- A San Francisco police officer who was under investigation for allegedly having sex with a minor fatally shot himself at a Bay Area traffic stop on Monday
- The officer, a nine-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department, shot and killed himself in the parking lot of the Hilltop Mall in Richmond
- The incident took place at approximately 1:30pm Monday near the J.C. Penney store
A San Francisco police officer who was under investigation for allegedly having sex with a minor fatally shot himself at a Bay Area traffic stop on Monday.
The officer, a nine-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department, shot and killed himself in the parking lot of the Hilltop Mall in Richmond, according to authorities.
The incident took place at approximately 1:30pm Monday near the J.C. Penney store, KGO-TV reported.
After a Richmond police officer stopped the vehicle, he heard a loud gunshot.
A San Francisco police officer who was under investigation for allegedly having sex with a minor fatally shot himself at a Bay Area traffic stop on Monday
The officer, a nine-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department, shot and killed himself in the parking lot of the Hilltop Mall in Richmond, according to authorities
The officer was being investigated over an alleged sexual encounter with a minor in Las Vegas. The dead officer’s picture is muzzed as he lay dead in his car on the right as investigators gather evidence at the scene
The officer then immediately returned to his patrol vehicle to ask for help.
Initially, the officer didn’t know what happened since the windows of the SFPD officer’s car were tinted.
The Richmond officers used beanbag rounds to shatter the windows of the vehicle. They then approached the vehicle and found the dead man inside.
Authorities have yet to release the name of the dead officer, though the car is registered to Antonio Cacatian, a San Francisco police officer.
The officer was being investigated over an alleged sexual encounter with a minor in Las Vegas.