Double Homicide - 300 Block of N. 7th Street

Press Release

		PRESS RELEASE Pursuant to Cal Govt. Code Sect 6254(f) San Jose Police Department Press Information Office 201 W. Mission Street, San Jose, CA 95110 Ph (408) 277-5339 Fax (408) 286-0923

Double Homicide - 300 Block of N. 7th Street

Filed under Press Release, on 7/24/2012 11:08:00 AM by Author: Sergeant Jason Dwyer #3551.

TYPE OF CRIME: Double Homicide	CASE NUMBER: 12-205-0151
LOCATION: 300 Block of N. 7th Street	DATE: 7/23/2012 TIME: 4:21 AM

VICTIM #1: Withheld
ADDRESS: San Jose, CA resident

VICTIM #2: Withheld
ADDRESS: San Jose Resident

San Jose:

The San Jose Police Department is currently investigating the City's 21st and 22nd homicides of 2012. On Monday, July 23rd, at approximately 4:21 A.M., the San Jose Police Department's 9-1-1 call center received a report of shots being fired in the 300 block of N. 7th Street in San Jose. Upon arrival, officers located a residence they believed to be involved. Officers entered the residence and located two homicide victims. Both victims had been shot and were pronounced dead at the scene. Officers located three children that live in the residence unharmed. The suspect(s) were gone upon police arrival.

The San Jose Police Department's Homicide Unit is investigating the case. The motive behind the homicides remains under investigation. No suspects have been arrested in this case. Both victims' identities are being withheld pending positive identification by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office.

Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Detective Sergeant Stewart Davies or Detective Brian Spears of the San Jose Police Department's Homicide Unit at (408) 277-5283. Persons wishing to remain anonymous can call the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at (408) 947-STOP (7867), or may visit: http://svcrimestoppers.org/, and may be eligible for a reward.