A 62-year-old man detained after a Tuesday night shooting that left a woman dead inside a Tenderloin single room occupancy hotel has been booked into County Jail on murder, said police.
Antonio Crivello, 62, has been booked on murder, felon in possession of a firearm, and two outstanding traffic warrants.
He has not yet been charged or arraigned for the alleged crimes.
Crivello was detained in connection with the killing of a 51-year-old woman in low-income housing at 149 Mason Street late Tuesday, police said.
The woman was shot to death in the upper torso around 8 p.m. in the building.
She died at the scene.
Crivello, who fled, was found by police later that night at Leavenworth and Ellis streets.
Police are investigating the shooting as a homicide.
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