A man and woman were robbed at gunpoint in the Western Addition on Tuesday, police said. The victims were walking in the area of McAllister and Laguna streets about 10:45 p.m. when two men approached, police said. One suspect put a gun to the back of the man’s head and demanded both the man and woman’s cellphones. The victims said they didn’t have any cellphones, so the crook demanded they give him “something,” police said. The victims turned over cash and the crooks fled. No arrests have been made. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A man was assaulted and bitten on the cheek in an attack in the Tenderloin on Tuesday, police said. The 36-year-old victim was apparently staring at a 31-year-old woman about 5:50 a.m. in the 900 block of Geary Street, police said. The woman did not appreciate the leering. She confronted the man and they began arguing. The woman punched the man, who fell to the ground. She then bit him and fled. The woman was later arrested. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A man was arrested last weekend after assaulting a liquor store owner with a bottle of beer he thought was overpriced, police said.
About 11:15 p.m. Saturday, two men entered the store at 23rd and Kansas streets to buy beer, police said. After paying for the beverages, two 24-ounce bottles, one of the men complained that they were too expensive and began harassing one of the owners.
Both men were asked to leave the store, police said, but the one who felt he had been gouged refused to leave.
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A man was shot in the chest in an attempted robbery early Wednesday in the Excelsior, police said. The victim, described by police as a man in his 50s, was waiting at a bus stop at Geneva Avenue and Alemany Boulevard about 4:15 a.m. when two men in their 20s held the man up at gunpoint, police said. The gun went off and struck the victim in the chest, police said. The suspects fled the scene.
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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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