Ninth Circuit Courthouse Security Officer Shot and Wounded Man With Knife

"We're now learning of a shooting incident that happened last month at a federal courthouse in San Francisco in which a security officer shot a man four times. The incident happened on January 26 at or just outside the James R. Browning Courthouse at Seventh and Mission streets, also known as the home of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. As Bay Area News Group reports, 35-year-old Zachary Norman Guyton was reportedly loitering around the steps of the courthouse in the morning hours before the courthouse opened."

"The security officer is reportedly contracted through FPS or Federal Protective Services, and he and other officers had been told to conduct foot patrols and to clear trespassers from the courthouse grounds and those of the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building across the street. The officer alleges that Guyton was wielding a knife and "advanced" toward him, and that he feared for his own life. The officer reportedly shot Guyton four times, after firing a total of seven shots. Video of the incident appears to confirm that Guyton was walking toward the officer with a knife as the officer backed away and yelled commands."

On January 26 a security officer shot Zachary Norman Guyton four times at or just outside the James R. Browning Courthouse in San Francisco after alleging Guyton advanced with a knife. Guyton had been loitering on the courthouse steps before it opened. The security officer is contracted through Federal Protective Services and had been conducting foot patrols to clear trespassers from nearby federal buildings. The officer fired seven shots in total; video appears to show Guyton walking toward the officer with a knife as commands were given. Guyton faces a federal charge of assault on a federal employee. Details were released when a criminal complaint was filed. Another FPS officer, Dave Patrick Underwood, was fatally shot in May 2020 by self-described 'Boogaloo boys,' and one shooter, Steven Carrillo, an Air Force staff sergeant, was convicted in federal court.

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