Two men were shot and killed in San Francisco hours apart, police said today.
The first slaying occurred at about 6:40 p.m. Thursday when 19-year-old Hashim Kamau of San Francisco was shot near Capitol Avenue and Lobos Street in the city's Oceanview neighborhood in what investigators believe was a gang-related attack, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.
Kamau was arguing with the gunman before being shot, police said. He was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital.
Several suspects were detained and two guns were recovered, Esparza said.
At about 12:10 a.m. today, 20-year-old Raymond Twine was shot near the Alemany Housing projects near Alemany Boulevard and Ellsworth Street and died at the scene, authorities said. No one has been arrested, and police did not have a description of the suspect or suspects.
The slayings were the second and third in San Francisco in less than 24 hours.
Steven Garrett Jr., 26, of San Francisco was killed early Thursday when a man he had punched in the face on the 400 block of Jones Street in the Tenderloin pulled a semiautomatic handgun and shot him, police said. No arrests have been made.
