SFPD arrests 17-year-old suspect in shooting of teen outside Galileo High School

A Galileo High School student was shot next to the school’s football field just as the new school year started, and on Tuesday police arrested a 17-year-old suspect for the crime.

It was around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21 – exactly the third day of the new school year – when a Galileo High School student was shot not far from the back of the school campus, near the school’s football field. The shooting happened during the lunch hour and outside the North Point Market on Polk Street.

The student was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. But in the weeks since, SFPD officers identified the prime suspect and announced today that they had arrested the 17-year-old suspect on Tuesday.

The unnamed minor was arrested on Ocean Beach on Tuesday around 4 p.m.

“During the arrest, a loaded firearm was located and seized, along with other items of evidential value possibly related to the shooting,” the SFPD said in an announcement. “The suspect was transported and booked into the Juvenile Justice Center on a charge of assault with a firearm.”

It is unclear if the suspect is also a Galileo High student, or if there is a connection between the victim and the alleged shooter.

Although an arrest has been made, this is still an active investigation. If you have any information, you are asked to call the SFPD tip line at 415-575-4444, or text a tip to TIP411 and start the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous.

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