SF stabbing suspect goes on hit-and-run rampage

A stabbing suspect yesterday led police on a destructive chase throughout San Francisco during which he purportedly “attempted homicides with a vehicle,” striking multiple pedestrians. He is also accused of intentionally ramming a police vehicle in Dolores Park before eventually being captured. 

At just after 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, police responded to a stabbing scene in the 400 block of Broderick near Divisadero. The suspect drove south toward Fell; his alleged victim was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. 

During the suspect’s flight, he is accused of striking multiple pedestrians and vehicles. Police distinguished “attempted homicides with a vehicle” and “aggravated assaults with a vehicle on pedestrians and Emergency personnel throughout San Francisco.” Multiple victims were hospitalized. 

When a police car approached the suspect’s vehicle in Dolores Park, the suspect responded by ramming the squad car. The officer within was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. 

Following a chase, the suspect fled his vehicle on foot near Carson and Douglass streets in the Castro, and climbed into a tree. Following police attempts to defuse the situation, the suspect purportedly leaped out of the tree and sustained significant injuries. 

He remains hospitalized at this time, and the investigation of yesterday’s rampage is ongoing. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.