Deon Darnell Patterson was 17 when he was shot dead on March 22, 2004, while standing on the porch of his apartment at 4610 Nogal Street in San Diego. Several gunshots struck him; he did not survive.

A witness described a Hispanic male driving a Ford F-150 or a larger pickup on Nogal Street at the time of the shooting. The vehicle stopped in the cul-de-sac and a black male, seen coming from the direction of Patterson’s apartment, entered the truck; both men then fled eastbound on Nogal Street.

Anyone with information about this killing is asked to contact the San Diego Police Department Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477 or sdcrimestoppers.com; a reward of up to $1,000 may be available.

Did anyone in the Nogal Street area that night see the pickup or the two men described?