Mission / Stabbing: A 44-year-old man was slashed/stabbed near the intersection of 16th and Mission last night just before 10 p.m., following an argument with four unidentified males whom he did not know. The report from Bay City News says he was "stabbed" but the says, "The victim suffered minor cuts to his face and head," which sounds more like just a little slash action. [SF Appeal]

Multiple Shootings / Richmond: Tensions are running high as a weekend homicide of a central Richmond gang member has led to two subsequent and possible retaliatory killings on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. We told you about this fatal shooting in SoMa early on Sunday morning that resulted in one wounded man and the death of Joshua McClain of Richmond, a member of the Deep-C gang. Well, that SF incident is believed to have sparked the killings of 21-year-old Ervin Coley on Tuesday and 22-year-old Jerry Owens on Wednesday, both members of the rival gang Project Trojan of North Richmond. [CC Times]

East Oakland: 27-year-old Marcellus Bradley was gunned down, gang-style, around 5:40 p.m. yesterday on the 2000 block of 55th Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital. [Chron]