QuarterBoreGunner
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Whither Prop H now? I can almost guarantee that this story will disappear from the local news without a ripple, but it still warms my heart.
From the Wednesday, June 28th San Francisco Chronicle
SAN FRANCISCO
3 suspects shot in robbery attempt
Police are looking for a man who turned the tables on three would-be robbers and shot them early Tuesday in the Tenderloin.
Police say the three first tried to rob a man at 3:30 a.m. at Turk and Leavenworth streets, but he was able to escape. The man then watched as the suspects confronted a couple and tried to grab a backpack from them, police said.
The man with the backpack pulled a gun and shot the three, police said. One man was wounded in the leg and was quickly arrested, and a second man wounded in the arm and buttocks was found around the corner.
The third man, wounded in the buttocks and groin, went to the Tenderloin Task Force police station for help.
"You've got to go somewhere," Inspector John Peterson said. "Where he was shot, he needed the help.''
The three men each were charged with two counts of attempted robbery. Their names were not immediately released.
"It's rare to have a victim be armed and use the weapon successfully on all three perpetrators,'' (emphasis mine) Peterson said. "We would like to talk to that victim to hear the rest of the story.''
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Direct link to story on SFGate.com
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Oh and in case anyone is curious, the Tenderloin is a very unpleasant part of town, and has been pretty much since the 1800's. It got the name from the fact that the SFPD had to pay it's officers more to patrol that part of town and so then they could afford to eat that choice cut of meat... or so local legend goes.
From the Wednesday, June 28th San Francisco Chronicle
SAN FRANCISCO
3 suspects shot in robbery attempt
Police are looking for a man who turned the tables on three would-be robbers and shot them early Tuesday in the Tenderloin.
Police say the three first tried to rob a man at 3:30 a.m. at Turk and Leavenworth streets, but he was able to escape. The man then watched as the suspects confronted a couple and tried to grab a backpack from them, police said.
The man with the backpack pulled a gun and shot the three, police said. One man was wounded in the leg and was quickly arrested, and a second man wounded in the arm and buttocks was found around the corner.
The third man, wounded in the buttocks and groin, went to the Tenderloin Task Force police station for help.
"You've got to go somewhere," Inspector John Peterson said. "Where he was shot, he needed the help.''
The three men each were charged with two counts of attempted robbery. Their names were not immediately released.
"It's rare to have a victim be armed and use the weapon successfully on all three perpetrators,'' (emphasis mine) Peterson said. "We would like to talk to that victim to hear the rest of the story.''
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Direct link to story on SFGate.com
Favorite line:
Yeah, groin shot? I'll bet he needed help. In the, uhm, 'twig and berries' sort of funny. In the femoral artery, I'm surprised he didn't bleed out ASAP."You've got to go somewhere," Inspector John Peterson said. "Where he was shot, he needed the help.''
Oh and in case anyone is curious, the Tenderloin is a very unpleasant part of town, and has been pretty much since the 1800's. It got the name from the fact that the SFPD had to pay it's officers more to patrol that part of town and so then they could afford to eat that choice cut of meat... or so local legend goes.