SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A San Francisco street ambassador was asking a man to stop using drugs outside a library in Civic Center when he was shot.

The homicide victim, 60-year-old Joey Alexander, worked for Urban Alchemy. The nonprofit is contracted with the city and sends street ambassadors into some of San Francisco's roughest areas. Ambassadors are tasked with deterring criminal activity and discouraging open-air drug use.

Alexander was shot on Friday outside the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. He passed away in a hospital Tuesday.

Urban Alchemy spokesperson Jess Montejano said, "That was his beat, in front of the main library. He showed up to work every day when it was his shift."

Mayor Daniel Lurie wrote on X Wednesday, "Our ambassadors dedicate their lives to the

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