The suspect accused of using a metal pipe to attack a former San Francisco fire department official was released from custody Thursday and is to appear in court for a preliminary hearing in late May. Prosecutors say former San Francisco Fire Department Commissioner Don Carmignani sustained serious injuries after being attacked in early April by a suspect with a metal pipe outside of his mother’s home in San Francisco. Hathaway also released surveillance video that she said showed Carmignani attacking Doty with bear spray minutes before Carmignani was attacked with the metal pipe. A copy of the video provided by the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office shows what appears to be a homeless man asleep outside on a sidewalk. “He walks up and he sprays with a massive can of bear spray — the same weapon used in the Doty incident — he sprays this bear spray at the homeless.

Source: CNN April 27, 2023 23:47 UTC