3 Hospitalized After Separate Shooting, Assault Outside of San Francisco Nightclub

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Three people were hospitalized early Christmas morning after two separate incidents, including a shooting, outside a nightclub in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, according to police.

At 2:38 a.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 500 block of Fourth Street, police said. On the sidewalk, officers found two men, one about 25 years old and another about 32 years old, suffering from gunshot wounds.

Both men were taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, according to police. No arrest was made and a description of the suspects was not immediately available. The police's Gang Task Force is investing the shooting.

Around the same time, officers responded to the same location for a reported fight, police said. The victim, a 24-year-old man, had tried to break up a fight when one suspect punched him, causing him to fall to the ground. A second suspect then kicked him multiple times, according to police.

The first suspect fled the scene. Arriving officers however were able to detain the second suspect, a 24-year-old man. The victim was taken to a hospital with head injuries not considered life-threatening, police said.

By Bay City News

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