SJPD seeks public's help in solving string of violent crimes
KTVU's Jesse Gary reports.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - San Jose police investigators are asking for the public’s help in solving several violent crimes Wednesday.
Warm weather and a Cinco de Mayo celebration ended with multiple shooting victims and one homicide.
"Unfortunately we see it time and again. Think about the last time a city won a major sports championship," said Greg Woods, a professor in the San Jose State University Department of Justice Studies.
San Jose police said the first reports of violence came in around 8 p.m. A bullet-riddled windshield tells part of the tale, as two men were shot in the 900 block of East Santa Clara Street near Roosevelt Park. One of the victims died, marking the 15th homicide in the city of 2021. The other was treated at a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.