Victim killed in San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf shooting ID'd, suspect charged with murder
Surveillance video shows SF murder suspect
Surveillance video shows a murder suspect pointing a firearm at a vehicle on San Francisco streets this week. The suspect was arrested shortly after the shooting and was charged with murder on Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO - The alleged gunman in Wednesday's fatal shooting at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf has been charged with murder, officials say. The victim in that attack has been identified as an East Bay resident.
Murder charge
What we know:
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office on Friday announced the suspect was charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Yesterday, the suspect was identified as 44-year-old Abraham Torres.
Torres was arraigned this afternoon and remains in custody in the San Francisco County Jail.
San Francisco homicide
San Francisco police are at the scene of a homicide investigation on Wednesday near Leavenworth Street and Columbus Avenue.
The backstory:
Wednesday's afternoon shooting happened near Columbus Avenue and Northpoint Street, an area typically flooded with tourists.
Police said the suspect was inside his vehicle when he fired his weapon at the victim, who was in another vehicle. The victim drove about two blocks before stopping at Leavenworth and Beach streets where he died, police said.
The suspect fled the scene but turned himself in to police shortly after the shooting, not too far from where it had occurred.
Victim identified
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office on Friday identified the victim in the attack as 61-year-old Chalay Saelee.
The D.A.'s office said, although charges have been filed, this remains an active investigation. A motive for the shooting has not yet been disclosed.
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