Police Release Sketch of Victor Zheng's Suspected Killer

Man of interest

​San Francisco police provided a composite sketch of a man they want to question about last week's stabbing of 16-year-old Victor Zheng.

Zheng, a Balboa High School student, died at San Francisco General Hospital after he was punched and then stabbed in the chest as he walked with a friend in the Ingleside District at about 10:45 p.m.on Feb. 7.

Police are looking for an Asian man, between 18 and 19 years old, about 5-foot-11 and weighing between 160 and 180 pounds. He has dark eyes and dark hair and he was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, saggy blue jeans, and black tennis shoes. There s a possible mole on his upper right cheek.
Zheng was walking on the 500 block of Holloway Avenue when he was attacked. Zheng followed the man to the corner of Ocean Avenue and Capitol Street. The suspect pulled out a knife, turned around, and stabbed Zheng in the chest.

The killer got into a black two-door Honda with chrome rims. Zheng died an hour later.

Police have said they believe the murdered boy was targeted.

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