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.