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San Francisco DA Charges Two Men in Decades-Old Bayview Murders

New sketches and a $100,000 reward reignited the probe into killings from 2002 through 2019

Two men were charged with multiple cold case murders from 2002, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced. 
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Overview

  • Sauntek Harris, 44, is accused of four murders including the 2002 slayings of Perry Bradstreet, Lorenzo Richards and Gerald White and the 2019 shooting of Dietrick Whitley.
  • Shaun Britton, 48, faces charges of murder, firearm use, street terrorism and gang involvement for the carjacking shooting of Bradstreet in January 2002.
  • Investigators released suspect sketches and launched a $100,000 reward in early May, leading to tips that resulted in the arrests of Harris and Britton.
  • Prosecutors allege Gerald White was killed three days after testifying before a grand jury in the Bradstreet case, highlighting suspected witness intimidation.
  • Both suspects are held without bail and are due for arraignment on June 6 in San Francisco County Court.