A stabbing suspect yesterday led police on a destructive chase throughout San Francisco, during which he purportedly “attempted homicides with a vehicle,” striking multiple pedestrians. He is also accused of intentionally ramming a police vehicle in Dolores Park before eventually being captured.
At just after 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, police responded to a stabbing scene in the 400 block of Broderick Street near Fell Street. The suspect drove south toward Fell; his alleged victim was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
During the suspect’s flight, he is accused of striking multiple pedestrians and vehicles. Police distinguished between “attempted homicides with a vehicle” and “aggravated assaults with a vehicle.” Both occurred, and multiple victims were hospitalized.
When a police car approached the suspect’s vehicle in Dolores Park, the suspect responded by ramming the squad car. The officer within was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Following a chase, the suspect fled his vehicle on foot near Carson and Douglass streets in the Castro, and climbed into a tree. Following police attempts to defuse the situation, the suspect purportedly leaped out of the tree and sustained significant injuries.
He remains hospitalized at this time, and the investigation of yesterday’s rampage is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.
We haven’t seen any photos or video of the suspect, nor have we been told their name or age. I”ve noticed this much more, in recent years.
Other than curiosity, why do you feel the need to know? It’s not like the person is on the loose and in your community. Think of it as a gift- you can project whatever preconceived mental image you have without risk of contradiction.
Can’t wait for this guy to plead not guilty and tie our courts up for months.
Finally, an article that omits the obligatory “crime is down” mantra when detailing another case of criminal insanity run amok.
Things are getting too scary now adays. It’s wild to see crime getting worst.
It’s not getting worse
It’s getting better
Here in SF and pretty much everywhere
Just that echo chambers and people sitting in front of their computer adds excitement to each instance
… and when his family packs the courtroom for his Not Guilty plea, could we just corral them all together … (illegal, yes, but sometimes this is the only lever crazy ppl understand – they don’t care what happens to them, but recognizing their actions could impact innocent ppl they know can be a powerful inhibitor).
Then we can sentence him (is that an assumption?) to repaying/restoring all the damage (physical, emotional, financial) caused, as part of the 13th Amendment; and then adding on a punishment that fits the crime?
News media overall has stopped giving readers the description of the suspect in order to reduce bias and break up old stereotypes.