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SAN FRANCISCO—34-year-old Wilfredo “Flaco” Reyes, received a sentence of 10 years in prison without the possibility of parole for being an accomplice to the June 22, 2008 murder of Anthony Bologna, and his two sons—Michael and Matthew. The Bolognas were driving through an intersection in the Excelsior District when they were fatally shot. Reyes is the second suspect in custody for the 2008 triple homicide. His accomplice, Edwin Ramos, 28, was assumed to be the primary suspect in the shooting; he was arrested 48 hours after the incident in 2008. Both Reyes and Ramos are former members of the MS-13 gang. Ramos stated that Reyes had mistaken the Bologna family to be members of a rival gang, The Norteños, who had killed Marvin Medina, one of their fellow MS-13 members a few hours prior to the drive-by-shooting. Ramos had been turned over to police by Danny Largaespada; another MS-13 gang member who had been arrested for stabbing a victim, and turned in Ramos' name for immunity. Ramos was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder; he is currently serving …show more content…

Ramos admitted to driving the vehicle, but revealed that Reyes was responsible for shooting the Bologna Family. Five days after the shooting, police had obtained a warrant to search Reyes' home in Burlingame, as well as his girlfriend's home in the Mission, but they were unable to locate Reyes. Reyes had allegedly gone on lam as soon as the incident took place, and avoided an arrest for four years by fleeing to East Coast. Reyes was found and arrested at his home in Salisbury, North Carolina; nearly four years after the shooting in July 2012, and one month after Ramos' life-sentence. Reyes was charged with three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder, one count of aiding in the discharge of a firearm, as well as one count of involvement in a street

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