Vallejo Ferry-Area Shooting Victim Identified as Harvey Clanton, a Philadelphia Grandfather
Clanton, nicknamed 'OG Philly' and 'The Bas Man,' was shot about 12:48 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Mare Island Way and died at a hospital. No arrest or suspect has been announced. His daughter launched a GoFundMe to bring his remains home.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Downtown Oakland skyline over Lake Merritt at dusk. Photo: Darin Marshall / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
The man killed in a weekend shooting near the Vallejo ferry terminal has been identified as Harvey Clanton, a Philadelphia grandfather nicknamed "OG Philly" and "The Bas Man," the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The shooting happened about 12:48 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Mare Island Way. Clanton died at a hospital. Authorities have not announced an arrest or named a suspect. His daughter, Antonia Clanton, launched a GoFundMe to help bring his remains back to Philadelphia, the Chronicle reported.
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