Critical Incident Video Release - Officer Involved Shooting on October 5, 2023 

November 11, 2023 - Fresno Police Department officials report that shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 5, 2023, officers from the Fresno Police Department’s Northwest Policing District responded to a convenience store in the 5600 block of North Fig Garden Drive regarding a report of a stabbing victim. While officers arrived and provided first aid to the victim, witnesses provided a description of the suspect. The Fresno Police Department’s helicopter, Air1, located a subject matching the description in a nearby church parking lot. Assisting officers responded to the parking lot to make contact.

Officers located the subject, later identified as 45-year-old Samuel Davidson-Rollin, in the parking lot. While maintaining a safe distance, officers made contact with him. Mr. Davidson-Rollin approached the officers, carrying both a knife and a canister of pepper spray. Despite commands from the officers, Mr. Davidson-Rollin did not stop approaching the officers nor drop the weapons he held. Mr. Davidson-Rollin continued advancing towards officers, spraying pepper spray at them. When Mr. Davidson-Rollin reached a distance of approximately 10 feet from the officers, two officers discharged their firearms.

Officers provided aid to Mr. Davidson-Rollin, who was transported to CRMC for treatment of his injuries. Mr. Davidson-Rollin is expected to survive his injuries.

The investigation into this critical incident is ongoing. There will be no additional comments made beyond the release of this video.

This critical incident is being fully investigated, and the finding will be handed over to the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office, Internal Affairs, and the Office of Independent Review.

The link to the video is: https://youtu.be/keVwnjd1Msw.

Source: Fresno Police Department