UPDATE: An additional robbery occurring on Tuesday was reported by SFPD today, bringing the total robberies in two days to four.
On Monday afternoon at 1:32 p.m., police report a 36-year-old man approached a 48-year-old man on Valencia and Cesar Chavez streets and grabbed the victim’s bag. The two fought over the bag, but the suspect pulled out a metal pipe and hit his victim with it before fleeing with the bag. The victim suffered a contusion on his forearm and head and was transported to UCSF for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. No arrest was made.
Later, at 6:30 p.m., a man in his mid twenties walked into a store on 16th Street between South Van Ness and Capp streets and pointed a handgun at the store’s owner. The man demanded money from his victim, who opened the cash register and handed over the contents. The robber then fled on foot, and no arrest was made.
At 2:25 a.m. on Tuesday, a 21-year-old man was walking along Hampshire Street betwen 23rd and 24th streets when three men estimated to be between the ages of 18 and 25 approached him. The men brandished two black semi-automatic handguns and a serrated blade knife and demanded the victim’s property. They took the victim’s cell phone, jacket, bracelet, earrings and cash before fleeing the scene. No arrest was made.
Crime is trauma and the county offers different services. Here is a link to a page of services.
Victims of violent crime can also contact the Trauma Recovery Center at UCSF.
There is no store on 16th between S. Van Ness and Capp.