The longtime supervisor of San Francisco’s famed Condor Membership — a topless bar that helped outline North Seashore nightlife — was gunned down outdoors his Santa Rosa house by two former employees-turned-lovers who plotted the assault collectively, police allege.
Mark Calcagni, 60, was discovered shot to demise round 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 3 in a motorcycle lane alongside Brookwood Avenue close to Birdfoot Manner, authorities stated.
Police on Saturday introduced the arrests of Richard Lund, 43, and Asia Morton, 25, in reference to the killing.
Each as soon as labored underneath Calcagni at an grownup leisure venue and have been romantically concerned regardless of their 18-year age hole, investigators stated.
Detectives consider Lund ambushed Calcagni after ready for him to return house from a late-night shift, then fled the scene.
“Detectives remained persistent, following leads by means of witness interviews, surveillance footage and digital proof,” Santa Rosa police stated in an announcement.
“Their efforts in the end led to the identification of two suspects.”
Lund was arrested Friday on the couple’s Dublin, Calif., condominium complicated, the place officers executed a search warrant and seized proof tied to the slaying, officers stated.
A short while later, Morton was taken into custody at San Francisco Worldwide Airport after getting back from worldwide journey, police stated.
Authorities haven’t disclosed a motive however stated the pair deliberate the assault earlier than the taking pictures.
Calcagni, a fixture in San Francisco’s grownup leisure scene, managed each the Condor Membership and Self-importance San Francisco, one other close by jiggle joint, in response to police and colleagues.
“He turned one of many Mount Rushmores of Broadway,” Wolfgang Welch, who just lately took over administration duties at Self-importance, instructed the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Condor Membership — which opened in 1964 and calls itself America’s first topless bar — confirmed his demise in an announcement to Fox Information Digital.
“It’s with profound sorrow and deep shock that we verify the tragic demise of our beloved basic supervisor, Mark Calcagni,” the membership stated.
“Mark was greater than our supervisor — he was the heartbeat of Condor Membership and an integral determine within the North Seashore and San Francisco nightlife group.”
The strip membership added that his “dedication, management and keenness over a few years formed who we’re at present,” and stated the loss was felt “all through the broader North Seashore and San Francisco nightlife communities he helped form and uplift.”
Representatives for the Condor Membership declined to touch upon the arrests.
The investigation stays energetic, as police overview digital proof and interview extra witnesses linked to the case.
The Santa Rosa Police Division urged anybody with data to contact its Violent Crimes Investigations unit at (707) 543-3590.
