San Francisco police are responding to a double shooting that left a man dead and a woman injured in the city’s Potrero Hill neighborhood tonight, a police officer said.
The shooting was reported at about 7:50 p.m. near 23rd and Arkansas streets, according to police Officer Gordon Shyy.
Officers found a man and a woman, both in their 20s, suffering from gunshot wounds. They were taken to San Francisco General Hospital where the man died. The woman suffered gunshot wounds to her arm and leg and is expected to survive, Shyy said.
A large crowd gathered at the shooting scene and additional officers were called to keep the crowd back, Shyy said.
Police are continuing to investigate the shooting. Anyone with information about the shooting has been asked to call the San Francisco police anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411 with “SFPD” in the message.
