Overview
- Police say automated license-plate readers flagged a 2021 Toyota linked to an armed robbery as it entered San Francisco, officers attempted a stop late Sunday night and the driver led them on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash on the Highway 101 on-ramp.
- Court documents allege the driver, identified as 36-year-old Norris Reed III, opened his door and fired multiple rounds at officers, striking Officer Brittney Taylor who underwent emergency surgery and was reported in serious but stable condition.
- Officers returned fire and struck a passenger in the vehicle who was hospitalized in critical condition, while Reed fled on foot and was later found inside the Bayshore Navigation Center on surveillance that shows an unknown person letting him in.
- Prosecutors recovered a Glock .40 and a P80 'ghost gun' from Reed and found two extended magazines in the Toyota, and they filed charges including two counts of attempted murder plus weapons and evasion felonies.
- Reed is accused of committing a felony after a 2011 strike conviction and while on parole, the DA will move to detain him without bail, multiple criminal and administrative investigations are pending, and the department has scheduled a public town hall and community support efforts for the injured officer.