SAN FRANCISCO: Law enforcement officers fatally shot the driver of a vehicle that ploughed through the Chinese consulate in San Francisco and into the lobby of the building's visa office on Monday (Oct 10), city police said. Official details of the incident were sketchy, and police said the identity of the
Law enforcement members stand on the street near the Chinese consulate, where local media has reported a vehicle may have crashed into the building, in San Francisco, California, US Oct 9, 2023. SAN FRANCISCO: Law enforcement officers fatally shot the driver of a vehicle that ploughed through the Chinese consulate in San Francisco and into the lobby of the building's visa office on Monday , city police said.
"I don't know how many people were inside the visa office at the time of the collision," San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Kathryn Winters told reporters at a news briefing hours later. Police were coordinating with investigators from the US State Department, she said, adding:"There's very little information that we can give at this time."
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