Suspect at Large After Midday Shooting Near Parkmerced, Stonestown Galleria

The corner of Cambon and Cardenas streets, tucked against the edge of the Parkmerced Shopping Center where residents of San Francisco's largest apartment complex run their Saturday errands, became a shooting scene just before noon when someone fired on a victim in broad daylight.

Officers from the SFPD's Taraval District responded, found the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, and transported the person to a local hospital. The injuries were non-life-threatening, and the victim is expected to survive. The shooter, however, was gone before police arrived. A search of the surrounding area produced no suspects and no arrests.

The intersection sits inside Parkmerced, the 152-acre complex home to roughly 7,132 residents and approximately 10 acres larger than the adjacent San Francisco State University campus. The complex employs four guards and maintains two patrol vehicles on duty at all times, yet crime data shows Parkmerced's overall crime index runs about 10% above the San Francisco city average, with a safety grade of C+. Robbery is the sharpest concern: the neighborhood's robbery index sits at 190, placing it 90% above the national average. Saturday's timing also fits a documented pattern: peak activity in Parkmerced occurs around 11:00 AM, precisely when this incident unfolded.

The community has faced a steady undercurrent of security concerns. In November 2025, tenants including Rebecca Shannon, a 15-year Parkmerced resident, raised alarms with the complex's management company, Brick + Timber, about alleged criminal activity including a prostitution ring at 125 Cambon Drive and a pattern of armed burglaries, saying their warnings went unheeded. The previous spring, in April 2024, SFPD SWAT teams and crisis negotiators converged on the 400 block of Gonzalez Drive, another Parkmerced address, to resolve a barricaded standoff before taking a suspect into custody.

Saturday's shooting arrived exactly one week after gun violence struck the Taraval District in a far more fatal way. On March 24, Nation Wood, 25, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter following a deadly shooting on the 2200 block of 22nd Avenue. About one mile from Saturday's scene, near Stonestown Galleria, a 46-year-old man was struck by gunfire in a February 2024 drive-by at Junipero Serra Boulevard and Winston Drive.

That string of incidents in the southwestern neighborhoods comes even as San Francisco's broader crime numbers have dropped sharply. The city recorded 77 shootings in 2025, down 24% from 101 incidents in 2024; those 77 shootings produced 97 victims, 19 of whom died. Overall crime fell more than 25%, from 36,633 incidents in 2024 to 27,321 last year. Mayor Daniel Lurie credited the SFPD, saying "Violent crime is down to lows not seen since the 1950s." The department's robbery clearance rate rose from 23.2% in 2024 to 30.3% in 2025. But with Saturday's shooter still unidentified, the Taraval District's recent cluster of gun incidents signals that the city's progress is not evenly distributed across every block.

Anyone with information about the Cambon and Cardenas shooting can call the SFPD tip line at 415-575-4444. Tips can also be submitted by texting TIP411; begin the message with the word "SFPD." Anonymous tips are accepted.