Zhanyuan Yang, shot dead after crashing car into Chinese consulate, was armed with knife and crossbow, San Francisco police say
- Zhanyuan Yang crashed his car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on October 9
- New details of the incident show Yang appeared to slash at a policeman with a knife before officer shot him
San Francisco police showed body camera footage from the officers who responded to the October 9 attack on the consulate in a residential neighbourhood in the city. The footage showed the car inside the consulate’s lobby and people rushing out of a damaged door.
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San Francisco Police Acting Commander Mark Im, speaking at a virtual town hall, said Zhanyuan Yang got out of his car, where police found a crossbow and arrows, and stood against a wall.
Yang was covering his face with his left arm after a security guard sprayed him with pepper spray and hiding a knife in his right hand, Im said.
Im said Yang then turned toward San Francisco Sergeant Troy Carrasco, who was the first to arrive on the scene, and a consulate security guard, and made “multiple, rapid, downward swinging motions with the knife” in their direction.