Police report that a 34-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday after assaulting a woman on a bus. The woman, also 34 years old, was riding a bus near 15th and Mission streets with her child at 8:20 a.m., and the child accidentally bumped into the man. The suspect became enraged, and punched the woman in the back of the head....
Police report a 25-year-old man was at the intersection of 19th and Shotwell streets at 2:22 a.m. on Friday morning when another man, estimated to be around the same age, fired a few shots from a handgun out of a silver flatbed pickup truck. The victim was hit in the hand, and the suspect drove off. The victim was transported to the hospital...
Police report a 20-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds on his leg and foot on Saturday night after he got into an argument with another man, estimated to be 19 years old. The argument, which took place around 2:30 p.m. on Kamille Court between Treat Avenue and Harrison Street, escalated and the younger man pulled out a handgun and shot the other man....
Fight Sends Man to Hospital A 44-year-old man was transported to the hospital on Sunday in life-threatening condition following a violent assault that left him with a fractured skull. The attack occurred at 5:42 p.m. near the intersection of 16th and Mission streets, where the victim and a 35-year-old man engaged in a verbal argument that quickly escalated into a physical...
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón on Tuesday announced that his office is bringing felony assault charges against two Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies involved in the November 2015 beating of Stanislav Petrov. Luis Santamaria and Paul Wieber, who have worked in the sheriff’s department 14 years and three years respectively, are charged with assault under color of authority, battery with serious bodily injury,...
Police report an argument escalated into a shooting on South Van Ness Avenue near 16th Street just before midnight. Two men, one 53 and the other 45, were in a verbal altercation when the older man pulled out a handgun and shot the victim in the face. The victim was transported to the hospital in non-life-threatening condition, and the suspect was arrested. Earlier in the...
On Saturday, June 18 police report a large brawl developed at 16th and Mission streets at 9:41 p.m. A man in his late 20s pulled out a knife and stabbed a 33-year-old man also involved in the fight, then fled on foot in an unknown direction. The victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital and is now in stable condition....
A 25-year-old man was attacked and robbed by three men on Wednesday night while passing Clarion Alley on Mission Street. At 10:45 p.m., the man was reportedly walking northbound on Mission when approached by the three unidentified men, one of whom punched him in the lip and demanded his property. The victim then handed over his wallet, some cash, a debit card, his driver’s...
Two men were injured in two separate violent beatings carried out by groups of men in the Mission on July 13. Police do not believe the attacks to be connected at this time, according to Officer Grace Gatpandan, spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department. The first attack occurred at 3:10 a.m. near 17th and Mission streets, when a 36...
A man remains in critical condition after a stabbing in the Mission’s Clarion Alley sometime around 8:50 p.m. on Thursday. It is unclear how the incident unfolded, but a witness called the police after seeing the victim, who is in his early 20’s, collapse in the alleyway close to Mission Street. The witness was unable to give a description of the suspect, and the type of...
Police report a 19-year-old woman was beaten after rejecting a man’s advances early Thursday morning. Around 1 a.m., the woman and a 22-year-old man were being driven around by a friend while they drank and smoked marijuana. The man indicated he wanted a relationship with the woman, to which she said no. The man then hit the woman on the nose...
A woman was robbed in her home on Sycamore Street at 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, police report. The 53-year-old resident had been inside the apartment with a woman in her early 30s, when the younger woman accused the older of having taken her phone. The older woman denied this, and the younger woman left. The door was left open, and a few...
A 32-year-old woman was crossing the street on Cesar Chavez Street between Mission Street and South Van Ness Avenue at 7:31 p.m. on Friday when a man in his 50s driving a car struck her and knocked her to the ground. The pedestrian suffered a head injury and was transported to the hospital in life threatening condition. The driver was not arrested. Driver of SFPD...
Police report a physical altercation ended in a stabbing on Saturday, October 22. At around 1:40 a.m., a 32-year-old man reportedly got into a fight with two other men at Florida and Division streets. The 32-year-old was on the ground wrestling with the suspects when one of them stabbed him once in the back with a knife. The suspects fled on foot and...
Police report a 21-year-old man sustained life-threatening injuries after driving his car into a fire hydrant, light pole, and bus stop early Saturday morning. The collision occurred on the northeast corner of the intersection of 16th and Harrison streets at 1:37 a.m. and the driver was transported to the hospital. Nobody else was injured. Group Assault Police report three men in their early...
