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 ›

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 ›

Several people were shot at Oikos University, a Christian school, this morning at around 10:40 a.m. According to reports, authorities received frantic calls about "people running out of the building and screaming." Police and SWAT team members are on the scene, and paramedics were seen taking people out on stretchers. more ›

A shooting and a stabbing shook the already shaken Tenderloin this morning, both incidents unrelated. First, police responded to a shooting was a little after 3 a.m. near Larkin and O'Farrell streets. The victim was taken to a hospital, and no arrests have been made. 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 ›

Maxwell Park Elementary (4730 Fleming) in Oakland is on lockdown, with students being evacuated, after a neighbor reported seeing a man with a shotgun roaming around the area. No reports of any injuries or shootings. more ›

Two people were shot in the city's notorious Bayview neighborhood Thursday night. A man and woman were both shot in the leg at around 7:50 p.m. on the in the 4600 block of Third Avenue. SF Examiner reports, "Police said [they had] no one in custody, but San Francisco Police officers remain on the scene to investigate the incident." more ›

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 ›

An unidentified man was taken to the hospital last night after being shot near the Frutivale BART station at International & 39th Avenue. The man "appears to be in stable condition," notes BCN. No arrests have been made. more ›

The Wal-Mart in San Leandro is apparently the kind of place you want to arrive at armed: Last night the parking lot was the scene of the second shooting in less than a month, with one man getting into some sort of altercation with another man and shooting him in the leg. The victim was supposedly waiting outside for his wife, and according to police he then got in his car and started driving away, at which point the suspect got in his own car and continued shooting. more ›

At the Hilltop Mall in the city of Richmond, shots rang out at around 6 a.m. An estimated three thousand were in line waiting for the new Nike's new Air Jordan 11 Retro Concords. (The shoes, it seems, appreciate in value.) That's when someone fired a gun into the air. According to KRON 4 Morning News, no one was hurt and a suspect is in custody. more ›

Oakland police are currently surrounding a house in East Oakland where they believe a suspect in the November 25 shooting that injured a San Lorenzo man outside the Wal-Mart in San Leandro. Police are looking to arrest Detwone Watson, 29, and they have already taken several people into custody this morning at a home on the 2700 block of 106th Avenue in Oakland. Watson was identified last week as the alleged shooter, is one of four suspects in the case accused of attempted robbery and attempted murder. more ›

Police have identified the man accused of shooting a man in the neck outside a San Leandro Walmat on Black Friday. Detwone Watson, 29, stands accused of shooting Christopher Murillo, 21, during a robbery attempt. According to The Chronicle, "Watson and a second suspect, Tony Phillips, 20, of Oakland, got out of [a Buick in the Walmat parking lot] and demanded money from the victims, police said. After Phillips tried to take a gold chain from a cousin of Murillo, a fight broke out, and Watson shot Murillo." more ›

A little after 6 p.m. on Monday night, eight people were shot in West Oakland, including a one-year-old baby. The shooting occurred on the 700 block of Willow Street when a group of men wearing hoodies appeared and shot at a group standing near a catering truck. Here's surveillance video of the shooting: more ›

An unidentified man was shot in the leg at around 4:45 p.m. tonight on the edge of Frank Ogawa Plaza, right near the Occupy Oakland encampment. It was not immediately known whether the man was involved with the protest or not. more ›

According to SF Appeal, a man was shot near Fisherman's Wharf on Sunday night. The man, a guy in his late 40s/early 50s was found near Taylor and North Point Streets a little before 6:30 p.m. "He was conscious and breathing when he was found, and was taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries." 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 ›

A man shot and killed in the Mission (at Harrison and 23rd) on Friday morning has been identified as 26-year-old Reynaldo Cordova. SF Examiner reports: "The San Francisco man got into a verbal argument with a suspect who then fired four or five shots, striking Cordova in the back." more ›

Two male juveniles riding bicycles shot a 15-year-old boy in the city's Mission District just before 10:30 p.m. last night. The teen was whisked away to a nearby hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. more ›

A 31-year-old man ran "for dear life" from a "gun-toting thug" yesterday morning around 9 a.m. last night around 9:15 p.m., as the Ex and Mission Local report, only to be shot multiple times in the back near 26th and Harrison Streets. 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 ›

The manhunt for Shareff Allman, the man suspected of killing three of his colleagues on Wednesday morning at the Lehigh Cement Plant, ended this morning after authorities shot and killed the 45-year-old man. KTVU's Sal Castaneda reports, "KTVU confirms shooting suspect Shareef Allman has been shot and killed by police." 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 ›

The man shot yesterday by SFPD following a Richmond district stabbing incident that left his mother dead and his father wounded has been identified as 44-year-old Peter Woo. It appears both Woo and his 50-year-old sister lived at home with their parents, and something must have set Woo off yesterday morning around 7:30 a.m. (though no motive has yet been discussed). Woo's 73-year-old mother was found gravely injured when police arrived, and his 78-year-old father was near the front door with knife wounds to his arms and hands. Police shot Woo after he came at them with knives raised. Both the younger Woo and his mother died at the hospital shortly thereafter. more ›

The intersection on Funston and Balboa is blocked off this morning after an SFPD officer-involved shooting occurred. According to KRON 4 Morning News, two people were carried off by ambulances and a woman was arrested. 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 ›

An 18-year-old man was shot while sitting in a car near the Balboa BART station on Thursday morning. The incident happened at around 11:15 a.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital. His injuries are not considered life-threatening. more ›