San Francisco street ambassador fatally shot while trying to deter drug user

[ad_1] A San Francisco avenue ambassador whose objective was to help these battling homelessness and drug abuse was shot and killed allegedly by somebody he was making an attempt to steer in one other path.

Associates and colleagues of City Alchemy worker Joey Alexander, 60, mentioned he was shot Friday and succumbed to his wounds Tuesday.

San Francisco Police mentioned the taking pictures passed off at 4:51 p.m. throughout from Metropolis Corridor and close to the town’s major public library department.

An electronic mail to an City Alchemy spokesperson was not instantly returned.

The nonprofit group hires former convicts and homeless people with the objective of using these experiences to supply providers and assist to these most in want.

City Alchemy informed a Bay Space information station that Alexander confronted a person brazenly utilizing medicine in entrance of the library in view of ladies and youngsters.

That man pulled a shotgun out of a bag, screamed “F@#$ City Alchemy” to Alexander and shot him in his leg, in line with reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle. Alexander had his leg amputated, underwent three surgical procedures however nonetheless died on Tuesday.

Police recognized and arrested 42-year-old Edmund Bowen the day of the taking pictures. He was booked on suspicion of homicide, was supplied no bail, and is awaiting his subsequent courtroom date in a San Francisco County jail.

“I’m nonetheless processing it,” Ronald Carter, a coworker of Alexander’s, informed a San Francisco tv station. “My coronary heart is hurting proper now, as a result of that was my brother. We’ve been by way of thick and skinny collectively... I can’t look ahead to his household to see this — let him know that we had his again.”