Tenderloin brawl leads to shooting early Sunday

A wild brawl between two groups of people ended with a shooting in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood early Sunday morning, police said.

A large fight broke out between two groups of people armed with various weapons including baseball bats and machetes around 1:15 a.m. in the 600 block of Eddy Street, according to police.

During the brawl, a male suspect pulled out a gun and shot a 34-year-old man, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The suspect was last seen running east on Eddy Street and then north on Larkin Street. Police did not release a detailed description or name for the suspect.

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