A person was wounded in a shooting yesterday on the 1100 block of Scott Street in San Francisco's Western Addition, according to police. Officers responded to the block, located near Scott and Turk streets, about a block off Divisadero Street, and found the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound before the person was taken to a hospital.
The victim's condition was not immediately known to police, per the San Francisco Chronicle. No arrests have been made, and the San Francisco Police Department is asking anyone with information to call its tip line at 415-575-4444.
The block sits within the footprint of the Robert B. Pitts Apartment Homes at 1150 Scott Street, a 203-unit affordable housing community that spans two blocks along Turk Street between Scott and Pierce streets, according to KQED. The complex was originally built as public housing in 1991 before being converted into subsidized affordable housing, and it remains the subject of ongoing city investment. In April 2025, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $48.8 million in municipal housing revenue bond financing for a 201-unit rehabilitation project at the same address.
A Block With a Violent History
Wednesday's shooting is not the first time this stretch of Scott Street has made headlines. In February 2019, two men ages 30 and 27 were hospitalized in critical condition after a late-night shooting on the same block between Turk and Eddy streets, a case previously reported by Hoodline that involved a drive-by suspect in a dark-colored sedan. In August 2021, police also located and arrested a homicide suspect on the same block in connection with the July 2020 Fourth of July shooting death of 6-year-old Jace Young.
The 1100 block of Scott Street falls under the jurisdiction of SFPD's Northern Station, which operates out of Fillmore and Turk streets and deploys dedicated liaison officers to Western Addition public housing developments, per the San Francisco Police Department. The Western Addition is also one of five San Francisco neighborhoods equipped with acoustic ShotSpotter sensors, a system the City and County of San Francisco says sends automated real-time alerts to emergency dispatchers when gunfire is detected. It remains unclear whether ShotSpotter or security camera footage aided the initial police response to Wednesday's shooting.
A Citywide Drop in Violence, With Local Exceptions
The shooting comes as San Francisco continues to post historic declines in violent crime overall. The city recorded 28 homicides in 2025 — a 20% decline from 2024 and its lowest annual homicide total since 1954 — alongside a 25% drop in total violent crime, according to a police department statement reported by The San Francisco Standard. City officials attributed the historic low to multi-agency enforcement and community safety efforts.
But more recent data show a more complicated picture for gun violence specifically. SFPD weekly crime data through July 5 recorded 44 total fatal and non-fatal shooting incidents citywide, resulting in 51 victims, even as overall gun violence fell 18% compared to the same period in 2025 — though homicides were up 42% over early 2025 levels during that same stretch. An analysis by GrowSF of SFPD data found that while overall citywide crime fell 28% year-over-year through late March 2026, shooting incidents edged up from 26 to 29 cases and gun-violence victims rose from 28 to 33 compared to early 2025, prompting city leaders to call for targeted interventions against repeat violent offenders.
Potential Charges If a Suspect Is Identified
No suspect has been named or arrested in connection with Wednesday's shooting, and police have not released details on a possible motive. If a suspect is eventually identified and charged, California law treats assault with a firearm as a wobbler offense under Penal Code Section 245(a)(2), carrying up to four years in state prison or a year in county jail, while assault with a semiautomatic firearm carries enhanced state prison terms of up to nine years, according to FindLaw. A conviction would also carry mandatory weapon confiscation and fines of up to $10,000.
For now, the key questions in the case remain open: the extent of the victim's injuries, any possible motive, and whether investigators are examining the same block's history of gun violence as they work to identify a suspect. Anyone with information has been urged to contact SFPD's tip line.
