Only On 7: police believe car used in SF massacre was rented

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco police now have the car they believe that was used in last Friday's shootings in the Western Addition.

Four people were shot execution style while they sat in their car last Friday night. Their killers are still at large.

Multiple sources have said it was a rental car. No arrests have been made, but this may mean police are getting closer.

The car was rented from the Hertz office on Main Street in Walnut Creek last week before the Friday night massacre.

The four victims, three of them identified members of the Macblock Gang, were shot at close range in their parked stolen car on Laguna and Page streets.

Police say their executioners likely used four guns. They took off before police arrived. Sources says the suspects' car was returned to Hertz early this week.

San Francisco police later took possession of it. They asked Hertz to call them if the person who rented the car came back.

On Wednesday morning, a possible sighting of some of the suspects resulted in a search of a neighborhood in Walnut Creek.

Two men and a woman came to the Hertz office asking for another rental. An employee notified San Francisco police that he thought one of them was the person they were looking for.

At the request of San Francisco, Walnut Creek police responded while homicide inspectors from the city were on their way. One of the men fled on foot as officers arrived, leading to a search of the area. Two nearby schools were locked down.

Police eventually found him hiding in a garbage bin near Contra Costa Christian School. Walnut Creek police later released the two men and the female companion.