Attempted robbery suspect killed in fatal shooting near San Francisco Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO – A 21-year-old male attempted robbery suspect died after a shooting in San Francisco’s Union Square area on Thursday.
In an update on Friday, police said according to their preliminary investigation that a group of suspects tried to rob an adult-male victim on the 100 block of Geary Boulevard at Grant Avenue.
The shooting happened around 5 p.m. An officer heard gunshots and responded with backup to the area where the suspect was found suffering from gunshot wounds. First responders rendered aid and transported the suspect to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
The medical examiner’s office identified the shooting victim as Vermond Jones of San Francisco.
Police interviewed an involved party and several witnesses who said a physical altercation between the suspects and victim ended in the suspect being shot. Police say they recovered three firearms from the scene.
Police asked the public to avoid the area of Union Square for several hours shortly after the incident.
SFPD’s homicide unit is continuing to investigage this incident. Police have not announced any arrests in this case.
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – A man is in the hospital after police said he tried to break into an apartment in Hermitage, but once inside the tenant took his gun and shot him.
Officers were called to a reporting shooting in the 100 block of Bonnabrook Drive after shots were fired and a man was spotted running down the street.
Police said an unidentified man walked into Summit Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his shoulder and hip.
Upon arrival, officers learned that the man, who was armed with a gun, forced entry to an apartment. The man inside the apartment told police that he was able to take the suspect’s firearm away.”
The unidentified resident told police that he “shot several times at the suspect causing the suspect to flee.”
Police said the apartment door “was forced open consistent with the statement of the resident.”
The man at Summit Medical Center “matched the description of the suspect in the home invasion.”
The incident is under investigation by the Hermitage Precinct detectives.