SFPD Opens Homicide Probe After Tenderloin Assault Victim Dies

Overview

• Officers responded on Jan. 11 around 4:30 p.m. to the 300 block of Ellis Street near Taylor in San Francisco’s Tenderloin.
• They found a man with apparent assault-related, life-threatening injuries and transported him to a hospital.
• The victim died at the hospital on Saturday, nearly a week after the attack.
• Investigators identified and arrested 33-year-old Willie Smith of San Rafael in connection with the incident.
• The San Francisco Police Department’s Homicide Detail is now leading an open and active investigation.