San Francisco Police Accuse Concord Man In Homicide

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Police on Tuesday arrested a Concord man in connection with a weekend homicide in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood in the Bayview District.

Sauntek Harris, 38, is accused of gunning down 34-year-old Dietrich Whitley Saturday around 9:30 p.m. near Griffith Street and Oakdale Avenue, San Francisco police said.

At the scene, officers found Whitley suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his chest. Medical crews took Whitley to the hospital, but he later succumbed to his injuries.

Investigators were able to identify Harris as a suspect and on Tuesday arrested him in Concord.

He was booked in San Francisco jail on suspicion of homicide and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to jail records. Harris is being held without bail.

— Bay City News Service

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