Overview
- Early Saturday morning officers found a man with a gunshot wound near the 900 block of Market Street who later died and was identified as 47-year-old security guard Ulysses Tykee Davis.
- Family members say Davis was escorting a rowdy attendee when a woman fired a handgun and his wife and two children witnessed the shooting, but police have not confirmed that account.
- Multiple Warfield staff and witnesses described a chaotic evacuation after someone released a chemical irritant described as bear mace, which sent hundreds of people coughing and streaming from the theater.
- The San Francisco Police Department’s homicide unit is investigating the sequence of events, has not announced any arrests, and is also probing whether the event complied with permit restrictions.
- The shooting forced the Warfield to move or cancel scheduled shows and has left staff grieving and fearful, and officials and venue operators now face scrutiny over safety and oversight for filmed live events.