Darren Johnson was 24 when he was shot and killed on January 26, 2009, in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. The shooting happened near West Point and Middlepoint Roads, an area identified in the case narrative as having a troubling pattern of violence at that time. Johnson had been released from state prison on January 11, 2009, after serving time for property and vehicle-related convictions in San Mateo County; his release came just weeks before he was killed.

The slaying was one of several shootings in Hunters Point that contributed to a rising homicide rate in the city in 2009, and it remains listed among unsolved homicides. His family continues to seek justice. If anyone has information about Johnson’s movements in late January 2009 or about the shooting near West Point and Middlepoint Roads, please come forward.