Man fatally stabbed in south San Jose
When the Feds are away the rats will play. ICE just left San Jose a week ago saying they had this gang related killing thing under control. Whoops..looks like they might be making a return visit.
By Lisa M. Krieger
lkrieger@mercurynews.com
Posted: 08/28/2011 11:24:25 AM PDT
Updated: 08/28/2011 11:24:26 AM PDT
South San Jose police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a man who is the city's 32nd homicide victim this year.
Police spokesman Sgt. Jason Dwyer said that police responded at 10:32 p.m. Saturday night to a report of a stabbing on the 400 block in south San Jose, in the vicinity of Senter Rd. and East Capitol Expressway.
The victim, who has not been identified, was transported to Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead at 11:29 p.m. Police have not identified any suspects.
The homicide is the 30th investigated by the San Jose police this year; two other deaths at San Jose State were investigated by university police.
The sharp increase in violence -- by comparison, 20 people were killed in all of 2010 -- has puzzled police in a place that for years prided itself on being one of the safest big cities in America. Half of the deaths are thought to be gang-related.
It is on pace for more than 50 killings in 2011, a rate not seen since 1991.
The trend prompted a meeting in June in which community and faith leaders asked San Jose Police Chief Chris Moore to enact reforms and maintain staffing levels. The police departments has urged residents to help them by being unafraid to act as witnesses.
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