Altar still at Downtown campus after August shooting
A memorial for a shooting victim was placed in front of City College’s Downtown Campus to mourn the death of Frank Beltran.
By Starr A. Wilson
swilson3@mail.ccsf.edu
There are two photographs and a small altar in front of the downtown campus in memory of shooting victim, Frank Beltran. Beltran, 21, died in the hospital after being shot at Fourth and Mission Streets on Aug. 12, 2020. Jose Alvarez, 23, was arrested later that day and charged with felony murder as well as carrying and being in possession of a firearm in violation of probation.
That afternoon, around 3:22 p.m., San Francisco police responded to a report of a shooting at Fourth and Mission Streets and found Beltran suffering from a gunshot wound lying in front of the City College Downtown Campus. Beltran was taken to the hospital and treated for life-threatening injuries but died shortly thereafter.
San Francisco Police cordoned off the area and conducted a floor-to-floor search of the Fifth and Mission Street garage where Alvarez was last seen. Cars were allowed back inside around 7:30 p.m. that evening.
Alvarez is represented by Deputy Public Defender Gregory Alton Feldman. There is a hearing scheduled on Oct. 20, 2020, in Department 9, 9:00 a.m., at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco.
