A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman and her adult son in Pleasanton was arrested in San Jose, police said Friday.
The shooting happened on Wednesday morning inside a home on Joanne Circle and Parkside Drive, just north of Ken Mercer Sports Park. The Pleasanton Police Department said in a press release that following the shooting, detectives identified 31-year-old Allen Swadley of San Jose as the suspect, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Late Thursday evening, the San Jose police officers made contact with Swadley during a traffic stop following a notification from an automated license plate reader, and he was detained without incident, police said. He was later transferred to Pleasanton police custody and booked Friday morning at Santa Rita Jail on two counts of murder…