A young man is stabbed to death while sitting in a car with his girlfriend
Just after midnight on the morning of Sunday, October 13, 1996, Phillip Hernandez had just returned with his girlfriend from a date at Rivercenter Mall. Hernandez and his girlfriend were sitting in his car, a 1987 blue Oldsmobile 4- door, in front of his girlfriend's home in the 1900 block of Schley, when three Hispanic males 15 to 16 years old approached the car. After one of the males stated Is that them?, one male began punching Hernandez through the open window on the driver's side of the car. Another male said Hey, what are you doing?, and then all three males ran off. The complainant's girlfriend ran inside, got her mother, and called 911. She did not notice that the complainant was bleeding until she went back outside to wait on the police and EMS. The complainant was rushed to BAMC hospital, where he later died from multiple stab wounds. The suspects are described as three Hispanic males who were thin but not skinny. They looked to be 15 to 17 years old. One was wearing a blue or red basketball shirt, one had on a plain white shirt, and one had no shirt at all. They were all described as wearing dark colored jeans. To this date there has not been any apparent motive for this case. The complainant did not exchange words with the suspects. If anyone has any information about this case, please call the Homicide Unit of SAPD.
