A man was shot and killed Thursday evening on the 1100 block of Thomas Avenue in San Francisco's Bayview District, and homicide detectives are now leading an active investigation into his death. Officers arrived at the scene around 5:11 p.m. and found a victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
According to KRON4, officers rendered aid to the victim before medics arrived and rushed him to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. He later died at the hospital, police said. The San Francisco Police Department said a homicide investigation was underway after the shooting killed the man in the Bayview District.
Homicide Detail Responds as Investigation Remains Active
The SFPD Homicide Detail responded to the scene and is leading the investigation, which remains active, per the same report. Investigators have not released additional details about the circumstances surrounding the shooting beyond the timeline officers provided. SFPD is asking anyone with information to call (415) 575-4444, and tipsters can also send text tips through Tip411 by starting the message with “SFPD.”
Bayview Has Seen Deadly Gunfire Before
Thomas Avenue has been the site of gun violence in the Bayview before. On March 18, 2021, San Francisco police officers from Bayview Station responded to the area of Thomas Avenue and Quint Street for a report of a shooting, according to the San Francisco Police Department. In that earlier case, a 25-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries and a 13-year-old juvenile was also hurt; police later arrested 24-year-old Evonta Bailey of San Francisco on March 31, 2021, though the department noted the investigation remained active even after the arrest.
In a separate incident recounted by NBC Bay Area, one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting in the Bayview neighborhood early one Saturday morning, after officers were called to the 100 block of Harbor Road just after midnight when gunshots were reported. The SFPD Homicide Detail led that investigation too, and no arrests were made immediately afterward. There is no indication that Thursday's shooting is connected to either of these earlier cases.
Homicides Have Climbed Across San Francisco in 2026
The shooting comes amid a year that has seen a sharp rise in homicides across the city. Four months into 2026, San Francisco had already recorded 14 homicides, nine of them involving guns, according to the San Francisco Police Commission as reported by KQED. That reporting noted that while every other category of crime in the city was down, homicides were up 250 percent. By comparison, San Francisco recorded just 28 homicides in all of 2025, which KQED described as the city's lowest total in more than 70 years.
A separate tracker maintained by mercurynews.com maps approximate locations of homicides reported in 2026 across Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, marking shootings with red dots, stabbings with yellow and other methods with blue. Anyone with information about Thursday's shooting on Thomas Avenue is urged to contact SFPD using the tip line listed above as the Homicide Detail's investigation continues.
