Submachine-Gun Wielding Thief Thwarted by Bystanders
A 40-year-old man was on 20th and Florida streets when he noticed that his car had been broken into. The thief — a 19-year-old man — approached the victim, and the two got into an argument. The suspect then took out a small machine gun and the two began to fight.
Bystanders held onto the suspect until the police arrived and took him into custody. The 40-year-old victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for a head injury and a cut under his eye.
Life-Threatening Stabbing
On Friday at 3:30 p.m. a man in his forties punched and stabbed a woman in her forties in the torso and hand on Mission Street, between the freeway and 12th Street. The woman suffered life threatening injuries and was transported to San Francisco General Hospital.
The man fled on foot, and no arrests have been made.
Shooting on Mission Street
A 26-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle on 20th and Mission streets when an unknown suspect shot him in the leg. The victim refused to provide further information to the police, but went to San Francisco General Hospital for his injury.
Friday, August 28, 4:23 p.m. A man in his late 20’s walked into a restaurant on Potrero Avenue, between 16th and 17th streets, and hopped over the counter. He pushed two middle-aged women who were working there, took food, and then ran out the front door. No arrests have been made.
Friday, August 28, 5:21 p.m. A 36-year-old woman was in her house on Liberty Street between Guerrero and Dolores streets, when she heard noise coming from upstairs. When she went to investigate, she saw a 30-year-old man taking her computer and tablet. The suspect then fled on foot. No arrests have been made.
Friday, August 28, 7:50 p.m. A bystander outside of a home on Utah Street, between 16th an 17th streets, noticed a young man leave the house with a backpack and flee on a bicycle. The witness called the police, who came to find the front door ajar with the owner — a 28-year-old man — inside. The man had not realized that anyone had entered his house. No arrests have been made.
Sunday, August 30, 12:45 a.m. A 63-year-old man was walking on 26th and Mission streets when a 46-year-old woman tried to pull his backpack off. The victim was able to hold onto it, but the woman then began hitting the man over the head with a chain. The victim called the police, and the suspect was arrested, and the backpack was restored to its owner. The man was transported to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening head injuries.
Sunday, August 30, 1:00 a.m. A 22-year-old woman was standing on 16th and Mission streets when a man approached her and struck her over the head with an unknown object, knocking her out. The man fled the scene and the woman was transported to San Francisco General Hospital for non-life threatening injuries to her head. No arrests have been made.
Sunday, August 30, 1:57 a.m. A 20-year-old woman was walking on 20th and Treat streets, looking at her phone, when a 21-year-old man ran up and knocked her down. As she fell, she dropped her cellphone, and the man picked it up and fled the scene. No arrests have been made.
This post has been updated to reflect new information.
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Victims of violent crime can also contact the Trauma Recovery Center at UCSF.
I am thankful for these police blotter posts Mission Local provides, but I would like to suggest a change in the story, “Submachine-Gun Wielding Thief Thwarted by Bystanders”. You state that the victim and the assailant “got into an argument.” While technically true, the use of the term “argument” here (suggesting that two acquaintances engaged in polite but heated discourse) does a disservice to the victim, who could easily have been mortally wounded. If someone is mugging or assaulting you, and you disagree with being mugged or assaulted, that’s not really an argument. That’s you fighting for your life. This is not the first time I’ve seen the criminal/victim interaction portrayed as an “argument,” but I hope it’s the last.
Thanks for the feedback Andy. We get this information from crime reports provided by police, and that was the wording they used.
Thank you, Laura, for the clarification. Somehow, this coming from the SFPD is even more troubling.