Two homicide victims, one fatal crash victim identified

By Bay City News

August 6, 2007

The San Francisco medical examiner's office has identified two homicide victims and a motorcyclist who died after crashing into a vehicle, officials said today.

Officers found 29-year-old Brandon Perkins suffering from fatal gunshot wounds in the 100 block of Loehr Street around 12:50 p.m. Thursday, according to police.

Perkins was a San Francisco resident, according to James Fiorica, a medical examiner's office investigator.

On Saturday, Juan Dominguez-Maldonado, 39, was found lying on the ground in a pool of blood in the 800 block of Girard Street around 5:45 a.m., police said.

Officials are still investigating the cause of his death, Fiorica said, although police have determined that the incident was a homicide.

The third victim, 36-year-old James Wells, of San Francisco, suffered fatal wounds when the brakes of his motorcycle locked and he slammed into a vehicle stopped in traffic at Octavia and Haight streets around 2:40 p.m. Saturday, according to police.

Wells was transported to San Francisco General Hospital, where officials pronounced him dead, police said.

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