Overview
- A 47-year-old Warfield security guard, Ulysses Tykee Davis, was found with a gunshot wound and later died after a disturbance outside the theater on Saturday.
- San Francisco prosecutors charged Shakia Vanderbilt with homicide, discharging a firearm into an occupied building and being a felon in possession of a firearm, adding an enhancement for personal use of a gun.
- Warfield employees described a disorderly end to the Baddies USA event when a chemical irritant was released and hundreds of people rushed out, and an eyewitness reported seeing a woman handle and point a handgun before shots were heard.
- Authorities are reviewing surveillance video and witness accounts to determine whether Davis was the intended target and are investigating whether the venue operated with proper permits and within permit restrictions.
- The shooting has left Davis’s family and coworkers traumatized, led the Warfield to move or cancel scheduled events, and prompted city officials to increase patrols and examine venue security procedures.