San Francisco police have taken two men into custody in the homicide of Waynenard Aitemon, Jr., a 32-year-old fatally shot near the corner of 16th and Mission streets this week.
Police arrested Giovanni Figueroa, 25, and Demitrius Puckett, 21, earlier today, according to a statement from SFPD. Figueroa is also being held for a weapons violation.
Aitemon was shot early Sunday morning, and died in the hospital hours later. Police are still investigating the homicide.
Police are encouraging anyone with information related to the shooting to call the department’s homicide unit at 415-553-1145 or the anonymous tip line, 415-575-4444.
Andy Mannix is a national-award-winning investigative reporter. He studied journalism at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where he worked as in-depth projects desk editor for the Minnesota Daily, named the best college newspaper in the country by the Society of Professional Journalists during his senior year. After graduating in December 2009, Andy spent three and a half years as a staff writer for Minneapolis alt-weekly City Pages, writing long-form, in-depth stories on state politics, city government and the criminal justice system. He's now a freelance writer pursuing a master's degree at UC-Berkeley's graduate school of journalism.
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