San Francisco police make surprising discovery at burglary scene

SAN FRANCISCO – (KTVU and wires) -- After arresting two suspected burglars in San Francisco's Noe

Valley neighborhood early Monday morning, police found a 4-year-old boy possibly related to the suspects, a police spokeswoman said.

Officers responded at 2:13 a.m. to a reported burglary in progress in the 100 block of 27th Street.

Witnesses heard noises and running inside a building under construction there, police spokeswoman Officer Grace Gatpandan said.

One suspect tried to flee by running along rooftops, but apparently injured himself in the process of fleeing and hid before a U.S. Park police dog eventually located him. The other suspect ran out of thebuilding and into police custody.

Officers confirmed no other suspects were in the building and during the course of their investigation, they found a 4-year-old boy possibly related to the suspects, according to Gatpandan.

The boy was taken to San Francisco General Hospital.