Man Fatally Shot In San Rafael Park: Police​

SAN RAFAEL, CA – A young man was shot and killed in San Rafael's Pickleweed Park Monday night, police said.

The San Rafael Police Department received reports of a possible shooting at the park on Canal Street around 6 p.m., San Rafael police Sgt. Lisa Holton said.

Responding officers found a young man dead of a gunshot wound inside a vehicle, Holton said. The victim's name and age have not yet been released.

Officers told residents in the area to shelter in place for about an hour and a half while they investigated the scene.

Witnesses said they saw a man running from the scene after the shooting, Holton said. She did not say if that man had been identified or arrested Monday night.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call the San Rafael Police Department at 415-485-3000. Anonymous tips can be left at www.srpd.org/forms/tips.php.

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