The shooting death of Gavin Boston, a security guard at the Japan Center Mall in San Francisco's Japantown - allegedly by a 15-year-old boy - has left mall workers and customers in shock.
Several workers at the mall at Geary Boulevard and Webster Street said 40-year-old Boston only started the job about a month ago."Usually the mall's pretty rowdy, we have teens come in a lot with skateboards so I thought it was just boxes dropping," she said.She said in the short time he was there, Boston was always kind, friendly, and responsible. She added that several small businesses deal with daily crimes, including shoplifting.
It would be the last time Boston said good morning to her on Wednesday. San Francisco police said he was shot and killed just after 5 p.m. In September of last year, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins reintroduced a new policy that would allow prosecutors to charge 16- and 17-year-olds as adults in certain egregious cases.I extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Gavin Boston, the victim who was brutally murdered at the Japan Center Mall. I also extend my heartfelt support and commitment to the broader Japantown and Western Addition communities who were harmed by this tragic and senseless killing.
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