The police investigation into the incident is 'open and active.'
Share on linkedin Police seen outside the San Francisco Chinese Consulate on Oct. 9. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Imageson Monday was shot by police and later died in hospital.The incident occurred shortly after 3 pm local time, when a car rammed into the lobby area of the Chinese Consulate, San Francisco police Sgt. Kathryn Winters said at aWhen police arrived, they "made contact with the suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred," she added.
The San Francisco Police Department is conducting an "open and active" investigation into the matter and is coordinating with investigators from the State Department, Winters said.A witness told theC.C.P.?" in apparent reference to the Chinese Communist Party.The Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco condemned the incident in a statement, saying that it posed a "serious threat to the life and safety of staff and people on site," the Times reported.
The Chinese government as well as many Chinese citizens are highly sensitive to perceived insults, and Chinese diplomatic missions abroad are a particular sore spot. After the U.S.
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