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Murder and Homicide

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    One L. Goh, Oikos University Shooting Suspect, Goes on Hunger Strike

    One L. Goh, the man charged with killing seven people at Oakland's Oikos University earlier this month, was taken to the hospital over the weekend for his weakened condition after he on went on  hunger strike. According to NBC, 43-year-old Goh has not eaten since his April 2 arrest and is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Rodney Pool Charged with Murdering Rebekah Wilson; Homicide No. 5

    ​Homicide investigators have arrested a 59-year-old man in connection with the murder of Rebekah Wilson, 37, at the Winsor Hotel earlier this month. According to police, officers were called to the hotel, located at 20 Sixth St., just before 7 p.m. on Feb. 2. When they arrived, they foun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    People Aren't Killing Each Other as Much in California

    Fewer opporuntities to say "redrum" in California ​Despite all the horrible crises we read about every day (budget, education, etc), Californians have much to be proud of -- the scenic beauty, the diverse culture, and get this: We aren't killing each other as much as we used to. According to Gener ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Anthony Wright Arrested on Suspicion of Shooting Bernal Heights Man in the Head

    ​Update (4:50 p.m.) Police arrested 34-year-old Anthony Wright on suspicion of killing a 28-year-old man who has not yet been identified. Media outlets are reporting that the victim was playing video games with his friends when Wright arrived and shot him in the head. Update (11:00 a.m.) Officer A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Californians Aren't Killing Each Other as Much as They Used to

    There is more peace in California these days.​Early data indicates that homicides in California dropped to a 44-year low in 2010, declining 9.6 percent from 2009, according to Attorney General Kamala Harris.Of course, law enforcement shouldn't pull out the champagne just yet, since the drop only a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Sherman Brown, Man Beaten in Bernal Heights, Dies; Homicide No. 21

    A fatal fight​Medical authorities confirmed that Sherman Brown, the 59-year-old man who was beaten to death in March, has died. Brown died at the hospital Tuesday where he has been since the brutal fight between him and a 32-year-old man. The fight started on March 22 about 7:10 p.m. on the 400 bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Man Shot in Potrero Hill; Homicide No. 11

    Rapid fire​Minutes before two merchants were found shot to death in Fisherman's Wharf, police officers were across town responding to another homicide in Potrero Hill.At about 8:15 p.m. Sunday, a man was shot and killed on the 900 block of Connecticut Street, outside an apartment building. Police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Raymond Twine Murdered in Bernal Heights; Hashim Kamau Gunned Down in Ocean View. Homicides Nos. 33, 34.

    ​Two young men were shot to death last night and early this morning in San Francisco -- putting the homicide tally at three in a 24-hour span. At 12:15 Friday morning, a victim the San Francisco Medical Examiner has identified as Raymond Twine, a 20-year-old black man, was found shot to death at 9 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Potential Homicide: Man Stabbed Multiple Times in Lower Haight Apartment

    ​A man checking on his co-worker found him dead of multiple stab wounds in an apartment on the 100 block of Hermann yesterday at 1 p.m. This case has not yet been declared a homicide -- multiple stab wounds are an indication it might be, however. The Medical Examiner's office has not yet identifie ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    Facial Profiling

    Will face-recognition technology get an accused killer off the hook?

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Charles Heard Guilty in 'Bamm-Bamm Bling' Murder-Robbery

    ​A San Francisco jury found alleged Western Addition gang member Charles Heard guilty of murder and robbery today after nine days of deliberations.Heard, 25, was found guilty under the "felony murder" doctrine, which holds that those who help commit a crime that leads to murder -- even if not kill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    SFPD: DNA Links Dead Man to Murder of San Franciscan Charles McAleer-Bonilla

    Charles McAleer-Bonilla​The San Francisco Police Department is announcing that DNA evidence ties a suspected bank robber and kidnapper who recently died in a shootout with the Sacramento Sheriff's Department to the April stabbing death of San Franciscan Charles McAleer-Bonilla in Noe Valley.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Would Manslaughter Conviction in Mehserle Case Stave Off Riot?

    ​In a massive development in Johannes Mehserle's murder trial, Judge Robert Perry today gave jurors the option of doing more than either convicting the former BART cop of cold-blooded murder or acquitting him outright for shooting dead unarmed passenger Oscar Grant. Perry tossed out the possibilit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    SFPD Announces Arrests in Anti-Bike Rampage, Pearla Louis Suitcase Murder Cases

    Lee Bell has been arrested for the 'suitcase murder' of Pearla Ann Louis​San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon announced this afternoon that suspects have been arrested in two serious police investigations: The case of a rampaging motorist who drove an SUV into four bicyclists on Wednesday nigh ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    A Lack of Conviction

    As D.A. Kamala Harris campaigns to be attorney general, her success rate in felony trials has dropped below that of any big-city prosecutor in California.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Elderly Beating Victim Huan Chen Dies

    View Larger MapAfter more than a month without a homicide, it looks like San Francisco has experienced not one but two in the course of a weekend. We reported earlier on a suspected murder at a Mission Street old age home Monday morning; the suspected killer was arrested after a rollover crash on 16 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    November 4, 2009

    Once a joke, SFPD is actually solving murders these days

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    San Francisco Police Department Can't Stop Homicides

    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 >>

  • News

    September 10, 2008

    Stiffed

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

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    Homicide Update: 2008 Bigger Than 2007 So Far

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

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    San Francisco Crime Blog: Now With Color-Coded Murder Map

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

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    A Petition: Cry for Justice: The Murder of Hugues de la Plaza

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

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2007

    Murder Most Foul: Counting San Francisco's Annual Homicides

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

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    SFPD Dedicates New Resources to Cold Cases

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

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    America, The Violent: Guns End More and More Spats

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

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2007

    Oakland Black Muslim and Chauncey Context : Links

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

  • News

    July 18, 2007

    Who Killed Hugues de la Plaza?

    His parents are so frustrated with seeking the answer that they want to bring investigators from France into the case

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    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.

  • News

    December 13, 2006

    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?

  • News

    December 6, 2006

    Murderers at Large

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

  • Music

    March 22, 2006

    Misc. Reviews

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

  • News

    February 15, 2006

    It Was Comic

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

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, January 25, 2006

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Let It Bleed

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

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    No. 1 With a Bullitt

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

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    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.

  • News

    May 21, 1997

    Will the Soul-Jacker Go Free?

    State prosecutions against alleged gang assassin appear to disintegrate

  • News

    November 22, 1995

    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

  • Music

    March 15, 1995

    Samples

    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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