Four Good Samaritans Shot While Trying To Break Up A Fight Between A Man And Woman In San Francisco

Four men were shot while trying to break up a conflict betwixt a man and a female successful San Francisco connected Saturday, constabulary said.

The shooting happened conscionable earlier 1 a.m. connected nan area of Mason and Market streets successful nan city’s downtown Tenderloin District, San Francisco police told SFGate.

The men who were changeable were trying to intervene successful an altercation betwixt a man and woman, some of whom were strangers to them.

As nan group of bully Samaritans tried to extremity nan brace from arguing, nan man pulled retired a firearm and changeable them, constabulary said.

All 4 of nan men were hospitalized pinch injuries, but are expected to survive. Authorities did not stock nan grade of their injuries aliases immoderate different accusation astir nan victims.

Meanwhile, nan shooter fled nan scene, and authorities had not located him arsenic of Sunday.

Bilal Mahmood, nan supervisor of San Francisco’s District 5, which covers nan vicinity wherever nan shooting unfolded, said connected X Saturday that suspects had been identified, but nary arrests were made yet.

“I was coming astatine nan crime segment and said to officers connected nan scene,” Mahmood wrote. “Thanks to nan actions of SFPD and RTIC, suspects person been identified.”

“We admit nan swift actions of our first responders, and will beryllium monitoring nan business arsenic it develops,” he added.

Authorities did not specify what nan man and female were arguing astir erstwhile nan incident unfolded.