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SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - A near-fatal shooting in the Tenderloin and another shooting in a taxicab resulted in three arrests early Sunday morning, according to the San Francisco Police Department.
The shootings occurred about 2:15 a.m. and appear to be unrelated, police said. Both victims were recovering Sunday at San Francisco General Hospital.
One of the shootings occurred in the area of Taylor and Eddy streets. According to Sgt. Gavin McEachern at the Tenderloin police station, plainclothesmen were driving through the area on a nightclub enforcement check when they just happened to see the shooting.
The officers immediately got out and chased the man about two blocks to Turk and Mason Street and made an arrest. The victim sustained life-threatening wounds and was in critical condition as of 6 p.m., police said. The suspect’s name has not been released, but McEachern said he is a San Francisco resident with a previous arrest history.
Another shooting took place about the same time in a taxicab in the Mission district. Police responded to the area of 16th and Harrison streets, according to police. One victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with a gunshot wound to the buttocks.
Two suspects were taken into custody and the victim was reported in stable condition.
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Examiner Reader said:
City officials met Friday to refocus an effort on creating an “alcohol impact area.” This is very interesting so which residents or neighborhood organizations were invited to give their input...NONE.
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Examiner Reader said:
Again entertainment venues are becoming a problem for nearby residents. People from outside the neighborhood believe it is ok to commit their selfish violent acts which shatter the security and safety efforts residents adovocate for.
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Examiner Reader said:
The postal service needs to be held accountable for providing adequate postal service in all neighborhoods especial those who are hign density. Accessiblity, safety and reliabilty should be the benchmark ever neighborhood should be entitled to when it come to postal service.
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Examiner Reader said:
What happened to all the comments about adding more postal services to 101 Hyde. This seems to be a positive suggestion for everyone concerned.
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Examiner Reader said:
The Tenderloin District is simply a human meat market per se. Good or bad; right or wrong--it's there! It's a seedy neighborhood period! As macabre as it may sound, it is a tourist attraction. Jim Jones founded his church in that area. I myself was curious enough to drive there as a tourist from Los Angeles, back in 1995. Believe me, nothing has changed since then. Check it out and see for yourself.
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EXAMINATOR said:
It's called The Tenderloin for reasons that precede the political career of Supervisor Chris Daly. Lots of illegal, immoral, pleasurable, painfull and profitable and sometimes violent acts occur there thousands of times each day and have for decades. Perhaps a new monniker for this gritty, yet, by San Francisco standards, affordable neighborhood is what's needed. San Francisco's Tenderloin is a little like Alice's Restaurant cause you can get ANYTHING you WANT right there. "Little Saigon" you suggest. PULLLEASE! Ya ever BEEN to the ACTUAL SAIGON?
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Examiner Reader said:
6th and Market is brought to you by the offices of Stupervisor Daly.... the visionary who believes that planting trees,painting out graffiti,cleaning the streets, enforcing loitering law and on and on...all lead to gentrification. Oh did I mention that the Blue Angels are responsible for the high murder rate in the city?? Brother, we get what we deserve.
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Bob said:
Have a couple of occassions, I would brave the 'bad' streets and head over the my favorite Viet rest. on 6th/market and man I tell you what they need to do is BULLDOZE the entire area. People keep talking about the genification of that area, I haven't seen it! It been a bad area for years but i think it is just getting worse. BULLDOZE it and start over.
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Examiner Reader said:
What I've seen has been if people want to drink or use drugs, they will locate them. This holds true in Pacifica, Pacific Heights, or the Tenderloin. I have doubts that by having more fruits and vegetables available, its going to considerably change the nature of a store or its customer base.
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Examiner Reader said:
So what if they're drinking on the street? At least they're supporting the neighborhood economy. The SFPD has to get rid of the out-of-town drug dealers who have plagued the Tenderloin, crack dealers from the East Bay, Mexico and Hondouras!
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Tyronne Fatsengalla said:
The store owners are not the criminals, the criminals are going to commit crime whether there is liqour for sale or not. The SFPD should enforce the laws and arrest people who commit crimes, and believe it not the District Attorneys Office should prosecute to the fullest extend of the law. Storeowners are the target because that is a helluva a lot simpler than going after felons.
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Examiner Reader said:
This is all well and good and kudos Mr. Tracy for doing SOMETHING in the TL. I just wish we could encourage neighbors into preventing crime and drug abuse rather than having to deal with it; ultimately, leading to the normailizing of these activities. Sigh, such is life in the TL, we constantly have to deal with the City's S..T.
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