Yesterday, SFist briefly told you about a man shot outside a market on Haight and Masonic. The shooting, it seems, started over a "chubby Chihuahua" in a polka-dotted sweater and his owner, a Haight resident named Mike. The Examiner has the bizarre details:

The disagreement began in Fred’s New Lite Supermarket on Haight Street, between Masonic Avenue and Ashbury Street. Haight district resident Don Todd was in the shop when the altercation began. He said Mike was in the store with Gizmo when the merchant, Sam Kazzouh, went to stack shelves nearby and “pushed Gizmo aside with his foot.”

That angered Mike, who thought Kazzouh kicked Gizmo, and Mike began yelling and threatening Kazzouh, Todd said. Mike stood in the entrance of the store yelling, “Come out here, Sammy! I’m going to kick your ass!” Todd said.

According to police, Kazzouh then shot Mike in the back. Police Capt. Denis O’Leary said beat cops were less than a block away when they heard the shots and came running. Police found Mike lying on the ground outside the shop, and they immediately took Kazzouh into custody.

Kazzouh brother, Mike Kazzouh, said that they've had a gun in the store for years, but never used it. Until yesterday. He explains, "He’s not violent, but you know, if someone steps on your toe, you have to defend yourself, and I think that’s what happened.”

Customer Mike still clings to life at SF General Hospital. Gizmo, who was uninjured during the melee, is now staying with family friends.

[Examiner]