discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, the district attorneys office said Monday.
Boudin, a liberal former public defender, was elected last year on a platform of criminal justice reform and promised a tougher stance on law enforcement accountability.
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