Young man killed near Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Photo: Google Maps A young man was killed near Candlestick Park on Thursday.

A young man died after being shot near Candlestick Park, officials said Thursday.

Few details of the case have been released. The man, who was not immediately identified, was driven at some time Wednesday to Kaiser Permanente’s South San Francisco Medical Center, police said, by a witness who later spoke with authorities.

He was later transferred to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound, and died there, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.

The incident occurred near the intersection of Jamestown Avenue and Harney Way, police said. Detectives are investigating the case as a homicide.

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