3 suspects arrested in 2 fatal shootings

San Francisco police have arrested three suspects in connection with two unrelated fatal shootings, one from earlier this year and another in 2018.

San Francisco police on Thursday took into custody Newman (Stanislaus County) residents Cirrena Degara, a 30yearold woman, and Teron Davis, a 33yearold man, after linking the pair to a shooting on the 1000 block of Pine Street in Nob Hill on April 1.

The victim, identified by the San Francisco medical examiner’s office as 36yearold San Francisco resident Achour Chouadra, died of his injuries April 13.

Degara was booked into San Francisco

County Jail on suspicion of murder and shooting a firearm from a vehicle, and Davis was booked on suspicion of murder, shooting a firearm from a vehicle and possession of a firearm to commit a felony.

Also on Thursday, police arrested Priest Banks, a 32yearold San Franciscan, for the Christmas Eve 2018 killing of a man who was gunned down in his vehicle in the India Basin neighborhood.

At 1:22 a.m. on Dec. 24, 2018, police responded to a report of shots fired on the 1300 block of Evans Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered a vehicle had been involved in a collision at Evans Avenue and Mendell Street, with a man inside suffering from gunshot wounds.

Despite lifesaving efforts by police and paramedics, the victim — identified as 32yearold Jovan Reed of San Francisco — was pronounced dead at the scene.

Banks, who was in custody for an earlier shooting incident and a separate firearm arrest, was booked Thursday on suspicion of murder with a gang enhancement.

Though arrests have been made, police said the cases remain active and anyone with more information can contact the department’s 24hour tip line at 4155754444, or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with “SFPD.”