A 32-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint in front of her garage in the Marina District Tuesday evening. The woman was opening the door to her garage at Divisadero and Bay Streets just before 9 p.m. when two suspects, one brandishing a firearm, approached her and reportedly told her to hand over "everything she had." more ›

Responding to ShotSpotter over on the 1700 block of Sunnydale Avenue just after midnight, authorities found a 23-year-old man was shot. The unidentified victim, suffering from life-threatening injuries, was whisked to San Francisco General Hospital. He later died at the hospital. more ›

After hearing a woman's cries for help at Fremont and Mission Streets at around 10:40 p.m. Sunday night, officers found a woman struggling with a man attempting to mug her. And that's not all. After the woman broke free from her assailant, he brandished a handgun. Which is never a good idea. "One of the officers fired at the man, who then dropped the gun and was arrested without further incident," notes SF Appeal. more ›

Two dirtbags outside a Polk Street bar were arrested after one of them fired a gun into the air. The shooting was reported at around 1:45 a.m. in the 600 block of Polk Street. Daly City resident Frederick Ortanez, 30, and South San Francisco's Donnie Rodriguez, 29, were taken into custody after officers responded to the shooting. "Witnesses reported seeing two suspects leaving the scene in a white SUV, which was stopped by officers a short time later in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood," reports SF Appeal. "The two people inside the car were identified as the suspects involved in the Polk Street incident." more ›

After Kim Conover, 31, paid a visit to her divorce attorney on Sunday afternoon, her estranged husband, Kevin Covover, 35, shot and killed her outside said lawyer's office, later turning the gun on himself. "The 2 p.m. shooting happened in front of 10 Keller St., a small office building where the woman had been visiting the attorney," reports The Press Democrat, adding, " Kevin Conover died at 5 p.m. at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Police identified him as the shooter and said his wound appears to have been self-inflicted." more ›

What do you give your ailing three-year-old daughter who was recently hospitalized due to a rare genetic disorder? If you're former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, you get her a membership to the National Rifle Association. Impractical and exploitative! POLITICO's James Hohmann reports from St. Louis: more ›

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan spoke out about the mass shooting at Oikos University on Monday. During a news conference, Quan questioned the link between mass shooting sprees and our country's readily available guns, saying: "No american mayor wants to have this situation. it seems that over the last decade, we've gotten used to seeing senseless mass killings like this, and we have to question the availability of guns." more ›

A man with a gun is trapped inside a CVS drugstore at 51st & Broadway as cops wait outside. The suspect was discovered inside the store before it opened, meaning that no employees were hurt. As of now authorities are telling people to avoid the area. Police have set up a perimeter around the area. more ›

Only three months in and Oakland has played host to an astounding 24 homicides in 2012. A unidentified man was shot and killed inside his apartment over on the 2100 block of 10th Avenue Wednesday night. "Police have detained a person for questioning in connection with the shooting," reports Oakland Tribune. "The name and age of the person detained were not released, nor did police release a possible motive in the shooting." more ›

Roosevelt Middle School (1926 East 19th Street) is on lockdown after somebody nearby carrying several guns fired shots at around 10:30 today. "The incident began about 10:30 a.m. in the 2100 block of 17th Avenue when the suspect came out of a house with multiple handguns and opened fire," reports Oakland Tribune. "All on-duty Oakland police officers have been called to the scene and officers are only responding to 911 calls at this time." more ›

The crime-ridden state of Oakland continues unabated after two more shootings rocked the East Bay town overnight. First, a man walking on the 1300 block of Campbell Street in West Oakland "heard a gunshot and found he was injured in the leg." He was whisked to a nearby hospital. His condition is "unknown." more ›

During a routine traffic stop in Sonoma county on Tuesday, Robert Justin Vasseur, 22, was taken into custody after cops found him driving with a suspended license. Cops also found 49 homemade bombs inside his car upon further investigation. According to The Chronicle, a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy "found 49 handmade destructive devices, each bigger than a standard firecracker." Bomb experts working with the police also discovered materials used to make the bombs. more ›

A man killed in Bayview Thursday night was San Francisco's second homicide of 2012. The unidentified victim was sitting inside his car at the intersection of Jennings Street and Revere Avenue around 8:20 p.m. when someone came up to him, asked for drugs, and then was shot. more ›

Oops. After discovering a 4-inch butterfly knife in a carry-on bag, a 38-year-old Chicago man was arrested at Oakland International Airport on Thursday. "The man, who was headed to Las Vegas on a Spirit Airlines flight, told TSA agents he had forgotten the knife was in his bag and was unaware it was prohibited," reports Oakland Tribune. more ›

Saturday evening, around 4:50 p.m., SFPD officers responding to a shooting call on Carr street in the Bayview District arrived to find 19-year-old victim Treyvon Butler suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Butler was declared dead at the scene. As of Sunday evening, SFPD had yet to announce any arrests in the case. more ›

The "Homicide in California 2010" (pdf) report showed a significant decrease in the number of murders. Numbers say that homicides declined from 1,970 in 2009 to 1,809 in 2010. Oakland Tribune reports, "Rates of homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault declined across the board over the past decade. Taken together, violent crime decreased by more than 22 percent from 2001 to 2010." However, not too shockingly, most of said murders involved firearms. more ›

In Cole Valley, police officers responding to calls of a masked gunman holding up the Alpha Market on the corner of Cole and Parnassus discovered a much more pedestrian crime in progress. When cops arrived on the scene and overpowered the masked gunman, who was behind the counter pointing his gun at the ceiling, what they discovered was 41-year-old city resident (and struggling actor?) holding a replica weapon. more ›

Not a single person was found shot after eleven rounds went off around 11 a.m. Saturday morning in Hunters Point. A neighbor, who had been sitting in his car near the first block of Northridge Road heard the shots and looked up to see the gunman popping off rounds in the direction of an apartment building. Police responding to the scene found plenty of spent bullet casings, but not a lick of damage to the building and no injuries were reported inside Bay City News reports via the Appeal. more ›

A little before 11 p.m. on Friday night, three men were shot near 16th and Mission following a verbal spat. According to Mission Local, the victims (ages 24, 24 and 42) were all whisked to a nearby hospital, with two suffering life-threatening injuries. more ›

Unlike in San Francisco where taco trucks need to create some sort of Asian fusion to stand out from the crowd, taco cart owners down in San jose are deadly serious about their business. So serious, in fact, that one Jose Gilberto Ortiz of San Jose was apparently running a lucrative gun-running business alongside his reasonably priced $1.50 tamales and $1.75 tacos. According to KTVU, Ortiz was indicted yesterday, along with an accomplice from LA, for selling 17 firearms to undercover cops. more ›

In the sleepy beach town of Seal Beach, six people were killed today at Salon Meritage, a beauty salon in the 500 block of Pacific Coast Highway, after a person opened fire. According to AP, Police arrested a man in a traffic stop a half-mile from the shooting scene and he was taken into custody" and "[M]ultiple weapons were seized." more ›

According to reports, traffic on Geary at Gough and Franklin moves sluggish this morning after a dead body near St. Mary's Cathedral. SF Appeal notes: "Police responded to the area at 7:40, after a passer-by reported seeing a body. According to KTVU broadcast, police say they have recovered a gun from the scene, and say that the deceased person did not appear to be homeless." more ›

Gunfire broke out at an employee meeting at the Hanson Permanente Quarry in Cupertino this morning, killing two and leaving four wounded. KTVU reports, "The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department said an employee apparently became upset during a shift change meeting after 4 a.m., pulled out a weapon and opened fire at the company located near Stevens Creek Blvd. and Foothill." more ›

Gunmen open-fired, with semi-automatic weapons, shortly after a party let out Saturday night/early Sunday outside a warehouse in San Leandro, killing three people and wounding three others. The party, publicized on Facebook as a Tattoo Party for tattoo enthusiasts wanting to mingle and show off their tattoos, apparently drew hundreds to the semi-remote, industrial location. From the sound of it, the three fatalities were among three people who may have known each other: 19-year-old S.F. State student and S.F. resident Shanice Kiel, 16-year-old Lanisha Worthington, and 23-year-old Josh Alfred of Oakland. more ›

After 8 p.m. Thursday night in the 800 block of Webster Street, a man was wounded after getting shot inside a home. "The victim, a 32-year-old man, was struck in the right side of his lower back when the gunfire came into the home," reports KTVU. "He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for his injuries, which are not considered life-threatening." more ›

At around 1:50 a.m. this morning, near Folsom and 11th Streets in SOMA, a man was shot twice in the calf. As the 20-year-old victim was getting into his car, he heard gunshots, "and felt two bullets hit his right calf." He was whisked away to SF General for treatment of non-life-threatening wounds. more ›

SOMA / Shooting: Around 2:15am Sunday morning, police responded to a shooting near 5th and Mission that injured two men. The target, a man in his 40s, is thought to have been walking when he was approached by a man who shot him various times. A bystander was hit in the chest by a wayward bullet. Both were immediately taken to San Francisco General Hospital and are expected to make a full recovery. There are no reports on motive. [KTVU] more ›

Members of the Santa Rosa SWAT team were at the South Park Day and Night Festival on Saturday. They were there to demonstrate to attendees what they do and, most notably, to show off their big weaponry. Many participants, it seems, were furious over the fact that they allowed children to hold their guns. Some as young as 5. more ›

Ow. A 28-year-old man was plugged in the stomach this morning in Silver Terrace. The incident happened near the intersection of Quesada Avenue and Selby Street a little after 2:30 a.m. more ›