Woman suffers life-threatening injuries after SF gunfight

San Francisco police are investigating separate stabbings over the weekend in the Mission District and Chinatown that left two men wounded, including one with life-threatening injuries. San Francisco police are investigating separate stabbings over the weekend in the Mission District and Chinatown that left two men wounded, including one with life-threatening injuries. Photo: Spencer Platt / Getty Image, Getty Image Photo: Spencer Platt / Getty Image, Getty Image Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Woman suffers life-threatening injuries after SF gunfight 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A woman suffered critical injuries after she was shot during a gunfight between two cars in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood Thursday evening, authorities said.

Around 7 p.m., police received reports of the shooting near the intersection of Goettingen Street and Harkness Avenue, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.

Witnesses told investigators that a silver SUV and a black sedan exchanged gunfire before the sedan fled the scene, Esparza said.

A 41-year-old woman in the SUV was hit and the vehicle drove to a nearby hospital where she was taken into the emergency room with life-threatening injuries, Esparza said.

Esparza asked anyone who may have witnessed the shooting to contact police at (415) 575-4444.

Kale Williams is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kwilliams@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfkale