Two shot and killed at Crocker Amazon park. More later... pic.twitter.com/Gh8lX1LHsJ
— Mike Koozmin (@MikeKoozmin) March 9, 2015
Two men have been arrested in a shooting at a popular San Francisco playground that left two teens dead, the San Francisco Police Department announced today.
It was 9:36 a.m. on Monday, March 9 when 18-year-old Kenyatta Butler Jr. of San Leandro and 19-year-old Donzel Gaines of SF were shot dead as they sat in a 2002 Chevrolet Camaro parked in the lot at the Crocker-Amazon Playground, just adjacent to the park's soccer fields.
Two Rec and Park workers who were replacing poles in the parking lot at the time of the shooting told police that there were two gunmen at the scene, one that fled on foot and the other by vehicle.
According to a press release sent by the San Francisco Police Department Tuesday morning, they believe they have nabbed those two shooters. "On March 26, 2015, homicide investigators arrested 21 year old Davante Robinson and 21 year old Gregory Morton III for the murders," SFPD writes.
Due to pending identification issues, neither Robinson's nor Morton's booking photos are currently available, SFPD spokesperson Officer Grace Gatpandan says.
"The arrest came as a result of an investigative collaboration with Daly City Police Department and San Francisco Police Department’s Ingleside Station and Gang Task Force unit," SFPD said in their release.
As of this morning, Gatpandan did not have any information on if the March 9 shooting (or arrests) are connected to Saturday's fatal shooting at that same park. However, she does say that they're still actively seeking information, and that anyone with further information on this crime is still encouraged to contact SFPD anonymously at 415-575-4444 or to text-a-tip to TIP411 with SFPD at the start of the message.
Previously: Local Teens Shot Dead At SF Playground
SF's 14th Homicide Of 2015: Another Fatal Shooting At Crocker-Amazon Playground