San Francisco police are on the lookout for a suspect responsible for shooting a man on the street Sunday night, according to a San Francisco police official.At about 9:12 p.m., dispatchers received multiple calls about a shooting at the corner of Larkin and O’Farrell streets, Officer Albie Esparza said.Police arrived on scene and found one man who had been shot in the torso, Esparza said.
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It took less than 24 hours after revelers celebrated the new year for San Francisco to tally its first homicide of 2011.
A 20-year-old man, identified by the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office as Larry Lacy, was sitting with another man on the sidewalk at the corner of Turk and Taylor streets about 3:20 p.m. Saturday when he was killed, according to police.
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A wheelchair-bound man was assaulted during a heartless robbery attempt in the Tenderloin on Sunday morning, police said.The 60-year-old victim was ruthlessly beaten after trying to wheel away from the robber at Eddy and Taylor streets around 7:35 a.m.A 31-year-old man was arrested at the scene shortly after the assault. He allegedly demanded cash, then punched the victim repeatedly and knocked him out of his wheelchair after he tried to escape, police said.
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San Francisco homicide investigators now believe the death of a 62-year-old man found in the street in the Tenderloin last month was accidental, a police spokesman said Tuesday.Police found Raymond Leong, of San Francisco, lying in the 1000 block of Geary Street at about 8 a.m. on Nov. 20. He was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital.
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San Francisco police are investigating the death of a man who was found rain-soaked and lying in the street in the Tenderloin two weeks ago as a possible homicide.Homeless outreach police officers found Raymond Leong, 62, in the 1000 block of Geary Street at about 8 a.m. on Nov. 20, police spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield said Friday.
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A fire damaged an apartment in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood Thursday morning, a fire spokeswoman said.The one-alarm fire was reported at 8:39 a.m. at a six-story apartment building in the 200 block of Hyde Street, San Francisco fire Lt. Mindy Talmadge said.Firefighters responded and saw thick black smoke coming from the top floor of the building. The fire was controlled at 8:48 a.m. and was confined to one apartment on the top floor, Talmadge said.
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Police sting operations battling illegal pill sales at a long-troubled Tenderloin intersection have inadvertently pushed the dealing to nearby blocks, but cops say they have been making headway in banishing pushers.
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A thieving thug hurled a tip jar inside a Tenderloin restaurant Monday, injuring a person, but only after pocketing the tips, police said.The suspect waltzed into the eatery on the 900 block of Larkin Street, swiped the tip jar, pocketed its money, and then hurled the jar at a person who chased after him around 7:20 p.m., police said.A 53-year-old male victim suffered minor injuries after being struck by the jar. The suspect was described as a white man in his 20s.
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Uptown Tenderloin Historical District has created a walking map of the area and is distributing it to bars, restaurants, cafes and hotels. The map highlights the neighborhood’s ethnic diversity, cutting-edge art and nightlife and more than 30 historic buildings listed in the National Registry of Historic Places. Randy Shaw is a spokesman for the group.
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A 20-year-old woman hoping to sell her computer on Craigslist agreed to meet a potential buyer in the Tenderloin district Wednesday and was robbed at gunpoint, police said. The suspect, described as a black man in his late 30s or early 40s, responded to the Craigslist advertisement, police said. The victim agreed to meet at Turk and Leavenworth streets, a crime-ridden area, cops said.
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