Man shot during attempted robbery

Bay City News

July 10, 2007

A man was sent to the hospital with injuries from a gunshot wound Monday night, a San Francisco police dispatcher said this morning, just hours after Mayor Gavin Newsom's decree of progress in San Francisco's gun control legislation.

An older man was shot in the 900 block of Filbert Street around 11 p.m., according to a dispatcher. The wounded individual was the victim of an attempted robbery, and he was taken to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for his injuries.

Two other shootings took place earlier in the day during which one person was killed and two others suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police.

The first shooting was reported at around 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of Third Street and LaSalle Avenue in Bayview, San Francisco police Sgt. Steve Mannina said.

Two victims were shot while inside a blue sedan. The driver of the blue sedan, a 19-year old from San Francisco, was killed, Mannina said. The second victim, a 15-year-old from Richmond, was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with life threatening injuries.

The shots apparently came from one or two men in a white sedan, which sped away after multiple rounds were fired.

The victim's vehicle continued eastbound on LaSalle and collided with another vehicle, whose driver was not involved in the shooting, according to Mannina. The driver suffered injuries that were not life threatening, he said.

A second shooting today was reported just before 6 p.m. at Thrift Street and Plymouth Avenue.

A victim was chased down on foot and shot after a gunfight that apparently began in a car, Mannina said. The victim was brought to San Francisco General with life threatening injuries, he said.

No suspects have been arrested in either shooting, Mannina said.

The shootings occurred on the same day Newsom's proposed gun control measures had passed through the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' public safety committee.

According to statistics provided by the mayor's office, the number of patients admitted to San Francisco General Trauma Center for gunshot injuries rose from 81 in 2001 to 228 in 2006.

Newsom's proposal would prohibit the possession and sale of firearms on county property, require that handguns in homes are stored in locked containers, and increase regulatory requirements on gun dealers, the mayor's office said.

"It's all about keeping guns out of the wrong hands: away from children, out of schools and parks, off the black market, and out of the hands of criminals," Newsom said.

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