5 responses to “Hillsborough Shooting: Still at large”

1. Fugit All

   February 23, 2025

   @hillsboroughpd is the Twitter account that is posting on this incident including that a person in SSF has been interviewed.
   I don’t know why the two departments aren’t sharing information to the public about it.
   I was out for a walk just after 5pm and got to Willow where cops (with their weapons out) told me to go back home and shelter in place. If the alerts were working correctly, I would have never gone in that direction. I’ve been signed up for SMC alerts for years! I’ll get notices about random traffic route changes throughout SM but didn’t receive a text about this event, blocks from where I live, until 7am this morning. I hope they fix whatever was broken about those alerts before the next critical incident.

2. Timothy Hooker

   February 27, 2025

   Maybe I am missing something:
   Law enforcement is withholding key details—the race and sex of the person involved. They have this information but are choosing not to share it with the community. Without it, how can anyone assist in locating this individual?
   This isn’t a minor issue. Keeping this information from the public creates a roadblock that slows down efforts to spread awareness and find the person. Transparency is essential for public safety, and without it, the search becomes much more difficult.
   Why won’t they release this information? The community has a right to know and be part of the effort. The faster this information is shared, the faster action can be taken.

3. Joe

   February 28, 2025

   I’ve had an email exchange with the interim Chief and the City Manager about the communications issues around this event. Here are a few takeaways:
   –With Hillsborough leading the response on this event, B’game was a bit hamstrung on making a wider announcement, but will work on making them sooner and wider. The alert this morning about a “canvas search” on Oak Grove appears to be wider and more timely.
   –Using multiple platforms to make the announcements (i.e. more than SMC Alert and Facebook) can be challenging to manage, monitor and update. “In the future, and dependent upon the type of incident, perhaps we should direct people to one platform in order to receive any relevant updates.” That’s a “yes” from me.
   –The premature cancellation of the alert at 12:26 AM is because we “believe the system was taking longer than expected to respond to the “transmit” request and may have been clicked on multiple times by our dispatcher, leading to a technical problem or accidental cancellation. This is being addressed with staff, and additional training is being provided.”

4. Joe

   March 3, 2025

   The SF Chron is reporting this–9 days after the shooting:
   Hillsborough police have released a sketch of a person of interest in the shooting of a police officer last Saturday.
   The assailant had gained access to a restricted area of the police parking lot at 3:49 p.m., fired at the officer when approached, then fled on foot, according to the Hillsborough Police Department.
   The officer was taken to a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, police said.
   After the shooting, witnesses reported that the person of interest was running southbound on El Camino Real near Carol, Cypress and Barroilhet avenues in Burlingame around 5:30 p.m. that day. The man appeared anxious and was looking back frequently, suggesting an attempt to avoid detection, police said.
   Police described the person of interest as Latino, around 25 to 27 years old, standing 5 feet, 5 inches to 5-7, with a pale complexion and short black hair. He was wearing a black trucker hat, black windbreaker-type jacket, dark sagging jeans with rhinestones on the back pockets, and flat-soled Nike shoes.
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   There is “close to home” and really Close to Home–like less than 100 yards…….

5. Joe

   March 7, 2025

   The Town of H’borough is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter.