SAN JOSE – Authorities on Wednesday introduced the arrest of 4 suspects in reference to a gang-motivated assault with a lethal weapon over the summer time in San Jose.
The incident occurred round 4:40 p.m. on Aug. 24 within the 1500 block of Bahama Manner, in accordance with San Jose police spokesperson Stacie Shih.
The sufferer, a person, was strolling within the space when the suspects, a person and three boys, approached him, Shih stated, including that the suspects believed the sufferer was a rival gang member and chased after him.
One of many suspects pulled out a knife and tried to stab the sufferer within the neck, Shih stated.
The sufferer managed to flee and conceal from the suspects, who left the realm earlier than officers arrived.
Detectives launched an investigation and found two of the suspects had been additionally concerned in a gang-motivated theft and assault with a lethal weapon on Aug. 30 within the space of Clarice and Huran drives, Shih stated. The sufferer in that case was a boy.
The suspects had been recognized as San Jose residents, ages 19, 18, 16 and 14, Shih stated, including that the 18-year-old was a juvenile on the time of the Aug. 24 incident.
On Nov. 20, authorities arrested the 16-year-old suspect in Santa Cruz and the others in San Jose. Gang materials and objects stolen within the Aug. 30 incident had been additionally recovered.
The 19-year-old suspect was booked into Santa Clara County jail on a number of fees, together with gang-motivated assault with a lethal weapon and theft. The others had been booked into juvenile corridor on a cost of gang-motivated assault with a lethal weapon.
