SAN FRANCISCO ( KRON ) – Thursday marks one week since an overnight shooting killed one person and injured four others in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Police say they still have not made any arrests.
The police chief, district attorney, and sheriff were at a community town hall in that neighborhood Thursday to address safety concerns. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. last Thursday morning on Hyde and Turk streets.
David Elliott Lewis has lived in the Tenderloin for 18 years. He says last week’s shooting has kept his neighborhood on edge.
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“That mass shooting was traumatizing, like second-hand trauma,” he said. “I didn’t witness it but I have friends that were actually there who actually saw it. You don’t get over something like that.”
Lewis attended the Tenderloin town hall hosted by St. Anthony’s Foundation Thursday night. Residents like him discussed safety issues with local authorities Their main topic of discussion was illegal drug activities at night.