A San Francisco jury convicted a man of assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery and other charges in connection with a 2023 incident in which he slashed a woman’s neck in an unprovoked attack in the city’s Inner Sunset neighborhood.
Prosecutors said Lopez walked past the victim, who was not identified, on the 1200 block of Funston Avenue in July of 2023 and slashed the left side of her neck without provocation. Lopez was arrested just minutes after the incident about four blocks away from where the slashing took place, prosecutors said.
The knife used in the attack was found on the pathway Lopez walked after fleeing the scene, prosecutors said. The woman was hospitalized and required 16 stitches…