SFPD shoots, critically injures man armed with knife in Tenderloin District, police say

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A person armed with a knife in San Francisco Monday night was shot by police, SFPD says.

The shooting happened just before 10:30 p.m. on Jones Street between Eddy and Turk in the Tenderloin District.

When officers arrived, they say a man armed with a knife was threatening people.

They shot the man who was then taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, but his condition is not known at this time.

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