Senator Bruce McPherson is a [b]REPUBLICAN[/b], who voted for the handgun "safety certificate", "assault weapons" ban, and the "unsafe handguns" ban.
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CA senator's son victim of fatal shooting outside SF home
November 17, 2001 -- State Sen. Bruce McPherson's son was fatally shot while walking home early Saturday in what appears to be a robbery shooting.
Hunter McPherson, 27, was near his Potrero Hill home at about 2 a.m. when the shooting occurred on a sidewalk in front of a house, police said.
He was shot in the upper torso and later died at San Francisco General Hospital.
No arrests have been made, but Mayor Willie Brown has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Police said such a reward is not unusual.
Bruce McPherson is a Republican senator from Santa Cruz who is a candidate for lieutenant governor. The senator, who represents the 15th district, declined to comment Saturday.
Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga, said he met Hunter McPherson in 1993, when his father first ran for the state Assembly.
"He was just a really decent young man who always had a pleasant disposition," Brulte said. "It's a very close-knit family. This is just a tragedy."
Police declined to say whether Hunter McPherson was with anyone else at the time of the shooting, but they did say no other victims were involved.
Because the murder occurred in the early morning hours, Deputy Chief Mindy Pengel said police are "still seeking witnesses to this case."
"We're hopeful that there will be people who will come forward with information they might have, something strange they might have heard," Pengel said.
Lt. Judie Pursell said the neighborhood where the shooting occurred has both residences and businesses.
"I don't recall having a homicide there for a while," Pursell said.
Pursell said the murder wasn't related to other overnight shootings in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pengel added that Hunter McPherson did not appear to have been a target because of
his father's position.