January 24, 2011 | 1:12 PM | By

Two more officer-involved shootings this weekend

FILED UNDER: Police, Oakland, Oakland Police Department, Officer-involved shootings, San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department

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Saturday and Sunday brought us two more officer-involved shootings in the Bay Area. An Oakland school district police office shot and killed 20-year-old Raheim Brown on the evening of January 22nd outside a community center in the Oakland hills, where Skyline High was hosting its annual winter ball.

The following evening, a Daly City police officer pursued a woman into San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood and shot her after she drove her car into a house and tried to put the car into reverse. The woman, who remains unidentified, suffered life-threatening injuries and is still in San Francisco General Hospital.

The incidents will be reviewed by the Alameda and San Francisco District Attorneys, respectively, to determine whether the shootings were in policy or not. SFPD is also investigating the shooting by the Daly City police officer, since it took place within the city limits.

The weekend’s incidents marked the fifth officer-involved shooting in San Francisco and Oakland in the past five weeks. SFPD officers shot and wounded a knife-wielding man in a wheelchair on January 4, after he allegedly stabbed an officer.

San Francisco officers shot and killed another man armed with a knife on December 29. 46-year-old Vinh Bui was shot outside a Portola District home after allegedly stabbing a young women: Family claimed Bui was mentally ill.

On December 20th, Oakland Police shot and killed 19-year-old Ahba Taiye Edwards after Edwards and three other men led officers on a high-speed car chase through West Oakland. OPD initially said Edwards was holding a handgun when he was shot and drew down on the officers, who then opened fire. Police claim the car stop helped prevent a planned retaliation shooting targeting an unspecified rival gang.