Published by The New York Times
A security guard at a Walgreens in San Francisco will not be charged with murder after he fatally shot a man who was accused of shoplifting, the district attorney said this week.
In a statement on Monday, the district attorney, Brooke Jenkins, said that prosecutors could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury that the guard was guilty of a crime after they reviewed statements from witnesses and the guard, along with video footage of the April 27 episode at a store on Market Street.
The Young Women’s Freedom Center said in a statement that Mr. Brown was known as a community organizer who had joined activists in calling for more shelter and other services for people in San Francisco.
“We are beyond devastated by Banko’s passing,” Julia Arroyo, the co-executive director of the center, said in the statement. “He was a smart and funny young man who, though shy, made friends easily. He was resilient and tenacious and loved by our whole community.”