A 12-year-old boy was injured during a shooting on Saturday in San Francisco's Hunter's Point neighborhood. "A 23-year-old man was shot and a 12-year-old wounded by fragments of shattered glass after gunfire erupted in the unit block of Osceola Lane around 2:12 p.m.," reports SF Examiner. "Two men, aged 18 to 25, approached the victim and fired several shots." more ›

Much to the horror (and, sadly, delight) of the San Francisco food scene and beyond, Gaspar ‘Tio’ Puch-tzek, a line cook at Hogs and Rocks, was shot and killed outside the Mission restaurant last month. This Saturday, September 17, the noted restaurant will hold a memorial/fundraiser for the slain chef. The day will include food, a silent auction, and find memories. more ›

After months of testimonies the decision to hand down life sentences for seven members of the Mission district branch of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang goes before a federal court jury today. Fans of gangland courtroom drama might remember that U.S. Attorneys have been working diligently to show the seven defendants were responsible for creating a small army and a racketeering operation in the Mission. While the defense on the other hand, set forth trying to discredit the prosecution's witnesses as unreliable sell-outs on the take from the government. more ›

Prosecutors in the ongoing federal racketeering and murder conspiracy trial of seven alleged members of the violent MS-13 gang in San Francisco turned over the case to defense attorneys after months of arguments yesterday. The seven defendants, who go by threatening nicknames like "Slow Pain", "Psycho", "Spooky" and "Shorty", make up a local sect of the notorious Salvadoran gang known as the 20th Street Clique. The local group is allegedly involved in everything from drug dealing to robbery, extortion and car thefts. more ›

Interim Police Chief Jeff Godown announced yesterday that the case involving the shooting of Mechthild Schröer, the German elementary school headmaster who was killed by a stray bullet as the result of a gang-related dispute in Union Square last August, was resubmitted to the District Attorney last month with more evidence. The D.A. is still deciding whether there's enough evidence to file charges against the two to five suspects who were involved. A suspect who had initially been arrested last year had later been released due to lack of a murder weapon. more ›

Monday's brazen morning shooting on Mission and 17th Streets was gang-related, according to police; however, the victim wasn't a gang member. more ›

In the month of January this year, homicides more than doubled in major Bay Area cities. San Francisco had 11 (compared to just 5 in 2010), Oakland also played host to 11 (a drastic increase from 4), and San Jose saw 7 homicides (a major jump from 1) during the first part of 2011. Police say many of the murders were gang-related. more ›

Marina club the Gravity Room was the scene of a murder last night, just before midnight, as the neighborhood partied on in World Series glory. Alleged gang member Jelvon Helton, 22, was shot multiple times in the torso while inside the club by an assailant described as an African-American man in his early 20s. Helton was rushed to SF General but did not survive. more ›

A bout of "gang-related" gunfire took place last night at 25th and Connecticut in the city's Potrero Hill District, which wounded three people. According to KRON 4 Morning News, among the three shooting victims including a three-year-old girl and her grandfather. The little girl clings to life at a nearby hospital as of this morning. No arrests have been made. We'll update as soon as we know more. more ›

Oakland police responded to a report of gunfire on the 1600 block of Seminary Avenue a little after 2 a.m. today. Upon arrival, they found a six-year-old child hit with stray gunfire. "The girl, identified as Leslie Ramirez, was sleeping in her home when one or more people opened fire," reports BCN (via CBS 5)/ "The girl was hit in her arm and the bullet ended up lodged in her chest, according to her older sister." more ›

Three men where shot several times while hanging out at 17th and Mission on Saturday night. The reportedly gang-related incident, it seems, happened a few minutes before midnight, with the suspect and victim on foot. "One man sustained life-threatening injuries after he was shot in the chest," reports Bay City News. "The two other men were each shot in the leg, and all three were transported to San Francisco General Hospital." The suspect, who was last seen heading east on 17th Street, has yet to be arrested. Also, according to a tipster, the "ambulance just waited there, not acting because police weren't present yet." more ›

Troy Holden brings our attention to this gem, How 2 Rep Suckafree, a chart that allows you to throw up your 'hood sign, and thus bask in OG glory. more ›

Attorney General Jerry Brown announced today that narcotics agents pinched a total of 59 gang members during a sweep. more ›

Earlier this week, according to SF Chron, 18-year-old Christopher Borgzinner, an actor who plays a "thug" in the up coming film La Mission , was brutally beaten while riding the 9-San Bruno to acting class. It seems Borgzinner was mugged and attacked because he was wearing the wrong kind of shoes. more ›

Of the three men arrested in connection with Sunday's Papa Potrero's shooting death, San Francisco prosecutors charged a 19-year-old Andres Siordia with one count of murder. If you recall, the double shooting, which is alleged to have stemmed from friction between "separate factions of the Norteno street gang," claimed the lives of SF residents Francisco Pena, 41, and Francisco Cornejo, 26. more ›

Over at Pit Boss Barbeque, a restaurant located in Richmond at 12889 San Pablo Ave., two people were shot and killed around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday night. The victims have been identified as Alvaro Garcia Jr., 23, and Intaz Ahmed, 32. While no motives have officially been determined, the shootings might have been gang-related. Four men are being questioned about what went down. more ›

MS-13 sorority sisters Danilo Velasquez,, 28, and Luis Herrera, 18, were arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting death of Moises Frias Jr., a Daly City college student. It seems the two members of the notorious (and notoriously dimwitted) MS-13 gang mistook Frias for a rival gang member. Why? Because he was "wearing the wrong-colored baseball cap and sweater." more ›

Yesterday, after SFist asked why the San Francisco murder rate in 2009 has been so low, the Examiner answered: Mayor Gavin Newsom. more ›

A federal jury found former Page Street Gang member Dennis Cyrus guilty of drug racketeering and three counts of murder, including the killing of federal witness Ray Jimmerson in 2002. The Obama administration's Justice Department had recently taken over the case. which is being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who opposes the death penalty but said he would "enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us," refused to accept a plea deal with Cyrus' defense attorneys in exchange for a life sentence. Next week, the jury will decide whether to give Cyrus the death penalty. This would be the first time a federal jury has given the death penalty here since 1948, when two Alcatraz inmates got the gas chamber for a deadly 1946 escape attempt. more ›

A total of five people were arrested after the FBI carried out a bust in San Francisco and Oakland this morning. According to the FBI, eight locations were targeted, including one in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley hood near the corner of Webster and Fell streets. While the raids are similar to gang busts that happened just last month -- wherein the FBI "netted about three dozen suspects on drug and weapon charges" in the city of Richmond -- there's no word yet if this most recent Bay Area sting is related. more ›

Attorney General Jerry Brown will announce a major crackdown on street gangs today. Early this morning, agents presented more than 40 search warrants and 43 arrest warrants at Richmond locations -- e.g., One raid in the area of Eighth Street and Barrett Avenue in Richmond -- part of a gang enforcement operation. more ›

Seven youths and one 18-year-old, Duc Truong, were arrested yesterday in connection with several assaults on other juveniles in the San Francisco's Richmond and Taraval hoods over the last few weeks. All of them are thought to be a part of some sort of "Chinese gang" gaily called the "True Brothers" gang. It seems "five attacks took place over the past two months and involved the suspects attacking the victims with baseball bats and knives." Do you know anything about this very real order of fraternity? Then please call SFPD's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 now. Also, this brings up a critical question, who would win in a fight: True Brothers or Sureños? Our money is on the latter. (CBS 5) more ›

Better dead than red? Some are saying it's one and the same -- that is, if you live in Mission. more ›

The murder of Tony Bologna and his two sons (allegedly) at the hands of MS-13 hang member Edwin Ramos, 21, was initially reported as an incident of road rage. But? It tuns out it was, in fact, a case of mistaken identity. See, Ramos assumed the car was filled with rival gang members because "the people in the car were similar to Hispanic males." Scary. Also, MS-134 should consider an eye exam and IQ test to their murder/rape initiation process. Read more about it here. more ›

Member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang -- considered "one of the most dangerous street gangs in San Francisco" -- Edwin Ramos, 21, of El Sobrante was arrested for last Sunday's road-rage shooting deaths of Tony Bologna and his two sons, Michael and Matthew. more ›

The Mission District's shooting fad sees no signs of slowing down. more ›

If that's the case, then the scarlet- and periwinkle-colored Mission district gangs continue their warring at a steady, gruesome pace.

In what's turning into a slapfight between city attorneys over civil gang injunctions, public defender Jeff Adachi recently sent a proposal over the Board of Supes that, according to the Examiner, "would give named alleged gang members priority when it comes to receiving city services, including, 'city funded economic development, employment, vocation, educational, housing, asset building, mental health, drug treatment and social service programs.' And Dennis Herrera is none too pleased. more ›

There's been so many murders lately that it's hard to find a new twist on the stories, so here's one: a Pizza Hut pizza delivery man was shot and killed in the Richmond last night as he was trying to deliver a pizza. Apparently, he got lost and was wandering around trying to find the house he was supposed to deliver the pizza too and when he was stopped by several men trying to rob him. When he tried to run away, he was shot in the back, something that anyone who has ever seen a Western knows is the coward's way. more ›

-- Gargantuan steroid sting nabs two Bay Area brothers. [SJ Merc] more ›