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San Francisco Police Confirm Arrest in Fatal Sunday Shooting of Teen Boy in SoMa

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- Police in San Francisco on Sunday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Sunday evening, according to authorities.

On Monday afternoon, SFPD confirmed that at about 6:40 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a report of a shooting on Seventh Street near Mission Street where they found the boy suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

At about 6:45 p.m., officers located and took into custody a 41-year-old man as a suspect near the 800 block of Vermont Street in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, police said.

A police spokesman said the department hoped to provide more detailed information soon.

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