Security Specialist Arrested After 22-year-old Sfsu Graduate Shot Dead In San Francisco

A information master has been arrested for allegedly shooting a 22-year-old graduate dormant successful San Francisco.

Police arrested Nation Wood, 25, successful relationship pinch nan killing, which took spot astatine a spot in San Francisco’s Sunset District connected March 24. The unfortunate was later identified arsenic Samantha Emge, a 2025 postgraduate of San Francisco State University.

Officers from nan San Francisco Police Department raced to nan reside astatine 10.43 p.m. and discovered a female unfortunate suffering from a gunshot wound, according to an SFPD property release.

Despite nan efforts of paramedics and nan unfortunate being transported to a section hospital for treatment, she passed distant from her injuries astatine nan aesculapian facility, constabulary said.

One of Emge’s friends claimed to The SF Standard that Wood was nan victim’s boyfriend.

Police told CBS San Francisco that Wood was detained upon nan officers' presence astatine nan segment of nan shooting, earlier being arrested nan pursuing morning.

Wood has been charged pinch involuntary manslaughter and has been booked into nan San Francisco County Jail, nan SFPD connection revealed.

Supervisor Alan Wong, who represents nan area, told Mission Local that “early accusation suggests that this whitethorn not person been an intentional act.”

Wood and Emge are photographed together connected nan latter’s Instagram account, successful a station showing nan brace smiling and sporting shot caps.

“Travelled, ate, built a table, and became a existent big successful 2025,” Emge captioned nan post.

Wood’s father, Michael, told The SF Standard that he had nary remark connected “this horrible, horrific tragedy.”

According to Wood’s LinkedIn page, he worked arsenic an beforehand unit astatine nan White House from November 2023 until July 2025.

On his LinkedIn page, nan fishy shared a photograph showing him pinch former Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, erstwhile Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff successful 2024.

“Very grateful to person had nan opportunity to thief nan VP pinch her travel to APEC successful San Francisco,” nan station reads.

Wood was a governmental subject and authorities awesome astatine SFSU, graduating successful May 2024, his relationship states. He describes his occupation arsenic an independent pre-event tract information adviser.

Prior to studying astatine SF State, Wood attended Saddleback College, wherever he earned an associate’s grade successful wide arts and sciences/liberal studies. While attending nan school, he played for nan Saddleback Bobcats, nan college’s shot team, according to nan team’s website.

He later played for nan Walla Walla Sweets, a Washington-based amateur shot team.

In precocious school, Wood was a two-time all-state action and a three-time all-conference selection. He won nan convention MVP grant successful 2019.

According to Emge’s LinkedIn account, she studied interior creation and architecture astatine SF State from August 2021 until May 2025. After graduating, she became a creation adjunct astatine Chantal Lamberto Interior Design.

“San Francisco State University extends its deepest condolences to her family, friends, and each who knew and loved her during this profoundly difficult time,” Dave Knutson, a spokesperson for SF State, told The SF Standard.

The Independent has contacted nan White House, nan SFPD and SFSU for comment.