Man Stabbed To Death In Western Addition

Woman sought in fatal stabbing of S.F. man

Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, January 1, 2009

(12-31) 16:26 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police are searching for a woman who they say fatally stabbed an 18-year-old man during a domestic incident in a violence-scarred public housing development in the Western Addition.
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The killing of Lazarus "Buddy" Pickett on Tuesday marked San Francisco's 99th homicide of 2008, one more than last year and the most since 1995, when there were 100 killings. This year's count includes one case - the discovery of a body at Ocean Beach - that is being investigated by the U.S. Park Service police rather than San Francisco police.

Authorities did not identify the suspect in the latest homicide or provide details in what they described as a case of domestic violence. But several neighbors in the Plaza East housing complex said authorities were looking for 27-year-old DeEbony Smith, with whom Pickett had a baby daughter.

The neighbors said Smith lives in an apartment in Plaza East with her mother and three children. They said the fathers of the other two children had also died in recent years, one in a shooting and the other in a car wreck.

According to police, the stabbing was reported at 10 a.m. Tuesday on Larch Way, a one-block corridor that doubles as a parking lot for Plaza East residents. Pickett was taken by ambulance to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:18 p.m.

On Wednesday, a small memorial of balloons, stuffed animals, red roses, candles and liquor bottles lay where Pickett had fallen in the street. In the early afternoon, a woman who identified herself as the young man's aunt cried outside a nearby unit and said she wasn't ready to talk about what happened.

Outreach workers from the city-funded Community Response Network - which tries to quell violence and retaliation - spoke to residents. Police cars drove by often.

Plaza East has frequently been the scene of violent incidents in recent years, prompting city officials to install surveillance cameras there and to obtain a court injunction against a gang that allegedly operates out of the complex. The injunction limits the movements of some gang-member suspects.

Neighborhood resident Rochelle Terrell, 50, clutched a picture of her cousin, Savannah Jackson, who died Dec. 30, 2006 - two years before Pickett. Jackson was one of three people shot and killed as they sat in a parked car in Bayview-Hunters Point.

"It seems like every year we have to bring in the year with grief and loss," Terrell said. "It's too much."

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Two Stabbed In the Richmond

SF: UPDATE: TWO STABBED AFTER ARGUMENT ON MUNI BUS

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

Two 19-year-old college students were stabbed after an argument on a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus this afternoon, police said.

According to police spokeswoman Sgt. Lyn Tomioka, officers found the two male victims at Sixth Avenue and Geary Boulevard in the city's Richmond District shortly after 1 p.m.

Tomioka said the two men got into a verbal altercation with unidentified suspects, who then stabbed them both.

The men were taken to San Francisco General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Tomioka said.

Muni spokeswoman Kristen Holland said the stabbing reportedly occurred on the street, after the argument on the bus.

No arrests have been made and no suspect information was immediately available.

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Man Stabbed In The Mission

Man Stabbed In SF Mission District

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ―

A man was stabbed in the leg in San Francisco's Mission District early Saturday morning, according to the Police Department.

Officers responded to 24th and Harrison streets around 2 a.m. where the man was found suffering from the stab wound, police said.

He was transported to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment, according to police.

No suspect information was available.

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Man Critically Injured In Visitacion Valley Shooting

SF Police Arrest Teen In Suspected Gang Shooting

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ―

San Francisco police arrested a 17-year-old boy Thursday evening for shooting a man in an apparent gang-related incident.

The shooting took place at about 5 p.m. in the 200 block of Hahn Street near the intersection with Sunnydale Avenue, an area close to the city's southern border known for gang activity, according to police.

The name of the boy, who is believed by police to be a member of one of the local street gangs in the area, was not released because he is a juvenile.

Police spokesman Sgt. Wilfred Williams would only say the shooting "appears to be gang-related." A motive was not known, he said.

The shooting left a 46-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds.

He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with injuries that were considered life threatening.

The boy was arrested about two hours later, Williams said.

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Man Seriously Injured In Christmas Morning Assault In The Mission

SF: MAN ASSAULTED IN MISSION DISTRICT, SUFFERS LIFE THREATENING INJURIES

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

San Francisco police are investigating an assault in the city's Mission District this morning that left a man with life threatening injuries at a local hospital.

The assault began at about 4 a.m. near the intersection of Mission and 25th streets, according to police.

The victim apparently said something to five teenage suspects, who then followed the man to the intersection of Mission and 20th streets before throwing him to the ground and attacking him, police said.

The victim is at a local hospital with life threatening injuries, according to police, who said no arrests have been made and no suspect information was immediately available.

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Two Shot In The Mission

SF: TWO INJURED IN MISSION DISTRICT SHOOTING

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

Two men were injured in a shooting in San Francisco's Mission District early this morning, police said.

Both men are in stable condition after being involved in the shooting that was reported at about 1:50 a.m. at Mariposa and Florida streets, according to police.

The victims were transported to San Francisco General Hospital suffering gunshot wounds to lower leg and thigh, police said.

No suspects were arrested and the incident remains under investigation.

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More News:

- Tari Ramirez was given 16 years to life in prison for the October 20th, 2000 murder of his girlfriend, Claire Joyce Tempongko, 28, in her Richmond District apartment. Ramirez stabbed Tempongko 21 times as her 10-year-old son watched.

- 56-year-old SF resident Reginald Sydney Jones, who was arrested for robbing a bank in SF on November 12th, admitted to robbing a bank in Fairfield on October 22nd as well.

- Adam Jackson, the man who set up a webcam and website called adamsblock.com that showed live Tenderloin street scenes 24/7, took the cams down yesterday after recieving too many death threats. The threats included three men shouting "we're going to shoot you" from the corner, men following Jackson and his girlfriend, and threatening phone calls to Jackson and his work, including threats to kill him and his girlfriend.

Raid Nets 5 Crack Dealers - Police Warn About City College Sexual Assaults - Arrest Made In 1991 Rape And Murder

- A joint operation between the FBI, SFPD and US Marshalls ended in the arrest of 5 people in housing projects in Bernal Heights, the Western Addition, and Hayes Valley. The suspects, 4 men and one pregnant woman, were arrested "on charges of selling or conspiring to sell crack cocaine." 4 of the 5 were also getting enhancements for selling crack within 1,000 feet of a public housing project.

- The SFPD released a sketch of a suspect in two sexual assaults at the City College Ocean Campus last week. Both assaults happened on the pedestrian bridge over Ocean avenue, that connects the Ocean Campus with Geneva avenue. A third assault occurred on campus on Monday, near Bungalow 700, but that incident involved a different suspect.

- DNA evidence has linked 56-year-old Otis Hughes to the 1991 rape and murder of then 39-year-old Karen Wong, in her Richmond District Apartment. Hughes, who was on probation after serving 17 years in prison for burglary, was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Richmond.

- Also, Felicisimo Belleza, 41, an employee of a Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in San Francisco, has been sentenced to 3 years of probation after threatening to buy a machine gun and kill every one there.

Man Shot In Hunters Point

SF: POLICE INVESTIGATING SHOOTING THAT INJURED MAN IN BAYVIEW DISTRICT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

San Francisco police are investigating a shooting Thursday night in the Bayview District that hospitalized a man with injuries that are not believed to be life threatening.

The shooting was reported at about 10:20 p.m. in the unit block of Cashmere Street, according to police.

No arrests have been made, and no suspect information was available as of 12:15 a.m. today.

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Jaywalking Man Punched By Angry Driver

Punch leaves pedestrian clinging to life

By Tamara Barak Aparton
Examiner Staff Writer 12/11/08

SAN FRANCISCO – A 53-year-old pedestrian was fighting for his life Thursday after an altercation with a motorist near Golden Gate Park the previous evening.

Police say the man was crossing Hayes and Stanyan streets against a red light just after 5 p.m. when a motorist honked at him.

In response, the pedestrian slammed his backpack on the hood of the vehicle. The driver got out of the car and punched the pedestrian, who fell to the ground and hit his head.

He remains hospitalized with a serious head injury. No arrests have been made in the case.

On March 20, 2007, a pedestrian punching a vehicle led to a homicide when enraged driver Hamilton Diaz allegedly ran down 24-year-old Randal Gross after either Gross or his companion punched the parolee’s car in the intersection of 15th and Valencia streets.

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Two Arrested After Home Invasion Robbery and Kidnapping

SF: TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED, TWO REMAIN OUTSTANDING AFTER HOME INVASION ROBBERY

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

San Francisco police arrested two men and are still looking for two suspects after a home invasion robbery and kidnapping at a Potrero Hill home Tuesday afternoon.

The incident happened at about 3 p.m. when four suspects entered a home in the 700 block of Missouri Street, according to police.

The suspects drove to a bank with the victim, who happened to see a police officer and alerted him of the robbery in progress, police said.

The suspects fled, and although two men were taken into custody, two remain outstanding this morning, according to police.

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SFPD Arrests Second Suspect in Mission District Murder

S.F. police make second arrest in slaying outside pot club

Chronicle Staff Report

Monday, December 8, 2008

(12-08) 16:17 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the slaying of a man in September outside a Mission District medical marijuana dispensary, authorities said today.

Julius Hughes, 24, was arrested Friday at his home in Brentwood, police said. He is accused in the slaying of Roshawn Holden, 23, who was shot to death the night of Sept. 14 as he left the Mr. Nice Guy cannabis club at Duboce Avenue and Valencia Street.

Court records show that Hughes has a history of drug- and weapons-related offenses.

On Sept. 23, police arrested Ijeoma Ogbuagu, 30, in connection with the slaying.

Police said Holden and a friend had just left the marijuana club when they were approached and ordered out of their car at gunpoint. After Holden was robbed, he ran away and was shot as he fled.


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7 Juveniles, 2 Adults Arrested In Weekend Robberies

SF: POLICE ARREST NINE FOR FIVE WEEKEND ROBBERIES

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

San Francisco police arrested nine people, most of them juveniles, for five separate robberies over the weekend, police said today.

One of three men suspected of beating and robbing a 32-year-old city resident early Saturday morning in the South of Market district, 21-year-old Cristino Castillo, of San Francisco, was arrested by a motorcycle officer who witnessed the incident, according to police.

The two other suspects escaped on foot, police said.

Shortly before midnight Saturday, four San Francisco boys ages 15 to 17 were arrested on a Muni bus in an Outer Mission neighborhood after allegedly attacking and robbing a 25-year-old city resident who was waiting for the bus, according to police.

At about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, a 16-year-old boy was taken into custody in the Outer Mission after allegedly punching a 15-year-old and taking his cell phone outside the Balboa Bay Area Rapid Transit station, police said.

The noontime robbery at gunpoint of a 21-year-old city resident the same day in the Bernal Heights neighborhood resulted in the arrests of 14-year-old and 16-year-old boys, while another Bernal Heights armed robbery of two men nearly two hours later on the sidewalk concluded with the arrest of 19-year-old Josue Dominguez, of San Francisco, according to police.

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Some more news updates:

- Police are looking for a white SUV that struck and killed a 56-year-old man in a hit and run near Lake Merced on Friday. The victim was identified as Gerardo Yambao, of San Francisco.

- A "person of interest," 20-year-old Matthew Owyang, is sought in connection to the March 29th slayings of Derek Butch, 23, and Jason De La Cruz, 31, in the Sunset District. De La Cruz and Butch were shot to death outside a pizza parlor on 19th Avenue and Irving street, after they got into an argument with a man who wanted free pizza from them.

- The SFPD says there was no foul play in the elevator shaft plunge that killed 38-year-old Oakland resident Daniel Kliman in a downtown highrise last week. The elevator was apparently not functioning properly, and Kliman stepped into an empty elevator shaft, falling seven stories to his death. (UPDATE: apparently there may still be an ongoing investigation into this)

- A parking garage security guard at San Francisco International Airport was arrested for breaking into cars.

- An SF man was sentenced to 46 months in prison for stealing $548,000 from his parents in Kansas.

News from the past month or so:

Sorry about the lack of updates lately. Here you go:

Murders:

- Brandon Evans, 20, was shot in the back and killed near the conservatory of flowers, in Golden Gate Park, on November 29th. Evans was from San Diego and had just moved to SF three weeks earlier.

- Richard Berrett, 29, was shot to death while apparently running from an assailant in North Beach. He was shot in the back and killed in the doorway of a bar at Broadway and Kearney Streets at 1:00 a.m. on November 25th.

- Victor Cipriano-Lopez, 22, was shot to death at 22nd and Valencia Streets, in the Mission, at around 10:30 p.m. on November 23rd.

- Two people were found shot dead in a house in Potrero Hill. They were identified as Vicky Velarde, 30, and her boyfriend, David Boyce, 35. Police do not yet known who pulled the trigger, but they seem to be leaning towards murder-suicide with Velarde as the victim.

- John Rogers, 30 year-old Marine veteran, was shot to death, and another man injured when 24 year-old Max Reyes of San Francisco broke into Rogers' apartment on the unit block of Fair Avenue and attempted to rob them. Reyes was later arrested, and is being held on $1 million bail.

- Daniel Gomez, 33, was shot to death near the Sunnydale housing projects in Visitacion Valley, at Sunnydale Ave. and Sawyer streets. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. on October 26th.

- Angelo Zuniga, 17, was stabbed to death during a fight at a party on the 400 block of Holloway Avenue, in Ingleside. 19-year-old Martin Martinez was arrested for the murder shortly after. The stabbing occurred at 11:50 p.m. on October 24th.

- Cynthia Sareen Weaver, 46, died after falling from her bathroom window while trying to escape her abusive boyfriend, around 11:00 p.m. on October 3rd. The boyfriend, who had a restraining order against him, came to Weaver's house near Folsom and 24th streets, got drunk, and started to beat her. She locked herself in the bathroom, and while he tried to break the door down, she tried to climb out the window, and down a pipe, but she slipped and fell. She died later at the hospital.


More Violent Stuff:

- A woman was caught in the crossfire in a shoot-out in the Sunnydale Projects. Two other people sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

- Shooting injures one in the Lower Haight.

- Taxi driver injured in brick attack downtown.

- USC student stabbed and nearly killed in fight at Marina District bar.

- 20 people arrested for 8 robberies on Halloween and over the following weekend

- A UCSF lab worker was charged with attempted murder after he poisoned the drink of a colleague with lab chemicals.

- One suspect in the murder of 14 year-old Ivan Miranda was arrested last year for another assault, and was apparently kept from being deported by the city of SF. The suspect, 17 year-old Rony Aguilera, was part of a gang-related attack in the Excelsior District, in which Miranda was stabbed and nearly decapitated with a samurai sword.



Not so violent Stuff:

- 100 arrested in Bay Area prostitution sting.

- A car chase that started in Santa Cruz ended in SF, in front of the federal building at 7th and Mission. The suspect had multiple samurai swords in his car.

- A body washed ashore at Ocean Beach.

- 39 arrested in a sweep targeting high-risk parolees and probation offenders.

Man Shot In The Western Addition

SF Western Addition Shooting May Be Gang Related

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― A man shot Tuesday evening in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood is expected to survive his injuries, police said.

Police said the shooting happened at about 8 p.m. near the intersection of Scott and Turk streets.

The victim was unwilling to cooperate with investigators, and police suspect the shooting was gang-related.

No arrests were made in connection with the shooting, police said.

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Girl Killed By Stray Bullet In Hunters Point

Family's efforts couldn't keep girl from harm

Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, October 20, 2008

Jonisha Tucker caught a 5:45 a.m. bus every school day to make a 1 1/2-hour trip to George Washington High in the Richmond District, taking her far from her housing project in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood.

Family members hoped the school - along with their supervision - would protect her from the drugs, gangs and violence surrounding the Alice Griffith housing development, where the 16-year-old girl grew up with her mother and two older brothers.

It didn't.

Drawn to watch a fight just blocks from her home last week, the random violence that her family feared found her: Police said a 14-year-old boy fired a shot during the neighborhood scrap, killing Jonisha.

"It's sad," said Inspector Dennis Maffei of the San Francisco Police Department homicide detail. "This girl was an angel. She was taken from us by another child who should not have been playing with or handling guns."

The alleged shooter, a boy who lived in the neighborhood, is being held on murder charges in connection with her death, authorities said. Police said Jonisha was an unintended victim.

Her 26-year-old brother, Larry Barefield, said he tried to watch over her. He would not talk about what happened Tuesday night.

"I always tried to keep Jonisha out of harm's way," Barefield said softly, laying a bouquet of roses on a makeshift memorial outside the family's home. "I wish they had more activities to do, instead of letting these kids hang out, letting 14- and 15-year-old kids walking around with weapons, feeling like they have to protect themselves. It shouldn't be that way."

Growing up in tough area

Jonisha, known to her friends as J-Ray, was raised in one of the city's toughest housing developments, also known as Double Rock, near Candlestick Park.

Her mother, Annette McClendon, pushed to move the family of four into a larger unit, and eventually succeeded when Jonisha was 5 years old. McClendon was too distraught to be interviewed for this story.

As a youngster, Jonisha worked at the nearby Double Rock community garden.

"She weeded, planted vegetables," said Jacqueline Williams, who manages the garden. "She was a go-getter. She would take care of everything. She was good at it, too."

Dennis Molina, a neighbor who watched Jonisha grow up, said the girl had a natural ability to relate to others.

"She had a mind of her own, and she was a leader," Molina said. "She had this confidence about herself. It came from her mom, from her family."

Strong athlete, 'big heart'

Jonisha played basketball at Luther Burbank Middle School. She competed against boys in three-on-three community tournaments. The front room of her home is filled with trophies. Last year, she teamed up with two boys and took first place in the community competition.

"She was tough, very tough - like a man," Barefield said. "She had a big heart."

Molina agreed.

"She's a tough one. She'd take on the guys down here," he said, pointing to the project basketball courts.

When it came time for Jonisha to go to high school, her family decided she should go a well-regarded school. They settled on George Washington, at 32nd Avenue and Geary Boulevard.

Jonisha started to rebel. Her grades suffered in the ninth grade, but she still made the trip each morning to the school. Molina said he rode the bus with her.

"I saw her on the bus - she went to school every single day," he said.

She didn't want to join the school basketball team, either. The coach asked her to play, but she declined, saying the team was not good enough.

Her brother said he tried to tell her that she would make the team better, but he couldn't convince her.

This year, she seemed to get the idea of why her family wanted her to go to Washington. She started getting better grades, Barefield said.

Shots fired in clash

On Tuesday night, police say, Jonisha ran outside with her friends to break up a fight outside her home on Double Rock Street. Her mother went outside as well, but the two became separated. Jonisha left on her own with friends and went several blocks away to Hollister Avenue, near Third Street.

It was there, police say, that another fight was about to explode. Groups of youths converged, and an unknown teenage boy fired a gun into the air. Police say the weapon was soon in the hands of another boy, a 14-year-old who was already on juvenile probation for brandishing a weapon that turned out to be a BB gun.

What happened next is unclear, but the boy fired a shot, police say. The bullet hit Jonisha in the head. It was 7:37 p.m.

In seconds, investigators who happened to be nearby rushed to the scene as the youths scattered.

Jonisha was taken to San Francisco General Hospital. She died two days later.

Maffei said witnesses helped identify the shooter, who was detained Tuesday night. He told investigators the gun went off as he was running with it.

Police say they haven't determined whether the boy fired the gun by accident or whether he intentionally fired it and hit Jonisha by mistake.

Maffei said Jonisha was not involved in the clash.

The veteran homicide inspector was devastated by Jonisha's death.

"Her mom said she loved her and did all she could to protect her," Maffei said.

"For me, a cop of nearly 32 years, you think after a while that things won't touch your heart. Then, something like this: It breaks your heart all over again."

At the projects where Jonisha lived, neighbors held candlelight vigils in her memory last week. They created a memorial of candles, stuffed teddy bears and photos behind her home.

Under a photo of Jonisha, a mourner left a message: "We miss and love you J-Ray."

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Man Stabbed To Death In The Financial District

Man stabbed to death in Financial District

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

(10-14) 23:54 PDT San Francisco -- San Francisco police are investigating a fatal stabbing in the Financial District tonight.

A man was found stabbed to death at Beale and Howard streets at around 10:55 p.m., police said.

The victim was apparently attacked on the street. No suspects were arrested.

Police did not have immediate information about the circumstances surrounding the attack. The homicide is under investigation.

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Shooting Injures 16-Year-Old Girl

16-year-old girl shot in the Bayview district

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

(10-14) 22:24 PDT San Francisco -- San Francisco police are investigating a shooting tonight in the Bayview district that injured a 16-year-old girl.
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The shooting occurred at 7:37 p.m. at the corner of Jennings Street and Hollister Avenue, according to a police dispatcher. The girl was taken to San Francisco General Hospital. Her name was not released, and her condition was unknown.

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Man Shot To Death In The Sunset

SF: UPDATE: DALY CITY MAN IDENTIFIED AS VICTIM OF SUNSET DISTRICT HOMICIDE

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

A 46-year-old man found shot dead late Monday inside a Mercedes sport utility vehicle in San Francisco's Sunset District was identified today as Hung Pham of Daly City, according to the San Francisco medical examiner's office.

Police said the shooting occurred at about 11 p.m. near the intersection of 17th Avenue and Noriega Street.

Pham was shot multiple times through the window of the SUV, which had been parked at the corner of the intersection, according to police.

He was found in the driver's seat and pronounced dead at the scene.

Police had no immediate suspect information and no arrests have been made.

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Man Shot In SOMA

SF: MAN SHOT IN ANKLE IN SOUTH OF MARKET DISTRICT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

A man was shot in the ankle in San Francisco's South of Market district this morning, according to the Police Department.

Around 2:15 a.m., officers responded to Eighth and Folsom streets to find the man suffering from the gunshot wound, a police officer said.

He was transported to San Francisco General Hospital, police said.

No suspects were arrested.

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Hunters Point Shooting Kills One, Injures One

One man killed and one injured in San Francisco shooting

Jaxon Van Derbeken

Saturday, October 11, 2008

(10-11) 19:02 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A 26-year-old San Francisco man was killed Friday and a second man was seriously wounded in a shooting in the city's Bayview District, police said.

Leonard Waters was gunned down at 11:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of Kirkwood Avenue, police said. Waters was found face down on the sidewalk, shot in the face, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The second man was shot in the shoulder, a wound considered life threatening, said Sgt. Neville Gittens, a San Francisco police spokesman.

Gittens said police did not have any description or other information on the gunman.

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Bomb Squad Searches Truck In The Mission After Pipe Bomb Explosion In Hunters Point

South Van Ness reopened after bomb squad checks pickup truck

Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer

Friday, October 10, 2008

(10-10) 09:49 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Two blocks of a busy San Francisco street were shut down this morning for about four hours while the police bomb squad checked a pickup truck that investigators believe may have been linked to an earlier explosion in the Bayview district, investigators said.

South Van Ness Avenue was blocked from 14th to 16th streets while bomb squad officers, using a dog and a remote-control robot, examined the pickup. The truck, a black Dodge Ram, which was parked at the northwest corner of 15th Street and South Van Ness.

About 5:20 a.m., a small device, possibly a pipe bomb, exploded on the 1100 block of LaSalle Avenue, causing no injuries. Officers said the pickup, which matched a description of a suspect vehicle in the bombing, was spotted in the Tenderloin a short time later.

Police stopped the truck at 15th and South Van Ness and questioned two men in their 20s. The men have not been arrested.

The streets were reopened around 9:30 a.m. after police reported finding no explosives in the truck.

Residents of nearby apartments were asked to shelter in place, while pedestrians and motorists were instructed to take detours.

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Man Stabbed And Robbed In Motel Room

Man Knifed After Letting Woman Use Motel Bathroom

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― A 36-year-old man was robbed and stabbed early Thursday morning after he let a woman use his motel room bathroom, San Francisco police said.

The stabbing happened at about 3:45 a.m. at a motel in the 900 block of Harrison Street, in the city's South of Market district, police said.

The victim had answered a knock on his door from a woman who asked to use his bathroom, police said. After using the bathroom, the woman reportedly opened the motel room door for a man outside, who attempted to rob the victim.

A struggle ensued, during which the victim was stabbed by the male intruder several times in the back and hand, spokeswoman Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said.

Both suspects then fled with the man's possessions.

No arrests had been made, and no detailed description of the suspects was available.

The victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive, Tomioka said.

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Robbery: Cell Phones, I-Pods and 7-Eleven

- A 7-Eleven on the 2600 block of Mason street in Fisherman's Wharf was robbed at gunpoint, at around 3:00 a.m this morning. The suspects, Demetrius Dews and Ahmad Washington, both 20 and of San Francisco, were arrested just a couple minutes later at Union Street and Columbus Avenue in North Beach.

- Police are warning people to be careful of flashing things like I-Pods, laptops and Cellphones around, after a man was robbed at gunpoint in SOMA on Saturday night. The 27 year-old man was robbed by three 17 year-old San Francisco boys after leaving his house on the 100 block of Dore Street. One boy pulled a gun and two more went through the man's pockets, taking his cellphone, wallet and keys. The suspects were arrested a short while later at Eighth and Natoma streets.

Man Injured In SOMA Shooting

Victim Sustains Multiple Wounds In SF Shooting

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― A person was shot in the stomach, buttocks, arm and other areas in San Francisco's South of Market district Sunday morning, according to the Police Department.

The shooting was reported right around 2 a.m. at Folsom and 10th streets, a police sergeant said.

The victim is reportedly expected to survive and was transported to the hospital.

No suspects were arrested.

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News From The Past Week:

-A man was shot to death as he sat in a car on the 700 block of Brunswick street, at 9:35 p.m. last night, in Crocker Amazon. The victim was identified as 32 year-old Wesly Simpson, of Daly City. A second victim was shot too, and received life-threatening injuries. The gunman fled in a waiting car.

-A man was stabbed to death early yesterday morning, on the 300 block of Ellis Street, in the Tenderloin. Another man, 44 year-old James Starghill, was shot to death on Tuesday, at around 2:00 p.m., in Portola.

-A supposedly 16 year-old boy (he has also claimed to be 21 and 22) was arrested for committing four sexual assaults in golden gate park over the last week.

-A police chase that started in Fairfield ended in Oceanview, after the suspect crashed at Orizaba Avenue and Sagamore Street.

-A man was stabbed in Hunters Point on Saturday night. He received non-life-threatening injuries.

-Night club violence is "still rampant" in North Beach.

-35 year-old Tari Ramirez was convicted of 2nd degree murder for the 2000 murder of his former girlfriend, 28 year-old Claire Tempongko. Ramirez stabbed Tempongko several times with a kitchen knife in her Richmond District apartment, in front of her then 5 and 10 year-old children. He fled to Mexico, but was arrested in 2006 and extradited back to SF.

-A man was killed when a speeding driver jumped a curb on Mission street Monday, taking out several parking meters, and the victim, before stopping against a tree. The victim was identified as Gaspar Caballero, 27, of San Francisco. The suspect was identified as Jason Yantas, 36, also of San Francisco. Yantas may have nodded off while driving, and is being charged with felony manslaughter, and driving on a suspended license. A gun was also found in Yantas' car, which is unregistered.

Murder Suspect Arrested

SF: SUSPECT IN FATAL SHOOTING OUTSIDE POT CLUB ARRESTED

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

Police on Tuesday arrested one of two men suspected in the shooting death of a 23-year-old man outside a San Francisco pot club on Sept. 14.

Ijeoma Ogbuagu, 20, of San Francisco, was taken into custody without incident in Burlingame at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

A second suspect, Julius Hughes, 24, is still at large. Police said he is considered armed and dangerous.

Royshawn Holden, of San Francisco, was gunned down at about 9:30 p.m. outside the Mr. Nice Guy pot club, near the corner of Valencia Street and Duboce Avenue, following an argument with the two suspects, according to police.

Officers found Holden lying in the street, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He died at San Francisco General Hospital.

Anyone with information about Hughes is asked to call the San Francisco police homicide detail at (415) 553-1145 or the confidential tip line at (415) 575-4444.

Police have posted a photograph of Hughes at www.sfgov.org/police.

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Two Men Arrested For Series Of Robberies

2 Arrested In Series Of SF Robberies

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― Two men were arrested in San Francisco at about midnight after a series of street robberies in the city throughout Tuesday night, according to police.

The men, whose identities have yet to be released, were arrested in a vehicle at about 11:55 p.m. near the intersection of 18th and Harrison streets, police said.

Starting in the early evening, the suspects allegedly robbed a number of victims in different locations around the city, according to police, who said the case is still under investigation.

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Rapes Up 40%

Rape reports jump 40% in S.F., police say

Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Reports of rape in San Francisco have increased nearly 40 percent over last year, and San Francisco police are not sure what is behind the increase.

Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 7, there have been 130 reported rapes in the city, compared with 94 over the same period last year, according to statistics presented at City Hall this week.

Police officials said they did not know what exactly is driving the numbers, but believe it is an increase in reports of acquaintance rapes, such as date rape.

"We're trying to determine what the issue is," Acting Deputy Chief John Goldberg told a Board of Supervisors committee. He said rape is significantly underreported, and he thinks outreach by the department with advocacy groups may have spurred the increase in reports.

"This is not an increase ... in forced sexual assaults," Goldberg said.

He promised a "more thorough and complete analysis" for the supervisors at the next Public Safety Committee meeting.

Janelle White, executive director of San Francisco Women Against Rape, said she has not seen a dramatic increase in the number of people contacting her organization. She said she would need more specific information about the rape reports before she could speak to what is driving the increase.

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Man Shot In The Mission

SF: ONE MAN INJURED, ONE MAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING SHOOTING

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

One man was arrested in San Francisco this evening after allegedly shooting and injuring another man, police said.

The shooting occurred around 7:40 p.m. in the 400 block of 14th Street where the suspect reportedly shot the victim in the back, according to police.

Officers followed the suspect on foot after he attempted to flee but were able to take him into custody.

The victim was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive, police said.

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Man Killed In Potrero Hill Shooting

Man shot to death in Potrero Hill

Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

(09-23) 19:51 PDT San Francisco -- A man was shot to death this afternoon in an industrial area of Potrero Hill near the waterfront, San Francisco police said.

The shooting happened at 1:48 p.m. on the 1400 block of Illinois Street near 24th street, east of Third Street, police said. The victim was pronounced dead a short time later. The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office identified the victim as Armando Rodriguez, 32, of San Francisco.

People in the area said they heard numerous shots, looked and saw a man running west on 24th. There was no immediate description, and no arrests have been made.

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Police Officers Injured In Chase

SF Police Pursuit Injures Several Officers

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― Four police officers were injured Monday during a vehicle pursuit along the streets of San Francisco that came to an end at San Francisco City College.

Police spokesman Sgt. Wilfred Williams said the incident began around 3:55 p.m. when officers attempted to stop a vehicle near the intersection of Junipero Serra Boulevard and 19th Avenue.

The vehicle had been driving recklessly and went out of control just before stopping, said Williams. After the vehicle came to a complete stop, the officers stepped out of the vehicle but the driver accelerated and the vehicle traveled at the officers, Williams said.

He said it was reported that the officers fired shots at the vehicle in order to eliminate the threat but did not hit either of the two people inside.

The vehicle continued north on Junipero Serra Boulevard and the officers followed in the police car with additional officers in pursuit as well, Williams said. The suspect vehicle turned onto Holloway Avenue and as it neared Harold Avenue, the vehicle attempted to reverse and struck one of the police cars.

A second collision between the suspect vehicle and a police vehicle occurred after the pursuit led the cars onto Harold Avenue toward Ocean Avenue, according to Williams. It was there that the suspect vehicle came to a final stop and the two suspects, one male and one female, attempted to flee on foot, Williams said.

The officers were able to detain both suspects who were booked into jail pending several charges, Williams said. It was determined the suspect vehicle had been stolen.

Four officers involved in the pursuit were injured, he said. Three were transported to San Francisco General Hospital and then released. The fourth officer did not require medical assistance.

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Two Shot In Hunters Point

SF police probe double shooting in Bayview

Chronicle Staff Report

Monday, September 22, 2008

(09-22) 00:15 PDT San Francisco -- San Francisco police are investigating a double shooting that occurred Sunday night in the Bayview district.

At about 9:13 p.m., two people were shot around the area of Griffith Street and Gilman Avenue, police said.

The two victims were taken to San Francisco General Hospital, police said

No other information about the shooting was immediately available.

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Three Killed Over The Weekend

Three dead in S.F. slayings

Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sunday, September 21, 2008

(09-21) 17:09 PDT SAN FRANCISCO - -- San Francisco police are looking for suspects in three homicides that happened over the weekend, including a daylight stabbing Sunday in the Tenderloin.

At about 10:45 a.m. Sunday, police said, a 59-year-old man was stabbed during an argument with a second man on the 200 block of Hyde Street, between Turk and Eddy streets. The unidentified victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police Sgt. Wilfred Williams, a department spokesman, said the suspect was described by witnesses as a stocky, 5-foot-2 white man between 55 and 60 years old, with white hair and a white beard and wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt and a blue jacket.

In another incident, officers responded to a report of gunfire at 10:25 p.m. Saturday on the 100 block of Kiska Road in Bayview-Hunters Point.

They found a 59-year-old man in the street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, police said. The victim, who was not identified, was later pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital. The suspect wore a ski mask and black clothing, Williams said.

A third homicide happened at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday on the 1700 block of Newcomb Avenue, which is a block west of busy 3rd Street in Bayview-Hunters Point. Darius Cooper-Brooks, a 26-year-old city resident, was fatally shot, authorities said. He was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police have made no arrests, and they released no further information about possible suspects or motives in the cases.

Williams urged anyone with information about the killings to call homicide investigators at (415) 553-1145 or an anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444.

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Man Shot In The Tenderloin

A man was shot at 1:30 this morning in the doorway of an apartment building on Hyde Street, between Geary and O'Farrell. A reader at SFist sent in some pictures of the crime scene and a description of the shooting, which you can see here. There's no word from the news on this one yet.

SF Store Owner Shot Dead In Novato - Man Stabbed In The Back During Card Game

- A San Francisco store owner was shot to death last weekend in Novato. Police believe he may have been killed as retaliation for identifying suspects who had robbed his Bernal Heights Store last month.

- A man was stabbed in the back last night in Ingleside, while playing cards with an acquaintance. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, but has since been listed in stable condition. The suspect, 51 year-old Augusto Soriano, of San Francisco, tried to run from police but was arrested a couple blocks away.

Man Shot And Killed In The Richmond District

Man on bike killed in S.F.'s Richmond District

Jaxon Van Derbeken,Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writers

Thursday, September 18, 2008

(09-17) 16:46 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Jordan McCay was just trying to get back home in San Francisco after a long day at work in Berkeley and an evening seeing off a friend traveling to Asia.

He almost made it but came up two blocks short.

The 23-year-old went from his job at a film production outfit in Berkeley on Tuesday night to say good-bye to a friend in Oakland who was leaving for Asia the next day. McCay boarded BART to San Francisco, then pedaled his bicycle across town to the Richmond District by early Wednesday.

In that normally peaceful neighborhood - just two blocks from his home - he was confronted by two men on the street. After an argument, someone shot and killed him at 1:40 a.m. near the corner of 15th Avenue and Cabrillo Street, police said.

"He was coming home, coming down the street - we really don't know what happened," said Lt. Mike Stasko of the San Francisco homicide detail.

The killer left behind the victim's bike - worth as much of $1,000 - and his backpack. "Everything was still there," Stasko said.

Mark Pardini, 38, who lives on 15th Avenue, said he heard "pretty angry voices going back and forth" for a few seconds before hearing gunfire. "It was quick ... probably like 15 seconds" he said, but added he couldn't quite hear what was being said.

"Obviously, they were angry. And then I heard a gunshot and then, about five to 10 seconds later, I heard a car driving away."

Mortally wounded, McKay dropped his bicycle in the street and knocked on doors for help before collapsing outside a set of flats on Cabrillo, police and residents said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have no description of assailants, investigators said.

McKay's father, Matthew, said his son had recently graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in economics and a minor in film. He worked for a while as a busboy at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, then got an internship at Assemble, a post-production company in Berkeley. He said his son was working on computer modeling and post-production animation for an upcoming Bruce Willis film.

"He was just a couple blocks from home," McKay said. "It seems like, nobody knows for sure, but he was in this fight with two guys. They must have jumped him. One of them pulled out a gun and shot him."

He was living with his girlfriend, whom he met in high school, his father said.

"He was a good guy, he went to school, worked hard. He had a lot of great friends and was just kind of on his way in his career," he said.

"How do you sum up a life? He had a wonderful sense of humor. He was a determined, creative person. He really wanted to get skilled and was learning a lot of different things."

McKay said police were not optimistic about the chances of solving his son's slaying.

"They don't have any eyewitnesses who could identify them - they only saw distant shapes, struggling," the father said he was told.

The killing shocked residents of the neighborhood.

"It's very safe. Everyone on the blocks knows everybody," said Denise Bottarini, who has lived on Cabrillo for 10 years. "It shocks me that it happened in our neighborhood."

Pardini said the corner of 15th and Cabrillo has seen its share of drivers "doing doughnuts," or driving recklessly in circles.

Residents walked to the corner, inspected the scene and shook their heads.

Raymond Villaseñor, a contractor remodeling a three-story apartment building on the corner, said 15th Avenue is a "nice, quiet little street with not a lot of commotion.

"It gets you to think," he said. "You never know when your whole life is going to turn around. You think everything is safe. I've even been leaving my truck unlocked. I'm not going to do that any more."

Two doors away, resident Tai Chan said he "can't believe it happened here. It's supposed to be a good neighborhood."

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Hunters Point Shooting Victim Dies; Two Others Shot Dead Over The Weekend

Three people, including young mother, slain in unrelated S.F. attacks

Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, September 15, 2008

(09-15) 16:38 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police are looking for suspects in unrelated attacks over the weekend that left three people dead, including a young mother shot and killed outside her housing project on Potrero Hill and a man slain as he left a medical-marijuana club.

The violence began Friday night when Jamal Beasley, a 24-year-old parolee who was released in February after serving time on a drug-related offense, was shot as he was walking on La Salle Avenue at Osceola Lane in Hunters Point at 10:30 p.m., authorities said. He was declared dead the next day.

On Saturday, police say, 19-year-old Caprisha Green, a mother of a 1-year-old daughter, was shot and killed in the 1000 block of Connecticut Street about 10:25 p.m. She was outside her unit at the Potrero Hill projects with several friends at the time.

"Everything we heard is that she was a good kid," said Inspector Mike Gaynor of the homicide detail.

"We have no reason to believe that she was targeted for any reason," he said. "We don't know why the shooting occurred, or whether it was a beef, or whether someone was shooting the gun off by accident."

The bloodshed continued Sunday evening, when Royshawn Holden, 23, who lived in the Western Addition, was shot and killed at 9:30 p.m. after what police said was a robbery outside Mr. Nice Guy, a medical marijuana dispensary at Duboce Avenue and Valencia Street.

The gunman approached Holden and another man after they came out of the club, robbed them and, after shooting Holden, sped off in a green minivan. The club had no comment.

Holden's mother, Tracie Holden, said her son had a job cleaning buildings and never had any run-ins with police. She said he hoped to be a firefighter.

"He was a good kid, quiet," she said. "I really don't know what to make of it."

Inspector Dennis Maffei said Holden and his friend were robbed after they left the medical marijuana club and got into a Lexus that belonged to Holden's girlfriend.

The gunman pulled the men out of the car. After being robbed, police say, Holden started to run.

"He was shooting at Royshawn as he was running," Maffei said of the killer.

He said investigators have only a vague description of the gunman.

Holden "was a young man who, for all intents and purposes, was everything the city wants young people to be," Maffei said. "He had no police contacts. Not a one. "

Holden's mother said that the car may have drawn the eye of the gunman but that her son had little cash.

"He only had $10 on him," Tracie Holden said. "He didn't have any money because the other day, he said, 'Mom, can I borrow a 10?'

"If they wanted money, they got the wrong person," she said.

No arrests have been made in any of the shootings. The killings brought to 77 the number of homicides in San Francisco, compared with 80 at the same time in 2007.

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Mission District Shooting Kills Man

SF: MAN WHO WAS SHOT IN MISSION DISTRICT SUNDAY NIGHT DIES FROM WOUNDS

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

A man who was shot after an altercation in San Francisco's Mission District Sunday night died at the hospital within hours, police Sgt. Neville Gittens said.

Emergency personnel responded to the shooting at Duboce Avenue and Valencia Street, where the victim and two others had been arguing, Gittens said.

They reportedly found the victim lying in the street, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to San Francisco General Hospital where he died.

No suspects were arrested.

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Woman Shot Dead In Potrero Hill

SF: UPDATE: MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IDENTIFIES WOMAN WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

A woman who was fatally shot in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood Saturday night was identified today by the chief investigator at the medical examiner's office as 19-year-old Caprisha Green.

The shooting was reported in the 1000 block of Connecticut Street at about 10:25 p.m., according to police.

Officers arrived to find Green, a San Francisco resident, suffering from gunshot wounds. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

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Man Injured In Hunters Point Shooting

SF: MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER SHOOTING IN BAYVIEW DISTRICT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

San Francisco police are investigating a shooting in the Bayview District Friday night that left one man hospitalized.

Police received reports of a shooting at about 10:40 p.m. near the intersection of Osceola Lane and La Salle Avenue.

Officers arrived to the scene to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound, and he was transported to San Francisco General Hospital.

The condition of the victim is unknown, and no arrests have been made, according to police

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Dead Body Found In Apartment Garbage Can

Body Found In SF Apartment Trash Bin
CBS 5 CrimeWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― A body was found inside a plastic bag in a trash bin at an apartment building on Taylor Street Thursday, San Francisco police spokesman Sgt. Neville Gittens said.

The discovery was reported around noon at the building at 520 Taylor St.

The death is considered a homicide, and officers initially responded with caution, thinking the killer might still be in the building, Gittens said.

Police blocked off Taylor Street between Post and Geary streets and spent the early afternoon walking back and forth between the building's front entrance and an alleyway that separates the building from the Warwick Hotel.

Gittens said the body was found in a garbage bin on wheels inside the building. He said there is an entrance to 520 Taylor St. in that alleyway.

Police have not yet released the gender or age of the victim.

However, woman answering the phone at Les Nuits de Paris massage
parlor, located next to the entrance to the apartments, said she had seen the body and it was that of a man.

She asked not to be identified, and said the trash bin had nothing to do with the massage parlor, which police confirmed.

At about 2:10 p.m. police appeared to be reopening Taylor Street. Gittens said investigators will continue interviewing residents of 520 Taylor St. this afternoon.

Angela McClure, 28, who lives Post and Taylor streets, within the area that was cordoned off, came home from work and was unable to get to her apartment.

She said she saw at least one officer carrying an automatic weapon.

A passing couple visiting San Francisco from Texas briefly wondered whether a movie was being filmed.

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Chinese Gang Members Arrested For Assaults

SF: SUSPECTED YOUTH MEMBERS OF CHINESE GANG ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTS

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

San Francisco police on Wednesday arrested eight teens they believe to be members of a Chinese gang responsible for several assaults on other youth in the city's Richmond and Taraval districts in recent weeks.

Seven youths and one 18-year-old, Duc Truong, all of San Francisco, were taken into custody Wednesday morning after search warrants were served at locations throughout the city, police said.

The suspects, thought to be members of the True Brothers gang, were targeting both rival gang members and non-gang members, according to police.

Five attacks took place over the past two months and involved the suspects attacking the victims with baseball bats and knives, according to police.

One victim suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.

The eight have all been charged with aggravated assault, use of a deadly weapon and false imprisonment, and one has also with robbery, according to police.

Anyone else who may have been a victim is asked to contact San Francisco police. Anyone with more information on the attacks can call the department's confidential tip line at (415) 575-4444.

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Man Falls To His Death While Running From Police - Brothels Show Increasing Presence In The Sunset - Suspect In Hell's Angels Killing Named

- A 38 year-old car-burglary suspect died on Telegraph Hill early today, after he jumped over a wall while running from police...not realizing that there was a 200 foot drop on the other side.

- Here's a chronicle article detailing a rise in brothels set up in rental homes in the Sunset district.

- A warrant was issued today for 35 year-old Chris Ablett, of Modesto, for the murder of the San Francisco Hell's Angels president, Mark "Papa Frisco" Guardado. Ablett is believed to be a member of the Mongols Motorcycle club.

- Also, two men were arrested yesterday for selling crack cocaine from within a food line for Glide Memorial Church in the Tenderloin. They had in their possession $8,000, at least 5 ounces of crack, and a stolen, loaded .45 caliber pistol. Their arrest was the result of an undercover sting operation aimed at drug dealers using the food line as a sanctuary and source of business.

Mission District Shooting Victim Dies At Hospital

SF: MALE VICTIM FROM THURSDAY SHOOTING INTO VEHICLE DIES AT HOSPITAL

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

A man removed from life support after he and a woman were shot inside their car Thursday in San Francisco's Mission District was identified Monday by the San Francisco medical examiner's office as Giovanni Lechado, 28, of San Francisco.

Police spokesman Sgt. Neville Gittens said Monday that Lechado was removed from life support at the hospital on Friday.

Lechado and the woman, who has not been named publicly, were shot at about 6:30 p.m. in the area of 18th and Bryant streets, while sitting inside their parked vehicle with a 4-month-old child, according to police.

Police said a man was witnessed fleeing the area in a compact silver or gray vehicle.

There was no update by police Monday on the condition of the woman, who also received life-threatening injuries, according to police. The child was uninjured.

The fatal shooting Friday night of 18-year-old Joshua Cameron, of San Francisco, in the city's Western Addition neighborhood brought San Francisco's homicide total to 73, according to Gittens. The city had 80 homicides at the same time last year, he said.

Police Monday also clarified that an Aug. 15 stabbing at a Tenderloin hotel was ruled a homicide by police, though the medical examiner's office has yet to officially rule the case a homicide, and the manner and cause of death are still pending.

The medical examiner's office on Friday released the victim's name -- Fidencio Salazar Jr., 56, of San Francisco -- in the hope that members of his family, whom investigators have been unable to reach, will contact authorities.

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Here's some more inforamtion from SFgate:

Authorities described Lechado as a "mid-level" member of the MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, street gang. They believe the slayings of two men later Thursday night may have been in retaliation for his shooting.

Lechado was shot near a bar that investigators say is popular with Sureño and MS-13 members. The two men shot to death three hours later, 19-year-old Noel Espinoza and Matthew Solomon, 23, were attacked outside a bar near 24th and Utah streets that is popular with the rival Norteño gang.

Two Shot In Potrero Hill

Two men shot Saturday on Potrero Hill

Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sunday, September 7, 2008

(09-07) 15:08 PDT SAN FRANCISCO - -- Two men sitting in a car were shot on San Francisco's Potrero Hill Saturday night. Both men suffered non life-threatening injuries.

The men, along with another man, were in the car at 23rd and Arkansas streets on Potrero Hill when a man approached the car on foot and began shooting around 9:15 p.m., according to Sgt. Wilfred Williams of the San Francisco Police Department.

The injured men then drove themselves to San Francisco General Hospital and were treated for their injuries. Williams said police do not believe the shooting is related to the recent spate of violence in the nearby Mission District.

Police have not made an arrest in the shooting and Williams described the suspect as a man in his 30s.

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Drive-By Shooting Injures Man In The Mission

SF: UPDATE: 19-YEAR-OLD MAN INJURED IN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

A 19-year-old San Francisco man was injured in a shooting in the city's Mission District this morning, less than 24 hours after and about nine blocks away from where two men were fatally shot Thursday, police said.

The teenage man was walking west on 23rd Street at Treat Avenue in a group of four when at least one suspect in an unknown vehicle traveling south on Treat Avenue shot at the group at about 4:45 a.m., San Francisco police Sgt. Wilfred Williams said.

The 19-year-old was struck with gunfire and transported to San Francisco General Hospital. He is expected to survive his injuries, Williams said.

The three others in the group were not injured, according to Williams.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related, Williams said. No suspects have been arrested.

The double-homicide Thursday night, which marked the fifth and sixth murders in the Mission District in the past two weeks and the 10th and 11th homicides so far this year in that area, claimed the lives of San Mateo County resident Matthew Solomon, 23, and Noel Espinoza, 19, of San Francisco, according to police.

Solomon and Espinoza were shot by two men with handguns at about 9:45 p.m. Thursday at 24th and Utah streets, according to police. A woman who was with them was also shot and survived.

The suspects then fled in a silver minivan, police said.

No arrests have been made in the case.

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Shooting Kills One In The Western Addition

SF: POLICE INVESTIGATING FATAL SHOOTING IN WESTERN ADDITION NEIGHBORHOOD

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

Police today are investigating a shooting that left an 18-year-old man dead in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood Friday night, a sergeant said.

Officers responded to the area of McAllister and Fillmore streets at about 7:15 p.m. Friday on reports of shots being fired, San Francisco police Sgt. Wilfred Williams said.

Upon arrival, officers found Joshua Cameron, who had been shot by an unknown black male suspect, who is possibly in his 20s. Cameron, 18, was transported to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Williams said.

Cameron was walking southbound on Fillmore Street at McAllister Street with someone else when they were approached by the suspect who began shooting at them, and Cameron was struck by gunfire.

Alan Pringle, the chief investigator at San Francisco medical examiner's office, said Cameron was a resident of the city.

Police are seeking the public's help in locating possible witnesses. Anyone with information can contact the homicide department at (415) 553-1145, or those who wish to remain anonymous can call (415) 575-4444.

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Shooting Victims Identified; Police To Step Up Presence In The Mission

2 shot to death in latest Mission violence

Steve Rubenstein,Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writers

Friday, September 5, 2008

(09-05) 17:47 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Two friends who had tried to escape troubled lives by finding work at Goodwill Industries were shot and killed late Thursday on the edge of San Francisco's Mission District, the latest spasm of violence in an area where six people have been slain in the past two weeks.

Police announced several measures Friday to respond to the violence, including adding foot and car patrols to Mission District streets and deploying more gang task force members to the neighborhood. Community groups active in the Mission said they would also be working to head off what they feared could be more violence this weekend.

The slain men were with a woman at 24th and Utah streets about 9:45 p.m. Thursday when two men walked up and opened fire, hitting all three, police said. The gunmen got into a waiting minivan that drove east on 24th Street, investigators said.

The shooting happened a couple of doors down 24th Street from where one of the victims, 19-year-old Noel Espinoza, lived. Goodwill said the other slain man was a co-worker, Matthew Solomon, 23, of San Francisco. The woman, a 22-year-old San Francisco resident whose name was withheld, is expected to survive.

The double slaying happened about 3 1/2 hours after someone opened fire on a man and a woman sitting in a car with a 4-month-old girl in the backseat at 18th and Bryant streets, police said. The two adults were seriously wounded, but the child was not hit.

Police did not release descriptions of the attackers in either shooting or details of the investigations.

Community members believe both incidents were gang-related, with the second shooting a retaliation for the first one, said Santiago Ruiz, executive director of Mission Neighborhood Centers, who has led violence prevention efforts for more than three decades.

"In the last four weeks, the level of violence has been unprecedented," said Ruiz, who for the first time canceled his agency's after-school program Friday for fear of violence. "It's sad to see this total disregard for life. Not knowing who might be walking by, it raises a certain amount of fear."

Police step up patrols

Authorities said they would take several steps in response to the violence, including increasing beat patrols along Mission Street, adding cars to parts of the Mission and Ingleside neighborhoods and doubling the number of school resource officers at Mission High School.

"The violence in the Mission is unacceptable," Police Chief Heather Fong said at a press conference. "People involved in gang and drug activity have no regard for the community."

The slain men worked at Goodwill's store and processing center at Mission and Van Ness Avenue and were friends, said chief executive officer Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez. They had recently been promoted to permanent positions, and Alvarez-Rodriguez praised them as "exemplary employees who had really turned their lives around."

Solomon had been featured as employee of the month in a recent company newsletter and Espinoza was scheduled to receive the same honor in the next issue, she said.

In the publication, both men said they had been in trouble with authorities and that their work at Goodwill had helped them find new directions.

"I did a lot of things in the past that got me into trouble," Solomon said. "When I came to Goodwill in August 2007 I was on parole, homeless and hardly involved with my two children. I was like a part-time father that wandered in and out of their lives."

'Helped me become a man'

Solomon said his work at Goodwill had "helped me become a man and provide for my two sons, Jayvion and Makai."

Espinoza, in his newsletter interview, said he had been referred to Goodwill after being arrested for selling drugs. Under a program for first-time offenders, the charges against Espinoza would have been dropped if he completed a year of work, training and community service.

"Now I see that I'm capable of much more than selling drugs on the street," Espinoza said.

Hours after the shootings, Mission District parents and community leaders started reaching out to youths at risk of being caught up in a cycle of retributive violence.

Near where Espinoza and Solomon were shot, a group of young people, some heavily tattooed, kept vigil beside a makeshift shrine.

An older woman drove up, got out of her car and approached the group urgently.

'Don't take revenge'

"I come to you as a mother. Please listen to me," Marta Gonzalez said in Spanish as she passed out fliers calling for peace in the neighborhood. "I have a son, too, just like you. Please, I implore you, don't take revenge. "

Gonzalez said she was a friend of Espinoza's mother and that she was heartbroken when she heard of his killing. She decided to circulate the fliers on her way to work.

"It's the mothers who suffer," said Gonzalez, who said she has two sons, ages 18 and 20. "There's this rivalry between the Latinos who were born here and the kids born (in Mexico and Central America). It's a stupid war. They need to put down the guns and pick up a book and a pencil."

Her flier called on parents to wear white shirts and gather for a peace rally at noon Sunday at 24th and Mission streets.

A few doors down from the shrine, in a darkened upstairs flat, Marta Espinoza sobbed at the death of her son. She was comforted by her sister and other relatives.

"All the family is coming to be together," Espinoza said. She said she couldn't say more. "It's too fresh, too new," she said.

Groups take to streets

Across the Mission, community organizations that work with teenagers - from Instituto Familiar de la Raza to Arriba Juntos - planned an intensive effort to try to interrupt the violence.

"The weekend's coming, and as we speak, outreach workers are out there trying to increase the peace," said Ana Pérez, executive director of the Central American Resource Center. "Community organizers will be walking the streets at night. We'll be taking kids to the movies, making sure they have something peaceful to do."

The slayings were the 70th and 71st in the city this year and the fifth and sixth in the Mission since Aug. 22. No arrests have been made in any of the killings.

In all of 2007 there were 98 homicides, the highest total in San Francisco since 1995.

Alvarez-Rodriguez said Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties has been hit particularly hard by the violence. In the past two years, she said, 10 of its employees and counseling clients have been killed in shootings.

"This is a huge blow," she said. "So many of these young men and women live in neighborhoods where violence is happening. I wish to God it wasn't happening, but this is their home."

Recent Mission District killings

Six people have been shot to death in the Mission District since Aug. 22. No arrests have been made in the killings.

-- Samuel Mitchell, 47, killed Aug. 22 at 26th and Folsom streets.

-- Jorge Hurtado, 18, shot and killed Aug. 24 at Treat Avenue and 23rd Street.

-- Marcelino Canul-Castro, 24, fatally shot Monday at San Carlos and 18th streets.

-- Mark Guardado, 45, president of the San Francisco chapter of the Hells Angels, killed Tuesday near 24th Street and Treat Avenue. Police speculate that a member of a rival motorcycle gang may have been responsible.

-- Noel Espinoza, 19, and Matthew Solomon, 23, killed Thursday night near Espinoza's home on 24th Street at Utah Street.

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Two Killed, Three Injured In Mission District Shootings

SF Mission District Erupts In Deadly Violence

UPDATED: 6:29 am PDT September 5, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police faced another busy evening in the Mission District after two separate shootings left at least two people dead, according to police.

In the first incident, two people were shot while sitting in a vehicle parked in San Francisco with a 4-month-old child that was uninjured, a police spokesman said.

According to Sgt. Wilfred Williams, the man and woman were in the area of 18th and Bryant streets around 6:30 p.m. when they were both shot.

The two were driven to San Francisco General Hospital by friends and were being treated for injuries considered life-threatening. The 4-month-old, who police believe was the child of the two victims, was not injured during the shooting.

Williams said a man was witnessed fleeing the scene in a compact silver vehicle.

"If anybody witnessed, heard or saw anything, they can call our anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444," he said.

Several hours later, a second shooting took place only a few blocks away. this time at the intersection of 24th Street and Utah Street one block from San Francisco General Hospital.

Eyewitness reports indicate that at around 9:45 p.m., three people were shot. Police later confirmed that one person killed at the scene while two other victims sustained injuries and were transported to the nearby hospital. One of the victims then died at the hospital.

Police remained on the scene well into the night questioning witnesses. So far, there is no word from police as to whether these two incidents are related to each other or to the fatal shooting of SF Hells Angel leader Mark "Papa" Guardado that took place Tuesday night only a few blocks from the second shooting Thursday evening.

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Robberies Up 10 Percent Over 2007

SFPD Launches Effort To Curb Spike In Robberies

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― The head of the San Francisco Police Department's robbery detail said Wednesday police are conducting a multi-pronged effort to head off a spike this year in robberies throughout the city.

Police Lt. William Canning told members of the San Francisco Police Commission Wednesday evening that since February, police have conducted 25 robbery abatement team decoy operations, or RAT ops, in the city's Bayview, Ingleside, Mission, Southern and Tenderloin police districts, resulting in the arrests of 109 robbery suspects.

The actions come as police have seen robberies in San Francisco increase 10 percent through August over the same period last year, including 659 armed robberies with guns, a 35-percent increase, according to police statistics.

The number of robberies in San Francisco in 2008, not including pickpockets, has totaled 3,094 through Aug. 28.

Canning said the rise might be attributed to increased pressure San Francisco police have been putting on gangs in the city, whose members may be turning to robberies as an simpler way to get money, including by nabbing easily visible laptops and iPods.

He said many of the robbery suspect descriptions are of younger males in their late teens and early 20s, whose activity has not been confined to any particular areas of the city.

"They're basically occurring all over," he said.

"The guys who are robbing want money, so they'll basically go where the money is," said Canning.

"They're riding in cars, and, as we call it, going shopping," searching the streets for people to rob, he said.

Canning said robbers have not been targeting San Francisco restaurants and other businesses as in Oakland and other parts of the East Bay, though suspects arrested for a recent series of robberies in San Francisco were from Oakland, he said.

Police are also planning discussions to set up enforcement operations to counter a marked rise in robberies on San Francisco Municipal Railway buses this year, according to Canning.

Other police operations have included increased foot patrols in the downtown Market Street area, and public education programs offering safety tips to residents and businesses, Canning said.

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Also, here's a Chronicle article detailing the rise in robberies in SF as well as in the Bay Area as a whole (Throughout the Bay Area, robberies have risen 40% between 2004 and 2007). It includes some interesting stuff, such as robbery maps for both San Francisco and Oakland, as well as the top 15 hotspots for robberies in each city.

SF Hells Angels Leader Shot Dead In The Mission

Head of Hells Angels in S.F. is shot to death

Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
(09-03) 18:03 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The president of the San Francisco chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was shot and killed Tuesday night after he lost a fight for his life with a rival on a Mission District street, police said Wednesday.

Mark "Papa" Guardado, 45, was shot at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday near 24th Street and Treat Avenue, about a mile from the group's clubhouse where he lived. He died at San Francisco General Hospital.

Witnesses told investigators that Guardado and the gunman struggled before the shooting.

"They had a wrestling match first," said Lt. Mike Stasko of the San Francisco police homicide detail. Then "the guy shot him, and he got on his motorcycle and left."

Police have made no arrests, but said one avenue they are exploring was that Guardado was fighting with a rival in another motorcycle group. "We're looking at all the options," Stasko said.

An attorney who was defending Guardado in a battery case in Sonoma County said he was "absolutely devastated" by the killing, and that "Mark was a wonderful human being."

"His friends loved him," said the attorney, Patrick Ciocca. "He really was an all-around good guy. There are hundreds, if not thousands of people who are going to miss him dearly."

Members of the Hells Angels at the group's clubhouse on Tennessee Street in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco declined to talk about the killing.

At the street corner where Guardado was shot, across from a bar and a nail salon, there was a makeshift memorial where someone had written in large, black letters, "R.I.P. Papa Frisco."

Nearby, others wrote "never forget" and "we will always love you." Five burned-out candles lay nearby.

Ciocca was unable to say how long Guardado had headed the local chapter. But he stressed that the Hells Angels had been unfairly harassed over the years by authorities who have raided the clubhouse in search of evidence that the group is a criminal enterprise.

"It's outlandish," Ciocca said.

The group's San Francisco chapter - or "Frisco," as its members call it - is the second-oldest Hells Angels club in the country, after Fontana in San Bernardino County. In 2004, it celebrated its 50th anniversary with a party that attracted about a thousand bikers from around the world...

read the entire article here.

Former Firefighter Suspected In Sexual Assaults - Reward In Puppy Killing Increased

- A $500,000 warrant has been issued for Horacio Candia Jr., a former San Francisco firefighter who is suspected of using his badge to commit various violent sexual assaults on women. The latest assault was on August 22nd at 16th and Carolina Streets on the border of Potrero Hill. The victim was able to escape and call police.

- The reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the kidnapping and stabbing death of a 7 month old Pit Bull named Pogo was increased to $15,000 today. Pogo was being walked at Ocean Beach on July 22nd when he went over a sand dune and disappeared. He was found stabbed to death in a dumpster in the Bayview a week later.

Man Killed In Mission District Shooting

SF: MAN FATALLY SHOT TUESDAY NIGHT IN MISSION DISTRICT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

San Francisco police today are investigating the fatal shooting of a man Tuesday night in the Mission District.

Police received a report of a shooting at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of 24th Street and Treat Avenue.

When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

Police did not release any information on a suspect in the shooting.

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Man Shot Dead In The Mission

SF: MAN FATALLY SHOT IN MISSION DISTRICT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

A man was shot and killed in San Francisco's Mission District this morning, police said.

At about 5:15 a.m., officers responded to a report of gunshots in the unit block of San Carlos Street, according to police.

Arriving officers found the victim lying on the ground and suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

No arrests have been made and no suspect information was immediately available.

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Glen Park Store Robbed; Owner Beaten And Stabbed, Employee Kidnapped

Grocer beaten, robbed in Glen Park

Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sunday, August 31, 2008
(08-30) 19:06 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Armed robbers beat and stabbed the owner of a corner grocery store in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood late Friday night, and another store employee was kidnapped and later released, police reported.

Paul Park, who owns Buddies Market at the corner of Chenery and Diamond streets, was getting ready to go home around 11 p.m. when he was confronted by three or four suspects who reportedly broke in through the rear door.

"The suspects beat and stabbed the store's owner, robbed the store of cash, and kidnapped an employee. The suspects escaped by stealing the store's van. The employee was released in Daly City," San Francisco police Capt. Denis O'Leary wrote in a crime alert he e-mailed to neighborhood residents and merchants.

He described the suspects as black males wearing dark clothing.

Park, who had been bound and gagged and was suffering from multiple stab wounds, managed to cross the street and seek help at Le P'tit Laurent, a French bistro.

"It was really scary, really terrible," said owner Laurent Legendre, who summoned police.

Park was in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital today. The name and condition of the employee who was kidnapped was not immediately available.

Park is known by neighbors as a hard-working businessman who puts in long hours at his mom-and-pop store.

The store's van, which was used in the getaway, is still missing. It is a tan-colored 2002 Toyota Siena, with California license plate No. 4VHN307. Police ask anyone who spots the van to call 911.

Anyone with additional information about the crime is asked to call the SFPD robbery unit at 415-553-1201 during normal business hours or the operations center after hours at 415-553-1071.

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Police Warn Residents About Multiple Cases Of Arson

SF: POLICE WARN CITY OF MULTIPLE CASES OF ARSON

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

The San Francisco Police Department today is warning city residents of a number of arson fires over the last two months.

In more than 10 incidents, police say a suspect places newspaper against a building and lights it on fire. The first such fire occurred on June 23 and the most recent fire was started Tuesday, with the fires also set between 11:30 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Police said the fires have been started in Chinatown, the Financial District, Russian Hill, Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights neighborhoods.

Anyone witnessing similar suspicious activity should immediately call police.

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Obama Supporter Stabbed In The Face - Man Gets Two Years For Attack On Muni Driver

- A man was stabbed around 6 p.m. this evening, after getting into a confrontation with another man at 5th and Market Streets. The victim, who was working at a stand supporting Barack Obama, was approached by another man who started arguing with him. The man then left, only to return with a knife which he used to stab the victim in the face. Two cops witnessed the altercation, and arrested the assailant. The victim was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

- Another man was sentenced to two years in jail for a November 2007 attack on a Muni driver. The suspect, Hakeem Perry, attacked bus driver Ely Advincula on the 29-Sunset Bus in the Presidio, pulling the driver out of the bus where he proceeded to "beat him and slam him against a wall." Advicula suffered broken facial bones, cuts and bruises. Perry claims that he suffers from schizophrenia, and has a prior conviction in Washington State for felony assault, as well as a misdemeanor in Alameda County related to a fight.

Three Stores Robbed Thursday Morning

Clerks Robbed At Gunpoint At 3 SF Stores

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― Store clerks in three San Francisco neighborhoods were robbed at gunpoint over a four-hour period early Thursday morning, San Francisco police said.

Police do not yet know whether the robberies are connected.

The first happened in the city's Mission District at about 1:20 a.m. when two men robbed a store clerk in the 3100 block of 24th Street before fleeing on foot, police said.

At 4:56 a.m., a second store clerk was robbed at gunpoint by two men in the 3000 block of San Jose Avenue in the city's Mission Terrace neighborhood.

About 10 minutes later, a third clerk was robbed at gunpoint by three men in the 2000 block of Ocean Avenue, in the city's Ingleside Terrace neighborhood.

None of the clerks was injured and no arrests have been made, police said.

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Two Injured In Tenderloin Shootings

SF: TWO SHOOTINGS INJURE TWO PEOPLE

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

Two people were injured in separate shootings in the Tenderloin neighborhood this evening, San Francisco police said.

The first incident took place in the 200 block of McAllister Street at about 5:40 p.m., according to police

The next shooting occurred near the intersection of Hyde Street and Golden Gate Avenue around 8 p.m., police said.

No arrests were made in connection with either shooting, but police said there are possible suspects being considered in at least one of the incidents.

Both victims were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.

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Two Stabbed In the Excelsior

SF: TWO VICTIMS STABBED IN CITY'S EXCELSIOR DISTRICT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

Two victims were stabbed tonight in San Francisco's Excelsior District, according to San Francisco fire Lt. Carl Drake.

The stabbing was reported around 9 p.m. in the 400 block of Paris Street, according to Drake.

The victims were transported to San Francisco General Hospital in one ambulance and were expected to survive their injuries, Drake said.

Suspect information was not immediately available.

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Mission District Shooting Kills Man

Man shot dead in SF's Mission District

Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sunday, August 24, 2008
(08-24) 10:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- An 18-year-old San Francisco man was shot and killed early today in the city's Mission District.

Jorge Hurtado was shot around 1 a.m. at 23rd and Treat streets. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner. Police have made no arrests in the killing.

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Man In Critical Condition After Visitacion Valley Shooting

Man shot in Vis Valley

Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer

Saturday, August 23, 2008
(08-23) 19:46 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A 20-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition on Saturday in San Francisco after being shot six times, police said.

The shooting was reported at 5:30 p.m. at Brookdale Avenue and Santos Street in Visitacion Valley.

The unidentified victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital.

No suspects have been arrested, police said.

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Man Shot To Death In The Mission

S.F. man, 47, shot to death on Mission District street

Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer

Friday, August 22, 2008
(08-22) 11:55 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A 47-year-old man was shot and killed early today in San Francisco's Mission District, police said.

Samuel Mitchell of San Francisco was found shot numerous times about 12:05 a.m. near 26th and Folsom streets. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

There were no reports of arrests.

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Person Stabbed In the Tenderloin

SF: PERSON WITH STAB WOUNDS WALKS INTO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR HELP

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

A person was stabbed in San Francisco on Sunday night and walked into the Fire Department for help, a police officer said.

The person had apparently been stabbed in the upper abdomen and left wrist but police were unsure of the victim's condition.

The victim, who reportedly knew the suspect, walked into the Fire Department at 934 Larkin St. around 10:30 p.m., police said.

Police did not have a report of any subsequent arrests.

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Man Shot In the Mission

Man shot in Mission district, expected to survive

Bay City News 8/17/08
SAN FRANCISCO – A man was shot in the Mission district on Saturday night and he is expected to survive, a police officer said.

The shooting was reported around 10:40 p.m. at Valencia and 18th streets, police said.

The streets were reportedly closed for at least a couple hours in the area while police investigated the scene.

No suspects were arrested.

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Man Stabbed To Death On Market Street - Man Critically Injured In Mission District Shooting

San Francisco police are investigating a Thursday night shooting in the Mission District that has left a man in critical condition.

Police received a call at about 10:50 p.m. of a shooting in the 2200 block of Mission Street. Officers arrived to find an adult male suffering from a single gunshot wound, police said.

The victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he is in critical condition, police said. No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting.

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Man fatally stabbed in S.F.

Steve Rubenstein

Friday, August 15, 2008
(08-15) 07:53 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A man was stabbed to death on Market Street in San Francisco on Friday following an early-morning fight, police said.
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Officers summoned to the scene of a reported "fight in progress" in the 1200 block of Market Street arrived at 1:55 a.m. to find the unidentified victim dead from multiple stab wounds.

There have been no arrests, police said.

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