The case is under investigation by the San Mateo County District Attorney s Office, and an administrative investigation by an impartial outside investigator will also be conducted.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe on April 13 provided the first detailed account of the shooting of Allen. Wagstaffe also said that there is no video evidence of what took place and that Daly City police officers are not presently equipped with body cameras.
An officer saw three people two men in the front, including Allen in the front passenger seat, and a woman in the back seat in a parked truck with a damaged rear tire at about 2:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Niantic Avenue and stopped to talk to the driver, according to the district attorney s summary.
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Who is Roger Allen? Black Man Shot Dead by Daly City Police Officer
On 4/16/21 at 12:25 PM EDT
Roger Cornelius Allen, a 44-year-old Black man who lived in San Francisco, was fatally shot by a police officer in Daly City, California during a routine check of an occupied parked vehicle on April 7.
San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe revealed Tuesday that Allen was shot by a Daly City police officer after they saw what they believed was a firearm in his lap. The weapon turned out to be a BB gun.
Few details about the incident had been released by Daly City Police prior to the district attorney s account Tuesday.
Daly City police officer fatally shot S.F. man in chest during struggle over weapon, DA says
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A routine check on a occupied parked vehicle in Daly City turned deadly last week when police officers saw what they believed was a firearm on the lap of a passenger, struggled to take it away and fatally shot the man in the chest, said San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe told The Chronicle on Tuesday.
The weapon turned out to be a BB gun.
Daly City police have released few details about the fatal police shooting, but Wagstaffe provided an account Tuesday of what unfolded on April 7.
DA s office IDs man fatally shot by Daly City police, say he had fake gun
By KTVU staff article
Daly City police issue photo of a fake gun they say a man they shot and killed was in possession of.
DALY CITY, Calif. - San Mateo County District Attorney s office identified a man shot and killed by Daly City police during an incident last week.
On Tuesday, the D.A. s office said police struggled with Roger Cornelius Allen, 44, a San Francisco resident, over what turned out to be a fake gun.
A news release, from D.A. Steve Wagstaffe s office offfered more details from the shooting. It said police came upon a truck with a damaged rear tire on the 700 block of Niantic Avenue last Wednesday at just before 2 p.m.