SAN FRANCISCO — Jan 31, 2015, 2:20 PM ET
A man was detained Friday night in connection with a suitcase that had been found on a downtown San Francisco street stuffed with dismembered human remains, as police looked into the possibility that organized crime or a gang was responsible, authorities said.
Police Chief Greg Suhr confirmed the "person of interest" was detained for questioning in the Tenderloin district, the San Francisco Chronicle reported (http://bit.ly/1Dpchju).
The move came only hours after police released grainy surveillance photos of a man wearing a striped baseball cap, light blue jeans and a blue and orange jacket.
The suitcase was found Wednesday afternoon on a street in the city's South of Market neighborhood. More body parts were found in a trash can nearby.
The condition of the man's torso has police considering the possibility that organized crime or a gang was responsible for the remains, Officer Albie Esparza told the Chronicle. He did not elaborate in the story.
In addition to the man pictured in the photo, a second person was detained, police said. His connection to the case was not revealed.
The newspaper reported that police did not know if the "person of interest" had committed a crime, only that video footage showed him in the area where the suitcase was discovered.
The man, whose identity was not released, was cooperating with detectives, police spokeswoman Officer Grace Gatpandan said. "Homicide has to figure out whether this person is involved with the crime," Gatpandan said.
The remains belong to an unidentified light-skinned man, according to the San Francisco medical examiner. Authorities will now turn to a DNA laboratory to identify him.
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