Before Being Fatally Shot by Police, The driver of the Vehicle That Struck The Chinese Consulate in San Francisco Allegedly Attempted to Attack a Responding Officer.

The driver who crashed a blue Honda sedan into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco last week was armed with a knife and had a loaded crossbow in his car before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said Thursday.

Zhanyuan Yang, 31, rammed into the lobby area of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China on October 9 just after 3 p.m. local time, San Francisco Police said last week. At the time, police said there were no other injuries.

On Thursday, the San Francisco Police Department held a town hall where it addressed details about how the attack on the consulate unfolded. Officials played 911 calls and body camera footage of responding police officers.

In one video, an officer can be seen approaching the scene and slamming into a structure where it looks a blue automobile has wrecked. The camera zooms in on a man wearing a blue T-shirt and slacks while concealing his face as the police walks farther into the building. At some point, the man is forced up against a wall and asked if he is carrying a pistol. A moment later, a cop shoots the man in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground.

As the sergeant and the security guard pinned Mr. Yang from behind against the wall, Mr. Yang rotated toward the sergeant and the security guard and exposed the knife in his right hand,” San Francisco Police Acting Cmdr. Mark Im said at the town hall meeting.

Mr. Yang repeatedly and quickly swung the knife downward in the direction of the sergeant and security guard, Im continued.