Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, June 1, three men riding in a black Porsche through downtown San Jose found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, or possibly the wrong company. An unknown shooter, or shooters, opened fire on the vehicle near South First and East Reed Streets, sending all three occupants to the hospital with gunshot wounds. One of them did not survive. The other two are expected to recover, according to the San Jose Police Department.
The Porsche, after absorbing the gunfire, crashed into a high-rise apartment complex called The Fay at the corner of First and East Reed Streets. Plywood covered the building’s lower windows by the time news crews arrived on Monday. Residents nearby described waking to what sounded like fully automatic gunfire, followed by the sound of a vehicle losing control.
Nobody walking the sidewalks or living in the surrounding buildings was struck, which police acknowledged was fortunate given how indiscriminate the shooting appears to have been…