Soon after, the officers learned that the victim had been taken to a hospital, where he died from apparent gunshot wounds, according to police. The victim's name has not yet been released publicly.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD.
--Bay City News Service
In other news
* Livermore police have reunited a French bulldog with its owners after it was likely dognapped more than a year ago.
Police said that on on Jan. 4, they found a parked vehicle that was reported as being driven recklessly. The driver of the vehicle "ran off," police said in a Facebook post, but was identified as a parolee with an active no bail parole violation warrant.
Inside the car, police found an abandoned French bulldog they took to the East County Animal Shelter in Dublin. A crew also towed the car.
A technician from the Alameda County Sheriff's Office found a microchip on the dog and discovered the dog belonged to a family in Chula Vista in San Diego County. The sheriff's office contacted the family and learned the dog was named "Muny" and went missing more than a year before.
The family informed the shelter that during Muny's disappearance, they were dogged with messages from an unknown sender asking for money for his return.
The alleged culprit never gave any proof they had Muny, so the family felt they were being scammed. Once the owners found out Muny was safe, they drove up north, reunited with the dog and took him home.
--Cierra Bailey
* Two young adults now face felony charges for allegedly collaborating in a drive-by shooting at an occupied home in northern Livermore last month.
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office recently filed a criminal complaint against Alejandro Quintero-Avalos, 20, of Tracy and Brenda Gaspar-Sanchez, 21, of Livermore in connection with a non-injury shooting on Broadmoor Street on the night of Jan. 6.
Livermore police allege Gaspar-Sanchez drove Quintero-Avalos to a house on Broadmoor Street, where they know a resident of the home, and he fired multiple gunshots at the residence. A motive has not yet been identified, according to authorities.
The police investigation began after a report came in just before 9 p.m. Jan. 6 about shots fired in the area of Broadmoor Street and Scenic Avenue. Arriving officers found no injured victims but did locate shell casings in the area.
Investigators later determined suspects in a vehicle fired several shots into a residence that night, with one bullet hitting a parked car and two more striking the garage door. Police said multiple people were inside the home at the time.
"The investigation revealed that based on cellular data analysis, surveillance video, eyewitness statements as well as physical evidence located at the scene, Brenda Gaspar and Alejandro Quintero-Avalos were responsible for the shooting and conspired together to commit this crime," Livermore police Officer James Tompkins wrote in a probable cause declaration.
Nearly two weeks into the investigation, Quintero-Avalos and Gaspar-Sanchez were arrested on Jan. 19. Police reported that several search warrants were served in Livermore and Tracy as part of the case and that the gun used in the shooting was recovered.
According to Tompkins, Gaspar-Sanchez admitted after her arrest that she drove Quintero-Avalos to the front of the Broadmoor Street home while he shot a gun at the residence.
Quintero-Avalos and Gaspar-Sanchez were each charged on Jan. 23 with felony shooting at an inhabited dwelling, along with special allegations for violence and gun use.
Quintero-Avalos also faces felony charges of carrying a loaded firearm on a public street in a city and committing an armed criminal action, plus associated gun and violence enhancements. Gaspar-Sanchez faces a separate felony count of permitting another to shoot a gun from her vehicle.
It was not immediately clear whether the two defendants had yet entered a plea to the charges against them.
The Jan. 6 incident on Broadmoor Street marked the second shooting in public in a 30-hour period in Livermore. A person was hurt when they were grazed by a bullet after a verbal confrontation escalated to gunfire on the afternoon of Jan. 5 at the intersection of Enos Way and Junction Avenue, according to police.
--Jeremy Walsh
* Authorities this week confirmed the identity of a Livermore man who died in a solo-vehicle rollover crash on East Airway Boulevard last month.
The decedent was 39-year-old Nathan Quimby, according to the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau.
Quimby had lived in Livermore for more than 10 years before his sudden death on Jan. 21, family members said on a GoFundMe page created in his honor.
"Those who knew Nathan know what a genuine person he was, he loved everyone, cared about how their day was going, and he always had a smile on his face," the organizers said.
"When someone speaks of Nathan, it's impossible for them to not mention his laugh, and how happy he always seemed to be. Nathan loved fishing, biking, road trips and getting his hands dirty, whether it was at work or through one of his many hobbies. What he loved most though was his family and friends," they said.
The GoFundMe drive had collected more than $2,300 in contributions, as of Wednesday afternoon, toward its $5,000 goal to help his family with funeral costs and other expenses resulting from his unexpected death.
According to Livermore police, the deadly crash occurred just before 2 p.m. on Jan. 21 when the driver of a Toyota Yaris -- later identified as Quimby -- lost control of his car and it overturned several times on East Airway Boulevard near the Rutan Drive intersection.
Officers arrived to find Quimby seriously injured, and paramedics later pronounced him dead at the scene. Police said the circumstances of the solo crash remain under investigation, including whether speed or intoxication were contributing factors.
--Jeremy Walsh
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