County to reinvestigate Black student’s death, SJSU president says
April 2, 2021
San Jose State University says county officials are reopening an investigation into the suspicious death of a Black student in 2008. Courtesy photo.
San Jose State University President Mary Papazian announced this week the county coroner and district attorney will reexamine the suspicious death of student Gregory Johnson Jr., according to an email obtained by this news organization.
“SJSU recognizes that for many members of our community, the circumstances surrounding Gregory’s death are emblematic of longstanding systemic racism in our nation,” Papazian wrote in a Feb. 18 email to students. “The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and Coroner’s Office recently agreed to undertake a new review of the coroner’s report, once the pandemic allows them to do so. We will cooperate with any requests for information.”
Bicyclist struck and killed by hit-and-run driver in San Jose
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MAP: Bicyclist struck and killed by hit-and-run driver in San Jose.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A man riding a bicycle was killed early Sunday morning by a wrong-way driver of a pickup truck that fled the scene, San Jose police said.
Officers responded just before 4:30 a.m. to a report of a collision in the area of South First and Reed streets and located a bicycle rider down in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The man had been riding southbound on South First Street when he was struck by a dark colored Chevrolet Silverado type truck going northbound in the southbound lanes, according to the preliminary investigation. The truck fled the scene and has not been located, police said.
San Jose police investigating first two homicides of 2021
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The two are the first homicides in 2021 in San Jose.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - San Jose police are investigating killings on Saturday and Sunday, the city s first two homicides of 2021.
About 7:30 p.m. on Saturday officers responded to a shooting report near the intersection of Woz Way and Auzerais Avenue, next to the Children s Discovery Museum and Discovery Meadow.
A passerby had flagged down a California Highway Patrol unit in the area and reported the shooting in a homeless encampment there.
San Jose officers found a man in a tent with at least one gunshot wound and took life-saving measures before he was taken to a hospital. He was later pronounced dead.
Girl dies as truck is moved at Bay Area auto dealership
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A girl died after being hit by a truck on the 3600 block of Monterey Highway in San Jose, police said on Dec. 30, 2020.Google Street View
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Police are investigating after a girl died Wednesday afternoon while a truck was being moved off a trailer.
Officers said a driver was attempting to move the truck about 1:30 p.m. at an auto dealership in the 3600 block of Monterey Highway when the girl jumped onto the trailer, directly in front of the truck.
The truck rolled forward and struck the girl, police said in a release.
Updated on December 29, 2020 at 10:10 am
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Two people were found dead inside a recreational vehicle parked at a shopping center in South San Jose early Tuesday morning, police confirmed.
The RV was parked at the Santa Teresa Marketplace strip mall behind a Taco Bell at Santa Teresa Boulevard and Bernal Road, police said.
Firefighters were first at the scene at about 12:20 a.m. on a witness report, police confirmed. Police officers arrived a short time later and sealed off the scene.
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