SFPD calls for witnesses
in triple shooting

By Adam Martin, Bay City News

March 8, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - San Francisco police are looking for the person or people who shot into a crowd in San Francisco early Saturday morning, injuring two young men and a 16-year-old girl.

Police Inspector Julian Hill said a fraternity from the East Bay had put on a dance at the West Bay Conference Center at 1290 Fillmore St., near Eddy Street. At the time of the shooting, about 1:15 a.m., Hill said a crowd of 100 to 200 people had gathered outside the center.

"From what we understand, the majority of the people who were directly associated with the party had left. A lot of local people had gathered out front. People double-parked cars, blocked intersections, played loud music,'' Hill said.

At some point, an argument broke out between two girls, Hill said.

That conflict escalated until somebody fired a gun into the crowd, hitting three people. Officers responding to the incident located a 21-year-old man who had been shot in the back, an 18-year-old man who had been shot in the chest, and a 16-year-old girl who had been shot in the buttocks. Hill said the two men are in critical but stable condition.

Police are looking for witnesses to the shooting. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Police Department's general works division at (415) 553-1141 or the department's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444.

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