San Jose: Man arrested in fatal Berryessa shooting

SAN JOSE A man has been arrested in a fatal shooting informed at a parking lot on Berryessa Road last week government explained Police officers were called around p m on April to a retail parking lot in the block of Berryessa Road for a assessment of a person on the ground according to a San Jose Police Department news release They arrived to find a man suffering from gunshot injuries The victim was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead police explained He has been identified by the Santa Clara County Healthcare Examiner-Coroner s Office as -year-old Oscar Cuevas the agency s records show that he was shot in the head Homicide detectives responded to the crime scene and promptly identified a suspect car associated to the crime scene police reported and they obtained a search warrant for a related residence Related Articles Stanford DA to announce charging decision on pro-Gaza protesters arrested in office takeover East Bay man gets years for killing and burying victim in shallow grave East Bay -year-old dies from self-inflicted gunshot Former Alameda County employee who won M award after -year lawsuit battle can t be identified Students protest as University of California campuses reports visas revoked for specific international students During a search of the residence police announced detectives located and identified Jairo Ortiz a -year-old San Jose resident as a shooting suspect Ortiz was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of murder and he was held without bail Court records show he was charged in the homicide Wednesday Police did not detail what led up to the fatal shooting which marked the city s seventh homicide of the year investigated by SJPD At the same point in homicides had been recorded according to statistics compiled by this news organization Anyone with information about the shooting can contact the SJPD homicide unit at - - or email Detective Sgt Rafael Varela at sanjoseca gov or Detective Hans Jorgensen at sanjoseca gov Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at - - or at siliconvalleycrimestoppers org