To all of you who go out on Fridays and Saturdays please be careful. I recently lost a good friend last Saturday by random shooters who are still at large. His name was Alex Apalit 21yrs. old, only son in his family and a loving brother to his older sister, and a very very dependable friend you could count on when you were in need of any help. All members please be careful.



Slain man was helping friend
By: Tamara Barak Aparton
Examiner Staff Writer
04/19/09 3:28 PM

Friends and family members could always count on Alexander Apalit, an ambitious, affable 21-year-old who fixed their cars, helped them move and offered them rides.

It was Apalit’s desire to help, his family said, that led to him being fatally shot Saturday night near Balboa Park.

Apalit was a passenger in a vehicle traveling near Otsego and Santa Ynez avenues when a carload of young men in a dark, four-door sedan with tinted windows — possibly an Infinity Q35 — opened fire at 9:15 p.m., San Francisco police Sgt. Wilfred Williams said. Apalit died a short time later at San Francisco General Hospital. No arrests have been made.

Apalit’s mother said her son lived with his family in Daly City. He had been eating dinner with his cousin and a friend when the friend’s teenage brother called to say he was being chased in San Francisco by group of young men. The trio drove to The City and picked up the teen boy. The suspects gave chase in the sedan, firing four or five shots toward the car.

Apalit, who was sitting behind the driver, was shot in the chest.

His companions rushed him to the nearest emergency room, St. Luke’s, where his mother said he was turned away. He was taken by ambulance from St. Luke’s to San Francisco’s only trauma center, General Hospital.

“I’m really upset about that,” his mother said. “He was struggling, but he was still breathing when he was at St. Luke’s. They’re an emergency room; couldn’t they help him anyway?”

St. Luke’s spokesman Kevin McCormack said privacy laws prevented him from commenting, but he could not imagine the injured man would be turned away.

“Emergency rooms, by law, have to treat whoever comes in,” McCormack said. “They would be treated and stabilized and sent on somewhere else if appropriate. Obviously, the place to send someone in San Francisco with gunshot wounds is San Francisco General.”

Apalit grew up in The City and attended Sacred Heart Cathedral High School, where he played football and set a school record in the long jump. He had worked as an automotive technician since 2007. Last fall, Apalit and two cousins started a party-bus business, shuttling revelers to various nightclubs in The City, his mother said.

Police described the suspects as three young Hispanic men, including the car’s driver, who wore a green hooded sweatshirt, and a stocky man about 6-feet tall. A fourth suspect is described as a young black man with a dark complexion and dreadlocks. The description of a fifth suspect is unclear.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department’s anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444.

Other incidents in The City this weekend:

* At 4:30 p.m. Friday, police responded to reports of gunfire at Griffith Street and Navy Road in Bayview-Hunters Point, Sgt. Wilfred Williams said. Officers found 21-year-old Norris Bennett laying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. The San Francisco resident was pronounced dead by paramedics.
* Around 2:05 a.m. Saturday, police were called to the corner of Market and Noe streets after a fight and found a person suffering life-threatening injuries. That person was taken to a hospital, police Sgt. Mike Evanson said.
* Just minutes later, officers received a call of shots fired in SoMa. The victim, identified by the medical examiner as Richmond resident James Jamonte Turner, 23, was found laying on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds. Three men were seen running from the area, Williams said. Turner died at San Francisco General Hospital.
* Around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, 21-year-old Daly City resident Alexander Apalit was killed when a carload of young men opened fire into the vehicle he was riding in, Williams said.
* At 6 a.m. Sunday, three stabbing victims were taken to General Hospital after a fight broke out at the End Up nightclub at 401 Sixth St., according to police. All three men are expected to survive.

 

that is so sad man. i am so sorry for you and alex's family for their lost.

it was hard for me to read that article

i know its not the time to ask but why was he turned away from the first ER?

i hope they find those m********ers and get whats coming to them.

 

so sorry

 

worst thing was hard for me to look at him in a coffin i can't believe it is him in there. His funeral is tomorrow, and i just wanted all i-club members to spread this out there. Be careful and be safe.

 

Wow sorry to hear such tragic news. Losing a life at such a young age is horrible.

Hope they catch those people soon.

My prayers go out to you and all members affected by this.

 

I'm so sorry for your loss bro. Keep your head up

 

From what i heard was that he walked into the ER and was told that they're not equipped for gunshot victims.
What makes me the most sickest is that my friend told me that he was walking and bleeding, while asking for help

 

That has to be painful, I can't even imagine seeing a friend laying in a coffin.

 

Damn that sounds absolutely horrible, good luck and stay strong. Lets hope justice can find these other guys. I wonder what the friend did to get chased and shot at by some guys... that's pretty scary.

 

WHAT!?!?

Was this a general/ county hospital cuz they should take him in.

 

It was St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco

 

wow, im terribly sorry to hear such tragic news. may God be with you and his family.

 

Thanks you guys, but you guys be safe out there too.

 

i went to school with him...my girl sent me a text sayin that he got shot and killed and i kept trying to find a news article, or more about what happened...random it gets posted here on i-club, thank you though

rip AA

 

I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your friend... What a HORRIBLE act committed by these thugs, and for WHAT? Gang initiation? They don't have a grasp about what life is and what it means... All they know how to do is take it!

I hope these bastards are caught and tortured in prison...

Man, I don't even know what to say... This is so horrible that I'm getting all anxious and clammy. The feeling of helplessness is the worst.

My prayers go out to you and his family/friends, and I will pray for his soul.

He seemed like a really great human, and as much as I hate to say it, that's probably the reason he died... Only the good die young, and only evil live forever (quote by Bruce Dickenson). Why is it that the heros, the angels, the innocent, and the good hearted are always targeted?

Why can't the murderers, rapists, and pedophiles be targeted? It should be legal to target those bastards!

Again, I'm really sorry for your friend... Have faith in the police because they are doing everything they can to catch these bastards... Even though they don't tell you exactly what they are doing and it may seem like they gave up, thats not true... They will hunt these bastards down until they are caught... Especially for a crime like this which puts innocent people in danger due to randomness of the violence.

God speed ,

Daniel