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Three years after twenty-seven-year-old Patrick Demarco Scott Jr. was killed at a bus stop near his Berkeley home, authorities continue to hope a reward might help solve the case.
This week, on the anniversary of Patrick Scott Jr.’s homicide, which took place Feb. 3, 2018, the FBI San Francisco Division and the Oakland Police Department reminded the community that the $30,000 reward offered previously in the case remains available.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of anyone responsible for Patrick Scott Jr.’s death, and Oakland Crime Stoppers has offered an additional reward of up to $10,000 for pertinent information.
San Francisco Church, Center was set ablaze on Sept. 17
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Thursday announced a new reward of up to $50,000, over and above the previous $25,000 reward announced earlier by the St. Gregory the Illuminator Church and Armenian Cultural Center, for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the arson attack at the Armenian Cultural Center at St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church. The total award that can be claimed for the hate crime information is now $75,000.
On September 17 the Board of Trustees of the St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church of San Francisco announced that around 4 a.m. the building adjacent to the church was set ablaze by arsonists.
The fire drew outrage from members of the city s Armenian community and District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who called the act cowardly and hateful. This act of violence was not just an attack on a building, but on a congregation. This was an attack on a community, FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair said in a statement. We are counting on members of the community to keep our city safe. Every lead will be thoroughly investigated.
Separately from the arson, investigators are also looking into two vandalism incidents that have occurred at an Armenian school.
In July, suspects were seen on surveillance video breaking into the Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian School at 825 Brotherhood Way and vandalizing its walls with graffiti that conveyed anti-Armenian messages. Then, just four days after the Sept. 17 arson, officers found a sign outside the school was riddled with bullet holes. No one was injured in the shooting, police said.
$50K reward offered in arson at San Francisco Armenian church
By Andre Torrez article
Arson damage at St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church in San Francisco on September 17, 2020. Photos courtesy FBI.
SAN FRANCISCO - The Federal Bureau of Investigation s San Francisco Division announced a $50,000 reward on Thursday for information on the arson at St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church.
The arson at the church s adjacent administration building happened on Sept. 17 at around 4 a.m. in the city s Presidio Heights neighborhood. Fire, heavy smoke and water destroyed church records, and ripped through its library and Sunday school, causing significant damage to the church itself.