Man Charged With Felony Hate-Crime Threats at Zuckerberg San Francisco General

Overview

• Prosecutors charged 52-year-old Solomon Kahiviano Casperson with three felony counts of making criminal threats in a sensitive area and one felony count of stalking, and added hate-crime and deadly-weapon allegations; charges were filed Tuesday.
• Authorities say Casperson made two separate homophobic death threats to the same healthcare worker, first on April 4 and again on June 8 when he allegedly vowed to bring a gun and "shoot all the f— at the hospital" and threatened to wait in the parking garage.
• Court records show Casperson was on supervised parole for a prior second-degree robbery and on court probation for a recent vandalism conviction at the time of the alleged threats.
• This month the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined Zuckerberg San Francisco General $130,500 for seven workplace-violence prevention violations, citing failures in security staffing, threat-management planning, access controls, and emergency coordination.
• The charges follow the Dec. 4 fatal stabbing of social worker Alberto Rangel and ongoing staff demands for minimum staffing, better security and counseling; prosecutors said they will seek to hold Casperson without bail and to revoke his parole as the case moves to arraignment.