Man Wounded In SF North Beach Shooting; Restaurant Windows Shattered
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Police said an argument led to a shooting that injured a man in San Francisco's North Beach Sunday afternoon, according to a police spokeswoman.
Police responded to a report of a shooting at 2:32 p.m. at Columbus Avenue and Vallejo Street, said Sgt. Monica Macdonald.
The victim, a man named Roy Mottini, was well known in the North Beach neighborhood.
Witnesses told KPIX that Mottini was walking across Vallejo Street at Columbus when he got angry at a driver. He started cursing, used a racial epithet then hit the car with his cane. The driver, who was black, got out and pistol-whipped Mottini. Shots were fired and police said a bullet lodged in his shoulder.
Mottini was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with injuries not considered life threatening. Police said the suspect drove away in a gray sedan and is currently outstanding.
