A Superior Court jury returned a guilty verdict Tuesday in the trial of a man who brazenly gunned down a San Francisco city worker as he was removing graffiti in the Mission District in 2016.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that the jury convicted 33-year-old Michael Higginbotham of first-degree murder in the death of Jermaine Jackson Jr.
According to prosecutors, Higginbotham killed Jackson Jr. at approximately 8:00 a.m. on November 30, 2016, while he was painting over graffiti, pursuant to his job duties with San Francisco Public Works, on an electrical box at the intersection of 25th Street and Vermont Street. Jackson Jr. had turned his life around at the time of his death. He began as an apprentice in the city department in March 2015 and was going to graduate from the program in 2017."After years of delays, our team earned a conviction ensuring that Mr. Higginbotham will finally face consequences for this callous murder," Jenkins said. "Victims and their families deserve justice, and we will continue to fight for justice and accountability in the courtroom as we bring cases forward.
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