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Family urges review after Teresa Sheehan shot during mental‑health case response
Summary
At public comment, Frances Sheehan described her sister Teresa sustaining six gunshot wounds during an August incident and urged the commission to address police responses involving people with serious mental illness and those in city mental‑health programs.
Frances Sheehan told the San Francisco Police Commission that her sister, Teresa, a longtime participant in a city‑sponsored mental‑health program operated by Conard House, was shot multiple times by police during an incident on the morning of Aug. 7. "Teresa sustained 6 gunshots, 1 to her face... 2 shots to her abdomen and 1 to her femur," Sheehan said, and described Teresa as "in a fragile state, both physically and mentally." Sheehan said medical staff at San Francisco General called it a miracle she survived.
Sheehan said the family has deep respect for law enforcement but urged the commission to review what happened and to guard against similar outcomes for people with mental illness. She emphasized that mental illness affects not only individuals but entire families and that many homeless individuals in the city struggle with mental illness. She concluded by offering a copy of her prepared remarks to the commission.
The commission acknowledged her remarks and closed the general public comment period before moving on to scheduled reports. No formal response or departmental investigation outcome was announced during the meeting and commissioners did not vote on an immediate follow‑up; the account was recorded in the public comment record for the commission.
