Police Kill Gunman At SFO, Bystander Injured By Bullet

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Francisco police shot and killed a man who was armed with two guns and allegedly demonstrated threatening behavior near the BART station entrance at San Francisco International Airport on Thursday morning, an airport spokesman said.

A bystander experiencing homelessness was hit in the leg in the shooting by a ricocheting bullet and was hospitalized with minor injuries, numerous outlets report.

Officers responded at about 7:30 a.m. to a report of an armed person exhibiting "threatening behavior" in front of the BART station at SFO's International Terminal. Officers tried to de-escalate the situation, then tried non-lethal measures on the suspect, who was allegedly brandishing two weapons, airport spokesman Doug Yakel said.

The man, whose name hasn't been released but was reported to be in his 20s, allegedly continued to advance toward officers and exhibit “threatening behavior,” according to Yakel. Officers first fired beanbag projectiles at him, then shot at him. He has since died from his injuries, Yakel said.

The shooting prompted the closure of the BART station at the airport as numerous authorities from BART and the San Francisco Police Department investigated on-scene. Trains were briefly re-routed during the incident. At 8:45 a.m., trains began stopping at the station again and the station began reopening, according to the transit agency.

At 8:59, BART tweeted, “The San Francisco Int'l Airport station is open. Normal train service has resumed at the San Francisco Int'l Airport station. The primary station entrance remains closed. Passengers can enter and exit the station through the secondary entrance on the upper level.”

Still, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that several trains were still rerouted even after 9 a.m., causing delays.

Airport operations were not otherwise affected by the police activity, Yakel said. However, the Chronicle reported that passengers were diverted from the International Terminal entrance, and the airport temporarily closed a nearby security checkpoint and rerouted passengers to another screening checkpoint.

The airport and BART trains were back in operation by 9:45, though police barricaded a section of the international terminal leading to the BART station for the rest of the day, the Chronicle reported.

– Refresh for updates. Patch staffer Michael Wittner and Bay City News contributed to this report.