Jeffrey McLaughlin, 38, was shot to death in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district on April 25, 2007. The shooting occurred about 12:25 a.m. after a confrontation over an alleged outstanding drug-related debt. Witnesses said the dispute began in front of 138 Hyde Street; McLaughlin ran around the corner onto Turk Street and was shot in the back of the head.

Authorities had already stepped up patrols and undercover narcotics enforcement in the Tenderloin amid a surge in drug-related violence that year. Investigators treated McLaughlin’s killing as linked to the open drug market there and focused on three men who reportedly confronted him; no immediate details about arrests or charges were released.

McLaughlin was originally from Modesto and was living in San Francisco at the time. He was survived by siblings Donald Charles McLaughlin Jr., Ray Winfield McLaughlin II, Sharyll Ann Price, Donna Lynn Saterwhite, and Rosemary Strait; his parents had predeceased him. A graveside service took place on May 3, 2007, at Ceres Memorial Park in Modesto.

If anyone remembers the events near Hyde and Turk on April 25, 2007, or has information about the three men involved, please share what is known.