Two Tenderloin homicides unrelated
according to police

By Caitilin McAdoo

June 3, 2007

San Francisco police are searching for suspects in two apparently unrelated weekend homicides, one that occurred Saturday night and a second that occurred early today, San Francisco police Sgt. Neville Gittens said.

At about 10:24 p.m. Saturday, police responded to a report of a stabbing at 175 Golden Gate Ave. When officers arrived, they found a 30-year-old man suffering from a single stab wound to his upper chest, Gittens said.

The man was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he died from his injuries.

The suspect was described as a black man, standing 6 feet 2 inches tall with bushy hair.

He fled the scene on a bicycle, Gittens said. Less than four hours later and just two blocks away, a 29-year-old man was fatally shot in the head at 985 Market Street, Gittens said.

The San Francisco Medical Examiner has identified the shooting victim as 29-year-old Ernest Johnson. His city of residence was not immediately known.

Johnson was on Market Street at about 1:05 a.m. when a man wearing a mask and a black hood walked up behind him and shot him in the head, Gittens said.

Johnson was transported to San Francisco General Hospital where he died from his injuries, Gittens said.

The two homicides do not appear to be related to each other. No further information was available on either case, Gittens said.

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