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A man who was fatally shot in San Francisco’s Ingleside neighborhood early this morning has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 26-year-old Ermias Kassaye.

The shooting was reported at 12:18 a.m. in the 700 block of Mount Vernon Avenue, police said.

Officers responded and found Kassaye, a San Francisco resident, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

No arrests had been made and no suspect information was immediately available in connection with the shooting as of this afternoon, police said.

Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call the Police Department’s homicide detail at (415) 553-1145, the anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411.

Dan McMenamin, Bay City News

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