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23-Year-Old SF Man Confesses to Shooting Father and Stepmother and Live-Streaming Crime Scene

A 23-year-old man who was arrested last weekend for the double murder of his father and stepmother inside a home in San Francisco's Bayview district has given a jailhouse confession to a local TV station — but says he will plead not guilty to premeditated murder.

54-Year-Old Suspect In Potrero Homicide Arrested In Yolo County

A man suspected in an early July homicide in SF's Potrero Hill neighborhood has been located and arrested six weeks later.

23-Year-Old Man Arrested In Double-Homicide of Relatives In Bayview

A 23-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation into the killings of two people said to be related to him inside a Bayview District home.

Early Saturday Shootings Near Downtown Oakland Leave One Dead, Three Wounded, Nightlife Operators Shaken

A pair of shootings came after a night of First Friday partying in Oakland's Uptown District, and one of the shootings, a drive-by on Broadway in the early morning hours of Saturday, left one person dead.

Afternoon Shooting Kills One Person In SF's McLaren Park

One person was found suffering from a gunshot wound in San Francisco's McLaren Park on Monday afternoon, and the victim later died from their injuries.

San Francisco Sees 21st Homicide of the Year as 32-Year-Old Man Is Fatally Shot in Hunters Point

A 32-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood.

Grisly Weekend In SF With Homicide on Balmy Alley, Three Stabbings Saturday, Human Remains Found Near Vis Valley

SF police are seeking information on a number of violent crimes from over the weekend, including an early Saturday morning homicide on Balmy Alley, and a set of human remains found on rail tracks near Visitacion Valley.

Berkeley Sees Its Second Homicide of 2022, and It Was Staged to Look Like a Suicide

A 20-year-old Berkeley man is in custody following the shooting death of his roommate on Tuesday, which police say happened in the course of an altercation in the home that was witnessed by the suspect's grandmother, who also lives there.

Two Men Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide In SF's Oceanview Neighborhood

Two men were found with gunshot wounds at a home in San Francisco's Oceanview neighborhood on Wednesday evening after what police are describing as a murder-suicide.

15-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot During Violent Weekend In Oakland

A 15-year-old girl from Antioch who was visiting a friend in East Oakland was fatally shot Saturday night, and in separate incidents eight other people were shot and injured in the city over the course of the weekend.

Sacramento Shooting Suspects Both Recently Released From Prison, Already Sparking Debate About Sentencing

The two brothers who are so far the only suspects in Sunday's mass shooting in downtown Sacramento were both multiply convicted felons who had been released from prison in the last two years.

[Update] Man Dies In Stabbing Near Mission and 14th Streets; Another Dies In SoMa Stabbing

San Francisco police are investigating a homicide that occurred Wednesday night in the Mission District.

Arrest Made In Last Week's Fatal Stabbing on Potrero Avenue

A suspect has been arrested in connection with last Monday's fatal stabbing on Potrero Avenue that took the life of a 27-year-old man.

Suspect In SF's First Homicide of the Year Turns Himself In

A 43-year-old man linked to a fatal Monday shooting near the Embarcadero turned himself in to San Francisco police shortly after the shooting.

San Francisco Ends Year With Richmond District Homicide

A New Year's Eve shooting became San Francisco's 56th homicide of the year, marking an uptick in the homicide rate seen in recent years.

Oakland Marks 134th Homicide With Shooting at Lake Merritt on Christmas Eve

Around 8:15 p.m. Friday, Oakland police responded to a cul-de-sac near Lake Merritt that has been the scene of multiple violent incidents this year, and found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Shootings in the Tenderloin and Potrero Leave One Dead, Three Injured

A pair of separate weekend shootings in San Francisco left three people injured and one female victim dead.

19-Year-Old Shot In Bayview Is SF's 41st Homicide of 2021

As San Francisco nears the end of its crime-statistic calendar year, a Tuesday fatality in the Bayview adds to the city's homicide count.

Still No Suspects In Random Oakland Freeway Shooting That Killed Toddler; City Marks Three New Killings

Police still don't have any suspects to tie to a stray bullet that struck and killed a two-year-old child inside a car on I-880 in Oakland on Saturday, and there were three fatal shootings in a 24-hour period in the city between Friday and Saturday.

Monday Morning SoMa Shooting Leaves One Man Seriously Injured

A shooting near Ninth and Mission streets Monday morning prompted an alert from the SFPD to avoid the area.

Double Homicide Brings Oakland's Count to 102 For the Year; Prayer Vigil Marks Milestone

Community members in Oakland gathered for a prayer vigil Sunday to mark the city's 100th homicide last week, and just hours earlier the count rose to 102 with the fatal shootings of two more young men.

SFPD Investigates Fatal Shooting at 17th and Folsom

A shooting occurred Friday morning in the Mission District, leaving a male victim of unknown age suffering from a gunshot wound that would prove fatal by Friday afternoon.

35-Year-Old Man Injured In Mission District Shooting; Weekend Homicide In Hunters Point

A 35-year-old man who claims to have been a bystander on a sidewalk was struck by a bullet early Tuesday in the area of Mission and Erie Streets.

SFPD Now Offering $50K Reward for Killer of Bayview Teen Girl Last Month

The case has apparently gone cold in the hunt for the shooter who killed a 16-year-old girl and injured her aunt while the family was sitting outside their new home last month, and the SFPD is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to a conviction.

[Update] Elderly Woman Seriously Injured Following Alamo Square Hit and Run

An 88-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle that then fled the scene near Alamo Square Park on Wednesday, July 21, and now an arrest has been made in the case.