Still no arrest in 2020 killing of bi transit advocate
ebar.comHe was only 22 and powered by a strong desire to make the world a better place. On May 1, 2020, he was gunned down in a barrage of gunfire at 14th and Guerrero streets in San Francisco, the victim of what is suspected by police to have been a drive-by gunfight.
Courtney Brousseau, a bisexual transit advocate and product manager at Twitter, died three days later after being taken off life-support at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
Another man who was also injured in the incident survived. Only moments before the shooting, Brousseau tweeted a photo from the nearby Mission Dolores Park where he had eaten a burrito. "I just ate a delicious burrito in Dolores park and for a brief moment everything felt okay," he wrote in what would become his final tweet.Two years later, Brousseau's case is still under investigation according to Robert Rueca, a public information officer with the San Francisco Police Department.
However, "We are not able to speak to what the investigation has at this stage," he added. While continuing to keep tabs on the case, gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said his office hadn't received any updates. "Courtney's death was a tragedy for his family, friends, and an entire community that had come to know and love him," Mandelman stated in an email to the Bay Area Reporter. "The city has an obligation to do everything in its power to provide closure for those close to Courtney."Jane Natoli, a trans woman who serves on the San Francisco Airport Commission, told the B.A.R.
