Note: The San Francisco medical examiner’s office provided an incorrect spelling of the victim’s first name. The medical examiner’s office also gave Asa’s age as 37, but police confirmed he turned 38 the day he was killed. The updated story below reflects those corrections.
1:35 PM: The victim of an unsolved fatal shooting Friday evening in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood was identified by police today as 38-year-old Asa Roberts.
Police responding to a report of gunshots at about 8:20 p.m. found Roberts in the first block of Brookdale Avenue at the Sunnydale housing projects.
Roberts, a San Francisco resident, was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital, police said.
Friday was Roberts’ 38th birthday, according to police.
Police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said no suspects have been arrested in the killing.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Police Department’s anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or text TIP411.
The shooting is San Francisco’s 35th homicide this year. At the same time last year, there had been 32.
11:12 AM: The victim of an unsolved fatal shooting Friday evening in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood was identified today by the medical examiner’s office as 37-year-old Acer Roberts.
Police responding to a report of gunshots at about 8:20 p.m. found Roberts in the first block of Brookdale Avenue at the Sunnydale housing projects.
Roberts, a San Francisco resident, was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital, according to police.
Police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said no suspects have been arrested in the killing.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Police Department’s anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or text TIP411.
The shooting is San Francisco’s 35th murder this year. At the same time last year, there were 32 homicides.
