SF dispensary owner shot multiple times; suspect dies in police standoff

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The owner of a cannabis dispensary is alive after being shot multiple times in San Francisco's South of Market district on Monday night.

The suspect was later shot and killed by police.

"I did hear the pop, pop, pop, pop," said Sophia De Anda, who lives nearby.

A window with a bullet hole in it less than 24 hours after gunshots rang out in this SoMa neighborhood at 9th and Mission.

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"The way he did it though, he unloaded a lot of bullets and then when he was on the ground, he just went pow pow twice in the head, and then once all the way through the torso," said Robert Marler who witnessed the shooting.

The man who was shot is Martin Olive, the owner of Vapor Room, which is a longtime marijuana dispensary.

According to friends, Olive is still alive and currently recovering in the ICU after being shot four times.

They've setup a GoFundMe account and already raised more than $60,000 to help him.

"I was really happy because from all accounts, I thought that was a fatal shooting," said Marler.

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"We talked all the time, he's such a sweetheart just a mellow kind soul. Hopefully he can rebound. I hope he does rebound I only want the best," said Lauren Vega who works nearby.

Police say there was a standoff after Olive was shot; during that standoff, officers shot and killed the suspect.

The circumstances of the original shooting are unknown but those we spoke with in the neighborhood say city crews trying to fix the drug problem, have just relocated it from other streets including 6th, 7th, and Market Street to this area. They believe that has brought violence with it.

"Everybody is pushing, pushing, pushing. This is the new hangout. This is the mini-Tenderloin and I just hope the Mayor Daniel Lurie can bring resources the promises he's making. This is neglected," said De Anda.

We were out there in that 9th Street neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. So many of the people we spoke with heard those gunshots and are still a bit shaken over everything that happened. Police will hold a town hall detailing what happened in the next week and a half.