SF Police Kill Suspect in Standoff After Apparent Dispensary Shooting

San Francisco police officers fatally shot a man who was suspected in an apparent dispensary shooting in the South of Market neighborhood late Monday afternoon, the department confirmed.

Officers responded to the area of Mission and Ninth streets just before 5 p.m. after reports of a shooting and found a man with apparent gunshot wounds being treated by paramedics. They were told that a suspect was possibly in a nearby building and set up a perimeter to try to apprehend him, according to a San Francisco Police Department statement.

An SFPD spokesperson said that after the man refused to comply with orders to exit the building during a standoff, police opened fire. Authorities did not specify how many officers fired their weapons or what exactly led to the shooting.

Officers and paramedics entered the building after the shooting, where they rendered aid to the suspect before he was pronounced dead. The SFPD spokesperson said a firearm was recovered from the scene.

The victim of the initial shooting, identified by his family as Vapor Room dispensary owner Martin Olive, the San Francisco Standard reported, was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The police shooting is under investigation, and the SFPD will host a town hall meeting to provide more information within 10 days.