Gunman at large after shooting 2 people, 1 fatally, on San Francisco train

The search continued Thursday for a gunman who shot two folks, one fatally, on a packed Muni commuter practice in San Francisco on Wednesday, police mentioned.

The capturing occurred round 10 a.m. because the light-rail practice was shifting between stations, in keeping with San Francisco Police Division spokesperson Kathryn Winters.

Winters mentioned police had been initially known as to the town’s Forest Hill Muni station for a report of a capturing, however the practice had already pulled away. Officers caught as much as the practice on the busy Castro Road Station, the place they found the 2 victims, Winters mentioned.

Police late Wednesday launched a photograph of an individual of curiosity related to the capturing.

Winters mentioned the gunman and commuters aboard the practice ran off as quickly because it stopped and the doorways opened on the station.

Winters mentioned one sufferer, a person, was pronounced lifeless on the scene. A second particular person was taken to Zuckerberg San Francisco Normal Hospital and Trauma Middle with non-life-threatening accidents.

The capturing occurred forward of this Sunday’s Delight Parade in San Francisco and within the coronary heart of the town’s common Castro District, which is predicted to be full of revelers celebrating LGBTQ satisfaction this weekend. Winters mentioned preliminary proof confirmed that the capturing has no connection to this coming weekend’s actions or directed on the metropolis’s LGBTQ neighborhood.

San Francisco Supervisor Myrna Melgar instructed ABC station KGO-TV in San Francisco that police knowledgeable her that the capturing occurred throughout a confrontation the gunman had with the sufferer who died.

“We do know the capturing occurred after a heated verbal argument,” Melgar mentioned.

It was not instantly clear whether or not the gunman and the deceased sufferer knew one another. She mentioned the second sufferer who was wounded was an harmless bystander.

Winters mentioned on Wednesday that murder detectives had been securing surveillance video from the practice and the Forest Hill and Castro stations in hopes there was footage of the capturing that might assist them establish the assailant.

Police had launched a imprecise description of the perpetrator, saying he was a person carrying darkish garments and a hooded sweatshirt.

Melgar requested any commuters who had been on the practice and witnessed the capturing to contact police instantly.

It is a growing story. Please examine again for updates.