Gunman Shoots Two, Commits Suicide

A gunman shot two hang-gliding enthusiasts in the Fort Funston parking lot on the evening of August 21st, then committed suicide. Will Smith, 59, had been seen loitering for hours in the area before opening fire about 7 p.m. The shooting wounded two men, one of whom was fighting for his life late Tuesday at San Francisco General Hospital. The other man's injuries were not life-threatening. About ten people saw the shooting, including one who was soaring overhead on a hang glider. An off-duty San Francisco police officer had spotted the man in the late afternoon and had been watching him off and on because he seemed out of place. Smith's first victim had just finished hang gliding when he was shot in the head and chest. A second man who had been hang gliding fled and was shot in the leg before bystanders hustled him to safety. Following the second shooting, Smith’s .22-caliber handgun either jammed or ran out of ammunition. He then pulled out another weapon from a bag he had left near a truck in the lot and shot himself. Police found dozens of rounds of ammunition in the bag. It appears that the shootings were random. Smith had declared bankruptcy in 2004 and was evicted from his last known residence more than a year ago.