Killing of Konoa Wilson
2025 police killing in San Diego, California, US
On January 28, 2025, Konoa Wilson, a 16-year-old African-American teenager, was shot and killed by Daniel Gold, a San Diego Police Department (SDPD) officer at a train station in the downtown area of San Diego, California, United States. Wilson was running away from another person who was shooting at him when Gold, who was in the area on an unrelated call and overheard the gunfire, encountered Wilson and shot him in the back as he was running.
On December 9, 2025, the San Diego attorney's office awarded the family of Wilson US$30 million after a wrongful death lawsuit was brought by his parents; considered the largest settlement in a police killing case in US history, it surpassed the $27 million the Minneapolis City Council awarded the family of George Floyd in March 2021 after his murder.
People involved
Konoa Wilson
Konoa Steven Wilson (2008 – January 28, 2025) was an African American teenager and only child, living in the San Diego area. He attended Bayside Community School in Logan Heights. Wilson had been a target of gang members in the area, and carried a gun for self-defense, which was found on him during the shooting. He was three months away from his 17th birthday at the time of his death.
Daniel Gold
Daniel Gold II was a police officer for the San Diego Police Department, and was a member of the department for two years at the time of the shooting.
Incident
Prior confrontation
At 8:50 p.m., Wilson was walking with another person down a corridor from Kettner Boulevard, toward two other individuals on a train platform on the west side of the Santa Fe Depot. The person Wilson was with crossed the tracks onto the opposite side of the platform, leaving Wilson with the two other people already at the platform.
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