Overview

• An elderly man riding in a wheelchair was stabbed on a Bayview District Muni bus at around 4:35 p.m. Sunday and later died at a local hospital.
• The suspect, 51-year-old Daniel Garcia, fled the bus and was found hiding behind parked vehicles before being booked on murder, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse charges.
• Garcia is being held without bail at San Francisco County Jail as investigators review surveillance footage from the bus and nearby businesses.
• This marks the second stabbing on public transit in the Bayview District since March, underscoring growing safety concerns on Muni vehicles.
• Muni issued a statement expressing condolences to the victim’s family and affirming its commitment to working with the SFPD to protect riders and staff.