Maurice Alexander Green

Maurice Alexander Green, a 41-year-old Black man remembered by loved ones as a "great mentor" and "the best uncle," was shot and killed in San Francisco, California, on October 24, 2020. The shooting occurred in the city’s Bayview neighborhood.

Green had a history of involvement with the criminal justice system. On October 11, 2007, in Antioch, he attacked 28-year-old Jose Victor Sanchez, a Mexican immigrant who was waiting at a bus stop to go to an English-language class. Prosecutors said Green was seen rummaging through Sanchez’s pockets as Sanchez lay unconscious in the street. Sanchez died from head trauma a week later. At the time, Green was on parole for a 2006 robbery.

Green was arrested after the attack on Sanchez but was released while police built their case. While free, he committed another street robbery in December 2008. He was later charged with murder and robbery for the attack on Sanchez. On August 17, 2009, the day his trial was set to begin, Green accepted a plea deal from the District Attorney’s Office.

Green pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and faced a sentence of 16 years in prison. According to state prison records, he was admitted to the prison system in September 2009 and became eligible for parole in June 2020, approximately four months before he was killed.

The investigation into Maurice Green’s homicide is ongoing. No arrests have been announced, and the case remains unsolved as of October 2020.