Bicyclist shot in San Francisco's Ingleside dies

By Tamara Barak and Caitilin McAdoo, Bay City News Service

February 12, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - A woman shot in the back of the head nearly two weeks ago in San Francisco's Ingleside Heights neighborhood has died, according to the medical examiner's office.

Jennifer Merritt, 31, was found next to her bicycle near the intersection of Randolph and Head streets around 6 a.m. on Jan. 31, according to police.

On Sunday, she was pronounced dead. The case, which has remained a mystery to investigators with the general works detail of the San Francisco Police Department, has been turned over to Inspectors Holly Pera and Joe Toomey with the department's homicide division.

Possible witnesses to the shooting, Randolph Street is part of the San Francisco Municipal Railway M-line, are urged to come forward and call the department's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444.

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