Drunken man waving loaded gun to music accidentally killed friend in SF, DA’s report says

San Francisco bomb squad responds to suspicious device at Turk and Leavenworth streets in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. San Francisco bomb squad responds to suspicious device at Turk and Leavenworth streets in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Photo: SFPD / San Francisco Police Department Photo: SFPD / San Francisco Police Department Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Drunken man waving loaded gun to music accidentally killed friend in SF, DA’s report says 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

The driver killed in his vehicle on Polk Street in San Francisco on Saturday was accidentally shot by a drunken friend who was swinging a loaded gun in the back seat of the car, according to a court filing by the San Francisco district attorney’s office on Wednesday.

Victor Sosa, 23, was driving his friends around in his Toyota Corolla after leaving a local bar. Inside the car were two passengers: an unnamed woman in the front passenger seat and the defendant, Jose Beltran, 32, in the back driver’s side seat. The three friends were looking for a place to buy more alcohol and ended up in the Tenderloin near Polk Street, according to the filing.

It was there at about 2:30 a.m., the filing says, that Beltran took the loaded gun from his waistband because it had become “uncomfortable.” He began waving the gun to the tune of the music playing in the car and the woman told Beltran to put the gun away. A moment later, the gun went off and Sosa cried out as blood gushed from his torso.

The woman took control of the car, stopped it and began screaming for help, the complain says. Beltran said he was sorry, slipped out of the car and fled, only to turn himself over to police the next day.

Police say Beltran purchased the gun illegally. He’s charged with involuntary manslaughter and numerous firearm offenses. The district attorney is asking the San Francisco Superior Court to keep Beltran jailed without bail.