Update, May 7: The Office of the Medical Examiner has identified the victim of the shooting as Keyandre Elijah Bates, a 19-year-old San Francisco resident.ย
A man was shot and killed at a Mission District home on Friday afternoon, police have confirmed.
The shooting occurred on 26th Street at Alabama around 12:48 p.m., according to a police statement, and police are investigating the incident as a homicide.
โOfficers arrived on scene and located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound,โ the statement said. Paramedics declared the man dead on the scene.
Around 5:30 p.m., a body was carried out of the building as nearly a dozen onlookers gathered outside the home watched โ a couple people began to cry.
At the scene, a police officer appeared to confirm the identity of the victim to a woman standing by; after receiving this confirmation, the group left. They declined to comment.
The shooter had apparently left the scene when officers arrived, and no arrests have been made.
If ruled a homicide, this shooting would be the sixth in San Francisco this year.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at 1-415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.
Normal for the Mission.