The crime scene was cordoned off by the San Francisco Crime Scene Unit. Police responded immediately and several arrests were made and at least three firearms confiscated from the scene. The scene was briefly chaotic as people screamed and ran, unsure of how to assess the situation.
The wound, a gunshot to the arm, was not fatal. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital. The victim of the shooting was a 64-year-old bystander, one of the vendors at the event, who happened to be standing several feet away from where the argument took a violent turn. Police stated that the shooting was unrelated to the event, and was caused because of a dispute between two young men who were quarreling near the United Nations Plaza where the event was winding down. The shots were fired around 6pm, hours after the parade had ended. The San Francisco Gay Pride event went off seemingly without a hitch until the end of the event when four shots were fired into the crowd.
