Homicide - S. King Road / Burdette Drive

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

Homicide - S. King Road / Burdette Drive

Filed under Press Release, on 8/24/2012 1:00:00 PM by Author: Officer Jose Garcia #3532.

TYPE OF CRIME: Homicide	CASE NUMBER: 12-236-0969
LOCATION: S. King Road / Burdette Drive	DATE: 8/23/12 TIME: 10:51 PM

VICTIM: Armondo Miguel Heredia	AGE: 18
ADDRESS: San Jose, CA resident

SUSPECT: Unknown	AGE: Unknown
ADDRESS: Unknown

San Jose:

On Thursday, August 23, 2012, at approximately 10:51 p.m., San Jose police responded to S. King Road and Burdette Drive on reports of a person who had been shot. Officers located a male adult victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The victim, identified as 18-year-old San Jose resident Armondo Miguel Heredia, was taken to Regional Medical Center, in San Jose, where he was pronounced dead. The unidentified suspect(s) fled prior to the arrival of officers and remain at large.

Preliminary investigation revealed this homicide to be gang-motived. However, the circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation and no arrests have been made in this case.

This marks the city's 33rd homicide of the year.

Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Detective Sergeant Erin Fong #3394 or Detective John Barg #3640 of the San Jose Police Department, Homicide Investigations 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/. Persons providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect may be eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers.

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