First Homicide of the New Year In San Francisco Happened In the Mission, Arrest Made Quickly
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San Francisco recorded its first homicide of 2025 shortly after midnight on New Year's Eve, with the victim found at a gas station suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Despite the uptick in violence at the start of 2025, San Francisco closed out 2024 with its lowest homicide count in 64 years, totaling just 34.
Following a series of low-homicide-count years, the latest statistics reveal that San Francisco's 2024 was the lowest since 1960, with more traffic fatalities than homicides.
The suspect in the first homicide of the year, identified as Jose Rivera Flores, was quickly located and arrested after fleeing the scene in an SUV.
Read at sfist.com
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