Fernando Madrigal, Murder, California 2019

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Norteño Gang Member Charged With Murdering 15-Year-Old

A complaint unsealed today charges Fernando Madrigal, 22, with the murder of a 15-year-old in the Mission District of San Francisco, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, FBI Deputy Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair, and San Francisco Police Chief William Scott.

According to the complaint, Madrigal, a member of the San Francisco Mission District Norteños, shot and killed the 15-year-old on the sidewalk of 24th Street in San Francisco on July 8, 2019. The victim, identified from his school ID card, was mistakenly identified as a rival gang member.

Madrigal and his fellow gang members then led SFPD officers on a high-speed car chase through the Mission District and onto Highways 101 and 280 before escaping. “This killing was senseless,” said U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson. “The Mission District is a wonderful neighborhood, a diverse neighborhood, a neighborhood of children and young families and the elderly. The Mission District deserves to be just as free from gang warfare as every other neighborhood in San Francisco.”

Madrigal was arrested in San Francisco earlier today and is scheduled to appear in court before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. The crime charged against Madrigal is eligible for the death penalty, and he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a fine of $250,000.

The case is being prosecuted by the Organized Crime Strike Force of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and is the result of a yearlong investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, together with SFPD Gang Task Force and SFPD Homicide.

FBI Deputy Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair said, “This murder was senseless and horrific. The FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force will continue to investigate street violence that’s targeting the children of our city, and, disproportionally, communities of color and people who are struggling to get by.”

A complaint merely alleges that crimes have been committed, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.