S.F. police arrest East Bay man suspected in shooting death on Muni Metro train

San Francisco police officials announced Friday that they arrested a man suspected of shooting and killing one person and wounding another on a Muni Metro train this week.

In a press conference Friday morning, police officials said they had arrested Pittsburg resident Javon Green, 26, on suspicion of shooting two people Wednesday on a train between Forest Hill and Castro stations.

Green was arrested Thursday evening, police said. He was booked on charges of homicide, possession of a weapon and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to San Francisco Police Officer Kathryn Winters.

Nesta Bowen, 27, was shot and killed during the shooting, which took place just before 10 a.m. and also left a 70-yearold man with non-lifethreatening injuries.

Bowen, a longtime Bay Area resident, was a music producer and rapper who came from a musical family. At the time of the shooting, he had been taking community college classes in graphic arts. He had previously worked for the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department.

The shooter was still at large on Thursday afternoon after fleeing the station after the shooting, but police released a still photo from surveillance video of the identified shooter and asked him to come forward.

It was not immediately clear how police identified Green to make the arrest.

San Francisco Police Department officials said that the incident appeared to be “isolated” and that while the shooting occurred in the city’s Castro district, police did not believe it was related to Pride festivities or was targeting any group or community.