Matthew Higgz Higginbotham, 23, was shot to death in San Francisco on July 24, 2018. A well-known figure in the Hunters Point neighborhood and a member of the Big Block gang, he was described as having a friendly rapport with local police despite involvement in criminal activity. Police said he was shot multiple times at point-blank range in what they called an execution.

Surveillance footage reportedly shows Anthony Singh approaching Higginbotham and firing several shots. Investigators believed Singh had been offered $10,000 by another Big Block member to carry out the killing. After the homicide, authorities placed a tracking device on Singh’s car; on August 19, 2018, Singh was followed from a San Francisco nightclub to Antioch and was ambushed and killed by gang members Terrance Webb and Gale Joseph Young. Webb and Young were later convicted of Singh’s murder and received life sentences without parole. Victoria Collins was accused of being an accessory to Singh’s killing; she was acquitted of that charge but convicted of possessing ammunition found in her home.

What details about Higginbotham’s life or that night could help explain why he was targeted?