What: San Francisco police are investigating the shooting of a man in the Potrero Hill neighborhood as a homicide after he succumbed to his injuries.
Why: The 23-year-old victim was in the back seat of a car that was dropping someone off on Watchman Way early Sunday morning when he was shot. The man died Tuesday morning at a hospital. It was the 20th homicide of the year in San Francisco.
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Two people were injured in separate shootings early Sunday in North Beach and Potrero Hill, police said.
The first incident occurred at 2:18 a.m. at Montgomery and Vallejo streets near Broadway. According to police, two groups of people shot at each other for unknown reasons.
A man was hit in the leg, police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said. The victim, a 19-year-old from the city of Richmond, was hospitalized and is reportedly in stable condition.
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A woman was attacked in an apparent hate crime on a Muni bus in the Potrero Hill neighborhood Tuesday, police said.
Police arrived about 1:50 p.m. and found the 26-year-old victim visibly upset and shaken. She told police she was just sitting on the bus when a woman who was standing over her suddenly began punching her in the face.
The boxing broad then grabbed on to the handrails and began kicking the victim in the head, police said.
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A man stabbed in the chest after intervening in a domestic spat in the Western Addition Thursday took Muni across town to the hospital, police said. The 60-year-old victim was apparently attacked in the 1500 block of Steiner Street around 3 p.m. The victim told police he saw a domestic dispute between the suspect, a man in his 30s, and an unknown person.
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Cops foiled a burglary and arrested three teenagers attempting to steal computers from a Potrero Hill high school Sunday, police said. A witness tipped police off to the crime, police said. The 911 caller told police that he saw the three teens gain access to the International Studies Academy at 655 De Haro Street through an open window by climbing on a chair, police said.
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A woman was robbed of her cellphone at gunpoint in Potrero Hill on Wednesday, police said. The 48-year-old victim was walking in the 900 block of Hampshire Street when she was flanked by two male suspects, cops said. One of the crooks was a teenager and the other’s age was unknown. The teenaged crook pointed a handgun at the victim and she dropped her cellphone to the ground, police said. The crooks snatched the cellphone and fled on foot.
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Faves and raves by Daniel Cech
Personal stats
AGE: 28
YEARS IN THE CITY: Two
NEIGHBORHOOD: Mission district
OCCUPATION: Administration
SELF-DESCRIPTION: Transplant from Ohio; good food and beer is his passion
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Crooks can no longer get cozy in this San Francisco neighborhood.
Residents fed up with rampant burglaries in Potrero Hill teamed up with police in a crackdown that led to three recent arrests of “career criminals” and a reduction in incidents.
Starting in October, the neighborhood surrounding McKinley Square was hit with more than 20 burglaries in less than six weeks, Bayview Police Station Capt. Paul Chignell said.
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An off-duty cop foiled a burglary in Potrero Hill on Tuesday, cops said. The cop saw the 38-year-old suspect inside the residence in the 500 block of Kansas Street around 4:20 p.m. He called 911 and pursued the suspect. The burglar fled the residence, hopping over two backyard fences, but was eventually trapped and detained, police said. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A man was shot in the leg in Potrero Hill early Tuesday morning, cops said.The 37-year-old victim was on the sidewalk in front of a residence in the 1800 block of 25th Street near Wisconsin around 2:45 a.m. when the assailant appeared suddenly, fired at the victim and fled on foot, San Francisco police Sgt. Michael Adraychak said.
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