San Francisco Suicide by Cop Left Note of Apology to Officers

Man shot by San Francisco officers left suicide notes 
Jan 5th 2015

This Jan. 4, 2015 photo shows police investigators on Valencia Street after an officer-involved shooting at the San Francisco Police Mission Station in San Francisco. Officers shot and killed a man who brandished what appeared to be a handgun but was actually an air gun after they told him to leave a restricted parking lot outside a San Francisco police station on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.
(AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Carlos Avila Gonzalez)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man who was shot and killed by San Francisco police officers left behind several suicide notes in his cellphone, including one addressed to police, authorities said Monday. Officers shot Matthew Hoffman, 32, Sunday evening after he entered a restricted parking lot at a police station and brandished what appeared to be a handgun. It was actually an air gun, which fires small projectiles such as pellets or BBs. San Francisco police made public a note titled

"Dear Officer(s)" with the permission of Hoffman's father, authorities said in a statement. In the note, Hoffman, 32, said the officers "ended the life of a man who was too much of a coward to do it himself."

"Please, don't blame yourself. I used you. I took advantage of you," Hoffman added. Hoffman was transported to San Francisco General Hospital, where he later died of his wounds. The officers were not injured.

The air gun did not have a colored tip on it, which is a standard identifier of a toy gun, Officer Gordon Shyy said Monday. He declined to discuss any other details of the case.
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