A man’s agonizing cries for help went unanswered as he lay dying on a Mission district sidewalk early Sunday.
Neighbors didn't call police until about five hours after Richard Sprague, 47, of San Francisco, was heard hollering "Help! 911! Help!" in the 100 block of Julian Avenue, near 15th Street. His pleas were heard between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Police were called to the scene at 7:42 a.m., Officer Albie Esparza said. Read More
A man found in the bushes near St. Mary's Cathedral Monday morning likely committed suicide, a San Francisco police spokesman said.
A passerby spotted the unidentified body at Geary Boulevard and Gough Street and called police around 7:30 a.m., Officer Albie Esparza said.
A gun was also found at the scene, according to KTVU.
An official cause of death is pending an evaluation from the San Francisco medical examiner's office, Esparza said. Read More
An inmate found dead of an apparent suicide in his San Francisco jail cell last month has been identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 48-year-old Valentin Georgiev, who was being held in connection with a hate crime attack in The City.Georgiev was found dead at about 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 4 at the jail at the Hall of Justice at 850 Bryant St., sheriff’s spokeswoman Eileen Hirst said.He was discovered while breakfast was being distributed to the inmates, Hirst said. Read More
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a fire that killed a 59-year-old man at an apartment building in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood late Saturday morning, a San Francisco Fire Department captain said Tuesday.
The one-alarm blaze was reported at 11:52 a.m. Saturday at a three-story apartment building in the 1700 block of McAllister Street, near Broderick Street. Read More
A 72-year-old woman was fatally struck by a truck Friday morning in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, authorities said.
Police received multiple calls at about 8:48 a.m. reporting that a truck had struck a woman as she was crossing Second Street at Townsend Street in a crosswalk, San Francisco police Officer Albie Esparza said. Read More
The man slain in the Mission District was identified by the San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office as a small memorial has grown at the site of the fatal shooting.The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office has identified a man fatally shot as 24-year-old Aldo Troncoso.The shooting was reported at about 2:25 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of 17th and Mission streets, San Francisco police Sgt. Mike Andraychak said. Read More
