The victim dropped the hammer and the suspect hit him with it.
A man was accused of theft and hit over the head with his own hammer in an aggravated assault Tuesday in the mid-Market area, police said.
The 56-year-old victim was accused by another man, 51, of stealing his credit cards in the 800 block of Market Street about 9:40 p.m., police said. The victim dropped his bag and a mallet fell out.
The accuser grabbed the mallet and chased the victim, police said, before hitting the victim several times in the head with it.
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A pizza delivery guy was robbed and carjacked Tuesday in the Bayview, police said. The 46-year-old victim was making a delivery at McKinnon Avenue and Mendell Street about 10:50 p.m. when a man in his 20s held him up at gunpoint, police said. The delivery man turned over his wallet, keys and cellphone and the gun-toting goon and two accomplices, also men in their 20s, jumped into the victim’s car and fled, police said. The vehicle is a black 2002 Honda Accord, police said. No arrests have been made. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A gay man who says he witnessed another man being beaten and taunted with anti-gay slurs in a Tenderloin liquor store became a victim himself after he called police.
Leo Volobrynskyy, 30, a San Francisco resident originally from Odessa, Ukraine, is now missing a tooth and has at least 14 stitches in his mouth after an incident at a liquor store near Geary and Larkin streets, he told The San Francisco Examiner on Sunday. His cellphone was also stolen during the incident.
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When Steven “Eriq” Escalon’s family saw him at a cousin’s wedding in his hometown of Clovis on June 9, they had no idea it would be the last time.
Escalon, 28, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment four days later about 6:20 p.m. in a case police are investigating as a homicide.
Escalon’s family is hoping someone will come forward with new information about who killed him, his aunt Christina Saldivar said.
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The man killed early Tuesday evening in Diamond Heights has been identified as 28-year-old San Francisco resident Steven Escalon.
Escalon, who also went by Eriq, was found by police about 6:20 p.m. in the 5000 block of Diamond Heights Boulevard. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Two people were killed in a shooting in Silver Terrace on Wednesday night, police said.
The victims were identified as Allen Vance, 39, and Chastity Dollison, 20, both of San Francisco.
Vance and Dollison were sitting in a car with another person at Silver Avenue and Elmira Street about 10:20 p.m. when two men approached the driver’s side window and fired multiple shots into the car, police said.
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A man crashed his bullet-ridden car and fled, and an unknown suspect messed with another man’s automobile.
Valencia and Cesar Chavez streets 9 p.m. Monday
A man’s car was vandalized, police said. The victim was unable to provide any more information to police.
4900 block of Mission Street 1:56 p.m. Monday
A chronic shoplifter was arrested, police said. The suspect was detained by security until cops arrived. A records check showed the man had prior shoplifting convictions, making it a felony arrest.
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A man was killed in Diamond Heights on Tuesday, police said.
The 27-year-old victim was found by cops on the 5000 block of Diamond Heights Boulevard about 6:20 p.m.
Authorities attempted to resuscitate the victim but were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
As of Wednesday, there was no known suspect and the Medical Examiner’s Office would not identify the victim until his family was notified.
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A woman was critically injured in a stabbing in the Mission district Monday, police said.
The 35-year-old victim and a 27-year-old man she is reportedly acquainted with were having an argument in the 2900 block of Mission Street about 1:30 p.m. when he stabbed her in the chest with a screwdriver. The man was arrested.Foaming at the mouth: Police encounter costs man his beer, freedom
A man was arrested in the Bayview district over the weekend for public drunkenness, police said.
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Two men were knocked off their scooter by a couple of thugs who stole their cash and fled on their wheels.
300 block of Columbus Avenue 7 p.m. Monday
The bomb squad was called out to the scene of a suspicious item, police said. The scene was secured.
Mendell Street and McKinnon Avenue 11:05 p.m. Monday
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Two men were knocked off their scooter by a couple of thugs who stole their cash and fled on their wheels.
300 block of Columbus Avenue 7 p.m. Monday
The bomb squad was called out to the scene of a suspicious item, police said. The scene was secured.
Mendell Street and McKinnon Avenue 11:05 p.m. Monday
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Police are asking the public for pictures and video that might have captured a fatal assault in Golden Gate Park the day of the Zazzle Bay to Breakers. Stephen Martin, 30, of Santa Clara was beaten into a coma, and on Friday he was taken off life support.
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He may have flung the hot oil, but he didn’t start the fire.
A man who threw hot oil at his roommate’s face was acquitted Thursday after a jury found he acted in self-defense, the Public Defender’s Office announced.
Felipe Manrique, 48, of San Francisco, was arrested Feb. 28 after a long-simmering argument with his roommate, 49-year-old Pedro Torres, boiled over in their Tenderloin apartment.
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Alemany Boulevard and Ellsworth Street: 8:08 a.m. Tuesday
A man was robbed of his iPhone and cash by two thugs simulating a gun, police said.
Silver Avenue and Princeton Street: Noon Monday
A 24-year-old woman was robbed, police said. While she was walking, a man grabbed her purse. She struggled, but was ultimately overcome and the crook fled with her purse.
500 block of Precita Avenue: 4:12 a.m. Tuesday
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When a San Francisco man thought an alleged woman of the night stole from him he took matters into his own hands but he ended up paying the price.
David Patrick Omara, 46, was arrested early Thursday morning after binding and gagging a 20-year-old woman he believed stole an iPad and cash from him in a previous sexual encounter that occurred Tuesday, South San Francisco police said.
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