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Crime Blotter: Your shoes or your life

Armed fashionistas leave victim barefoot, bleeding A robbery in the Tenderloin early Monday morning left a 20-year-old man with no shoes and a bullet in his arm, police said. The victim was walking near Leavenworth and Turk streets about 5:30 a.m. when he was approached by two men, one of whom was carrying a gun. The suspects demanded the man’s shoes. After complying, the victim fled, police said. But he quickly realized he had been shot in the arm. Read More

Tenderloin bus stop under fire for sheltering drunks, druggies in San Francisco

San Francisco Tenderloin bus stop
Everyone appears to agree that a bus stop shelter at Turk and Hyde streets — located just feet from a children’s playground — is an outrageous haven for drunks and crack dealers.But there is division in the community on what to do about the bus stop from hell.Some folks want to rip out the bus shelter so that criminals have nowhere to hide. Opponents of that idea say seniors and the disabled would be inconvenienced. Read More

Argument led to cutting tension with a knife -- literally

A 44-year-old woman was slashed in the face by a 35-year-old woman at Turk and Jones streets Monday, SFPD said.The older woman approached the younger woman around 3 p.m. and started arguing with her. The younger woman wasn’t having it, so she pulled out a knife and sliced the older woman in the face, police said.The woman then fled the scene. No arrest has been made.rnagle@sfexaminer.com Read More

Community meeting set for Tuesday about future of Fillmore District Muni substation

For the second time in a little over a month, residents of the Fillmore District will meet with city officials to discuss development possibilities for an abandoned Muni depot on Fillmore and Turk streets. Read More
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