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One Person Injured In San Francisco North Beach Shooting

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- One person was shot in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood Monday night, a fire dispatcher said.

Emergency personnel responded to the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Mason Street after receiving a report of the injured person around 9:45 p.m., the dispatcher said.

KCBS' Bob Melrose Reports:

The victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment nine minutes later.

A resident of North Beach Place Apartments, located a few blocks away at 455 Bay St., said as of 10:30 p.m., police with flashlights were searching for gun casings in the area of Francisco and Taylor streets.

A call to a San Francisco police spokesman was not immediately returned.

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