Two fatalities in overnight San Francisco shootings

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Bay City News Service

January 7, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - Police report that two separate San Francisco shootings that occurred within about 40 minutes of each other this morning have claimed the lives of two men today.

The first shooting occurred at approximately 2:20 a.m. when a man was shot three times in the chest by a drive-by shooter at the intersection of 13th and Folsom streets, according to the San Francisco Police Department.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The second shooting occurred at approximately 3 a.m. when a man was shot at the intersection of 17th and Mission streets, police reported.

The man was transported to San Francisco General Hospital where he died of his injuries this morning, police said.

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