A woman who was found near the Kaiser ER with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound told police she walked a mile to the hospital after she was shot near Jefferson Square Park.

The San Francisco Police Department said they received a report around 4:35 pm Tuesday that the woman, who was found on the 2300 block of O’Farrell Street near Kaiser Medical Center’s emergency room, had sustained a gunshot wound, as the Chronicle reports.

The woman told police she was inside a vehicle on the 1100 block of Turk Street, near Jefferson Square Park, when she heard several gunshots. She said she realized she had been struck during the gunfire and walked herself to the hospital a mile away.

Police said the woman was treated at the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

No other details were provided about the victim or the circumstances of the shooting.

According to KTVU, the information provided by police is preliminary, and the incident is under investigation. It's not clear if police have any leads.

As SFist reported in February, a 15-year-old girl was killed and two others were hospitalized in a shooting near Jefferson Square Park. Two teen suspects were arrested.

Jefferson Square Park was in the news early last year when it became a sudden magnet for drug sales and drug use, prompting SF Mayor Daniel Lurie to orchestrate a huge nighttime raid of the park. We learned in November that out of the 86 people arrested in the raid, only one suspect received felony drug charges, and they were later acquitted.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text TIP411 and begin the message with "SFPD."

Related: Two Teen Suspects Arrested in Friday’s Fatal Shooting of 15-Year-Old Jayda Mabrey

A 15-year-old bystander died Saturday following a triple shooting that occurred Friday evening in SF’s Western Addition neighborhood near the busy Margaret S. Haywood and Jefferson Square parks, and two other victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

As KRON4 reports, the teen bystander who was fatally shot Friday has been identified as 15-year-old Jayda Mabrey. Per KRON4, Mabrey's family held a vigil at Golden Gate Avenue and Laguna Street where the shooting took place. Mabrey's cousin Deshon said at the vigil that Mabrey's younger sister was at the nearby playground at the time and held her sister until emergency responders arrived.

“My little cousin was also there, her little sister, she held her as the bullets were in her body, she seen her sister turning purple,” Deshon said, per KRON4. “The gang violence does need to stop, you see it everyday but then when it happens to you and its your family, you see the actual outcome and  the actual feelings.”

Per the Instagram account Tenderloin Activities, Mabrey was a student at Gateway High School and was on her way home from the student walkout at Dolores Park when the shooting occurred.

The account Us4Us.Bayarea shared photos of Mabrey's family and friends releasing pink heart balloons into the sky in her memory.

Per Citizen, a fundraiser has been set up for Mabrey's family.

As KTVU reports, officers from the San Francisco Police Department arrived at the scene of the shooting around 5:13 pm Friday and found two other victims suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in addition to Mabrey.

Per NBC Bay Area, the shootings took place near the bustling Margaret S. Haywood Park, which consists of a large playground, basketball courts, and a soccer field, with the nearby Jefferson Square Park a couple blocks north.

Per Citizen, back-up units were requested to help manage the crowd of onlookers.

Deadly Triple Shooting Near Basketball Court @CitizenApp

Golden Gate Ave & Laguna St, San Francisco, California, 94102 Jan 30 5:18:19 PM PST

NBC Bay Area spoke to a resident who lives near the park. "I heard the gunshots, I thought it was fireworks at first, but I didn’t hear the crackling afterwards," she said. "And so, I went to my patio, and I could see, everyone in the park was running out of the park.”

The suspect remains at large.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.”

Image: Tenderloin Activities

This post has been updated with information about the victim.

The SFPD arrested and detained a potentially armed man who had locked himself inside the Palace Hotel in downtown SF Saturday afternoon and evening — all while the hotel experienced a power outage. A block of Market Street was closed near the hotel along with several side streets.

As the Chronicle reports, the San Francisco Police Department received a report at 12:16 pm Saturday of gunshots and threats of violence by someone who barricaded themselves somewhere inside San Francisco’s Palace Hotel. Per KRON4, after an hours-long standoff with police, the man was arrested and taken into custody at 9:25 pm Saturday.

A hotel employee told KTVU that fourth floor guests were evacuated from their rooms. A hostage and crisis negotiation team was reportedly on the scene, but there was no mention of a hostage.

Per Bay City News, the power was out at the hotel during the standoff, along with over 130,000 other PG&E customers. Per the Chronicle, business remained open at the hotel throughout the afternoon.

“Officers responded to the scene and located a possible suspect in the building. The suspect has refused to comply to officers commands to exit. There are no reports of injuries at this time,” SFPD said. “Parts of the building that are affected by the incident have been evacuated.”

AlertSF sent out a notice that Market Street was closed between Annie and New Montgomery streets. Per the Chronicle, numerous other side streets near the hotel were also blocked. The public was asked to avoid the area until the situation was resolved.

The story is developing, and updates will be provided.

Image: BrokenSphere/Wikimedia

Previously: Massive Power Outage In San Francisco Leaves 200,000+ In the Dark, Disrupts Muni and BART

• Oakland celebrated the launch of its new rainbow crosswalk at Lakeshore and Lake Park avenues Thursday with a ribbon-cutting, which coincided with the two-year anniversary of the city’s Lakeshore LGBTQ Cultural District Day. [Bay Area Reporter]

• Ticket sales are now open for the 23rd annual SF Sketchfest comedy festival, which is scheduled to take place January 15 through February 1 and features over 200 shows, including a 30th anniversary screening of the Kids in the Hall’s Brain Candy and a tribute to the women of Saturday Night Live with Rachel Dratch, Cheri Oteri, and Ana Gasteyer. [KRON4]

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• A woman in the East Bay, Reshma Kamath, 40, is scheduled to go on trial for an incident that took place on an international flight to SFO on June 28 and 29, in which she is accused of “verbally abusing, threatening and striking crew members,” then striking security personnel, including a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, upon landing at SFO. [Bay Area News Group]
• Moderate to heavy rain is on the forecast overnight Sunday with potential isolated thunderstorms Sunday night into Monday morning and a chance of minor flooding. [KPIX]

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The Berkeley Police Department has arrested a San Francisco man in connection with multiple shooting incidents on October 26 in which no one was reportedly injured. And when they served a warrant at his home, they found a lot of weapons.

The incidents were reported early in the morning of October 26, and as the Berkeley Scanner reported at the time, one of the witnesses said they'd seen a man shooting a gun into the air just after midnight.

UC Berkeley's ShotSpotter system recorded multiple gunshots south of the campus and moving west, and as KPIX reports, a WarnMe alert from UC Berkeley urged residents and students to avoid Haste Street, Telegraph Avenue, 2299 Bancroft Avenue, 2223 Fulton Avenue, 2200 University Avenue.

Automatic license plate reader cameras, along with witness accounts and surveillance footage, helped Berkeley police identify the suspect, a 45-year-old San Francisco man who still has not been publicly named.

Police served a search warrant at the man's home on Thursday and discovered nine handguns, three assault rifles, and many rounds ammunition, all of which was seized.

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of assault with a firearm, willfully discharging a firearm at an occupied building or vehicle, and other gun-related offenses.

No further information about the case has been shared.

"We are grateful for the on-going support, collaboration, and resources that continue to assist us in providing a safe city and community," the BPD says in a statement. "We would also like to thank the UC Berkeley Police Department, San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco Fire Department, East Bay Regional Parks Police Department and the Berkeley Fire Department for their assistance in this matter."

Several US cities have recently ditched the police surveillance tool ShotSpotter that’s used to detect gunfire, and Oakland could become the latest, as critics say it bogs police down with false-positive notifications.  

The gunfire detection system known as ShotSpotter is used by many police departments nationwide, including the San Francisco PD, and it has certainly helped police and first responders to arrive on scene immediately after some shootings, allowing victims to get medical attention more quickly.

But ShotSpotter is also very controversial, as some analysis shows that the technology slows 911 call responses because it distracts police with “false positive” reports where there had not been any real gunfire. And the Chronicle points out that Seattle and Chicago have recently canceled their ShotSpotter contracts for that reason.

Now the City of Oakland may join them. KTVU reports that the Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee will debate today on whether to renew ShotSpotter’s contract with the Oakland Police Department.  The contract actually already expired on June 30, though the system is still in use, and the Oakland PD has been using ShotSpotter since 2006.

KTVU only got comment from one city councilmember, who was all for renewing the ShotSpotter contract.

"It's no secret that we have problems with our 911 system that we are working actively to resolve," Councilmember Kevin Jenkins told that station. "Sometimes, people call 911 and are left on hold. But when ShotSpotter is activated, the police know exactly where to go and get quick paramedic responses."

Notably, though, Jenkins is not a member of the Public Safety Committee that will be making this recommendation. But he told KTVU, "The price of a life is way more than whatever this contract is. If we save one life, the contract is worth it."

The Chronicle notes ShotSpotter data claiming that the tool has saved 400 lives in Oakland between 2020 and 2023. But that information comes from ShotSpotter’s parent company SoundThinking, who have a multi-million dollar contract on the table here. The Oakland PD could not corroborate those numbers.

And critics say this leaves out how many false positives, or incidents that were not gunfire, but were picked up as such by ShotSpotter and sent police on wild goose chases.

"Chicago, Seattle, and numerous major cities have already canceled this program because it's been proven ineffective,"  Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice executive director George Galvis told KTVU. "Police will then rush into a neighborhood, into a community and zero in on a neighborhood, hyper vigilant. We've already seen what happens in traffic stops where too many times, we've seen black and brown motorists who've been murdered at routine traffic stops."

Still, ShotSpotter is a fairly affordable tool, with Oakland looking at a $2.5 million price tag for a three-year renewal of ShotSpotter.

And the Oakland PD seems to feel the tool is effective enough, according to a letter from OPD Chief Chief Floyd Mitchell included in committee materials for Tuesday’s vote.

“In 2023, ShotSpotter alerted OPD to 8,318 unique gunshot incidents – 8,318 (99%) were not called in by the community and OPD would not have known about them nor have been able to respond in a timely fashion,” Mitchell wrote. “In many cases, ShotSpotter has allowed for the rapid response to shooting scenes where injured victims are able to receive immediate and potentially lifesaving medical aid.”

The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee meeting is at 6 pm Tuesday night. The committee will only be making a recommendation, not a final decision. The full Oakland City Council will have the final say on the contract renewal in the weeks to come.

Related: SFPD Will Place Its New Surveillance Cameras at 24th and Mission, 19th and Mission Streets [SFist]

Image: SoundThinking

San Francisco police are investigating two apparently unrelated shootings in San Francisco this weekend.

One took place Friday night around 9:10 p.m. in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, per KNTV. Police discovered a man reportedly suffering from “life-threatening” injuries on the 1200 block of Connecticut street, and transported him to the hospital. Authorities have not released any information about the identity of the victim or suspected gunman.

About two hours later, another shooting took place in the Cow Hollow neighborhood, per the Chronicle. Responding police officers found a man with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was also taken to a nearby hospital.

As the Chronicle reported, witnesses said that gunshots rang out after a loud argument. They have not arrested any suspects yet.

Police are asking for the public’s help to identify the suspects. They’re asking for people with any information to call their tip line at 415-575-4444, or send a text to TIP411 that begins with “SFPD.”

Feature image via Unsplash/David von Diemar.

Police are investigating after a shooting in the early hours of Saturday killed one person and injured another.

The shooting occurred on the 400 block of Turk Street, according to KRON4. Gun shots reportedly broke out around 4:18 a.m. on November 25, prompting a police response to the area.

On scene, officers reportedly found two individuals allegedly already engaged in gunfire. when officers arrived at the location.

Both seemed to be suffering from gunshot wounds, and emergency responders helped transport them to a nearby hospital.

Sadly, one of the suspects was pronounced dead at the hospital, while the second suspect is reported to have sustained injuries classified as non-threatening.

That marks the 49th homicide of the year in San Francisco, compared to 48 at this same time last year, according to SF police.

The identities of the victims ad suspects haven’t been released publicly, nor has more information about the circumstances of this shooting. The San Francisco Police Department Homicide Detail has assumed control of the ongoing investigation into the incident and are urging anyone with information related to the shooting to come forward.

Feature image of the 400 block of Turk St. via Google Street View.

A car accident on Friday around noon in the Richmond District took an unexpected turn, police say.

Officers had responded to a collision report at the intersection of 14th Avenue and Clement Street, as the Chronicle reported. Upon their arrival, they discovered a victim who had sustained non-life-threatening injuries and promptly transported him to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Nearby, on 15th Avenue and Geary Boulevard, police discovered the vehicle they believed to be connected to the hit-and-run. Witnesses near the scene told authorities that three people inside the car had run out and scattered on foot, abandoning the car.

Less than 15 minutes later, officers received reports of a shooting at 16th Avenue and Geary Boulevard. They found a man on the street with a gunshot wound — and reportedly believe that had shot himself. They also believe he was one of the three suspects who had earlier fled the scene of the hit-and-run.

Emergency medical personnel promptly provided critical care to the injured man before rushing him to a nearby hospital. His injuries were described as life-threatening.

It isn't clear if the shooting was accidental or intentional. Law enforcement officials are asking the public for any information that could shed light on the hit-and-run collision and subsequent self-inflicted shooting.

San Francisco saw another shooting Saturday night with multiple victims — just a day after a mass shooting in the Mission District injured nine.

Three adults — two males and one female — were shot late Saturday night near a nightclub in the city’s Balboa Park/Mission Terrace neighborhood and suffered gunshot-related injuries, according to KPIX.

Officers responded at 11:54 p.m. to the 300 block of Ocean Avenue where they found the three injured victims. The incident happened near where the Stratos nightclub is located, as KRON4 reported.

Officers reportedly rendered emergency aid, and medics took all three victims to a nearby hospital. Their conditions are still unknown. Police are reportedly investigating but haven’t provided additional information on the identities of the victims, suspect(s), or circumstances.

SF Supervisor Ahsha Safai tweeted that about the shooting and called on the community to do more to prevent gun violence.

There was previously a shooting near the same club in September of 2022, as KPIX reported at the time. SFPD said that an altercation outside of the club left a man in his 20s with life-threatening injuries.

The club was hosting its weekly Sábado de Rumba event on Saturday night, according to its Eventbrite page.

Previously: Details Emerge in Friday Night Mass Shooting in the Mission: Suspect Named

Feature image of Stratos Nightclub via Google Street View.

In unincorporated Gilroy, California early Sunday morning, a man barricaded himself inside a home after firing a weapon at sheriff's deputies who had arrived to perform a welfare check, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office.

Officials first confirmed the incident in a tweet Sunday morning, saying that the standoff began at about 8 a.m., when the deputies tried to make contact with the man. The man, whose identity has not been released, responded by pulling out a gun and firing at them, the Chronicle reported.

The deputies reportedly took cover and called for backup, prompting the department's Emergency Response Team and Crisis Negotiations Team to arrive as well at the scene on the 3000 block of Dryden Avenue at Bishop Court.

These teams were "using all available de-escalation tactics for a peaceful resolution," according to the sheriff.

However, as of this afternoon, the sheriff’s public information officer, Russell Davis, told ABC7 News that the suspect continues to fire rounds out at deputies on scene. Davis said that it remains an active scene as of 1 p.m. Sunday.

Authorities did not say whether or not anyone had been injured or released more details. The situation seems to still be developing.

Image via Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons.

An altercation in the Castro Wednesday night led to gunshots ringing out, alarming neighbors and people out on the otherwise quiet night.

A gathering of several dozen people at the corner of 18th and Castro had been going on for several hours when an argument broke out between at least two women. According to the SFPD, one female suspect became verbally and physically confrontational with one female victim.

The 39-year-old victim tells police that she approached a group of people in the gathering and began talking with them, and then she was approached by the suspect who punched her, knocking her to the ground. The suspect then reportedly kicked the victim while she was on the ground, and another individual intervened to stop the assault.

But during the altercation, according to a witness, a second suspect discharged a firearm. SFPD officers say they found a shell casing near 18th and Castro.

The suspects fled the scene, and the victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries — though no one was reportedly hit by gunfire.

Police say they are continuing to investigate the incident, and anyone with information is asked to call the SFPD tip line at 415-575-4444, or you can text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.

Steven Bracco contributed reporting to this piece.

Photo: Nicholas G./Yelp

Around 12:50 a.m. last night a 911 caller reported six to nine shots fired at the intersection of 16th and Valencia in the Mission. Police checking out the scene found six bullet casings, but unlike countless random shootings at 16th and Mission a block over, not a single person reported being hit by the gunfire.

Witnesses in the area spotted a gray Toyota Corolla fleeing the intersection, so police are treating that as a possible suspect vehicle. But because no property damage was reported either, maybe this was just an extremely late and misguided Niners victory celebration. Still, if you know anything about the gray Corolla, please give the SFPD's anonymous tipline a ring at (415) 575-4444 or just text your info to TIP411.

[BCN/Appeal]

Reports from the Mission have heard "20+ shots fired" inside El Tin Tan on 16th between Valencia and Mission around 11 p.m tonight. According to MissionMission and nearby witnesses there were 5 victims at El Tin Tan, but at least three were moving and talking.

UPDATE: On the police scanner, authorities say four victims are in stable condition and one is in serious condition with 12 gunshot wounds. Cops are on the lookout for three male suspects in a "red '80s late-model Trans Am with a spoiler" - the driver, plus two men who ran out of the bar.

Update 2: The Chronicle has scant few additional details: one of the assailants may have fled in a Chevrolet Caprice station wagon. And police have yet to speculate on whether this is related to recent gang violence in the neighborhood.
[MissionMission]
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UPDATE: according to one eyewitness who went to the police station after the drive-by to make a report, "all of the gunshot victims died." However, after talking to SFPD, all victims are listed "critical or serious" condition as of noontime today. We had falsely reported otherwise. Oops.)

A little after 1 a.m. this morning, three people were shot near the intersection of Stillman and Third streets.

Right after the dozen or so gunshots jostled the troubled street, residents in neighboring buildings claim that they saw "two men with guns" get into a (burgundy?) Nissan Sentra-looking car after the shooting subsided, which then sped west down Stillman.

What they (we) also saw was a man lying on the ground. It appeared that he was bleeding from his chest, but also moving as he was picked up and carried away to San Francisco General Hospital by EMT along with the other two victims. No word yet as the their identities or conditions.

While mildly charming during the day, this eastern SOMA neighborhood strip -- located just under the I-80 overpass and a block away from infamous nightspot, City Nights -- is notoriously plagued with aggressive mischief during the night.

Anyway, we'll update as soon as we know more.