A San Francisco Urban Alchemy worker died on Tuesday, days after being shot while working in the Tenderloin District, the nonprofit said on Wednesday.

Urban Alchemy CEO Dr. Lena Miller, in a statement, identified the victim as Joey Alexander.

San Francisco police said the shooting happened just before 5 p.m. Friday near Larkin and Grove streets and that officers arrived to find a man seriously injured. Alexander was taken to the hospital but died on Tuesday.

Jess Montejano, a spokesperson for Urban Alchemy, said Alexander had been working in front of the SF Main Library for over two years as part of the Tenderloin District street outreach team. And it was there that he was shot while asking someone to stop doing drugs, the nonprofit said.

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