San Jose PD looking for suspect involved in June shooting

( KRON ) — The San Jose Police Department is searching for a suspect involved in a shooting in June.

At 10:02 p.m. on June 7, San Jose police officers responded to a restaurant in the 5500 block of Cottle Road for a report of an assault with a deadly weapon.

Responding officers learned that a group of men began an altercation with a man who was with his wife and infant child. According to police, a suspect shot his gun toward the family. There were also multiple bystanders, according to SJPD. Police were informed that the suspects fled before their arrival.

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Fortunately, no one was hurt in the shooting.

SJPD Gang Investigations Unit detectives and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office collaborated to find the circumstances of this shooting, which, they say, was gang-related.

The suspects were identified as:

  • David Salas, 19
  • Johnathan Hernandez, 19
  • A 17-year-old minor
  • Brian Felix Rojas, 19

Police arrested Salas and Hernandez at their residences. Two firearms with high-capacity magazines and various clothing with gang indicia were seized in the search at one of the residences. Both were booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail.

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