{"id":497491,"date":"2026-10-16T00:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/497491\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T00:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:50:10","slug":"man-killed-in-scooter-crash-during-apparent-police-chase-in-sf-was-wanted-for-ankle-monitor-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/497491\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Killed In Scooter Crash During Apparent Police Chase In SF Was Wanted for Ankle Monitor Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A police chase in SF’s SoMa district that led to the death of a man<\/a> on Monday now has some further details, and it appears the man was being pursued for not charging his ankle monitor.<\/p>\n

The man has been identified as 56-year-old Pittsburg resident Edwin Adams, and as the Chronicle reports<\/a>, Adams was out of custody pending legal proceedings in a criminal case, the nature of which was reportedly non-violent.<\/p>\n

A warrant had been issued for Adams after an apparent violation of his release terms, the Chronicle has learned, and that violation was failing to charge his ankle monitor. <\/p>\n

Adams’s brother, Curtis Adams, lived with him and described him to the Chronicle as a “down-to-earth dude” and father of a seven-year-old daughter whom he loved. Edwin Adams had apparently had several run-ins with San Francisco police in recent months, all of which appear to be drug-related. Curtis Adams also said that his brother had had previous run-ins with undercover officers in SF who would “mess with him.”<\/p>\n

His most recent booking in jail had been on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance for sale, and he was also booked on suspicion of committing a new offense while having an open case in the city.<\/p>\n

The SF Public Defender\u2019s Office, which was representing Adams, put out a statement Wednesday to Mission Local<\/a> saying. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mr. Adams, whom we proudly represented in connection with non-violent charges he did not yet have a chance to challenge at trial.”<\/p>\n

The office added, “We hope the city will conduct a thorough and independent investigation into why the police decided to pursue him and what circumstances led to his very troubling death.”<\/p>\n

Mission Local previously reported that witnesses saw what appeared to be an undercover cop get out of a gray Ford Fusion that had pursued him on Mission Street, and the man took Adams in a “football tackle,” allegedly knocking him into the bus shelter. He was then seen lying on the ground in a pool of blood.<\/p>\n

Frank Brown, one of three witnesses to the incident, told Mission Local, “We were all saying it was the undercover cops, because who else acts like that?”<\/p>\n

The SFPD initially characterized the incident as a scooter riding suspect who “collided with a street fixture and suffered injury” while being pursued.<\/p>\n

An investigation is now underway by the district attorney’s office, as the Chronicle reports, into whether the SFPD officer’s use of force led to Adams’s death.<\/p>\n

The case is likely to revive debates about the chasing of suspects on city streets, particularly when those suspects are wanted for non-violent offenses, given the potential dangers to the public and the suspects themselves.<\/p>\n

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