San Jose Shootings Drive Homicide and Arrest Investigations

The Stockton Avenue/Taylor Street shooting became San Jose’s 18th homicide of 2026 after the victim died; police arrested a suspect using license-plate-reader evidence, but the motive is unknown. Separately, eight people, including a juvenile, were arrested after a deadly downtown shooting near a World Cup watch-party venue; several face murder allegations and two are accused as accessories.