By Stella Chan and Leah Asmelash, CNN
Updated 6:17 PM ET, Tue February 2, 2021
Jack Palladino in 1982. (CNN)Two men could face murder charges in connection with the death of famed private investigator Jack Palladino, who authorities say may have helped solve his own case.
Palladino, 76, fell just outside his home in San Francisco s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood after two men tried stealing his camera last Thursday afternoon, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Witnesses reported seeing a suspect in the passenger side of a vehicle in a physical struggle over the victim s camera, said a statement from SFPD. Palladino allegedly fell as he grabbed onto the camera while the thieves car sped away.