Man bailed on assault weapon charge, with rap sheet of gun possession and robbery, opened fire on woman on Tenderloin street – prosecutors
A man forbidden to own guns thanks to juvenile adjudications for firearms possession and robbery, who prosecutors say opened fire on a woman sitting in a parked car months after being found with an assault rifle and pistol used in another city shooting, will appear in a San Francisco court today.
Malcolm Tulau-Vance is accused of shooting at a lady sitting in her Chevrolet Cruz near the intersection of Jones Street and Golden Gate Avenue just after 9pm on July 27 2025. Shortly before drawing a 9mm P80 gun from his waistband, the court was earlier told, he was yelling incoherently.
The woman was unscathed although her car was unable to start after being hit.
The 21-year-old suspect was found one block away by Tenderloin cops who easily recognized him from previous encounters. Undeterred by a rifle being pointed at him by an officer, Tulau-Vance attempted to escape on an electric scooter before being tackled and taken to the ground by police.
He was found to have a pistol in his waistband.
Tulau-Vance was on the streets having been released on his own recognizance on November 11 2024 by Judge Kenneth Wine. Prosecutors said a raid of his home by officers from SFPD’s gang task force turned up an AR-15-style assault rifle equipped with a loaded 30-round magazine and a loaded 9mm ‘ghost gun’.
“Defendant admitted the assault weapon and the pistol belonged to him,” wrote assistant district attorney Rebecca Warren in a motion to detain. “[He] acknowledged the pistol was used in a shooting in July in the Tenderloin district in San Francisco.”
On releasing him Judge Wine told Tulau-Vance that he wasn’t allowed to possess any weapons. He had been told that the defendant had juvenile adjudications in San Francisco for firearms possession, in 2021, and robbery, in 2022.
Tulau-Vance, who has pleaded not guilty to five felony firearms charges, will appear today in Department 11 of San Francisco’s Hall of Justice for a preliminary hearing.
The case continues.
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