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A Murder Most Foul: Winston Coleman, Gunned Down In Bayview, Is City's 19th Homicide

View Larger Map The San Francisco Police Department has told the media that arrests have been made in the murder of 51-year-old Winston Coleman, who was shot dead on Third Street and Galvez Avenue in the wee hours Sunday morning. Coleman is the 19th homicide victim in San Francisco this year; the l ... More >>

San Francisco Police Department Can't Stop Homicides

View Larger Map The San Francisco Police Department has told the media that arrests have been made in the murder of 51-year-old Winston Coleman, who was shot dead on Third Street and Galvez Avenue in the wee hours Sunday morning. Coleman is the 19th homicide victim in San Francisco this year; the l ... More >>

Shoot First: Mehserle Likely Only Bay Area Cop Ever Charged With Murder for On-Duty Killing

Just like Johannes Mehserle, we can't give you a straight answer -- but the former BART police officer appears to be the first Bay Area cop to ever find himself charged with murder following a job-related shooting. Jim Chanin, a veteran Berkeley attorney who has prosecuted more than 20 police shooti ... More >>

S.F. Police Union President: 'I Would Bet My Kids' Lives' Oscar Grant Shooting an Accident

If Gary Delagnes had been the cop working next to Johannes Mehserle when the now-infamous ex-BART policeman shot Oscar Grant, he knows what he would have said: "What the fuck did you just do?"The 30-year cop and president of the San Francisco Police Officer Association said that watching the much-tr ... More >>

Mission Possible? SFPD Nails 100 Percent of Homicide Suspects in 2009

Maybe the SFPD ate their Wheaties. Maybe they made a New Year's resolution. But you know that bit about the San Francisco Police Department having one of the worst arrest rates of homicide suspects in the United States? It appears that it's a new day, folks (in the first 16 days of 2009, at least).W ... More >>

With Egg Still Dripping from SFPD's Faces in L'Affaire de la Plaza, S.F. Declares Other Suspicious Stabbing Death 'Accidental'

John 'Daniel' Schirra"Sometime past midnight on Labor Day of [2007], 22-year-old John "Daniel" Schirra was running nude along an Ingleside District street, yelling for help. He was in the grips of a bad acid trip, and had either just been stabbed or was about to be. He tried to stop two cars and ran ... More >>

Survey Says: S.F. Teens Give Birth at Half State Rate -- But are Shot Dead at Twice State Rate

If only they could teach San Francisco students to dodge bulletsA yearlong survey of San Francisco's students has revealed that the city's youth is right on par with the state average -- but not in the manner you'd guess. Our teenagers give birth at only half the frequency of their peers throughout ... More >>

S.F. Attorney Charged With Capital Murder in Palm Springs Fraud Case

David Replogle, a San Francisco attorney famed for winning a $7 million sex abuse settlement from prominent local stockbroker Thomas White, has been charged with murder in connection with an unrelated Palm Springs fraud case, according to new charges filed in Riverside County court. Replogle has bee ... More >>

Alleged SF Con Man Possessed By Supernatural Evil, Attorney Claims

Lawyers say the darndest things... Kaushal Niroula, 27, the alleged ringleader of a group of purported San Francisco con men facing capital murder charges in Palm Springs isn't merely a criminal, says a Hawaii attorney representing a woman claiming to be one of Niroula's victims. Rather, ... More >>

Stiffed

Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

Snitch

Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

Who Killed Hugues de la Plaza?

Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

Earl’s Last Laugh

Exiled in retirement after Fajitagate, ex–Police Chief Earl Sanders has re-emerged with a fresh account of the infamous Zebra murders. And his critics are on the warpath.

Bad Blood

Too many shootings in the city have this in common: escalating anger over an old grudge soon leads to murder. But did a 2-year-old boy have to die?

Murderers at Large

The death of a prominent businessman is just one more murder that goes unsolved

Misc. Reviews

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Mack Minister on America's Most Wanted.

It Was Comic

"There's a certain percentage of people who freak out when they find out who I am."

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Let It Bleed

Prosecutors' reluctance to charge murder suspects in S.F. leaves alleged killers on the street, flush with bravado

No. 1 With a Bullitt

San Francisco's murder rate is at its highest level in a decade. Whose fault is that?

Trial by Liar

The snitches mumbled, stumbled, equivocated, and perjured themselves The jury found Bernard Temple -- the man prosecutors believed to be a bloodthirsty assassin for drug dealers -- not guilty of murder.

Will the Soul-Jacker Go Free?

State prosecutions against alleged gang assassin appear to disintegrate

C.R.U.S.H. (Part I)

Five months ago, two black homicide detectives got fed up with the Police Department's inaction on black-on-black murders. Thus was born the Crime Response Unit to Stop Homicide (CRUSH): six cops with the grit and guile to tackle the toughest cases in the

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Five months ago, two black homicide detectives got fed up with the Police Department's inaction on black-on-black murders. Thus was born the Crime Response Unit to Stop Homicide (CRUSH): six cops with the grit and guile to tackle the toughest cases in the

SFPD: Dead Man Discovered In Kezar Stadium Parking Lot 'Definitely a Homicide'

View Larger MapThe unidentified man police discovered at around 2:30 this morning is "definitely a homicide" according to San Francisco Police Department spokeswoman Sergeant Lyn Tomioka -- making the man the city's 21st homicide victim of the year. The victim -- whose identity, age, race, and othe ... More >>

Guardian's Tim Redmond Didn't Let the Facts Get In the Way of His Story

I'm not sure how I wound up on the listserv of the San Francisco Bay Guardian's Web news (I certainly didn't sign up), but it comes every day  -- and occasionally I read it. Last week, I was particularly drawn to a news item by editor Tim Redmond entitled, Why Homicides Are Down (Hint: It' ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Harris Fullbright, Shot Dead in Tenderloin, Is City's 23rd Homicide

View Larger Map A 30-year-old man named Harris Fullbright was shot dead early Saturday morning and two other gunshot victims were hospitalized in a 3 a.m. incident at Ellis and Jones Streets. Fulbright apparently had been in a scuffle just outside of the crime-magnet nightclub Pink Diamonds. Fullbr ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Ena Margoth Canales Is City's 32nd Homicide Victim

View Larger Map Last night, San Francisco police discovered the body of 32-year-old San Franciscan Ena Margoth Canales in a Pontiac Aztek near the 800 block of Terry Francois Blvd. TMoments ago, police spokesman Sgt. Wilfred Williams told SF Weekly her death is being investigated ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Man Shot Dead In Double Rock Projects During Apparent Robbery; City's 38th Homicide

View Larger Map A victim of an apparent robbery was gunned down in the Double Rock projects in Hunters Point in the pre-dawn hours this morning, marking the city's 38th homicide of the year. The Medical Examiner's office would not release the name of the victim to SF Weekly, citing the need to notif ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Eric Buschman, Excelsior District Stabbing Victim, Is City's 39th Homicide

View Larger Map The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office confirmed that the man stabbed to death in the wee hours in the 300 block of Athens Street is Eric Buschman. The 49-year-old  San Franciscan is the city's 39th homicide victim of the year, and the first person murdered in San Francisc ... More >>

New DNA Evidence in Old Homicide Case Points to the 'Night Stalker'

Anna McCarthyDid you hang around the 'Loin in 1984? Does this face ring a bell?​On April 10, 1984, San Francisco police found 9-year-old Mei Leung's dead body in the basement area of the residential hotel at 765 O'Farrell Street where she lived with her family. Her 8-year-old brother was the last ... More >>

Once a joke, SFPD is actually solving murders these days

Anna McCarthyDid you hang around the 'Loin in 1984? Does this face ring a bell?​On April 10, 1984, San Francisco police found 9-year-old Mei Leung's dead body in the basement area of the residential hotel at 765 O'Farrell Street where she lived with her family. Her 8-year-old brother was the last ... More >>

Murder By Clock: Charges Filed Against Woman Accused of Killing Man With Timepiece

​Murder charges have been filed against 34-year-old Kira Roueche concerning the Sunday homicide of Cameron Miller in his SRO hotel room -- and they're somewhat eye-catching. Roueche is accused of killing Miller with a pair of "deadly weapons" -- a bottle and a clock. Following her Monday arrest sh ... More >>

No ID Yet For Home-Invasion Shooting Victim, City's Sixth Homicide

View Larger MapSan Francisco's Medical Examiner is not yet ready to release the identity of a man shot dead last night during a home-invasion robbery. The robbery and homicide occurred on the 2400 block of Moraga near 31st Avenue in the Outer Sunset. Police have told the media that other victims of ... More >>

Reality TV Contestant Jamal Trulove Found Guilty of Murder

Jamal Trulove, who enjoyed a brief bout of celebrity as an unsuccessful contestant on the VH1 reality TV show I Love New York 2 in 2007, was found guilty of first-degree murder in San Francisco Superior Court this afternoon.Jamal Trulove, a.k.a. 'Milliown'​Trulove, known on the show as "Milliown," ... More >>

DA Announces Charges Against Two Suspects in Weekend Murders

The suspects in two high-profile killings last weekend will be arraigned on charges of murder tomorrow morning in San Francisco Superior Court, according to the office of District Attorney Kamala Harris.​Keandre Davis, 20, will face three charges related to a shooting outside the Suede nightclub o ... More >>

Tony Lewis, 29, Gunned Down in Bayview, Is City's Eighth Homicide

View Larger Map San Francisco's Medical Examiner has identified the man shot dead yesterday in Bayview as 29-year-old city resident Tony Lewis. Police responding to reports of multiple gunshots discovered Lewis dead in his vehicle yesterday at around 6:40 p.m. in the 700 block of Jerrold Avenue. Th ... More >>

Murder Victim Tony Lewis Was in Someone Else's Car

View Larger MapWe reported earlier about Tony Lewis, the 29-year-old man found shot to death in a car yesterday parked in front of 750 Jerrold Avenue. There is still no suspect information, according to the San Francisco Police Department. But it does warrant mentioning that the car Lewis' bullet-ri ... More >>

Cuong Lu, Daylight Shooting in Outer Sunset, Is City's Ninth Homicide

View Larger MapThe San Francisco Medical Examiner moments ago identified the man shot dead in a brazen daylight attack in the Sunset District as Cuong Lu, a 35-year-old San Franciscan. Witnesses claim Lu was shot dead as he stepped out of a the Pho Huynh Hiep 2 restaurant yesterday afternoon on Irvi ... More >>

DA Announces Sweeping Broke Niggas Thievin' Gang Indictment

​District Attorney Kamala Harris announced today that 10 members and associates of the notorious Bayview street gang known as Broke Niggas Thievin' have been indicted by a San Francisco criminal grand jury for dozens of felonies, including three murder charges.The indictment came after three month ... More >>