San Francisco Police Department
California
End of Watch: Sunday, August 29, 1971
Cause: Gunfire
Biographical Info
Age: 51
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Sergeant John Young was shot and killed inside the Ingleside District Police Station.
While the police station was emptied of officers who had responded to an earlier bombing at another location, two men entered the police station and stuck a 12-gauge shotgun through an opening in the bullet proof glass that separated the waiting area from the rest of the police station. The suspects fired between five and ten shotgun blasts, killing Sergeant Young and wounding a civilian employee of the department. Both gunmen then fled the station house and into a waiting getaway car. Both suspects were later determined to be members of the Black Liberation Army.
Eight suspects were arrested on January 23, 2007 and charged in connection with Sergeant Young's murder.
Sergeant Young was survived by his wife.
The Black Liberation Army was a violent, radical group that attempted to fight for independence from the United States government in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The BLA was responsible for the murders of more than 10 police officers around the country. They were also responsible for violent attacks around the country that left many police officers wounded. | 
