Employee of homeless shelter attacked with knife on SF bus

An employee of a homeless shelter was attacked on a Monday afternoon bus ride by a man he'd once had to remove from the shelter for disorderly conduct, police said.

The attack occurred about 4 p.m. on the 100 block of Albatross Court in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco as the 54-year-old victim rode home from his job at a homeless shelter, according to the San Francisco Police Department.

The victim saw the suspect on the bus and recognized him from an earlier incident during which the employee had to remove the man from the shelter, police said.

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The suspect apparently recognized the victim as well, and allegedly began screaming obscenities at him before taking out a knife and swinging at the victim, who dodged the attack and moved out of the way, police reported.

The suspect got off the bus and ran from the scene on foot, according to police. He was not located, and a description of the suspect was not initially released.

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