Suspected carjacker killed by S. F. police identified as Fairfield man

The man fatally shot by San Francisco police over the weekend during what officers said was an attempted carjacking was identified as 21yearold Fairfield resident Cesar Vargas, officials with the San Francisco medical examiner’s office said Monday.

The incident marked San Francisco’s second police shooting this year, and the first fatal one. Police have not yet identified the officer who fired the fatal shot, and did not respond to requests for comment on Monday. An automatic email reply from the Police

Department said public information officers were observing the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday.

In a statement released Sunday morning, police said officers responded to an attempted carjacking on Market and Gough streets on Saturday at about 11: 30 p. m. The officers chased the suspect to Otis Street, where they attempted to detain him, according to the news release.

It was during this confrontation that the shooting occurred, officials said. The statement did not state how many officers fired their weapons, whether the suspect was carrying or attempted to use his own weapon, or any other details about the encounter. The shooting was captured on bodyworn cameras, police said.

Vargas, who was struck by gunfire at least once, was given medical aid but died at the scene. Officers located a knife at the scene of the shooting, but it’s unclear how or if it played a role in the incident.

In San Francisco, a police shooting touches off an array of internal and outside investigations. The incident will be reviewed by the San Francisco

District Attorney’s Office, the San Francisco Police Department’s Investigative Services Division, the San Francisco Internal Affairs Division, the Department of Police Accountability and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The department will hold a town hall meeting about the shooting within 10 days, police said, “as part of SFPD’s commitment to transparency and accountability.”