Nightclub shooter arraignment postponed

By Ari Barak

September 19, 2007

The arraignment for a 23-year-old man charged with the shooting murder of a 27-year-old man in front of a San Francisco nightclub early Sunday was scheduled for today but has been postponed one week, the district attorney's spokeswoman Bilen Mesfin said today.

Oakland resident Kenoye Stroman allegedly shot at 15 to 30 people who were fighting in front of restaurant and nightclub Jillian's at Fourth and Mission streets around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, District Attorney Kamala Harris said.

Ronald Jacques, 27, of San Francisco, and a 29-year-old woman were struck with bullets, according to District Attorney Kamala Harris.

Jacques died of his gunshot wounds at the scene, and the woman was transported to San Francisco General Hospital, where it was reported she suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said Sunday.

Stroman allegedly fled the scene in a limousine and drove away on Interstate Highway 580, where officers managed to stop him. A gun was allegedly recovered from inside the limousine, Harris said.

Stroman was arrested on one count of murder, with gun use enhancements and an enhancement for firing a gun from a motor vehicle, and one count of assault with a firearm, according to Harris.

The arraignment has been pushed back until Sep. 25 and will take place at San Francisco Superior Court, Dept. 10, Mesfin said today.

Stroman is being held in county jail under no bail.

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