S.F. man, 26, shot dead in Mission District

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A 26-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday near the 16th Street BART Station in San Francisco’s Mission District, police said.

Police responded to the incident, which occurred at 16th and Hoff streets, around 2 a.m. Sunday, officials said.

The victim, identified as San Francisco resident Hector Salvador by the medical examiner, was taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds to the torso and was later pronounced dead, police said.

An argument between two groups of people escalated and “shots were fired by a suspect and struck the victim,” said Officer Albie Esparza, a spokesman for the Police Department. The suspect left the scene in a car, he added.

No arrests have been made in the case. Police are canvassing the area for surveillance video, Esparza said.

The shooting marks the 46th homicide of the year in San Francisco, according to Esparza. In 2014, the city reported 45 homicides.

Hamed Aleaziz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: haleaziz@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @haleaziz