A private security guard has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old woman at a Walgreens in San Francisco, police said Friday.
The shooting happened at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Walgreens on Market Street, near Fourth Street.
Responding officers found the victim, identified by the medical examiner's office as Chynna Brown of San Francisco, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, police said. Friends of Brown said she was walking out of the store when she was shot.
Brown was transported to the hospital, but she did not survive, police said.
Authorities identified security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, 33, as the suspect. He was booked into San Francisco County Jail on a homicide charge, police said.
Citing a preliminary investigation, police said a theft occurred during the incident but didn't provide further information.
"We are thinking of the victim and their family during this difficult time," a Walgreens spokesperson said in a statement. "The safety of our patients, customers and team members is our top priority, and violence of any kind will not be tolerated in our stores. We take this matter seriously and are cooperating with local authorities."
An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to call the police department's tip line at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and start the message with SFPD.
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