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May 23, 2012
Man Shoots Three Women in the Tenderloin
A portion of the Tenderloin is currently closed to traffic while police investigate a triple shooting that sent three women to the hospital this afternoon. According to Sgt. Daryl Fong, the shooting happened just after 1 p.m. on the corner of Ellis and Leavenworth. When police arrived, they found th ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
Pit Bull Shot Dead in Hunters Point
Well, this isn't your typical Bayview-Hunters Point slaying. Police are looking for the animal-hater who shot and killed a 1-year-old pit bull for no apparent reason on Friday evening. According to CBS News, the cops were called to the 200 block of West Point Road at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday on rep ... More >>
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April 16, 2012
Three Teens Shot, One Dead; Homicide No. 20
Police are investigating a triple shooting in the city's Bayview neighborhood over the weekend, which left one man dead and two others injured. On Friday at about 8:46 p.m., police were called to the intersection of Griffith and Palou where they found three teens who had been shot with a handgun. Th ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
Teen Shot on Muni in Broad Daylight
Just yesterday, police were bragging somewhat about how violent crime on Muni was on the decline. But just a few hours after releasing that tidbit of news, a teenager was shot while riding the bus through the city's Visitacion Valley neighborhood. At about 1:40 p.m., the shooter boarded the Muni ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Derek Hall Shot to Death on Valentine's Day; Homicide No. 6
A 30-year-old man was shot and killed last night as he stood outside in the Bayview District, police said. According to the SFPD, the victim, who has been identified as Derek Hall, was on the unit block of Osceola Lane at about 9:11 p.m. when two men approached him and shot Hall multiple times in ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Pedro Zaldana-Ortiz Accused of Killing Nelson Henriquez During Argument
Police say they have arrested Pedro Zaldana-Ortiz on suspicion of stabbing to death 25-year-old Nelson Henriquez during an argument in the Outer Mission last week. According to Sgt. Daryl Fong, homicide investigators located Zaldana-Ortiz on Sunday on the 1000 block of South Van Ness. He was take ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Man Stabbed to Death in Outer Mission; Homicide No. 3
Man stabbedA 25-year-old man was found dead last night in the Outer Mission neighborhood, making it San Francisco's third murder this year. According to San Francisco police, the man -- who has not yet been identified -- was found at about 9:20 p.m., lying on the street near the unit block of Reg ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2012
Man in Critical Condition After Shooting in Bernal Heights
Another man shotA 59-year-old man is in critical condition today after he was shot while walking in the Bernal Heights neighborhood Friday night. According to police, the man was on the 500 block of Alemany Boulevard when the suspect walked up to him and attempted to rob him. As the victim tried ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2011
Steven Young Identified as Man Shot by San Francisco Police
Steven Young was shot and killed by S.F. police last week Medical authorities identified the man whom police shot and killed last week during a routine traffic stop in the Lower Nob Hill neighborhood as 33-year-old Steven Young. Young, a San Carlos resident, was pulled over by San Francisco polic ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2011
Hiram Lawrence, 1-Year-Old Boy, Shot in the Head in West Oakland Shooting
Hiram Lawrence, the toddler who was among eight people shot last night outside a liquor store, is clinging to life this morning, according to police. The boy was with family members who were reportedly standing outside a liquor store on Willow Street filming a music video for Oakland-based rappe ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2011
The Candlelight Vigil at Occupy Oakland: A Photo Report
Kate Conger Shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday, a man was shot to death in Frank Ogawa Plaza, near Broadway and 14th Streets and just yards away from the Occupy Oakland encampment. The evening, which had been intended to be a celebration of the camp's first month in existence, took on a somber mood ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Bay Area Rapper Killa Keise Was Found Shot to Death by the Side of Interstate 80 Last Night
R.I.P., Killa KeiseVallejo police are saying today that a 28-year-old man found shot to death in a car on Interstate 80 last night is S.F. rapper Markeise "Killa Keise" Henry. According to this Vallejo Times Herald story, Keise's body was found at about 11 p.m. last night inside a Pontiac th ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Girl, 11, Shot; Several Lanes of 101 Closed to Traffic
Traffic is backed up on 101 north while police investigate a shooting incident that injured an 11-year-old girl.Police responded to the unit block of Leland Avenue after gunshots were detected by the Shot Spotter system at about 3:45 p.m. Several callers told 911 operators that the shooters had f ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Nick Frantin Killed in Bayview; Homicide No. 39
Medical authorities identified 21-year-old Nick Frantin as the man who was shot and killed Saturday night as he walked into a Bayview liquor store. Shortly after 10 p.m., Frantin, a San Francisco resident, walked inside a store at the corner of Thomas Avenue and Keith Street when he was shot mult ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Johnathan Walker, Suspect in Murder of Robert O'Bryant, Arrested in Oregon
John-JohnSix months after 18-year-old Robert O'Bryant was shot and killed in the Bayview, police have finally nabbed a suspect. Police announced today that they have arrested 21-year-old Johnathan Walker, who is also wanted in connection with two other Bay Area murders. Police had been looking fo ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2011
Police Chief Greg Suhr Booed Off Stage
Up against a tough crowd Police Chief Greg Suhr made a visit to his old stomping ground in the Bayview last night to try to do what he supposedly did best when he was the captain of that district: Diffuse the hostility. But Suhr didn't exactly get the warm welcome he once had over there. Instead, ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Kenneth Harding Rally Turns Violent, Police Arrest 35
Tension in the air Angry protesters tossed smoke bombs and disrupting Muni service yesterday evening shortly after police released information that suggested 19-year-old Kenneth Harding had indeed fired at cops before they shot and killed him. Roughly 150 people gathered in Dolores Park at ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Kenneth Harding Identified as Man Shot and Killed by SFPD
Kenneth Harding shot Medical authorities have identified the man who SFPD shot over the weekend as 19-year-old Kenneth Harding. Police say Harding was a parolee who was also a person of interest in the shooting death Tanaya Gilbert last week in Seattle. Police Chief Greg Suhr told reporters on Su ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Pink Saturday Shooting: Two Teens in Jail
Terrell Blay UPDATE: Police arrested Terrell Blay, 18, of San Francisco in connection with the Saturday night shooting. He has been charged with felony weapon and gang charges. Police also arrested a 16-year-old on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and gang charges. Original story 7:45 a. ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
Pacific "Jerry" Som, Rathanak Chea, Killed at Bernal Heights Birthday Party, Police Arrest Keo Sobera
Double homicideUpdate 5:05 p.m.: Police have arrested Keo Sobera, 24 on suspicion of shooting Pacific Som at the Bernal Heights party. Police are still looking for the shooter who killed Rathanak Chea.Original story 8 a.m.: Medical authorities have identified the two men that were killed Saturday ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Douglas Cabrera Turns Himself In for 1995 Double Murder
Sixteen years later ... More than 15 years after the killing of Vincent Betancourt and his nephew, Ruben Solis, a man turned himself in to police this week, claiming responsibility for the shootings. Police arrested 33-year-old Douglas Cabrera on suspicion of shooting the 31-year-old Betancourt a ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
SF Teen, Victor Zheng, Stabbled to Death; Homicide No. 12
Teen killed? That's just bloody wrongA San Francisco teen was stabbed to death Monday night as he walked through the Ingleside neighborhood, according media reports. At around 11 p.m., Victor Zheng, 16, was walking with a friend along Capitol and De Montfort Avenues when an Asian man came u ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
Terry Turner, 29, Identified as Man Shot at Tenderloin Cafe
Man Shot The San Francisco Medical Examiner has identified the man who was shot yesterday at a cafe in the Tenderloin district as 29-year-old Terry Turner of San Francisco.Police were called to the 900 block of Polk Street on Thursday at about 4:20 p.m. after receiving reports of shots inside the ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2011
Larry Lacy, Shot in Tenderloin, Is First Homicide of 2011
The New Year's Season is always punctuated with a series of lasts and firsts. Sadly, one of the grimmer milestones of 2011 was not long in coming. Larry Lacy, just 20 years old, was shot dead on New Year's Day, and became the city's first homicide victim of the year. Lacy was shot multiple times ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2011
Charles Harrison, Gunned Down in Tenderloin, Is City's Second Murder Victim
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office has released the identity of the second of three men murdered in the first weekend of 2011: Charles Harrison, a 41-year-old San Franciscan. Harrison was gunned down in front of the New Century Theater on Larkin near O'Farrell after he quarreled with ano ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2010
Bay Area Police Officers Shoot Four Suspects in Less than Two Days
There has been a series of officer-involved shootings in the Bay Area since late Tuesday night, when a San Jose Police officer's shoot-out with an alleged robber set off a spate of four armed confrontations between cops and suspects.Since then we have seen the fatal shooting of: 46-year-old Vinh ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Man Shot Dead In Richmond District
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office has not yet identified a man shot to death Wednesday night in the Richmond District. Police responded to multiple reports of gunshots emanating from the 400 block of 23rd Avenue at approximately 9 p.m. The man was discovered dead within a room in an apa ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2010
Medina Abdulkader, Thanksgiving Day Murder Victim in Japantown
Medina Abdulkader, 23, was shot dead Thursday night at a shade before 9 p.m. at the corner of Geary and Buchanan. No arrests have yet been made and it is not yet clear what precipitated the young woman's fatal shooting.
Blogs
November 23, 2010
Search for Murder Victim's Family Ongoing
Three days after a man was shot to death in the early evening at 17th and Mission, city officials are still unable to locate any of the murder victim's family members -- and can therefore not release his identity to the public. SF Weekly has learned that the murder victim is an older man in his 6 ... More >>
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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 19, 2010
Man Shot Dead at Jones and O'Farrell -- Homicide No. 32
An overnight shooting has left a man dead in the street at Jones and O'Farrell in the Tenderloin. The victim's identity will be revealed pending notification of his family, the medical examiner's office tells SF Weekly.
Blogs
August 19, 2010
Steven Garrett, 26, Murdered in Tenderloin: Homicide No. 32
The San Francisco Medical Examiner has released the identity of the man gunned down in the wee hours this morning at Jones and O'Farrell: Steven Garrett, a 26-year-old San Franciscan. Garrett was beaten and shot multiple times by two other black twentysomething men at around 12:25 a.m. Poli ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Mission Triple Shooting Victims Still Alive -- Gunman Still on the Loose
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office tells SF Weekly that all three victims of a brazen Mission District triple shooting -- including a man shot in the chest -- are still in the land of the living. The man who pulled the trigger presumably is, too, however. And San Francisco Police apparen ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2010
Twin Peaks Shooting Victim Identified as John Rumble, 68
View Larger MapThe man shot to death Friday on scenic Christmas Tree Point Road was 68-year-old John Rumble, according to the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office. Rumble, who hails from parts unknown, was discovered in the morning of March 26 in a car parked on a road best known as a haven for s ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2010
Fatal Shooting on Christmas Tree Point in San Francisco
View Larger MapA 68-year-old man was shot to death Friday on scenic Christmas Tree Point Road in the shadow of Sutro Tower, the Medical Examiner reports. The man has been identified, but the Medical Examiner's office is not releasing his name until notifying his next-of kin. The ME has also not yet ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
September 9, 2009
Cops Who Shot and Killed Cleaver-Wielding Man in Visitacion Valley to be Nominated for Medal of Valor
A group of San Francisco police officers who last weekend gunned down an apparently deranged man wielding a meat cleaver are to be nominated for a medal of valor by their station commander.SFPD Captain David Lazar, who heads the Ingleside station, said in his most recent newsletter that he plans ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 2009
Delvon Fields, Shot Dead in Bayview, Is City's 26th Homicide
View Larger MapDelvon Fields, a 28-year-old San Francisco man, was shot dead yesterday evening at Third and McKinnon Streets in Bayview. No arrests have yet been made in San Francisco's 26th homicide of the year. Prior to Fields' killing, the city's most recent murder was on Friday, July 10, when 17 ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2009
SFPD: News Report in Error, Police Didn't Witness Weekend Shooting
"Man Shot Dead in Front of San Francisco Police in Broad Daylight" is a headline that raises troubling questions, particularly when it's followed by: "No suspects were arrested." That was the gist of a Bay City News brief yesterday appearing in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Sa ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
March 4, 2008
Man Gets Shot and Drives Self to Hospital, Hospital Unimpressed
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 >>
Blogs
February 20, 2008
Man Shot In Butt While in Cab; Woman Shot in Wrist While In Home
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 >>
News
October 3, 2007
Maimed Brothers Flee San Francisco Violence
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 >>
Blogs
August 3, 2007
Oakland Black Muslim and Chauncey Context : Links
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 >>
News
June 27, 2007
Grave Injustice
Late SF rapper Madd Maxx's debut CD is out--and so is his killer
Culture
May 23, 2007
Bang Bang, Game Over
New play explores whether violent videogames create killers
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
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
March 3, 1999
East Side Story
The mindless, endless Mission gang war doesn't have Bernstein music or Sondheim lyrics. Just Surenos, Nortenos, and dead kids.
News
May 6, 1998
Tale of a Gun
Following one semiautomatic from manufacture to mayhem
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