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A 27-year-old man was stabbed in the Richmond and a 19-year-old man was struck by gunfire in Oceanview yesterday afternoon. No suspects have been taken into custody in either incident.
The stabbing occurred around 4 PM yesterday afternoon, when the 27-year-old man was standing next to a car on the 200 block of 4th Avenue. Another man, who appears to be known to the victim, snuck up from behind and stabbed him twice in the back. The attacker, described as a 22-year-old Asian man, fled on foot, and the victim received treatment at San Francisco General Hospital for non-life threatening wounds.
The Oceanview shooting took place shortly after 5 PM at the Love & Minnie Ward Recreational Center, where a 19-year-old man was shot twice in the knee by an unknown assailant. The victim received treatment for his injuries at San Francisco General Hospital, but was uncooperative with police and didn’t provide any information about the incident. As of October 15, there were only four shootings this year in SFPD’s Taraval District, which includes the area around Love & Minnie Ward Park. At this point last year, 25 people had been struck by gunfire. Continue reading