An international manhunt for a suspect in a botched murder-for-hire killing in the Bay Area has ended with an arrest halfway across the world.
On the evening of June 27, 2016, police received a 911 call for a shooting in a residential part of San Jose. On the 1700 block of Cape Aston Court, officers found Justin Tran, 26, dead from a gunshot wound. Upon investigating, San Jose police learned Tran, who was in a car, was being trailed by multiple people “lying in wait.” When the car came to a stop, at least one suspect ambushed Tran, shooting him dead.
As the investigation continued, detectives learned that Tran wasn’t the intended target; it appeared this was a murder-for-hire gone wrong. Four suspects were identified, and three were taken into custody. But a fourth, South Korean national Myung Jin Kim, remained on the run…