Erick Baldares, 21, was killed in a shooting on November 18, 2007, while standing in front of a residence on Treat Street in San Francisco. Police tied the attack to local gang violence and said the shooting appeared aimed at people suspected of Norteño affiliation. Erick was not involved in gang activity and is described as an innocent victim caught in the crossfire.

The case remains open and the City of San Francisco has offered a $75,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. The homicide took place amid a larger wave of late-2000s gang violence in San Francisco, involving groups such as MS-13 and the 20th Street Sureños clique, which prosecutors later said carried out robberies, drug sales and violent attacks across the Mission District and nearby areas. Multiple arrests and convictions in later years targeted members of that clique and others for various cold-case murders and gang-related crimes.

Anyone with information about Erick Baldares’s killing is asked to contact the San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division at 1-415-553-1145 or the anonymous tip line at 1-415-575-4444. If you knew Erick or have information about that night, please come forward.