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There have been a couple interesting comments from local residents posted on SFGate in relation to their 2 sentence article about Friday (8/22/08 at 12:05am) morning's shooting at 26th and Folsom.

captian_maxxx posted a message on SFGate.com:

Last night at about 12:05 am I almost had a heart attack. The shooting was unbelievably loud and resounding followed by a calm and eerie silence. I thought at first it was more fireworks. I carefully peeked out the window scared to see and not see what was happening. The cops were there before anyone could call them. They were trying in vain to help the guy who was shot three times.

sf_mission_res posted a message on SFGate.com:

I live at 26th and Folsom and ran outside with my neighbor to speak with the police to find out what happened after hearing the gunshots. While pleasantly surprised that they showed up, they wouldn't even let us know that a shooting took place and yelled at us to leave the area. I politely pleaded that they provide us information since we were not only scared, our kids were freaking out. Refusing to leave until we got an answer, one of the officers started to push me and threatened to arrest me for standing on the street. So funny because there are no less than 100 undocumented "day laborers" and drunks on this corner every morning. And straight from the mouth of the Mission District captain at the police meetings I diligently attend "We can't arrest someone just for standing on the street or corner". I and the neighborhood groups I'm involved with, have been begging the city and police department to do something on this block, as it is out of control. So pathetic - so sad.

If you were an eyewitness to this event, or close by and have more to add, please leave a comment and let us know more!

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