SJPD Arrests Suspects for 2020 Homicide #39

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

On November 20, 2020, at approximately 5:17 PM, San José Police Department Officers responded to the 2200 block of Orlando Drive for a report of a person shot. Upon arrival, Officers discovered that an adult male victim was shot multiple times while sitting in his vehicle. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased. The unidentified suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival in the below pictured vehicle:

 

 Late 1990's gold Lexus GS300

 

SJPD Homicide Unit Detectives began a thorough investigation and later identified the suspects as Hulizes Garcia-Urista and Jairo Ortiz-Plancarte.

On August 13, 2024, the SJPD Covert Response Unit (CRU) located and arrested suspect Garcia-Urista in the city of San José and booked him into Santa Clara County Main Jail for murder.

On August 14, 2024, the SJPD CRU located and arrested suspect Ortiz-Plancarte in the city of San José and booked him into Santa Clara County Main Jail for accessory after the fact.

This was the City's 39th homicide of 2020.

Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact Detective Sergeant Barragan #4106, or Detective Van Brande #4542 of the San José Police Department’s Homicide Unit via email: 4106@sanjoseca.gov and/or 4542@sanjoseca.gov or at 408-277-5283.

The San José Police Department would like to thank the California Department of Justice, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, and the California Highway Patrol's Special Operations Unit for their assistance with this investigation. 

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