Hayward Deadly Shooting: 15-year-old robbed, pistol-whipped before being killed | KTVU

The father of a 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed in Hayward said that he's struggling to cope with his loss.
"It's hard to sleep, I don't know if you can tell. I haven't been working, I haven't done anything. I can't," Brandon Fank said.
He said his son, Domonique Fank, was robbed, pistol-whipped, and then shot and killed at a girlfriend's home on June 26 where four adults and many other teenagers were present.
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[@Pitbull_expert]

Why is your 15 year old child hanging out at 2am in another city with strangers. ??? I’ll be damned if I allow my sons to move like that

[@okamisan3642]

You must b fun at parties.

[@KB-kp2oz]

​@@okamisan3642you must be the dunce of life

[@SFBenjaminK]

U got that right ..parents don't wanna be parent these days wanna be friend of child thats what friend did that to him too & then quit b**thy about it 2

[@JohnnytNatural]

This is typical for lower class, your expectations are too high and it's not going to change it, that's like asking why don't you have money to hire a babysitter

[@Pitbull_expert]

@@JohnnytNatural very true

[@maybe1time281]

The dad said it himself. His son knew a lot of bad people, and he was hanging out with them. That's the dice you roll when you hang with bad people. Sadly, his son crapped out.

[@toetz4491]

thats the thug and gang culture these youngsters being thrusted into though ..if youre not playing ..you aint "cool" . A 74 yr old Filipina got murdered at the BART platform the other night .... Who allowed this cancer to fester in the our society ? yes thats right ... Liberals

[@mrsleep0000]

Dad failed hard.

[@coastalhillbilly3419]

true but it’s happening to law abiding senior citizens in some of the best zip codes

[@C-SiCK650]

& so will u ​@@mrsleep0000

[@TheTrollTroller408]

@@mrsleep0000You’re a P.O.S for even saying something like that. Hope you don’t have kids cuz karma don’t play 🤦‍♂️

[@vidalalcantar9129]

Everyone’s kid is good when they die but odds are he was being a little thug

[@msunje9862]

True, look at his social media page, good kid doesn’t post these type of things

[@nene5945]

Doesn’t mean he deserved to lose his life alot of kids do dumb stuff he was literally a kid key word KID

[@profe_stilo]

​@@nene5945 It's not about "deserving" it. It's about what comes with the territory

[@pizzacat69]

kid mixed in with the wrong crowd.

[@FloridaMan69.]

he mixed with democrats

[@pushslice]

RIP . but why do you let your 15-year-old kid hang out past midnight?? Is that the norm for this generation? It wasn’t in mine.

[@shushuyu]

You can only speak for that small bubble of yours. To use the term "this generation" is a huge generalization. The issue here was WHO he was hanging out with, not just being out past curfew. Making this about a generation shows you have no idea about anything if all you can do is attack an entire generation. I'm a millennial, and I stayed out late often, but I didn't hang out with shady people. Like you, it's an anecdote, but the difference is I speak only for myself while you're trying to pin this on a whole generation in the form of a question. That's ignorant and honestly, I sense projection coming from you. Your generation probably was worse.

[@CesoeFelony]

I'm an 80s baby and I hung out real late as a teen,but I was doing bad stuff...And as for this generation name another generation besides this one who can't define what a woman is and changes there gender daily? Because that didn't happen in my generation we didn't affirm delution...​@@shushuyu

[@pushslice]

@@shushuyu Wait, who is making generalizations? Did you actually read my post? I asked an honest question. (which, despite all those words you typed, you didn’t even bother to try and answer) I guess having witnessed this bizarre off-track logical excursion from you …..now might be the perfect opportunity for me to finally make a generalization?? …about millennials. Would that be OK with you?

[@KB-kp2oz]

​@@shushuyu'is this the norm for the new generation?' That's an attack? Asking a question? You're weak. You're a part of the new generation clearly. Weak humans are being bred.

[@fuckemweball400]

I was 13 coming home at 5 am my parents didn’t kno im sure his parents don’t either

[@lifemomentsca]

Their no way they don't know who did that smh

[@raygordon3728]

15 years old, trying to be gangster. Why would a kid who's going into the 10th grade be somewhere other than his own bed at 2AM? Dad talks like he's black. Just a bad situation all around. The streets were raising this kid, not his parents. RIP, young man, you deserved better.

[@MrVenona]

He was failed by the adults around him. RIP.

[@nuh_uh_ur_dumb]

"talks like he's black" so? a moron is a moron. an accent is an accent. neither have anything to do with each other. get over it.

[@p-dub7422]

Dad talking like he's black what does that mean? Obviously you have not been around black people beyond what you see on the media. Do you know white folks talk like that?

[@brucegreen5781]

@@MrVenonalol are they undocumented?

[@OnlyTheFam408]

How do you talk black ? Lol

[@vigilantcitizen5416]

The Edgar cut and the "rap career" tells you all you need to know about where his life was headed.

[@DarnellHorton-ze7yh]

Be weary of the company you keep.

[@seeharvester]

"He wasn't in a gang." Yes, he was.

[@parrotletsrunearth1173]

I wasn't allowed out at 15 years old. This reeks of gang activity.

[@adamantium4797]

Thug life

[@nicks8026]

You weren’t allowed out? Not at all? Did you sleep in a dog crate?

[@parrotletsrunearth1173]

@@nicks8026 NOBODY was out at 2am at 15........

[@CesoeFelony]

​@@parrotletsrunearth1173I was.

[@CesoeFelony]

It's summer Im born and raised in Hayward he wasnt even outside he was at a friend's house,SMH ur even to slow to keep up with the facts of the story and u wanna run your mouth...

[@smiley6168]

Demons are real and active. Stay out them street youngins smh stay close to family

[@jimmydiamond9359]

everyone is surprised when they saw the headline ... and then they're not surprised after watching the news story

[@mikec3304]

May he rest in peace.

[@Dylancla]

Alot of kids like the one foot in the gang life to be cool but it can have these consequences

[@FlyBoyMT]

You know, I used to get sad about these juvenile cases and them leaving us so soon…but the more I see, it’s just all a bunch of news-spinning trying to make them look good when they were just really bad seeds. Like seriously, this kid “didn’t have his whole life ahead of him”. If that was the path he was taking, he would have been dead within a few years if he didn’t change his ways. I’ll say it once, and I’ll say it again. Ratchet and Ghetto are NOT cultures. They’re circumstances, circumstances everyone who wants to make something of their life will try to get out of ASAP. The ones who cherish it as part of their identity are the ones who will never get anywhere.

[@Zambineaux305]

It’s sick that people are even saying he deserved it. A 15 year old is still learning life… Crap, I’m 31 and still learning day-by-day. Hung out with the wrong crowd, got my s**t together, working hard. Some of you people have no heart to think a 15 year old deserved to die violently. Smfh. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Thrvsh]

looks like edgar was living that thug life

[@wonderfulmarvelous6975]

Really? What's wrong w/you

[@yolyprog2561]

What is wrong with you!

[@Thrvsh]

what's wrong with me? wtf was wrong with thug life edgar?

[@Dylancla]

@@Thrvshi got that vibe too unfortunately the one foot in lifestyle

[@dannydinh2281]

He’s still a kid… show some respect.

[@mikemiller659]

The moment I saw his photo I knew 99% of the story..showing off his earrings..

[@Dflowen]

00:45 well probably made dis tracks and attracted the wrong folks flashing your fake jewelry. 1:20 was not in a gang, Mr. Fank said, "he knew some people gang affiliated". 1:35 the haircut. The pistol whip in the title and description hmmm.

[@bg710]

ive said it many times before. PARENTS! if your kid comes home with that haircut, take him out of the school he goes to and move away. that is a sign they are running with the wrong crowd

[@macattack6843]

@@bg710 what the H kind of hair cut is that again

[@leeb.7188]

@@macattack6843: Its called the “Edgar” haircut.

[@bg710]

@@macattack6843 its called an edgar cut

[@mymindseyesees2002]

It’s not attractive

[@debrariat6884]

a lot this "dad" didn't know about

[@Stamatos]

Hayward is jealous of Oakland's model citizens, it seems. Good thing they are in the same county and all these angels can be sparedd the evil justice system.

[@CesoeFelony]

Born and raised in Hayward and this is nothing new..

[@TheyCameForMe]

With pamela in charge - can we even expect Justice? ☝🏿🧐🇺🇸

[@p-dub7422]

@TheyCameForMe with Donald in charge is there a such thing as justice?

[@chuckefunn8624]

Sad story as a society we have failed with all involved 😢

[@sfdanceron1]

Sadly, his rapping probably pissed off some gangbanger who got his gun through legal means.

[@dogsense3773]

Dad with hat on back wards

[@logictotalwar1201]

😂

[@dinamejia2704]

What is going on the devil is on the prowl!

[@celebrityrog]

That ain’t your kid bro. That kid looks nothing like you and both you and your wife know it. And that video of him showing off earrings and that haircut are notorious for gang affiliation.

[@leeb.7188]

If he raised him, it’s his son. The kid could look like a Hispanic mother, or he could be adopted. It doesn’t matter; the problem is that the kid was 15, was out at 2 a.m. and emulating the thug lifestyle. The father seems clueless.

[@IAMHERE486]

Clearly he’s biracial as is many people in the Bay Area.

[@partymariner]

Edgar

[@CesoeFelony]

You ain't even from Hayward you have no idea what your talking about...

[@joesmith3590]

Then it is his step kid. You don’t change biology based on feelings.

[@sidepass]

As already said my 15 year old would be home in bed at 2am, Hanging around bad people will only lead to bad things.

[@sally-fd5ey]

Thats always the story line, he wanted or was going to college to be an astronaut or the first blind surgeon but was clapped right before accomplishing. Getting old man, even if he was a low life no one deserves what happened to this regardless of the type of person they are. No one deserves it more then others either

[@FR4087]

I pray for swift justice 🙏 sorry for your loss.

[@tien4949]

So sad, I feel for the dad. Hanging outside past midnight, being around thugs, wearing jewelry and letting everyone know where you're at on social media...Hmmm..

[@mrsleep0000]

Why? His failure as a parent led to this...

[@rich-lf1bm]

Yeah ​@@mrsleep0000

[@jasontomica8938]

He wants answers but there's no answers

[@mikemiller659]

He Knows the answers..he's been around

[@TownLife-_-588]

Brandom, I’m sorry for your loss mayn , this woodie … I used to be on 48th on foothill. May the LORD give you strength bra !

[@Ralphy-z4v]

Hayward CA?

[@makisupaPIGman]

That haircut didnt help the situation im sure. Id say 30% chance it had something to do with it.

[@dariorichards8278]

Sad

[@MultiSkyman1]

He has the street thug look, so no surprise to me.

[@pablodelgado5302]

I can tell he was part or try to be part of gans....🤦🏻‍♂️

[@trinadavis5705]

I'm so sorry 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@mrsleep0000]

Brandon should have gotten a DNA test, I don't think that kid is his...

[@yolyprog2561]

RIP

[@ME-ot2ce]

Terrible and then also the question is was he Affiliated in any type of gang or anything else going on that had him in a situation or was it just a random act of violence

[@danasmith858]

Gee and my dad was smart enough to move in 1969 to save us kids

[@dinamejia2704]

Why are your little kids out there at that time of night nothing good happens after dark

[@jimbobfisher8904]

They always want you to feel sad for these kids that are in the streets and high asf in every picture they have of them.

[@SfKitty]

Make sure these kids aren’t hanging out with the wrong crowd

[@keepit9762]

First of all, what is your 15-year-old doing out during the week at 2 AM? …… he’s 15. ????

[@anonymousanonymous5542]

When you play with a snake 🐍 you get bit by the snake 🐍 😢

[@logictotalwar1201]

How do they know he was pistol whipped do they got it on Camera

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

The body would show signs, genius.

[@ok_1621]

Gotta carry the 🔨 with you at all times times are crazy rn

[@Thadopeera]

They’ll be caught. Prayers up for pops

[@Sweetersweet2006]

Rip to the kid but parents need to stop laying to themselves

[@leeb.7188]

If only there was a father in the home. Oh wait….

[@dirtmcgirt7125]

He was with the festivities

[@stuwest3653]

So many crimes that won't be committed.

[@seadweller386]

“He knew some people that might’ve did some type of gang affiliation.” Well, that’s says it all. You want to hang with gang punks, you have to deal with the repercussions. You’re either going to be dead or in prison. And I wasn’t surprised at all to see that dead dude sporting that stupid haircut.

[@michaeln.2383]

This story didn't turn out to be what I thought.

[@alwash9323]

Your son lost his life because you didn't step up as a father and protect your kid there's no way in hell your kids should have been out at 2:00 in the morning at the age of 15 around adults you knew exactly what he was doing he was in a gang

[@michaelpasina3528]

If you know or kick it with members you one too juss keepin it real

[@Amos_Lee]

Dang i went to john swett sad, but why is you’re kid out at 2am though? Nothing good ever happens after midnight rip

[@usernotfound40495]

Dad seems like he’s broke like he don’t even have enough money to have his son at home so he depended on other people.

[@Alejandro-ri8fc]

Honestly this is the parent’s fault. Why let your kiddos hang out that late? Sounds more like he was up to no good either.

[@Alex-sm1mb]

Crazy. Robbing someone and then killing is some cold heardted devil shet

[@officialliltone9254]

🕊

[@officialliltone9254]

Gotta change the narrative and spread peace out here in the bay area .

[@Mike-dn7ut]

Welcome to the Bay Area….its become a hellscape don’t go!

[@nas6362]

So sad 🙏🙏🙏🤲🤲🤲

[@diegoamaya7537]

Parents fault. Parents failed their kid. Kids are what parents guide them out to be.

[@barbaradowda7236]

2 am ?? WTF?? Kid that age needs to be home asleep .

[@ztomas1]

Ummm can someone explain to me why a 15yr old and a 13yr old is out at 2AM??? If the father wants to blsme someone then he needs to look in the mirror, next time be a father instead of a friend

[@blanco-sanchez450]

It’s so obvious this kid was associated. He even wanted to be a barber 😂.

[@macattack6843]

Anything can go down in the Trap

[@augustineramos_]

His dad failed him

[@davexx-wi6rm]

That guy gets the bad father award of the year.

[@coachdion6954]

Looking like a thug in pics but now dad “wants justice.”

[@Cxp144]

Keep it on you at alll times

[@dareasonx24]

Hes a little thug that kid aint innocent get real.

[@goodyearguy2382]

As long as California does not address this lawlessness, these unfortunate things will continue to happen. Sad 😅

[@TruthSeeker7243]

Another normal day in america.

[@dannyphan1352]

Where's mom?

[@user-gn5uy6lx7z]

Looks like a want to be thug. Why are you letting him out that late? It’s YOUR fault

[@lynncollver6067]

Jesus Christ please touch this father and help him as only You can do to bring Your peace that passes understanding. Amen

[@ivyngo110]

It’s the culture, the American culture the hood culture, not the skin color, i see it now !

[@carefulsum]

I think his son was. wannabe gangsta....

[@ZucIsCuk]

He found out

[@BennyLin718]

13 yr old gone tell watch

[@aeromtb2468]

wonder if price has her hand on this

[@logictotalwar1201]

I think discount knew about this too 😘

[@flextechvip]

Once the ghetto moved to the City of Hayward the crime came with it.

[@albertorodriguez-gudino8755]

Banging foe sho

[@marpar3971]

People laugh . Look at the clothes and lifestyle he portrayed . It comes with the territory

[@OscarHernandez-rc5yo]

He was the son of a white guy, who looks Mexican but wannabe black rapper... what could go wrong? 😤

[@SanchoElPistolero]

THE STACK!

[@moresavageent.5633]

Possible case of Norte damn

[@juaninthechat-j8j]

If only he didnt have the Edgar haircut.

[@evening_streets]

Gang friends aren't friends

[@freeworld2275]

He was a criminal

[@funkytown2623]

He was a gang memeber, live by the street , die by the streets