Overview

• Police say 42-year-old Daniel Patrick Rodriguez Jr. was taken into custody Friday morning in Tuolumne County after a statewide alert and citywide search.
• The victim, identified by family as 35-year-old Robert Paul Byrd II, was fatally stabbed in a crosswalk near Junipero Serra Boulevard and Ocean Avenue as his 8-year-old son stood beside him.
• Investigators traced the suspect’s movements using neighborhood surveillance, license-plate readers and drones, then found evidence tied to the killing during a search of a Darien Way residence.
• Interim Police Chief Paul Yep said the attack followed an altercation, and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the killing was not random, with motive and any relationship still under investigation.
• Commodore Sloat Elementary activated lockdown procedures after the stabbing, and SFUSD and Victim Services are providing counseling and support to affected students and the victim’s family.