Three people were injured and an SFPD vehicle was damaged after an early-morning shooting two blocks from the 16th Street BART station.

At about 3:50 AM Tuesday, one victim was shot in the torso and two victims were shot in their legs near the intersection of Rondel Place and 17th Street in San Francisco’s Mission District, police said.

Elsewhere

Three arrested after shooting in SF’s Mission District [ABC7]
Triple Shooting Reported at 16th and Rondel [ML@L]
Three men arrested in Mission triple shooting [Ex]
Three shot near 16th Street Mission BART [Chron]

All three victims were transported to the hospital, according to police. One victim was suffering life-threatening injuries and two victims were suffering injuries not considered to be life-threatening, according to police.

According to SFPD spokesperson Officer Gordon Shyy, officers were then involved in a collision while responding to a possible suspect vehicle wanted in connection with the triple shooting. No major injuries were reported as a result of the collision.

The three occupants of the suspect vehicle were arrested in connection with the shooting. Two firearms were also located in the vehicle, Shyy said.

The suspects’ identities have not been released at publication time.

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Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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