Man Fatally Shot In San Francisco's Excelsior Identified As 31-Year-Old; Teen Arrested In Case
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- A man fatally gunned down in San Francisco's Excelsior District on Friday evening has been identified as 31-year-old Jose Vergara-Lopez, according to the city's medical examiner's office.
Police said over the weekend they arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the killing, which happened around 6:30 p.m. near the corner of Vienna Street and Persia Avenue.
At the scene, officers discovered Vergara-Lopez, a San Francisco resident, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died there, police said.
The teenage suspect, whose identity isn't being released because he's a minor, has been booked on suspicion of murder, according to police.
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