(KRON) -- The San Jose Police Department said it is investigating the city's 22nd homicide of the year after a man died from his injuries days after an Oct. 7 shooting. The motive and circumstances behind the incident are not clear.
SJPD said it responded at 5:25 p.m. to a shooting in the 1700 block of McLaughlin Avenue but did not locate a victim or suspect at the scene.
Investigators learned that a suspect shot at a vehicle before fleeing the area. The victim took himself to a nearby hospital for a life-threatening gunshot wound and was pronounced dead on Oct. 11, according to police.
Anyone with information tied to this case is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Taylor #4257, and/or Detective VanBrande #4542 of the SJPD Homicide Unit via email at: 4257@sanjoseca.gov and/or 4542@sanjoseca.gov or at (408) 277-5283. Anonymous tips can be submitted at (408) 947-STOP, or on the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers website.
