SF News Person Killed In Apparent Homicide In SF's Sunset District A fatal shooting occurred early Sunday in San Francisco's Sunset District, but few details are available so far.
SF News Calling It a 'Crisis Point,' DA Brooke Jenkins and Other City Leaders Call For Ceasefire Amid Spike In SF Homicides There was a press conference Thursday morning on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to address the noted uptick in homicides since the start of the year, which puts the city on track for potentially double the number of homicides we saw in 2025.
SF News SFPD Chief Tries to Downplay Rise In Homicides Since the New Year The first three months of 2026 were significantly more murderous in San Francisco than the same three months a year earlier. There was, in fact, a 250% uptick in homicides, year over year, and SF Police Chief Derrick Lew is trying to emphasize that other types of crime remain down.
SF News One Man Murdered, Two Assaulted in SoMa Friday, Two Suspects Arrested There was a homicide Friday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood and the SFPD has arrested two men in connection with the killing and the assault of two others.
SF News San Francisco Sees Two Homicides In One Night, In Ingleside and Sunset Districts Tuesday was a particularly violent night in San Francisco, in what has become a relatively violent start to 2026, particularly compared to the year prior.
SF News One Person Was Fatally Stabbed Inside a Residence on Howard Street in SoMa An individual was found dead from stab wounds Friday afternoon in SF's SoMa district, and details are so far slim.
SF News San Francisco Now Averaging One Homicide Per Week In 2026, With Latest on Sixth Street Gun violence has continued to be an unfortunate fact of life in San Francisco, and after a notable dip in the city's homicide count last year, the first nine weeks of the new year have now seen nine homicides, almost double last year's pace.
SF News One Dead In Potrero Drive-By Shooting, Two Others Injured One person was killed Friday morning and two others were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting in SF's Potrero Hill neighborhood, near the affordable housing projects on Dakota Street.
SF News Nob Hill Robbery and Assault Victim Dies, Suspect Now Facing Homicide Charge San Francisco just notched another homicide in what has been an unusually violent start to the year, after a man who was attacked and robbed earlier this month just succumbed to his injuries.
SF News Arrest Made In Rincon Hill Killing of East Bay Rapper After Super Bowl San Francisco police have made an arrest in the February 9 shooting of Bay Area rapper Curnal, aka Keonte Antonio Deshawn Woods, on Harrison Street in Rincon Hill.
SF News San Francisco Sees Another Homicide, the Second In a Week San Francisco is seeing a rapid uptick in its homicide count so far in 2026, following a year with a historically low count. The latest killing occurred in the Tenderloin.
SF News Fatal Overnight Shooting In SF's Rincon Hill Area Leaves One Dead There was a fatal shooting early Monday on SF's Rincon Hill, near the entrance to the Bay Bridge, that left one person dead.
SF News Man Fatally Stabbed Near 16th and Mission Streets, Arrest Made The Mission Street block where some of the Tenderloin's and Sixth Street's drug activity moved to last year was the scene of an apparent homicide Friday morning.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Tenderloin Assault Becomes Possible Homicide The victim in an assault last week in SF's Tenderloin has died; a suspect armed with a rifle was arrested in San Leandro following a chase; and hundreds rallied in SF Sunday in solidarity with protesters in Iran.
SF News One Person Fatally Shot In Potrero Hill In SF's First Homicide of 2026 San Francisco saw its first homicide of the new year Thursday night, with one person found fatally shot at the edge of Potrero Hill.
SF News San Francisco Closed Out 2025 With Lowest Number of Homicides In 70 Years While one homicide is always too many, San Francisco can claim to have one of the most rapidly declining homicide rates in the land, and 2025 closed out with a record-low homicide total not seen since the 1950s.
SF News Man Fatally Shot While Sitting In Vehicle In SF's Tenderloin There was a fatal shooting early Tuesday in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, and a male victim was reportedly found dead in his car.
SF News Arrest Made In Ingleside Burglary Turned Homicide San Francisco police have made an arrest in a shocking burglary that turned deadly on Sunday afternoon.
SF News What We Know About the Fatal Mission District Shooting Early Sunday A shooting on 16th Street in SF's Mission District Saturday night/early Sunday left one person dead and another critically wounded, and the crime may have been caught on camera by a passing Waymo.
SF News Three Young Men Arrested In Connection With July Homicide Near Fisherman's Wharf Three men, ranging in age from 19 to 22, have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of another man in early July near SF's Fisherman's Wharf.
SF News As Trump Decries Crime In San Francisco, City Is Poised for Lowest Homicide Rate Since 1954 It's a city in chaos, folks! The streets are bedlam! Billionaires think the president should call in the National Guard to calm things down! But, actually, crime continues to be down, and SF is on track to have yet another historically low homicide count.
SF News Four Found Dead In San Francisco Home, Including Children, In Possible Murder-Suicide A gruesome discovery was reportedly made by a family member Wednesday in San Francisco's Westwood Park neighborhood, and while details remain slim, an entire family appears to be dead.
SF News Urban Alchemy Worker Fatally Shot Outside SF Main Library A street ambassador from the nonprofit Urban Alchemy who was on patrol outside the San Francisco Main Library on Friday was shot and killed, allegedly after asking the suspect in the case to stop using drugs in public.
SF News [Update] Father Fatally Stabbed In Front of Child at Busy Intersection Near Balboa Terrace Elementary School A man was fatally stabbed in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon at the busy intersection of Junipero Serra Boulevard and Ocean Avenue in San Francisco.
SF News Man Fatally Shot On Street In SF's Tenderloin A man who was shot early Wednesday in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood has succumbed to his wounds, marking the city's latest homicide.
