(KRON) — This year the San Jose Police Department has investigated multiple shootings and homicides linked to illegal after-hours clubs, bars, and gambling dens throughout the city, police said.
A double homicide unfolded inside a secret gambling establishment on Santa Clara Street in March, police said. Two men were shot to death, and their suspected killer was arrested this week.Illegal gambling establishments attract violence, fraud, and organized criminal activity, Sgt. Jorge Garibay said.
“Multiple units within the Department’s Special Operations Division, along with the Vice Unit, spearheaded a citywide enforcement effort aimed at identifying and dismantling these illegal operations,” Garibay wrote…