SAN FRANCISCO—Two unrelated shootings that transpired in San Francisco on Sunday, August 30, ended with two men being wounded.
According to Officer Adam Lobsinger from the San Francisco Police Department, officers from the Taraval Station received reports of a shooting in the Parkmerced neighborhood around 1 p.m. When they arrived on the scene, they found a 44-year-old man who had been shot in his leg.
He was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The San Francisco Examiner reported that a woman had shot the man and fled the scene, but details on the event are still under investigation.
Another shooting was reported at around 2 p.m. in the Lower Haight neighborhood near Laguna and Waller Streets. Police officers from Park Station arrived on the scene, but did not find a victim. Later they found out that a 21-year-old man was at the hospital due to gunshot wounds. They met with him and determined that he was the victim of the reported shooting in the Lower Haight neighborhood. The victim could not provide more details on the event. Authorities expect the man to survive.
The latter shooting occurred after an argument and the suspect is a young man in his late teens or early 20s, the San Francisco Examiner reported.
No suspects have been taken into custody for either incident. Both remain active investigations.
The SFPD is asking people with information on either shooting to contact the Police Department’s anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411 with “SFPD.”
