San Francisco police are seeking a teen suspected of a shooting in broad daylight in the city’s Portola neighborhood on Saturday evening.
The 17-year-old victim had just exited a San Francisco Municipal Railway 8X-Bayshore Express bus and began to walk north on San Bruno Avenue when the suspect exited the bus seconds later and fired at him, police said.
The victim was struck in the upper torso and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was in stable condition as of this afternoon, according to police.
The suspect is described as a black male between 14 and 18 years old who is between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall with a skinny build. He was last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and baseball cap, police said.
Anyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to call Sgt. Dan Laval with the investigation team at the Police Department’s Bayview Station at (415) 671-2356.
People wishing to remain anonymous can call the department’s tip line at (415) 575-4444 or send a tip by text message to TIP411.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
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