Keshon Wilson, 23, who shot at a group of people at the 24th St. BART plaza in 2021, killing one and critically injuring another, was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder.
The shooting took place just after 9 p.m. on March 29, 2021. Police officers who reported to the scene at 9:05 p.m. found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds. One was transported to the hospital and the other was declared dead at the scene. The victim who died was 26-year-old Isaiah Cardenas, a San Mateo County resident, according to the San Francisco Medical Examiner.
“The jury’s verdict rejected the defendant’s false self-defense claim, upheld the rule of law, condemned senseless gun violence, and delivered justice for the victims and our community,” said Assistant District Attorney Charly Weissenbach, who prosecuted the case against Wilson. “No one deserves to be murdered, especially by ambush in the heartless and violent manner it was committed here.”
On the day of the shooting, Wilson was working as a power washer for a private company at the BART station. He was out of custody on a pending 2019 domestic violence case, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
After an argument with a group of young men, including the two victims, Wilson left the station, drove around the block in his work truck, parked and walked back toward the plaza, according to the District Attorney’s Office. He emerged unexpectedly from behind a bus shelter, and fired multiple gunshots at the group with a ghost gun.
Wilson fired nine rounds at the group near the BART entrance at the southwestern plaza, shattering the glass door of the McDonald’s across the street.
Cardenas suffered three gunshot wounds in his back, and the seriously injured victim had four to five wounds to his torso and shoulder, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Wilson fled to Las Vegas, Nevada, after the shooting. Upon his return to San Francisco, he was arrested at his home and charged with murder and attempted murder. A police search at his home found the ghost gun and other firearm accessories, according to the DA.
After today’s conviction, he faces a sentence of 82 years to life in state prison.
Police did their job.
DA Jenkins’s office did its job.
Jury did its job.
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