29-05-2025
Two men charged with 2002 Bay Area murders
Two men were charged with multiple, decades-old murders San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Thursday.
Sauntek Harris, 44, and Shaun Britton, 48, were charged with fatally shooting three people in 2002, and one man in 2019, Jenkins' office said. The charges came weeks after the San Francisco Police Department announced it was offering a $100,000 reward for information in the 2002 crimes.
Around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2002, 37-year-old Perry Bradstreet was robbed, carjacked, and fatally shot at 1088 Palou Ave. in the Bayview neighborhood, according to police and previous Chronicle reporting. Bradstreet's car was set on fire and abandoned in the Oakdale housing project, according to police. Despite lifesaving efforts from first responders, Bradstreet died from his injuries.
Jenkins' office said Harris and Britton killed Bradstreet, with Britton using a 9mm MAC 11 assault firearm in the shooting.
Harris is charged with killing Lorenzo Richards on Feb. 24, 2002, with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol.
In July 2002, Gerald White, 37, was shot just three days after prosecutors summoned him to appear before a grand jury tied to Bradstreet's killing. Authorities feared that someone saw White going to testify before the grand jury, the Chronicle reported. The district attorney's office said Harris killed White with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. Prosecutors said White was 'a witness to a crime who was intentionally killed for the purpose of preventing his testimony.'
Nearly 17 years later, prosecutors said, Harris killed Dietrick Whitley on Aug. 10, 2019, in the Bayview neighborhood using a 9mm semi-automatic pistol.
Prosecutors said Harris killed Whitley 'while lying in wait.'
Harris, who also goes by Sauntek Kincaid, was charged with four counts of murder, personally and intentionally using a firearm in the commission of murders and street terrorism, the district attorney's office said. Harris is also facing a charge that he committed the killings on behalf of a street gang.
Britton was charged with one count of murder, personally and intentionally using a firearm in the commission of murder, street terrorism and committing murder for a criminal street gang.
Both men were booked into the San Francisco County Jail on Tuesday night and were next scheduled to appear in court on June 6.
Prosecutors said that the investigation remains active and asked the public to share any information with District Attorney Investigator Gino Guerrero at (415) 308-2048, or by contacting the San Francisco Police Department.
