UNION CITY — BART has reached a $6.75 million settlement with a woman shot by a BART police officer in November 2024 and admitted public statements made by the police chief about what the woman did to prompt the shooting were inaccurate, the agency and the woman’s attorneys said Friday.

The mediated pre-litigation settlement with Jasmine Gao was reached June 19 but was finalized by the BART Board of Directors on Friday, officials said.

Gao, now 33, was wounded in the back as she was driving away from two officers in the Union City station parking lot just before 9 p.m. Nov. 18, 2024.

The incident was caught on police body-cam video and captured Gao bleeding profusely and yelling, “I’m gonna die! I’m bleeding.”

BART identified the officer who shot Gao as Officer Nicholas Poblete, a 6½-y

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