IF YA'LL HEARD ABOUT A DUDE THAT GOT KILLED ON THE FREEWAY AFTER LEAVIN A CLUB, I JUST FOUND OUTN WHO DUDE WAS AND I KNEW DUDE FROM WAY BACK IN THE DAYS AND HE WAS A COOL CAT.....HE WAS SHOT ON THE FREEWAY AFTER LEAVING CLUB NV @ 2AM.....THE MUTHAFUCKAS THAT KILLED HIM WAS MAD CAUSE HE DOOR DINGED HIM ON ACCIDENT....MY HOMIE WASNT NO GANGBANGER THE DUDE WASNT EVEN A THUG....HE WAS JUST A COOL CAT, AINT NEVER CAUSED NO TROUBLE AND SHO THE FUCK DIDNT DESERVE TO DIE THE WAY HE DID. I JUST FOUND OUT IT WAS HIM ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO....THE MUTHAFUCKAS THAT DID IT IS LOCKED UP.......
THIS WHOLE THING IS A SHOCK TO ME.......BUT I HAD TO POST THIS SHIT CAUSE ITS A DAMN SHAME DUDE HAD TO DIE THE WAY HE DID.....
YA'LL BE SAFE OUT THERE IN THEM STREETS MAYNE, CUASE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS YA TIME TO GO....ONE MINUTE YA HEAR , ANOTHER YA GONE....
REST IN PARADISE
FABIAN HERRERA
JULY 24TH 1979 - MARCH 23RD 2003
WWW.MEMORYOFFABIAN.COM
HERES THE ARTICLE
Fatal freeway shooting stuns family
Cops say it started with small spat
Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, March 25, 2003
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Fabian Herrera's family and friends struggled Monday to grasp how a harmless everyday occurrence in a nightclub parking lot could lead to the 23- year-old's death in a freeway shooting.
According to San Francisco police investigators, it all began early Sunday morning, when Herrera and four friends left Club NV on Howard Street. One of the friends opened the door to Herrera's rented Chevy Suburban and hit the side of a silver Nissan Xterra parked in the next space.
The friend apologized to the driver of the Xterra, police said, and it appeared the incident was over. But minutes later, at about 2:30 a.m., shots rang out as Herrera drove the SUV along Highway 280 toward his home in Millbrae.
After the first two shots, Herrera shouted at his friends to duck. Those were his last words, his companions told police. He was hit by the third of four shots that were fired from a silver Xterra.
Herrera's car crashed into the freeway railing, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
Homicide Inspector Antonio Casillas said police issued a description of the suspect's vehicle and later arrested Joe Nguyen, 22, of Oakland, on suspicion of murder. Investigators said Nguyen admitted firing a pistol but claimed he wasn't trying to hurt anyone. Long Nguyen, 25, of Newark, who was also in the Xterra, was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to the killing.
"It appears there was some kind of confrontation, but it was very, very minor," Casillas said, adding there was not even a scratch left on the Xterra. "The next thing they know, they are getting shot on the freeway."
Herrera's grieving father, Miguel Herrera, called the killing "random idiocy" and said his son's last actions were selfless.
"He told everybody to duck, and he didn't, so he wouldn't crash," said Miguel Herrera. "He got hit."
"It is random idiocy, that's what I think of it," the father said. "They didn't know these people -- for a ding on a door, this is stupid."
Herrera's father said his son had studied psychology at a community college in San Mateo and hoped to enroll at UC Berkeley if he made enough money from his home audio equipment business.
"The business was just getting off the ground -- he was doing very well at it," his father said. "He liked to speed, showing off his vehicle, but he had never been in trouble, other than speeding tickets."
Morgan Griffith, 23, who knew Herrera since both were 3, was in the car when his friend was killed.
The door incident seemed so trivial no one gave it a second thought, Griffith said. After the apology, Griffith said, "The guy in the other car said, 'OK,' and rolled up his window. That was that."
Griffith, who worked at Herrera's fledgling business, Precision Soundworks in Burlingame, said his friend's death was "completely avoidable."
"Fabian never hurt anybody, he never talked down about anybody," Griffith said. "They followed us from the club, they decided they wanted to do this -- there was no hesitation -- it seemed like they knew what they wanted to do.
"It is a shame that a perfectly innocent person who had his whole life ahead of him had to be the one," Griffith said. "Now my best friend is gone. We always looked out for each other. This time I couldn't."
Both Nguyens were booked into the San Francisco jail and are awaiting arraignment
THIS WHOLE THING IS A SHOCK TO ME.......BUT I HAD TO POST THIS SHIT CAUSE ITS A DAMN SHAME DUDE HAD TO DIE THE WAY HE DID.....
YA'LL BE SAFE OUT THERE IN THEM STREETS MAYNE, CUASE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS YA TIME TO GO....ONE MINUTE YA HEAR , ANOTHER YA GONE....
REST IN PARADISE
FABIAN HERRERA
JULY 24TH 1979 - MARCH 23RD 2003
WWW.MEMORYOFFABIAN.COM
HERES THE ARTICLE
Fatal freeway shooting stuns family
Cops say it started with small spat
Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, March 25, 2003
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fabian Herrera's family and friends struggled Monday to grasp how a harmless everyday occurrence in a nightclub parking lot could lead to the 23- year-old's death in a freeway shooting.
According to San Francisco police investigators, it all began early Sunday morning, when Herrera and four friends left Club NV on Howard Street. One of the friends opened the door to Herrera's rented Chevy Suburban and hit the side of a silver Nissan Xterra parked in the next space.
The friend apologized to the driver of the Xterra, police said, and it appeared the incident was over. But minutes later, at about 2:30 a.m., shots rang out as Herrera drove the SUV along Highway 280 toward his home in Millbrae.
After the first two shots, Herrera shouted at his friends to duck. Those were his last words, his companions told police. He was hit by the third of four shots that were fired from a silver Xterra.
Herrera's car crashed into the freeway railing, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
Homicide Inspector Antonio Casillas said police issued a description of the suspect's vehicle and later arrested Joe Nguyen, 22, of Oakland, on suspicion of murder. Investigators said Nguyen admitted firing a pistol but claimed he wasn't trying to hurt anyone. Long Nguyen, 25, of Newark, who was also in the Xterra, was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to the killing.
"It appears there was some kind of confrontation, but it was very, very minor," Casillas said, adding there was not even a scratch left on the Xterra. "The next thing they know, they are getting shot on the freeway."
Herrera's grieving father, Miguel Herrera, called the killing "random idiocy" and said his son's last actions were selfless.
"He told everybody to duck, and he didn't, so he wouldn't crash," said Miguel Herrera. "He got hit."
"It is random idiocy, that's what I think of it," the father said. "They didn't know these people -- for a ding on a door, this is stupid."
Herrera's father said his son had studied psychology at a community college in San Mateo and hoped to enroll at UC Berkeley if he made enough money from his home audio equipment business.
"The business was just getting off the ground -- he was doing very well at it," his father said. "He liked to speed, showing off his vehicle, but he had never been in trouble, other than speeding tickets."
Morgan Griffith, 23, who knew Herrera since both were 3, was in the car when his friend was killed.
The door incident seemed so trivial no one gave it a second thought, Griffith said. After the apology, Griffith said, "The guy in the other car said, 'OK,' and rolled up his window. That was that."
Griffith, who worked at Herrera's fledgling business, Precision Soundworks in Burlingame, said his friend's death was "completely avoidable."
"Fabian never hurt anybody, he never talked down about anybody," Griffith said. "They followed us from the club, they decided they wanted to do this -- there was no hesitation -- it seemed like they knew what they wanted to do.
"It is a shame that a perfectly innocent person who had his whole life ahead of him had to be the one," Griffith said. "Now my best friend is gone. We always looked out for each other. This time I couldn't."
Both Nguyens were booked into the San Francisco jail and are awaiting arraignment
