by The Associated Press
A San Francisco Bay Area public transit officer who was shot and killed by a fellow officer while searching an apartment was looking for a laptop and related items that had been stolen, the transit agency police chief said Wednesday. However, Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Chief Kenton Rainey declined to disclose any further details about how Sgt. Tom Smith was shot on Tuesday, deferring those questions to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the shooting.…[ Read more ]