1970 San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing

1970 bombing in California, US San Francisco Police DepartmentPark Station bombing Brian V. McDonnell, SFPD.jpg Brian V. McDonnell, a sergeantwith the San FranciscoPolice Department whoreceived fatal shrapnel wounds Golden Gate Park Police Station, 1899 Waller Street, San Francisco, California, US February 16, 1970 37 46 4.44 N 122 27 19.09 W region:US title, inline United States San Francisco Central 270 37.7678012 -122.4574757 bottom 1899 Waller Street Bombing 1 9 A pipe bomb packed with heavy staples On February 16, 1970, a pipe bomb filled with shrapnel detonated on the ledge of a window at the San Francisco Police Department's (SFPD) Upper Haight Park substation in San Francisco, United States.Zamora, Jim Herron, "Plaque honors slain police officer: Eight others injured in bomb attack that killed sergeant in 1970", San Francisco Chronicle, February 17, 2007 Brian V. McDonnell, a police sergeant, was fatally wounded in its blast.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NlwKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3ksDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7116,2573043&dq=sgt-brian-mcdonnell 1970-02-19 2009-03-13 Police sergeant dies of wounds UPI Robert Fogarty, another policeman, was severely wounded in his face and legs and was partially blinded.http://www.sfpoa.org/journal/journals/20070201.pdf Memorial Scheduled for Sergeant Brian V. McDonnell 2008-11-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080911023238/http://www.sfpoa.org/journal/journals/20070201.pdf 2008-09-11 February 2007 San Francisco Police Officers Union In addition, eight other policemen were wounded. The perpetrators were never caught. Authorities claimed that the Weather Underground was involved in the bombing, but this was never proven. Victim McDonnell came from a family of police officers. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, joining the SFPD afterwards. He had two children. Investigation San Francisco police investigated the Weather Underground as potential perpetrators of the bombing. In the 1970s, statements from police and FBI informants claimed the involvement of Weather Underground leaders Bernardine Dohrn, Howard Machtinger, and Jeff Jones.Burrough Bryan https://www.google.com/books/edition/Days_of_Rage/PAvTCwAAQBAJ Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence 2016 Penguin Publishing Group 978-0-14-310797-2 96–97 en However the Weather Underground never claimed responsibility, as they did for other attacks.Balleck Barry J. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Allegiance_to_Liberty/f3rCEAAAQBAJ Allegiance to Liberty: The Changing Face of Patriots, Militias, and Political Violence in America 2014 Bloomsbury 979-8-216-04470-3 en The Zodiac killer denied involvement in the bombing in a 1970 letter.http://www.history.com/news/the-zodiac-killer-a-timeline https://web.archive.org/web/20171109015752/http://www.history.com/news/the-zodiac-killer-a-timeline dead November 9, 2017 Michael Butterfield November 8, 2017 The Zodiac Killer: A Timeline August 8, 2023 Zodiac denied responsibility for a recent police-station bombing that killed an officer. A&E Television Networks, LLC History Stories FBI Informant Larry Grathwohl accused Bernadine Dohrn of carrying out the bombing in 1974 Senate testimony.Larry Grathwohl’s Senate Testimony In 1970-71, seven SFPD officers were killed, more than any comparable period in the department's history. Grand juries probed the incident in 2001, 2005, and 2009 but did not release any findings.KRON 4, "30-Y.O. Unsolved SF Murders Reopen", November 10, 2003 In 2009, the San Francisco police officers union accused Dohrn and Bill Ayers of participating in the bombing, citing Grathwohl's claim that he had heard Ayers confess involvement. Ayers denied this.Bulwa Demian 2009-03-12 S.F. police union accuses Ayers in 1970 bombing https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-police-union-accuses-Ayers-in-1970-bombing-3248056.php 2026-06-02 SFGATE en The case was unsolved 2026 y. Legacy A plaque honoring McDonnell was installed on the station's wall in 2007. See also California Crime in San Francisco List of unsolved murders (1900–1979) Terrorism in the United States References autocollapse Category:1970 in San Francisco Category:1970 murders in the United States Category:Attacks on police stations in the 1970s Category:Attacks on police stations in the United States Category:Crimes in San Francisco Category:1970 building bombings Category:February 1970 in the United States Category:Building bombings in California Category:San Francisco Police Department Category:Unsolved murders in California Category:Murder in the San Francisco Bay Area Category:Weather Underground