A San Francisco Police Department investigation found that the rookie police officer who shot and killed alleged carjacker Keita O’Neil through his squad car window in 2017 acted within the department’s policies, bringing an end to one of the city’s most controversial police shooting cases in recent years.
Chris Samayoa was just days on the job when he and his training officer chased the unarmed, 42-year-old O’Neil through the Bayview as he purportedly fled in a white lottery van.
The internal police investigation found Samayoa only violated the department’s body-worn camera and seat belt policies, but found no wrongful use of force, according to records obtained by Mission Local. Samayoa was not wearing a seatbelt, and former Police Chief Bill Scott noted that Samayoa should have activated his camera during the car pursuit, and only did so at the scene…