The victim who died in a Tuesday night shooting in the Sunset was identified as Samantha Katherine Emge, a 22-year-old San Francisco resident, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The shooting happened on Tuesday night around 10:43 p.m. near 22nd Avenue and Santiago Street. Paramedics performed life-saving measures, but the victim died at the hospital.
A 25-year-old man, Nation Wood, was arrested and booked into San Francisco County Jail for involuntary manslaughter, after the San Francisco Police Department’s homicide investigators developed probable cause.
Supervisor Alan Wong, who represents the area, told Mission Local on Wednesday that “early information suggests this may not have been an intentional act.”
Wood appears multiple times in Emge’s social media posts. They went on a trip to Yosemite together in June, after her graduation.
Emge, 22, went to high school in Sacramento and graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in interior design and architecture last May, according to her LinkedIn. In photos published on Instagram, Emge stood in front of Oracle Park in graduation regalia, holding her diploma, surrounded by her family.
After graduation, Emge worked at an interior-design company in Pacific Heights.
In a 2025 year-end recap posted on Instagram, Emge shared photos of herself sawing wood and building a table in a backyard, enjoying wine and Joyride pizza with friends, and sharing takeout wings with friends on a hotel bed, laughing.
She travelled to Chicago, admiring its architecture, and to Nashville, wearing cowboy boots.
“The boots were a necessity,” she posted.
“Travelled, ate, built a table, and became a real adult in 2025,” she wrote.
Most recently, in February, she posted photos of the pink sky over Sausalito at sunset.
But Emge appears to have loved being back to San Francisco as much as she enjoyed traveling. In May, when she was about to graduate, she wrote on her Instagram, “Forever grateful to have studied in one of the most beautiful and inspiring cities.”
May her memory be a blessing
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