Police: Gay Ex-49er Hit Autos, Tried to Bite Cop

Gay ex-San Francisco 49ers football player Kwame Harris was arrested last Sunday after he allegedly hit two vehicles with his Audi and tried to bite a police officer who found him "groggy" in someone's Mission district driveway.

Harris, 33, who in 2013 was convicted of domestic violence against another man, was arrested April 5 on charges of aggravated assault against a police officer, resisting arrest, hit and run with property damage, and driving under the influence of drugs. He was released Monday on $146,000 bail. The district attorney's office is awaiting a toxicology report before it makes a charging decision, Max Szabo, a spokesman for the agency, said Wednesday.

Sunday, Harris allegedly hit a silver car at Hyde and Broadway streets and a recreational vehicle in the 1700 block of Harrison Street, and he was also seen driving "erratically" around 10th and Bryant streets, Officer Grace Gatpandan, a police spokeswoman, said.

Then, at 7:31 p.m., officers were "flagged down in the area of 14th and South Van Ness on a report of a male who might need some assistance," Gatpandan said.

They found the driver, identified as Harris, at the wheel of his black Audi sedan parked "about half way off a chained-off driveway" with the engine running, she said.

Officers tried to gain his attention, but "he appeared to be in an altered mental state," Gatpandan said.

"He wasn't exactly following officers' commands" and he "seemed groggy," she said.

Since the car was still running and there were pedestrians and other vehicles in the area, Gatpandan said, police attempted to handcuff Harris "for safety reasons."

Harris allegedly didn't comply when officers' commands and tried unsuccessfully to bite one of them in the hand.

After he was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault on a police officer, Harris "continued to resist putting his hands behind his back," which resulted in the resisting arrest charge, Gatpandan said.

"Due to the state he was in," police called medics to the scene, and Harris was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, she said.

Gatpandan couldn't say how long Harris was at the hospital, and she said she also wouldn't be able to disclose anything he'd said during the incident.

She didn't know what kind of drugs Harris, a San Francisco resident, was suspected of being on. Lab results weren't available as of Tuesday morning.

"There was no alcohol in the car," she said, but because it's an "open investigation," she wouldn't be able to say whether anything else was found in the vehicle.

It didn't appear anyone was injured in the alleged hit-and-runs, Gatpandan said. She didn't know how much damage was done to the other vehicles or when exactly those incidents occurred.

An attorney said to be representing Harris didn't immediately respond to an interview request Tuesday. Harris couldn't be reached for comment.

Anyone with information related to Sunday's alleged incidents may call the SFPD anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444. People may also text a tip to TIP411. Type SFPD in the subject line.

The case number for the South Van Ness incident is 150 299 220.