A 20-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint at 1 a.m. on Tuesday at 25th Street and South Van Ness Avenue.
The man was walking home on South Van Ness when he was approached from behind by a man described as between the ages of 25 and 30. The suspect put a gun to the man’s back and demanded his property.
The victim gave the suspect his wallet, cell phone and passport.
The suspect then fled the scene, heading westbound across South Van Ness, according to police records.
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A 33-year-old man is in life-threatening condition after he was stabbed in the torso at 22nd and Bartlett streets at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
Police said the victim was standing on the sidewalk when the suspect, described as a 30-year-old man, stabbed him on the left side of his torso.
The suspect fled on foot. The victim got to San Francisco General Hospital on his own.
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A 29-year-old man walked into St. Luke’s hospital with non-life-threatening injuries sustained when he was stabbed at 22nd and Mission streets at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
The victim was standing on the sidewalk when the suspect, described as a man between the ages of 25 and 30, sneaked up from behind and stabbed him in the left side and bicep area. At first the victim thought he had been punched, but then he saw the blood and walked to the hospital. He was subsequently transferred to the San Francisco General Hospital.
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A 31-year-old man was robbed at Mission and 16th streets early Thursday morning.
The man suffered lacerations under the left eye after the suspect, described as a 25-year-old man, approached him and hit him in the face with an unknown object. The victim fell to the ground, and the suspect took his wallet and fled.
22nd & Barlett??On Wednesday 6pm? Would this be in front of CAVA’s or the coffeehouse Revolution across the street? I know that CAVA has had problems lately with “gangbangers” and “drugs”. The folks at CAVA’s now have a armed security guard. I’m not interested in eating during the day at a place that is soo rowdy that they need an armed guard!
The community needs to set a whistle blowing system where people walking during the evening or late hours blow that whistle and people come and get the scum that is doing this crap out and get these criminals, and do whatever you want before the police arrive. People need to come together and start a protective league and system: get off your butts.
It’s sad, but now I walk around the mission armed and highly aware of my surroundings with my hand on a weapon in my pocket at all times. Seriously, even if you comply and hand over your stuff half the time it seems they mess you up anyway.
Please, please follow up on these crime blotters. Especially the ones on 22nd St.
-Do some further investigation about the actual crimes. Witnesses? How about interviewing local shop owners, workers. What did people see?
-What’s going on with these crimes? Gangs?
-What is Mission PD’s response? Interview?
-What is Campos’s response?
The press has access and responsibility to help the public ask these questions!
thank you.
Someone needs to open a new store in the Mission, it is called MISSION GUNS!
I moved out of the Mission just in time, but my heart is still there. Call in an Airstrike next time this happens!
Also Get new uniforms for the SFPD, they look like dorks in their current un-tailored POS uniforms!
so many folks get attacked from behind. don’t wear headphones, use your ears and notice who is behind you. not that you should have to, if we could remove the criminal scum from our neighborhood this wouldn’t be a problem, but the reality is that you should always have your ears and eyes open.
I wonder if the police are thinking that the second and third stabbing are related. Those two stabbings were one block away from one another. They happened at the same time. The suspect’s age is approximately the same.
We’re following up on this to see if they were related. We’ll publish a story as soon we have more information. Thanks! Helene
Thanks for the follow up. It’s much appreciated.
And as per usual, it’s crickets from Campos. There are regular daytime stabbings and shootings in his district and it doesn’t even seem to register on his radar.
I know, I know, it’s the Mission, it’s always been this way, yada, yada, yada…
What is he going to do? I mean, seriously. Politicians aren’t the police. All a politician can do is work with the polce and local violence prevention groups etc to form a plan to curb crimes like this. It’s my understanding that the supervisor has done this.
Seriously though, what’s your plan for Campos? I’m curious.
“All a politician can do is work with the polce (sic) and local violence prevention groups etc to form a plan to curb crimes like this.”
This was a gang initiation, the kid had to stab two people while active members were watching. Campos/ Avalos and their kind prevent the police from doing the job they’re paid to do by screaming “racial profiling” whenever the cops try to do anything that might curb this.
@oiseaux, we have not failed “these people” as you say — they have failed themselves. There are plenty of poor immigrants — latino, asian, etc — who do not join gangs and lead a life of crime. The problem here is more the “progressive” attitude that you espouse — the “progressive” theory is that “these people” are forced into a life of crime by their circumstances, and that we should, as a society, accept that. And as far as what Campos could do? Campos is a supporter of not deporting people who have been arrested for crimes; Campos is probably against gang injunction zones; Campos is probably against putting up cameras to help identify criminals when a violent crime is committed. Campos seems to be more interested in protecting these criminals than in protection the law abiding citizens and victims of these crimes. Mission Local, why not ask Campos what his plan is for his neighborhood?
Well said. I agree with you both. I think the community could definitely benefit for some kind of educational outreach, BUT there also needs to be law enforcement. You can’t just have people running around stabbing folks. They’ll keep doing it until they get caught and do some hard time. San Francisco needs to let the world know that they are serious about quality of life issues and crime. Our police are nice dudes, but they obviously don’t cast much fear over the criminal element in the city. Campos should be embarrassed every time he hears of another stabbing and/or robbery in the Mission.
Apologies for spelling police once and missing the “i” the second time 🙂
So, what would the police do? Who can they arrest? This crime may have been an initiation, but the police cannot arrest people because they think they have committed a crime. They need to have proof that specific people are committing crimes. Therefore, these people need to be caught in the act, or the police need to formulate a sting type situation. Any sting type situation could be seen as entrapment by some attorneys, so unfortunately, police really need to catch these crimes as they occur. Even if we have a witness to a crime, does anyone want to identify a gang member? Probably not. Why? Because they are afraid.
In other situations with gangs in cities across the world, the only solutions to gang problems usually comes in the form of educational outreach first and mass arrests second. Making joining a gang less attractive to people is really the only way we can stop this. I say “we,” becuase we are all responsible. If we adopted a more “all for one and one for all” mentality, perhaps people would be less likely to harm one another. Sociological studies have shown countries with this sort of mentality (Japan) have far lower crime rates than we do in the US. It’s not your fault. It’s not my fault. It’s not Campos’ fault. It’s not the fault of the police. It’s the fault of our society. Yes, it probably sounds like liberal science-y hogwash to you, but just look outside our borders to see examples. We are all responsible for these crimes. Therefore, we need to collectively do something about it if we want to see change.
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look at the long-term as well as the short-term*
🙂 In what world would that make sense? I am talking about collective responsibility. We have failed these people, as people. They wouldn’t be in gangs if we, as a society, had actually done something to prevent it. I.E, actually cared about them. Why is it hard for most Americans to grasp that we shape the world around us, and that our actions or inactions actually do have an effect on other people?
You can’t prevent a gang or violence by arresting a large group of people that you think look like gang members. You can’t even solve the problem by arresting a ton of actual gang members (they’ll end up being replaced eventually). Otherwise there would be no war on drugs and there would be no gangs whatsoever. Look at cities on our continent that have done it right with violence prevention programs. New York’s violent crime average has dropped dramatically over the past 40 years. That’s not because of tons of arrests. Seattle’s gang problem isn’t even 1% of the problem we face in SF. Why? Heavy pressure on education. Dittio for Vancouver (a city as diverse as ours).
Preventative measures do work. They don’t work “right now” but they do work. If we were to actually invest in education in this state or city, we might actually see that change. I’m not pretending or implying that policing is not neccessary, but I’m also not blind to the proven ability of actually helping underprivleged kids stay on the right path by simply emphasizing education.
So, no I’d rather not go up to a gang member and suggest going to class. I would definitely be okay with paying my fair share for essential services – like education reforms – so kids in unfortunate situations can go to college instead of being taught that stabbing strangers is acceptable human behavior.
Mass arrests are a temporary solution to a long-term problem. We need to look at the long-term as well and the long term is to create an environment where these kids would rather go to school and become successful members of our society.
Anyway, that’s just my two cents.
Next time you see a gang member why don’t you walk over and give him your b.s. speech about collective change and let us know how it goes !!!!
Typical “progressive” BS. Educational outreach? Are you kidding? We are so beyond the pale as a society you and I will die of old age before even a shred of headway is made with any of these “programs”.
What we need is more of a police presence in the neighborhood. I can tell you right now that there have been gang members regularly hanging out on the block where these two stabbing occurred. It wouldn’t surprise me if they were involved.
And another thing, I wouldn’t hesitate to ID any of these piece of garbage gang members.
Hide ya kids, hide ya wife, and hide ya husband cuz they stabbin’ e’rybody out here!
Welcome to the Mission – THERE IS NO LAW.