Man shot in the back
during Richmond District robbery

By Matt Wynkoop, Bay City News Service

March 16, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - Police report that a man in his 20s is in serious but stable condition at San Francisco General Hospital this morning after he was shot during an attempted robbery in the Richmond District.

According to a San Francisco police operations officer, two armed male suspects attempted to rob the man, who was walking near the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Balboa Street, at around 1:15 a.m. today.

Police said the victim attempted to take a gun away from one of his assailants before turning to run away. One of the suspects then shot the victim in the back.

The two suspects were reportedly last seen headed south of the scene toward Golden Gate Park, police reported.

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