Grandfather killed in brutal Potrero shooting wanted to leave troubled life behind, friends say

On an unseasonably warm Friday morning, multiple bullets were fired into the back window of a white sedan parked near Potrero Terrace and Annex, one of the last public-housing complexes in San Francisco.

Police said one victim — whom friends and a police source identified as Cornelius Wigfall, Jr., 44, known familiarly as “Saga” — was killed instantly. An unidentified woman who was also in the car was critically injured, though she is expected to recover from her gunshot wounds, Supervisor Shamann Walton, who represents the area, told Mission Local.

A 12-year-old boy was also wounded in the attack, though he was not shot, police wrote in a statement…

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