3 wounded in separate shootings in SF’s Mission District

A man was shot near the BART plaza at 16th and Mission streets, police said. His condition was not immediately known. A man was shot near the BART plaza at 16th and Mission streets, police said. His condition was not immediately known. Photo: Evan Sernoffsky / The Chronicle Photo: Evan Sernoffsky / The Chronicle Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close 3 wounded in separate shootings in SF’s Mission District 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

A pair of shootings Thursday morning that wounded three men, two critically, added to a wave of violence that has erupted this week in San Francisco’s Mission District and has left one other victim dead, officials said.

Police were looking into whether any of the attacks are connected while investigators sought the suspects, all of whom remained at large.

The latest shooting came in broad daylight at the busy intersection of 16th and Mission streets across from the homeless-focused Navigation Center.

Around 9:45 a.m., witnesses said, two men got into a beef before one pulled a gun and shot the other in the leg. Paramedics took the victim to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was recovering. The gunman ran off.

But identifying the shooter may prove challenging for investigators given that the victim refused to tell police who shot him, officials said.

People hanging around the gritty block, where blood on the sidewalk marked the spot of the shooting, said the victim goes by the street name Hardball.

Earlier Thursday, two men, ages 36 and 39, were shot around 2:20 a.m. as they sat in a parked car at 17th and Mission streets, police said.

A man and woman rolled up in another car before the driver got out and opened fire on the victims, hitting both men, San Francisco police officials said.

The shooters’ car sped off.

Paramedics took the victims, who were not identified, to San Francisco General Hospital, where both were in critical condition, police said.

While Thursday’s shootings happened one block and just hours apart, some who hang out on the block seemed unmoved by the violence.

“I’ve seen it all,” said a man who goes by the street name Bicface. “This isn’t anything new. It’s been happening for years.”

Others, though, didn’t share his indifference.

“It’s very concerning. We’re closing our office because of that,” said a man at the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 648 office, pointing to the bloody sidewalk at 16th and Mission.

Thursday’s bloodshed came after 32-year-old Alameda resident Robert Lewis was shot and killed early Tuesday near 20th and Shotwell streets.

Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: EvanSernoffsky