March 14, 2008
Shooting at Valencia Gardens?
Last night at the surprisingly gorgeous housing projects HOPE VI revitalization program, Valencia Gardens -- as close to every cyclists' and Quentin Tarantino's favorite local beer garden -- there was a shooting, reportedly, over at 14th Street and Valencia. While we have yet to confirm the incident, according to a tipster:
Outside my building at 14th and Valencia. From the cops outside it seems like some sort of argument was taking place. The victim was taken away in an ambulance, no clue about his condition. The shooter apparently ran off with a female accomplice...[t]he police have amassed around the entrance to Valencia Gardens and are apparently in talks with the perpetrators of the shooting on 14th and Valencia. SWAT appears to be there and everything.
We have yet to hear back from authorities regarding the shooting. But in the meantime, anyone have further details as to what, exactly, went down at San Francisco's most attractive project?
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From the view in front of my apartment at 15th and Valencia, I could count about six police cars, but no ambulances around 11:15 pm last night. I haven't found anything in the news about what happened. Help SFist!
A shooting at a public housing project!? (gasp)
Actually, I walked by last night and the shooting appeared to have happened in front of a boutique near the housing project (though I wouldn't assume it was a boutique-related shooting). Valencia Gardens has come a long way since its previous incarnation, and smart design and a regular police presence have helped keep some really bad elements and individuals from returning to this neighborhood (the Chronicle had an excellent article on the development a few months back). I wouldn't assume this has anything to do with the project, since the spot in question is only two blocks from Mission Crime Ground Zero: 16th & Mission. That intersection basically makes a + on the SFDP's crime map.
yeah! fuck that lede! fuck it good!
I work at Southern Exposure, an arts organization on the corner of 14th and Valencia. My co-workers and I were leaving the gallery at around midnight last night (Don't ask.) and there wer far more than a few police cars. They were lining the streets; Valencia btwn 14th and 15th,15th btwn Valencia and Guerrero - on and on. It looked like a cop car graveyard out there. Enough is enough is enough. And let's give a big shout out to sfgate.com for yet again not burdening its reader with the news.
This happened, not at Valencia Gardens, but in front of the apartment building next door. I was about to watch Lost when I heard an argument outside, I stuck my head out the window to see what was up, that's when I saw one person shoot twice at another person. The person who was shot was taken away by a white car. They left the scene going the wrong way on a one way 14th street. No one was taken by an ambulance. That's all i got.