A shooting and several fires are under investigation Monday after jubilant celebrations in the wake of Sunday’s San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship Game win.
At 11:57 p.m., officers responded to Folsom Street between 24th and 25th streets near closed-off traffic corridors for a report of a shooting. When they arrived, they found a person suffering from a gunshot wound.
According to preliminary information, a person fired a shot into a vehicle, and a person inside it retaliated by shooting back. One patient was taken to a hospital for treatment, San Francisco Fire Lt. Mariano Elias told The Standard. The condition of the victim, identified by police as a 31-year-old man, was not immediately available Monday morning.
Earlier that night, other incidents drew first responders to the neighborhood. Around 9:10 p.m. Sunday, San Francisco firefighters responded to a two-vehicle collision at Cesar Chavez and Alabama streets. They arrived to find an SUV had rolled on its side. Three patients, including one not wearing a seatbelt, were treated at the scene.
Vehicle Accident on Caesar Chavez and Alabama. Traffic is closed off in the Westbound direction from Bryant to Alabama. Please avoid the area. #SFFD #SFFDPIO pic.twitter.com/tMm9KG0MsJ
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) January 29, 2024
Firefighters also responded to three small fires within 90 minutes Sunday night. The fires reportedly involved Christmas trees and other debris.
The first fire happened at 10:19 p.m. in the middle of a roadway near Fell and Broderick streets. The other fires were at 10:59 p.m. at 19th and Shotwell streets and 11:37 p.m. at 17th and Texas streets, Lt. Elias said.
By midnight, California Highway Patrol officers had reopened several off-ramps for Interstate 280 and Highway 101 that had been preplanned for closure to assist San Francisco police with celebratory traffic, CHP Officer Mark Andrews told The Standard.