Friends Scour Gaslamp Quarter for Suspect in Fatal Beating

A group traveled thousands of miles to San Diego, searching for the person who threw a fatal punch and killed a man in the Gaslamp Quarter last month.

On Friday, friends of Eric Galen Hatcher visited the scene where he died: at 4th Avenue and G Street.

Not much is known about what happened in the early morning of Dec. 14, but right now, Hatcher’s friends -- who knew him by his middle name, Galen -- don't need every detail.

They just want to help find the person or people responsible for killing Galen Hatcher.

"It breaks you up. Everyone has been torn up about this and we want justice for him,” said Hatcher’s friend Ben Bartel.

Bartel and four other friends are walking around the Gaslamp, posting fliers, asking people who might know anything to call police.

"He was one of a kind. An incredible person. I never met anybody and no one will say they met anybody like Galen,” said friend Aaron Maggy.

"He was loved by everybody. He never had an enemy. He hated confrontation,” said friend Aaron Allardyce.

San Diego Police have released surveillance video of the moments after the fight that killed Galen. They believe the person who delivered the fatal blow is seen running away with another man and woman.

"Someone had to see those individuals,” said Allardyce.

So with every step they take in the Gaslamp and with every flier they post, the friends are hoping someone will be able to bring what they all desperately need.

"We need to figure out what happened, find the person who did it, figure out so we can know what happened, what really took place. So that the family and friend scan just get some closure on this whole deal,” said Maggy.

If you have any information about the fight or the individuals seen in the surveillance video, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers. There is now a $1,000 reward. Friends have also posted a video on YouTube with more information.

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