8-year-old watches his dad get stabbed to death while 'holding his hand' after school pickup, cops say
Story by Chris Perez • 21h
A California father was stabbed to death in broad daylight while walking hand-in-hand with his 8-year-old son just moments after picking him up from school, cops say.
"The homicide was horrific," said San Francisco Police Department interim Chief Paul Yep during a press conference Friday after the arrest of Robert Byrd II's alleged killer.
"A father who was walking across the street with his son was fatally stabbed in the crosswalk after getting into an altercation with the suspect," Yep told reporters. "Immediately after this incident occurred, our officers began a tireless investigation to identify and apprehend the suspect. We were relentless."
Byrd had just done "school pickup" for his son at nearby Commodore Sloat Elementary School in San Francisco on Wednesday when he was attacked during an argument with another man, police officials say. "There were words that were exchanged, and other people heard the commotion and what was happening, and the perpetrator stabbed the victim and ran away," San Francisco District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar told local ABC affiliate KGO on Wednesday after the slaying.
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