On October 30, 2024, at about 6:11 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at Ellis and Jones Streets in the Tenderloin and found 64-year-old William Edward Clark with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital and died there. The SFPD Homicide Unit is treating his death as an active homicide.

Investigators searched and collected evidence from residences in San Francisco, Hayward, and Antioch, which led to the identification of 22-year-old Michael Javius of Hayward as a suspect. Javius was arrested and booked on charges of murder and conspiracy. No motive has been disclosed, and it is unclear whether Clark and Javius knew one another.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text TIP411 starting the message with SFPD. Does anyone have information about Clark’s movements that evening or about any connection between him and the suspect?