A suspect in a green coupe shot a male victim standing on the corner of 24th Street and York at 8:16 p.m. Monday, police said.
Police said that there were as many as three men in the car, which fled the scene. The Gang Task Force is investigating the incident.
It’s the first gang-related incident in several months.
“We’ll go to saturation and working with the community to make sure things don’t get out of hand,” said Officer Albie Esparza. With the hot weather and people hanging out on the street more, there’s always danger of an uptick in violence, he said.
The 19-year-old victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Woman Pushes Man Out of a Second Story Building
Earlier on Monday at 3 a.m. a couple on the second floor of a building on Mission Street near 16th Street got into an argument. It ended when the woman pushed the man out of the window.
The 30-year-old victim landed on the sidewalk and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Officer Esparza said the suspect, a 27 or 28-year-old woman, has been not been arrested.
Early Tuesday a Cell Phone Taken Then an Arrest
Early Tuesday at 2:20 a.m. on Mission Street near Cesar Chavez two 20-year-old suspects approached a 30-year-old, demanded his property and pushed him to the ground.
The suspects went through his pockets and fled with the victim’s cell phone. Police later recovered the phone and the suspects were arrested.
Our family was in the park along with other moms and their toddlers…the toy poodle too. Multiple gunshots and shouting in Spanish sent everyone grabbing their children and taking cover in the back of the park. One tree and the mosaic snake gave some protection. The unmarked police car screeched in front of the gated park. A gang member cooly positioned himself on a chair next to everyone hiding and asked, “what happened?” with an air of intimidation. A no nonsense dad replied, ” I don’t know, you tell me what happened.”
It was quite threatening with the gang member using the babies and children as a cover. He proceeded to text someone after the cops sped away from the task force and left.
Two gentlemen stood outside the gate throughout the incident and determined when the coast was clear .
Horrifying experience with the handful of children so young in age. Everyone visibly shaken and stripped of color in their faces. We walked a young mom home with her baby and continue to deal with the explaining and comforting of our young child.
@Maura Galatioto, I’m so sorry to hear you were one of the parents with children in the park who witnessed this. The gang member that ran inside the park that I mention also in the above comment is the same one I saw moments before the gun shots happen shouting in Spanish and running from another young male. Do you know if the police questioned him? I’m almost certain I’ve seen him in that same area before. I really hope those responsible for this are caught. I feel so sad for the children who had to see this and sense their parents understandable fear.
I was walking home from dinner when this happened and found shelter from the four gun shots in St. Francis Fountain’s Candy Kitchen door way. It was still light out and one of the guys running from the gun shots went into the mosaic park and slammed the green gate behind him. The park was filled with kids playing and a little white dog running after a ball. It was a good evening up until that moment. The cops came speeding down the street in an unmarked blue sedan with such a quickness I figured they were waiting for something to go down a very short distance away. I’m guessing they are part of the gang task force?? A guy hanging outside of Pop’s Bar pointed in the direction of the fleeting car where the gun shots came from. The guy from the bar shouted “green civic, green civic”. But the cops first stopped in front of the park and then sped towards the direction of the green civic. I really hope they find these guys.
Ericka: Thank you for the excellent report. Best, Lydia