A man was critically injured with a bottle near the Fisherman’s Wharf on Sunday, cops said. The 26-year-old victim was attacked at Beach and Leavenworth streets around 1:35 a.m. police said. The suspect, described by cops as a man in his 30s, hit the victim with the bottle, slammed him to the ground and fled, police said. The victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with life threatening injuries, cops said. No arrest has been made. Read More
A firecracker exploded in a woman’s hands in San Francisco on Saturday night, blowing off some of her fingers, police said.The 28-year-old woman was lighting candles inside a parked motor home at about 10:20 p.m. when she picked up what she thought was another candle, police said.It was actually a firecracker, and when she lit it, it exploded in her hands, police said. Her injuries were not life-threatening. Read More
A man who accidentally bumped into a thug was slashed in the face in the Tenderloin early Friday.
The 28-year-old victim was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries following the abrupt attack at Jones and Ellis streets around 2:35 a.m., police said.
No suspect description was available at the time of this report. The thug fled on foot and there has been no arrest.
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A teenager was shot and killed in Visitacion Valley Thursday night, police said.
The victim, approximately 18 years old, was standing in the street near the intersection of Ray and Garrison when two gunmen walked up and shot him multiple times around 10 p.m., police said.
He died at San Francisco General Hospital just before 2 a.m. Read More
Police are searching for an impatient woman who stormed out of San Francisco General Hospital refusing to give back the IV, which was still attached to her hand Sunday.The suspect was admitted to the hospital but was uncooperative before leaving in a huff around 10:30 a.m., police said.She was not only a patient, but a thief. The woman stole a bag containing hospital items before fleeing, police said.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More
A South San Francisco man was strangled and beaten over the head with a hammer by a teenager who had been helping him clean out his garage Sunday, police said. Read More
A 3-year-old was critically injured after a car rolled over him while backing out of a driveway in San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill on Sunday.The child, who has not been identified, suffered head trauma in the horrific accident near the intersection of Edgardo Place and Grant Avenue, police said Monday.The driver was backing out of his driveway at around 5:25 p.m. when a witness hollered at him to stop because someone was underneath the vehicle, police said. Read More
A Hayward man charged with severely injuring a 9-year-old Pennsylvania boy in a hit-and-run accident last week was ordered back into custody by a judge Thursday. Read More
They may be brawling on the field, but players with the Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies are playing for the same team when it comes to seeing the recovery of 9-year-old Pennsylvanian Ryan White, who was in critical condition after being struck by an allegedly drunk driver on Mission Street following Thursday night’s game. Read More
Early Friday morning San Francisco police said they detained a suspect in Hayward whom they believe was driving a pickup truck that struck and seriously injured a boy late Thursday night in downtown San Francisco.
Hayward police stopped a white Toyota pickup truck, similar to the truck described in a hit-and-run accident at Mission and New Montgomery streets that seriously injured a 9-year-old boy around 10:30 p.m., San Francisco police said. Read More
