Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Breaking News / Crime
Two Shot at Vigil For Pink Saturday Murder Victim Stephen Powell
Posted
By Joe Eskenazi
on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:05 AM
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A reliable source has informed
SF Weekly that, in a moment of bitter irony, two people were shot last night at a vigil mourning
shooting victim Stephen Powell. One attendee was hit in the face and another in the leg at a gathering at Third and Quesada, a spot the 19-year-old Powell purportedly used to frequent. Both are expected to survive.
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Powell was one of three people shot in the Castro on Pink Saturday; police arrested and charged 20-year-old Ed Perkins with the crime. Perkins himself was a shooting victim last year and police believe he and the former prep basketball star Powell knew one another -- this was not a homophobic attack, despite the fact it sent hundreds of Gay Pride revelers running.
Our calls to the San Francisco Police public information office have not yet been returned. Our sources, meanwhile, note that, predictably, nobody seemed to see anything at last night's 8 p.m. shooting. More as we know more.
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Tags: Ed Perkins, shooting at Vigil, Stephen Powell, Third and Quesada, Vigil, Image
About The Author
Joe Eskenazi
Bio:
Joe Eskenazi was born in San Francisco, raised in the Bay Area, and attended U.C. Berkeley. He never left.
"Your humble narrator" was a staff writer and columnist for SF Weekly from 2007 to 2015.
He resides in the Excelsior with his wife, 4.3 miles from his birthplace and 5,474 from hers.
