Video footage shows Samayoa, who was on his fourth day of a field training program, shooting dead O’Neil during a police chase in December 2017 after O’Neil allegedly stole a California Lottery van.

Samayoa is shown firing his gun through a squad car window, hitting O’Neil, a 42-year-old black man, as he attempts to flee on foot. Samayoa was then released.

Boudin, who was recalled from office last summer, charged Samayoa with multiple counts of manslaughter and assault, marking the first murder charge in San Francisco history against a police officer for an on-duty murder.

Jenkins, however, chose to dismiss the case, arguing in a Feb. 8 letter to Bonta that Boudin erroneously pursued manslaughter charges against Samayoa for “political reasons and not in the interests of justice.”

Cleo Moore, whose son Sean Moore was shot dead by San Francisco police in 2017, attends a rally in support of the family of Keita O’Neil and her own son March 6 in front of the California Supreme Court building in San Francisco , 2023. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

Jenkins also said her office had “discovered an internal conflict in the case that is affecting our ability to handle the matter,” citing conflicting statements from the attorney in Boudin’s office who originally handled the case and of the DA investigator who signed the warrant.

In a Feb. 28 letter, Bonta’s office disagreed that there was a conflict preventing Jenkins from taking the case under her jurisdiction.

Prosecuting Samayoa would be a historic step for Bonta, who promised when he took office to increase police accountability.

“We need to restore trust between law enforcement and communities. And I believe that law enforcement is an invaluable part of our communities and that the vast majority want to build and earn that trust,” Bonta said at his inauguration ceremony in 2021. “Accountability is part of that trust.”

Kaylah Williams May speaks on the steps of the California Supreme Court building March 6, 2023 in San Francisco. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

KQED’s Sara Hossaini and Beth LaBerge contributed to this story.

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A shooting in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood left one person dead Wednesday, according to police.

The shooting was reported at 3:19 am in the first block of Leavenworth Street.

The victim was later identified as Byron Cheeves Jr., 36, of Antioch.

San Francisco police said an arrest has been made in the case, but they did not immediately release any details about the suspect or the circumstances of the shooting.

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Looking down the 600 block of Minna in San Francisco.

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The San Francisco Police Department said Sunday it’s investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl on the 600 block of Minna Street.

Paramedics responded to the location Friday at about 6:33 am for a possible overdose.

The San Francisco County Medical Examiner responded and declared the death suspicious. Police said the department’s homicide unit is investigating.

No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at 415-575-4444 or to text TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD. Tipsters may remain anonymous.

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A wild look didn’t stop the neighbors on the streets from seeing Eddie “Tennessee” Tate as a helpful, hardworking neighbor. Tate was one of two people who lived in. were killed a shootout Sunday evening on 16th and Shotwell Streets. He was 51 years old.

Tate had lived on the city streets for decades and, according to his friends, was known for his compassion and big heart. They described him as a quick speaker with a Mediterranean urge, a country boy with an urban twist. He had large front teeth with a gap in the middle and was riding around on a tiny motorized bicycle.

“He’s always been working on things,” said Alex Richardson, the so-called mayor of the warehouse on 16th Street, where nearly a dozen tents and boxes have been set up for about six months. “He was a hard worker.”

He fixed things – bicycles, flashlights – and helped people build little wooden box houses and other street stalls.

Tate’s own box stood out from the mix. It was covered with wallpaper printed like a brick wall, a kind of Cubist collage.

Another street neighbor, Ana, said she should get help from Tate on Sunday evening to build a box like his. Instead, she said, she cried herself to sleep and then woke up when someone asked her if the news of his death was true.

“[He was a] Knight in shining armor riding around on a little bike, ”said Ana. “It’s scary to think that there is someone out there who is so heartless that he could kill someone with such a big heart.”

Tate’s ‘brick’ box was gone Monday morning. All that remained was blood stains and some leftover mess.

A sheet of plywood leaned against a fence had Tate’s nickname “Tennessee” on it. Under his name someone had written “5150” – abbreviation for an involuntary psychiatry and also a reference to the chaos of street life.

Eddie “Tennessee” Tate was murdered at his home in the tent camp on 16th and Shotwell Streets. All that’s left is a sheet of plywood in memory, blood stains, and clutter.
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“He was like the Duke. Like John Wayne, ”said a neighbor, Markael Raybon, who is called Kaels.

Wesley, an older, pale-faced man with strands of yellow hair who lives in a tent around the corner on Harrison Street, said he had known Tate since the 1980s.

Wesley once saw Tate fight nine guys in a 25-minute brawl. It started at the salad bar in Carl’s Jr in the Civic Center and ended at the General Assistance office on 9th and Mission Streets. Tate won, Wesley said.

“He said what he meant and did what he said,” said Wesley. “And he had no qualms about punching you in the ass if you didn’t believe him.”

ET, a blonde-haired woman with blue fingernails who lived in a tent one block from Tate, said he was a good man who was always ready to listen and offer emotional support.

“He made it look like everything was fine even if it wasn’t,” said ET. “He was like a brother of mine.”

Down on Harrison Street near Dandelion Chocolate, Jim remembered the time Tate gave him a sleeping bag after Jim lost everything in a city prank. “He would give you the shirt off his back.”

Like most of the tented homeless people, Tate had problems of his own with the city.

He was one of hundreds of people camping on Division Street when the city tried to evacuate that camp in February. Back then, he hoped to stay in place for as long as possible to keep his belongings.

“I don’t want to replace that,” he said Mission Local then, pointing to his plywood shelter with a generator attached.

He had only moved to Division Street when he was forced from his previous seat on Harrison Street and Fourth Street. “They told us to come here for the Super Bowl. They told me to move six times in four days. “

Just weeks before his death, Tate rolled his box off a sidewalk near Public Works to the corner of Shotwell.

Rigo Trejo took his place on the corner of Harrison Street. Trejo said he saw Tate the day before he was murdered. Trejo and a friend were hanging out when Tate pulled up on his motorized bike. “My friend asked him if he had an engine on the bike and Tennessee said ‘yup’ and flew away.”

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A San Francisco man is charged with murder in connection with the death of a 7-month-old boy who suffered a violent blunt trauma to his head last week, prosecutors say.

Police said officers were called to California Pacific Medical Center near Geary and Van Ness on April 20 after an unresponsive toddler was pronounced dead. Hospital staff reported signs of trauma to the child identified as Synciere Williams.

The boy was brought in by Joseph Williams, 26, who was identified as his “caregiver”. The boy was not related to him, the police said.

Under investigation, Williams was arrested on suspicion of murder, assaulting a child, and disabling an officer. According to prison records, he is being held without bail.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said Williams had two domestic violence arrests this year involving a woman with whom he was intimate but who was not the baby’s mother. In both cases, the woman chose not to join the prosecution, and prosecutors didn’t have enough evidence to prosecute Williams, Boudin said.

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – San Francisco police arrested two people on suspicion of murder in connection with a fatal shootout in the Bayview neighborhood last year.

According to investigators in the murder, the victim was found shot dead near Keith Street and Thomas Avenue on October 24, 2020 at around 3:50 p.m. Officials and paramedics helped the victim, but he died on the scene.

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The San Francisco coroner’s office identified the victim as Mourice Green, 41, of Antioch.

Investigators identified two people as suspects in Green’s death and received search warrants issued earlier this month in two homes in San Francisco.

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On March 4, officers arrested 50-year-old Willie Woodson on 3rd Street and Oakdale Avenue. The following day, officials arrested Denise Lasha Johnson, 29, from a house on the 2500 block of Arelious Walker Drive.

Both Woodson and Johnson have been booked for murder in San Francisco. You carried a loaded gun with the intent to commit a crime and you were a prohibited person carrying a gun in public. Johnson is also charged with conspiracy.

Police said while searching Johnson’s home, investigators found another person at the residence and developed a likely reason for arresting him on firearms charges. This suspect, identified as 29-year-old Romony Wilson, was detained in the county jail on suspicion of being a convicted criminal in possession of firearms, possession of assault weapons, possession of a large capacity magazine, and endangering children.

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Anyone with additional information on the case is asked to contact the SFPD tip line at 415-575-4444 or text under “TIP411” and begin the message with “SFPD”.

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