Daly City wants the Attorney General to investigate the April 7 shooting when police fatally shot San Francisco resident Roger Cornelius Allen following a struggle over what turned out to be a replica gun.
Daly City releases names of officers involved in killing of Roger Allen
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Photographs of Roger Allen, who was fatally shot April 7 by Daly City police, are displayed at vigil April 15 at Mission High School in San Francisco.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The Chronicle
Daly City officials on Thursday released the names of four officers involved in the fatal shooting of 44-year-old Roger Allen this month.
Officer Rosa Brenes, Lt. Michael Brennan, Officer Nicholas McCarthy and Officer Cameron Newton were involved in the April 7 incident, which began after an officer stopped to assist Allen with a flat tire, officials said.
The case is under investigation by the San Mateo County District Attorney s Office, and an administrative investigation by an impartial outside investigator will also be conducted.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe on April 13 provided the first detailed account of the shooting of Allen. Wagstaffe also said that there is no video evidence of what took place and that Daly City police officers are not presently equipped with body cameras.
An officer saw three people two men in the front, including Allen in the front passenger seat, and a woman in the back seat in a parked truck with a damaged rear tire at about 2:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Niantic Avenue and stopped to talk to the driver, according to the district attorney s summary.
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Demonstrators gathered in San Francisco Thursday calling for an end to police violence after three people were recently killed at the hands of police across the country one of them in Daly City.
The demonstration was originally organized to honor Roger Allen and Daunte Wright of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, but Thursday evening, they also learned about the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo from chicago.” Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
Following the group of about a couple hundred demonstrators was the sister of Allen, who is surviving through deep loss.
Who is Roger Allen? Black Man Shot Dead by Daly City Police Officer
On 4/16/21 at 12:25 PM EDT
Roger Cornelius Allen, a 44-year-old Black man who lived in San Francisco, was fatally shot by a police officer in Daly City, California during a routine check of an occupied parked vehicle on April 7.
San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe revealed Tuesday that Allen was shot by a Daly City police officer after they saw what they believed was a firearm in his lap. The weapon turned out to be a BB gun.
Few details about the incident had been released by Daly City Police prior to the district attorney s account Tuesday.