Suspect accused of shooting rival while on bail in gun case, wins bail again in San Francisco courtroom
A man accused of shooting a rival on a Tenderloin street, while on bail, and then leading police on a chase in which an officer fell and broke his arm, will appear in a San Francisco courtroom this morning – out of custody, having won a remarkable bid for bail days after his arrest.
Prosecutors say Jules Reeves, 19, threatened to kill Malcolm Tulau-Vance during the confrontation that blew up on the mid-afternoon of June 27 2026 near Turk and McAllister Streets. He then drew a hangun and pointed it directly at his victim.
“A physical struggle ensued during which the defendant fired the gun striking the victim in the hand and causing serious injury that requied surgery,” wrote assistant district attorney Rebecca Warren in an unsuccessful motion to detain.
“While the victim was on the ground, the defendant repeatedly struck him in the head with the firearm.”
Reeves is said to have handed the gun to another man before running off, with quickly-responding police in hot pursuit. He was eventually captured three blocks away.
Superior Court Judge John Echeverria was unmoved by prosecutors’ plea that Reeves was a danger to the public and – in a decision notable even by San Francisco standards – sent Reeves on his way on the condition he wear an ankle monitor and stay at home. Since his release, court records show, the twice-bailed suspect has been the subject of a ‘negative pretrial diversion progress report’.
The man he shot, 22-year-old Malcolm Tulau-Vance, is best known for being charged with five felonies after prosecutors say he opened fire on a lady driver sitting her car in July 2025.
He has juvenile adjudications for gun possession in 2021 and robbery on 2022.
At the time of his arrest, Reeves was on pretrial release in an Alameda gun possession case.
He will appear this morning at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice for a preliminary hearing, at which a judge will determine whether the evidence is sufficient to allow the case to go to trial.
He has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to assault with a firearm, resisting a peace officer, two firearms offenses and contempt of court.
The case continues.
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