A standoff between San Francisco Police and an allegedly armed person in a vehicle Wednesday afternoon ended with him being taken safely into custody, police said.
Officers initially responded at 12:22 p.m. to a report of someone in a vehicle with a gun in the area of Eddy and Franklin streets, according to San Francisco police spokesperson Officer Gonee Sepulveda.
Officers located the man in the vehicle and attempted a "high risk" stop so that they could make contact with him. The suspect did not respond to police attempts at communication, so officers called for additional resources, including hostage and crisis negotiators as well as tactical and specialist officers.
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Crisis negotiators attempted to establish communication with the suspect, but he refused to engage in de-escalation and communication with negotiators, police said.
After about three hours of attempts to communicate, police said they warned the suspect that he was under arrest and needed to surrender peacefully. If not, force would be used to remove him from the vehicle.
According to San Francisco police, the tactical unit used non-lethal force options to remove the man from the vehicle and take him into custody.
Police announced that the situation had been resolved at 3:50 p.m.
The man was not injured and refused a medical evaluation, police said.
This is still an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD. Persons may remain anonymous.
