San Francisco DA announces charges in incidents of violence, vandalism at Pride Weekend events

Violence at San Francisco Pride events over the weekend have led to charges against six suspects, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Wednesday. 

Jenkins held a press conference to announce the charges and provide updates on what her office says were three high-profile incidents that happened near Pride events: a shooting on Saturday, a stabbing on Sunday, and vandalism incidents during the Trans March on Friday. 

A suspect, identified as 19-year-old Jules Reeves, was arrested in the shooting in a crowded area of Leavenworth and McAllister streets that left one person wounded. The shooting was near U.N. Plaza where there were a number of Pride festivities and events in the area.

Jenkins cited court documents as saying Reeves got in an argument with a victim and pointed a gun at him. While the two struggled over the gun, Reeves allegedly shot the victim in the hand and then pistol-whipped him in the head and body while he was on the ground, Jenkins said. Following the shooting Reeves, allegedly handed the firearm to another person and fled on foot. A police officer was also hurt during the chase, police said. 

Reeves faces multiple felony charges, including assault with a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury, carrying a loaded and concealed firearm he did not own, resisting a peace officer, causing serious injury, and violating a court order to not possess any weapons. Jenkins said the complaint also alleges Reeves was committed the crimes while having been released on his own recognizance in another felony case. 

In the Sunday incident, 22-year-old Nyasha Gipson allegedly stabbed three women without provocation near U.N. Plaza as crowds were dispersing from Pride festivities, Jenkins said. Court documents said Gipson allegedly stabbed one victim in the leg, stabbed another in the torso who was trying to shield the other victim, and nicked the third victim in the leg. 

Gipson allegedly tried to flee, but was arrested on the scene, according to Jenkins. She was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily injury.

Both Reeves and Gipson were scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon at the Hall of Justice. Jenkins said her office would move to have both held in custody pending trial without bail due to the public safety risk they pose.

Jenkins told reporters that while both the shooting and the stabbing happened where Pride event attendees were, neither were connected to Pride Weekend events.

San Francisco police said the Friday evening incident involved two people vandalizing property with spray paint in the area of Market Street and Eighth Street toward the end of the Trans March. Jenkins said the vandalism included spraying surveillance and Flock license plate reader cameras. One of the suspects also assaulted and sprayed paint on a person, and when officers tried to detain the suspects several blocks away at Turk and Taylor streets, other people surrounded and obstructed the officers, police said.

Four people were charged in connection to vandalism incidents that occurred on June 26, 2026.

Sienna Hayes, 33, and Knorr Betcher, 28, were charged with eight counts of felony vandalism and possession of graffiti tools. Hayes was also charged with resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer, as were Katherine Legros, 33; and Daniel Macias-Gomez, 23. Jenkins said Macias-Gomez was also charged with battery on a peace officer for spitting. 

"Macias spat on a San Francisco police officer, with that saliva landing on the police officer's face," Jenkins said. "I want to be clear. One, that that is a crime. But two, that we will not tolerate in any way this type of behavior in our city towards our police officers."

Hayes, Betcher, Legros and Macias-Gomez were scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday.