Armando Rodriguez, 32, was fatally shot in San Francisco on September 23, 2008. His killing was tied to the MS-13 20th Street clique, a Mission District-based group implicated in a string of violent acts across the city. The clique had been linked to targeted shootings of rival gang members, attacks on those thought to cooperate with police, extortion, and other violent racketeering activity that escalated insecurity in neighborhoods such as the Mission and Tenderloin.

Rodriguez’s murder is presented as part of the gang’s broader effort to control territory and intimidate perceived enemies. Later law enforcement action focused on dismantling the 20th Street clique and prosecuting its members; several key figures, including the alleged leader, were convicted and given severe sentences.

If anyone knew Armando, his movements that day, or has information about MS-13 activity in the Mission or Tenderloin around 2008, please share what can help the record.