On the morning of Sunday, May 17, 2026, 58-year-old Eric Paul Bigone was fatally shot on the 2500 block of 46th Avenue near Ulloa Street in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Police arrived around 5:21 a.m.; officers and paramedics rendered aid but Bigone died of multiple gunshot wounds. He was described by neighbors as a neighborhood icon and a longtime resident who worked for the city as a general laborer.

Surveillance video showed a masked person wearing a beanie approach Bigone’s home on a bicycle carrying a long gun. As of May 19, 2026, no arrests had been made and no motive had been released. Investigators with the SFPD Homicide Detail are continuing to review witness statements and video evidence; police confirmed the shooting was unrelated to the Bay to Breakers event that followed hours later.

If anyone in the Sunset District saw someone on a bicycle near 46th Avenue and Ulloa in the early hours of May 17, or has footage or tips, please come forward with information.