Albert Collins, 30, was shot and killed in broad daylight at about 11:40 a.m. while shielding his daughter during a shooting at the Sunnydale public housing project, outside the Visitacion Valley complex at Brookdale and Santos avenues. Collins was struck in the chest and leg and died at San Francisco General Hospital. Police say several rounds were fired and that Collins does not appear to have been the intended target; investigators described the incident as possibly gang related and said all victims appeared to be bystanders.

A 9-year-old girl was grazed in the thigh when Collins grabbed her and pulled her out of harm’s way. Witnesses reported a suspect firing from a maroon four-door car with three other men inside before the vehicle sped off. The shooting brought San Francisco’s homicide total for 2007 to 98.

If anyone saw the maroon four-door car or has information about the shooting near Brookdale and Santos avenues, please share what was seen.