SAN JOSE — Police have introduced the arrest of a person suspected in a deadly capturing final August at an East San Jose enterprise, crediting ideas they acquired after publicizing his identification final month.
Lam Thanh Mac, 39, of San Jose, is proven in a photograph launched by police once they sought him within the deadly capturing of Khoa Dag, 35, of San Jose, on Aug. 11, 2024. (San Jose Police Division)
Lam Thanh Mac, 39, was arrested June 19 at a San Jose residence in reference to the Aug. 11 murder within the 900 block of McLaughlin Avenue, in keeping with the San Jose Police Division.
The early morning capturing outdoors an area enterprise claimed the lifetime of 35-year-old San Jose resident Khoa Dag. Till not too long ago, there was no public disclosure concerning the shooter, who fled earlier than police arrived.
In early Might, San Jose police launched Mac’s title and picture to the general public to generate leads on his whereabouts. Investigators believed that he traveled to the Las Vegas space instantly after the capturing.
However Mac was in San Jose when a contingent of SJPD MERGE officers — the town’s SWAT equal — and covert and special-operations officers arrested him. He was booked into the Santa Clara County Major Jail on suspicion of homicide.
Police on Monday lauded members of the general public for offering “critical information” in serving to them find Mac.
“We are deeply grateful to everyone who shared information, kept this case in the public eye, and supported the search for justice,” the division mentioned in a press release.
Mac is being held with out bail within the Major Jail, for a homicide cost that was filed un August, regardless of Mac being on the run, data present.
