SAN JOSE >> A man was killed in a weekend shooting in the city’s first homicide of the year, police said.
Officers were called around 10:10 p.m. Saturday to the 3100 block of Loma Verde Drive for a report of a shooting and found a gravely injured man, according to the San Jose Police Department.
Police said the man was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, and died soon after. His name was not immediately released pending his formal identification and notification of his next of kin by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office.
“The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation,” reads a police news release issued Monday.
The shooting marks the first homicide of 2025 investigated by San Jose police. Last year, police investigated 28 homicides, at least 13 of which were shootings, according to data compiled by this news organization.
Anyone with information for the homicide investigation can contact the SJPD homicide unit at 408-277-5283 or email Detective Sgt. Joel Martinez at 4117@sanjoseca.gov or Detective Hans Jorgensen at 4090@sanjoseca.gov. Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867 or at siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org.