After cousin's killing in Potrero Hill, 20-year-old creates scholarship to keep his memory alive

A Georgia high school student received a $2,500 scholarship created in the names of Cornelius Wigfall Jr. and Christopher Bowen. Both cousins were killed in their vehicles two years apart, and Cornelius Wigfall Jr. was shot while parked outside Potrero Hill Terrace and Annex, leaving family members behind. San Francisco Police Department has not named a suspect and has not confirmed whether the killing was gang-related, though friends and family expressed concern about a targeted attack. Gun violence at the apartment complex has declined, yet the death marked the eighth homicide in San Francisco so far that year. The scholarship is intended for low-income Gullah Geechee students, reflecting encouragement toward education and away from trouble.

"Turner was the recipient of a $2,500 scholarship created in the name of two of Wigfall's cousins: Cornelius Wigfall Jr. and Christopher Bowen. Both Wigfall Jr. and Bowen were shot and killed in their vehicles just two years apart. Wigfall Jr. left behind his father, children, and grandchildren after someone sprayed bullets into the passenger window of a car parked outside Potrero Hill Terrace and Annex, killing him instantly and injuring two others in the car. The San Francisco Police Department has not yet named a suspect."

"Though gun violence at the apartment complex has rapidly declined in recent years, Wigfall Jr.'s death on Feb. 27 marked the eighth homicide in San Francisco so far this year, a steep increase from the three recorded homicides by February of last year. SFPD has not confirmed whether Wigfall Jr.'s death was gang-related, though friends and family members of Wigfall Jr., who had a criminal record of gang-related activity, expressed concern that his killing was a targeted attack."

""He was trying to change and trying to be there for his grandkids," said Adin, who remembered Wigfall Jr. encouraging him to continue his education and steering him away from trouble. His cousin, he said, lent him an early self-help book when Adin was young, titled "A Man Thinketh," which argues that one's thoughts shape one's life and environment. "We would have deep philosophical conversations about that," said Adin."

""My cousins always encouraged me to do what I'm doing. Anytime [Wigfall Jr.] thought I was entertaining that lifestyle he snapped at me." The scholarship, said Adin, is intended for low-income students of Gullah Geechee d"

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