Crime & Safety
Police Use Tourniquet To Save Tenderloin Shooting Victim
One person was injured when gunfire erupted outside the Tenderloin Museum, the third shooting in the Tenderloin this year.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — One person was wounded in a shooting Saturday night in the 200 block of Leavenworth Street, San Francisco police said.
Officers from the SFPD Tenderloin station responded to the scene and located the victim, applying a tourniquet to control bleeding.
The victim was hospitalized in stable condition, police said.
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Parked cars and the exterior of the Tenderloin Museum were also struck by gunfire, police said.
Police said it was the third reported shooting of the year in the Tenderloin. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact police at (415) 575-4444.
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