2 shooting deaths are Broadmoor’s 1st in decades

Two people were killed and another was injured Sunday night in what appears to be a targeted shooting outside a liquor store near Daly City, authorities said.

The Broadmoor Police Department is investigating the shooting, which occurred about 8:40 p.m. after an argument outside the Hillside Market at 1165 Hillside Blvd., said Police Chief Arthur Stellini.

Two men and a woman were standing outside the market when a man opened fire, Stellini said. One man and the woman died from their injuries. A second man, who was wounded, is expected to survive. He is recovering at San Francisco General Hospital. “Several detectives from (San Mateo) County have been working the case since they were notified (Sunday), and they are still working on it vigorously,” Stellini said.

The victims are all in their early 20s, he added.

The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as 21-year-old Vanessa Guillory, of San Francisco, and 22-year-old Michael Garcia-Salem, of Half Moon Bay.

The shooting is unusual for the small town of Broadmoor, a community of about 4,000 people tucked within Daly City.

“Nothing (like this) that we can think of in 20 to 30 years,” Stellini said.

A single shooter reportedly fled the scene and no arrests have been made. Authorities are also searching for two people of interest. No suspect information was immediately available.

“We believe that the parties knew each other,” Stellini said. “We have several detectives from the county and different agencies assisting. We are on it trying to bring the shooter suspect into custody.”

On Monday morning, a makeshift memorial was created outside the blue liquor and convenience store. Empty beer bottles, candles and a pot of white flowers stood just outside the store’s entryway where the victims were shot.

Two women emptied large bottles of beer at the memorial while wiping away their tears before setting down the empty bottles.

Residents of the neighborhood, who declined to give their names, said the convenience store is a popular hangout for people in the neighborhood due to a Mexican food truck that parks in the lot.

Two bullet holes were visible in the walls of an apartment complex across the street from the convenience store. Investigators were on scene taking photos of the damage.

One man, who declined to share his name, came to the memorial to find out more from the store owners. He said he heard his nephew’s friend had been shot but didn’t know if the young man survived.

A cashier at the Quick Pick Market and Deli a block away said he was at work when the shooting happened.

“All I heard were gunshots,” said the clerk, who declined to give his full name. “I thought they were fireworks because the neighbors like to do that every now and then. Then the cops showed up.”

In the last year that he’s worked and lived in the area, the clerk said, he’s never seen a violent incident like the one that took place Sunday night.

“It’s not that kind of neighborhood,” he said. “It’s just quiet usually.”