SAN JOSE — A suspect was arrested after a man was fatally shot on a city street Saturday evening, according to San Jose police.
The shooting was reported at 7:06 p.m. in the 700 block of Locust Street in the Washington-Guadalupe neighborhood. Police said responding officers found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He died from his injuries at the scene.
An ensuing investigation determined that the victim and alleged shooter knew each other, and detectives soon identified a suspect. Around 3:25 a.m. Sunday, police served an arrest warrant at a home in South San Jose and arrested the suspect, who police did not name publicly as of Monday.
The victim’s name has not been released pending his formal identification and notification of his next of kin by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office, which was closed Monday in observance of Cesar Chavez Day.
The killing marked the city’s fifth homicide of the year investigated by San Jose police. The city had recorded 10 homicides by the same point in 2024.
Anyone with information for investigators can contact the SJPD homicide unit at 408-277-5283 or email Detective Sgt. Richard Martinez at 3934@sanjoseca.gov or Detective Christina Jize at 4324@sanjoseca.gov. Tips can be also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867 or siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org.