FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Suspect Guillermo Gonzalez

IN-CUSTODY

On August 10, 2024, at approximately 8:30 PM, San José Police Department Officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon that occurred in the 3000 block of Senter Road. Upon arrival, Officers discovered that the adult male victim was in a parking lot with his friends when an unknown adult male suspect drove into the parking lot and exited his vehicle. The suspect asked for his gang affiliation, brandished a firearm at the victim and threatened to kill him. The suspect then discharged his firearm into the air and fled the scene. 

SJPD Patrol Officers conducted the preliminary investigation and identified the suspect as Guillermo Gonzalez. SJPD Gang Investigations Unit (GIU) Detectives conducted the investigation and discovered that suspect Gonzalez was a known and active gang member. GIU Detectives collaborated with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and obtained an arrest warrant for suspect Gonzalez and a search warrant for his residence.

On September 5, 2024, GIU Detectives, with the assistance of the SJPD Covert Response Unit (CRU), located and arrested suspect Gonzalez in the city of Milpitas. The suspect was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail for various crimes including gang-motivated assault with a deadly weapon and brandishing a firearm.

Anyone with information about these cases or similar cases is asked to contact Detective Moreno #4882 of the San José Police Gang Investigations Unit via email: 4882@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-3835.

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