On the night of August 5, 2024, San Francisco police responded to a ShotSpotter activation in the 1000 block of Market Street and found three men with gunshot wounds across the area. Jimmy Lee Thomas III, 35 and a San Francisco resident, was located on Market Street between Sixth and Seventh and was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries. Two other male victims were also hospitalized; one had life-threatening wounds near Sixth and Market and the other, at Seventh and Stevenson, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office identified Thomas shortly after the incident. No arrests have been announced and officials have not released information about suspects or a motive. This was recorded as the city’s 22nd homicide of the year and occurred in a stretch of Market Street long associated with open-air drug activity despite ongoing enforcement and community efforts. If anyone has information about the shooting, contact the SFPD tip line at (415) 575-4444 or send a text to TIP411 beginning the message with SFPD.