A California man stabbed, ran over and assaulted several San Francisco pedestrians and firefighters in a series of violent attacks that spanned three hours, authorities allege.
Anthony Carl Sheldone, 42, of Brownsville, Calif., was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the unprovoked attacks, which began shortly after 7 a.m. on Sept. 1, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said. announced in a press release on Monday.
Sheldone first tried to attack several people while driving his car on Haight Street, according to prosecutors. He allegedly hit a person at a pedestrian crossing who was walking a dog, then drove into oncoming traffic and physically assaulted someone waiting at a bus stop.
He then allegedly ran over two people crossing at the intersection of Stanyan and Fulton streets, prosecutors said. Sheldone then asked a woman to take off her clothes and when the woman’s husband confronted him, Sheldone stabbed the man, prosecutors alleged.
He then attacked two first responders in San Francisco.
More than an hour after he began his drive, Sheldone hit a 70-year-old pedestrian crossing the street at Van Ness Avenue and Golden Gate Avenue, prosecutors allege. He was eventually taken into police custody after he climbed a 35-foot-tall tree and jumped back into the street, according to court records.
Sheldone was charged with eight counts of attempted murder, seven counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of assault with violence likely to cause grievous bodily harm, one count of criminal threats, one count of attempted assault with a deadly weapon, two CASE. of battery with injury to emergency personnel, two counts of assault on a peace officer, one count of evading traffic and one count of evading an officer with willful disregard, according to the district attorney’s office.
The case against Sheldone is still active. Anyone with information is asked to call the San Francisco Police Department at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.