Former San Francisco police officer Chris Samayoa is facing a series of manslaughter and weapons charges in the shooting death of Keita O’Neil in December of 2017.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A former San Francisco police officer is facing manslaughter and weapons charges for allegedly shooting and killing an unarmed man accused of carjacking a state-owned vehicle in the Bayview District in 2017. San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin made the announcement Monday afternoon, saying this is the first prosecution case against a law enforcement officer in the city’s history. A warrant has been issued for former police officer Chris Samayoa’s arrest, which Boudin said a judge signed off on Saturday. Samayoa has been charged with voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter assault with a semiautomatic firearm, assault by a police officer and discharge of a firearm with gross negligence.
