Breaking News: SF Muni shooting leaves one passenger dead, another injured
ebar.comA shooting on a San Francisco subway train has left one passenger dead and another injured. According to reports, the suspect ran out of the train at the Castro Station in the city's LGBTQ neighborhood.The Castro Station at Market and Castro Streets is currently closed.
Police are warning people to avoid the area, while the city's transit agency is providing bus service between the Castro and Forest Hill stations.The incident has rattled nerves in the city ahead of this weekend's Pride activities.
The shooting also occurred on day seven of Frameline46, San Francisco's international LGBTQ film festival that presents most of its programming at the Castro Theater.District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar tweeted out the "terrible news this morning: on the MUNI between Forest Hill and Castro station, we have been informed by SFPD that a shooting occurred inside the train."She added that, "two victims were shot.
One is deceased and the second victim in hospital. Perpetrator ran out of the train at Castro station." Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who represents the Castro, tweeted that police were "on scene and working to locate the suspect.This is a breaking news story and the Bay Area Reporter will update it as more information is released.Help keep the Bay Area Reporter going in these tough times.
