{"id":490088,"date":"2026-10-09T06:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/490088\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T06:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:20:13","slug":"sfpd-increase-reward-for-information-in-2016-murder-of-keron-lamotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/490088\/","title":{"rendered":"SFPD increase reward for information in 2016 murder of Keron Lamotte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bh9rd7o1tu6ptfm5.jpg\" alt=\"Mother of 22-year-old man killed in SF 5 years ago desperate for answers\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bh9rd7o1tu6ptfm5.jpg\" alt=\"Mother of 22-year-old man killed in SF 5 years ago desperate for answers\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-766fb86c=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">SAN FRANCISCO &#8211; The San Francisco Police Department on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfranciscopolice.org\/stay-safe\/ongoing-investigations\/homicides-and-cold-cases\/keron-lamotte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">upped its reward<\/a> for information in the 2016 murder of 22-year-old Keron Lamotte in the city\u2019s Oceanview neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>   Man murdered 10 years ago <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">On Oct. 7, 2016,\u00a0Lamotte was shot and killed while watching an artist paint a mural on the side of a building at Plymouth Avenue and Broad Street, the San Francisco Police Department said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Police searched for Lamotte\u2019s killers in the days following the shooting, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/mother-of-22-year-old-man-killed-in-sfs-oceanview-5-years-ago-desperate-for-answers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the victim\u2019s mother told KTVU in 2021<\/a> that the case had gone cold.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">On Thursday, the SFPD said it is now offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the\u00a0arrest and conviction of those responsible for Lamotte\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Anyone with information on the Oct. 7, 2016 killing was asked to contact the SFPD Homicide Detail at 415-553-1145 or after hours at 415-553-1071.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story came from the San Francisco Police Department and from previous KTVU reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/san-francisco\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO &#8211; 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