SFist Blotter

Special all-SF shootings edition.

And the murder count keeps going up -- the latest: one man killed Thursday night at 25th and Harrison. It's the 57th SF homicide of the year. Meanwhile, late Wednesday night, two tourists in the drive-through at a Burger King in the Bayview were shot too. They managed to drive themselves to a hospital and are recovering.

It's been a bad month for crime, particularly in District 5, which has seen a monthlong gang war centered around the housing projects on Laguna Street, including a gun battle last Monday on Turk Street, and a guy shot for no apparent reason in the Northern Panhandle. On Wednesday, Supervisor Ross "Tough on Crime, Tender in our Hearts" Mirkarimi stopped by the site of the latest shooting, at Turk and Laguna (1 dead, one injured). Mirkarimi's called for an increase in police foot patrols to try and quell the killings, and there are calls to install video cameras in the area as well.

On the bright side, the SFPD caught a suspect, in the April shooting of a man at a District 5 community center. Keep up the good work!