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Person Fatally Stabbed in SoMa Apartment Building as SFPD Opens Homicide Investigation

The killing adds to a sharp early‑2026 rise in homicides that police report has reached nine cases through March 8.

Overview

  • Officers responded around 2:10 p.m. to a report of a stabbing at a residence on the 900 block of Howard Street in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood.
  • Police found a victim with stab wounds and began CPR as paramedics provided additional lifesaving measures, but the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • The San Francisco Police Department’s homicide detail is leading the case, and the victim’s identity has not been released.
  • The building is near the Sixth Street corridor, an area long associated with open-air drug activity, homelessness, and focused city enforcement and outreach.
  • Police asked anyone with information to call the anonymous tip line at 415-575-4444 or text TIP411 beginning the message with “SFPD.”