Dad of two from Texas, ID’d as shooting victim

Darryl Stinnette Jr., 31, was in San Francisco managing an unnamed rapper

SAN FRANCISCO » Darryl Stinnette Jr. would’ve preferred to have been back home in Texas. But his work managing a rap artist took him to the Bay Area.

“He was doing work, and now he’s not going to be coming home,” Darryl Stinnette Sr. said from Mesquite, Texas, on Tuesday. “We just have to find a way to get through it.”

Stinnette Jr., 31, died early Monday after being shot while driving a Mitsubishi SUV on the eastbound span of the Bay Bridge. Two other people in the SUV were shot and hospitalized, but two people in a Honda that was hit by the SUV after the shots were fired both were OK.

The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office identified Stinnette Jr. on Tuesday.

The CHP said it is continuing to look for a Porsche that also was hit by the gunfire. Whether the occupants of the Porsche suffered injuries remained unknown Tuesday, the agency said.

A silver car fired the shots, hitting all three people in the SUV, the CHP said. One passenger was hit in the arm and the other in the leg, the CHP said.

Stinnette died at the scene.

“I haven’t received any answers,” the elder Stinnette said. “Somebody called me to ask me if I’d seen it on social media, and I had no idea. So I started making calls and found out. It’s the last thing you ever want to find out.”

Stinnette Jr. was the father of two boys, a 10-yearold and a 4-year-old. He had high hopes of being an entertainment producer and forming a company that would manager rappers.

He had one rap artist as a client, and that singer happened to be touring, his father said. That’s what brought Stinnette Jr. to San Francisco.

“It hurts,” Stinnette said. The shooting happened just before 2:30 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 near the Treasure Island exit. According to the CHP, Stinnette was driving the Mitsubishi in the far right lane when the shots were fired. He then swerved into the Honda, which was in the middle of the five freeway lanes.

The CHP shut down all five lanes of the bridge for the next several hours. Many drivers were diverted off the bridge, but others were stuck there for four hours.

The CHP has not released a description or any license plate number for the silver car they are still trying to find.