Police Seeking Tips In Excelsior District Homicide

Police Seeking Tips In Excelsior District HomicidePhoto: Google
Walter Thompson
Published on August 28, 2017

Police are investigating a homicide that took place in the Excelsior district late Sunday afternoon.

At 5pm, officers responded to a report of an aggravated assault on the 700 block of Moscow Street. When they arrived, police discovered an adult male victim a few blocks away at the corner of France and Lisbon.

Although the victim was transported to a hospital, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased. A male suspect in his 30s was detained; according to police, “the victim and suspect are known to each other.”

Police are asking anyone with additional information to contact the department’s tipline at 415-575-4444, or by texting a tip to TIP411, starting the message with “SFPD."