Elderly Woman Severely Injured By Fleeing Shoplifter In San Francisco Outer Mission District
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- A 75-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries when a shoplifter allegedly knocked her over while fleeing from a business in San Francisco's Outer Mission neighborhood last week, police said Tuesday.
Around 2:30 p.m. Friday, the suspect ran out of the store in the area of Mission Street and France Avenue with a sandwich and knocked over the woman, who was taken to a hospital to be treated for her injuries.
An update on her condition was not immediately available Tuesday.
The suspect, a 51-year-old man, continued to flee but was eventually arrested. Police have not released his name.
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