--- title: San Fransisco: Nob Hill Standoff Sees Shot Fired description: An armed suspect fired in a standoff with police officers in San Fransisco Friday after a resident reported a home invasion canonical: https://time.com/4357188/san-francisco-chinatown-nob-hill-shooting/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-03T20:53:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:23:10.441Z article:section: U.S. og:title: San Fransisco: Nob Hill Standoff Sees Shot Fired og:description: An armed suspect fired in a standoff with police officers in San Fransisco Friday after a resident reported a home invasion og:url: https://time.com/4357188/san-francisco-chinatown-nob-hill-shooting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: San Fransisco: Nob Hill Standoff Sees Shot Fired twitter:description: An armed suspect fired in a standoff with police officers in San Fransisco Friday after a resident reported a home invasion twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Suspect Fires Shot in San Fransisco Standoff  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jun 3, 2016 8:53 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jun 3, 2016 8:53 PM CUT An armed suspect open fired in a standoff with police officers in San Fransisco on Friday after a resident reported a home invasion, according to local [reports](http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Barricaded-Suspect-in-San-Francisco-on-Pacific-Avenue-381792961.html "undefined"). Officers safely evacuated a resident of the apartment where the suspect was found, according to a local CBS news [report](http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/06/03/police-standoff-with-barricaded-suspect-in-san-francisco-nob-hill-area/ "undefined"). Police were still negotiating with the suspect, who may have entered the building through the roof, as of late Friday morning in California. It remained unclear whether the shot was fired at police, according to the San Fransisco[ _Chronicle_](http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Armed-burglar-barricaded-in-SF-Chinatown-apartment-7961929.php "undefined")_._ The incident occurred in the city’s Nob Hill neighborhood. Officers closed off nearby streets. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4357188/san-francisco-chinatown-nob-hill-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4357188/san-francisco-chinatown-nob-hill-shooting/"},"headline":"Suspect Fires Shot in San Fransisco Standoff","datePublished":"2016-06-03T20:53:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:23:10.441Z","description":"Police were still negotiating with the suspect as of the latest reports","url":"https://time.com/4357188/san-francisco-chinatown-nob-hill-shooting/","keywords":["California","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4357188/san-francisco-chinatown-nob-hill-shooting/","name":"Suspect Fires Shot in San Fransisco Standoff"}}]}] ```