***UPDATE*** SJPD Arrests Suspect for Homicide #27

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

** Update ** 

During the course of the investigation, SJPD Homicide Unit Detectives determined that suspect Jose Rosas was the primary suspect in this homicide and obtained a warrant for his arrest. On September 2, 2022 at approximately 7:36 AM, the suspect was located and arrested by California Highway Patrol approximately 100 yards north of the Mexico border crossing. 

The suspect was subsequently transported to San José and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for homicide.

 

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On September 1, 2022, at approximately 10:31 PM, Officers responded to the 1100 block of East William Street on a report of a person shot. When they arrived, they found an adult male and an adult female, each suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Officers rendered life saving measures to both. The male was transported to a local hospital with what was later determined to be a non-life-threatening injury. The female victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Officers on scene and Homicide detectives were able to identify a suspect believed to be responsible for the homicide. Suspect information was disseminated to allied law enforcement agencies. The suspect was located and positively identified at the United States/Mexico border in San Ysidro, California by the San Diego Office of the California Highway Patrol. He was taken into custody without incident. The suspect, who will be identified in the coming days, will be transported back to San José by detectives soon.

The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

The identity of the deceased victim will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office after confirming the victim’s identity and notifying next of kin.

This was the City's 27th homicide of 2022.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Vallejo #3810 or Detective Harrington #4365 of the San José Police Department’s Homicide Unit via email: 3810@sanjoseca.gov and/or 4365@sanjoseca.gov or at 408-277-5283.

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