Reward offered in attack on 84-year-old Daly City man

DALY CITY – A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of a man who attacked an 84-year-old Daly City resident outside his home last month.

The March 25 assault was captured on surveillance video. The victim, Salomon Hernandez, had just finished mowing his front lawn and was trying to empty the grass when a man ran up behind him, jumped and kicked him. The impact knocked Hernandez into a wall.

On Sunday, Hernandez’s family and San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa held a news conference to announce the reward.

“I have faith that someone knows who this suspect is and will report him to law enforcement as this appeared to be a targeted attack that could have turned deadly,” Canepa said in a statement.

“This is not a rich family,” he continued, “so putting up $10,000 of their own money for the capture of this criminal shows a deep commitment to their family’s safety and the overall safety of the community.”

Hernandez’s family believes the attack may have been targeted as he was similarly assaulted in 2020.

As of Monday night, the Daly City Police Department had not announced an arrest in the case.

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