A 32-year-old man was shot and killed in the Mission Monday morning, potentially by people connected to a nearby liquor store robbery.
Around 5 a.m. Monday morning, San Francisco police officers found the victim lying on the ground at 20th and Shotwell streets suffering from a gunshot wound, the department said in a press release issued Monday. Officers and paramedics gave the victim medical aid, but he died at the scene.
Police had gone to the area in response to reports of a “physical assault involving a firearm,” the department said.
The killing may be connected to a robbery that occurred just an hour earlier.
At 4 a.m., officers responded to alarms after a group of people robbed Ed & Danny’s Market & Liquor, a corner store at 21st Street and South Van Ness Avenue. The corner is a haunt of sex workers, and the area sees frequent cruising.
Three people entered the store and stole 20 to 25 cartons of cigarettes, 10 to 15 large bottles of Casamigos tequila, and roughly $1,000, plus change, from the cash register, according to Preed Singh, the store’s manager.
To get inside, they had broken the iron grating in front of the store. Officers showed up just after the robbers left.
Police “told me that [the robbers] shot someone after this,” Singh added. Singh said that a group of people, who appeared to be the same people as the Monday robbers, had tried to cut the locks on the store a few weeks ago.
The killing was the city’s 21st homicide of 2024, and comes a month after someone was killed in a shootout at the 16th Street BART station July 9, and less than two weeks after a July 24 shooting at 16th and Mission streets. Homicides in San Francisco are down some 40 percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2023.
…and another shooting last night (Monday) on Duboce; crime camps all over the Mission, and an influx of homeless people who refuse services and shelter when their encampments were rousted. Where the hell is Hillary Ronen? Not a word from her. She really should resign rather than do nothing but collect her salary. What a disgrace.
Where is Hillary Ronen? Where all the “progressives” are when it comes to dealing with crime: MIA.
She was replaced by Jackie somebody
Where are the cops? The crimes always happen within blocks of the police station.
“Homicides in San Francisco are down some 40 percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2023.”
Don’t worry. Be happy.
All negative societal issues are related to the impacts of late stage capitalism.
Our next supervisor, Jackie Fielder, will lead the way towards a more enlightened socialist utopia – like Denmark … or something.
Bare rolig. Vær glad! Y’all.