Overview

• Police say Joseph Vicencio was arrested in San Jose and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on three counts of murder, and he is being held without bail.
• Two victims have been publicly identified as Max Ryan, 26, a San Jose Housing Department employee, and Tarrah Lynn Taylor, 26, while the third victim has not yet been named.
• Officers responding around 12:26 a.m. Tuesday found a woman shot outside a home on Chynoweth Avenue and a man and woman shot inside; one woman died at the scene and the other two victims died at a hospital.
• SJPD describes the case as an isolated incident with no ongoing public threat and is asking anyone with information to contact the homicide unit as the investigation continues.
• Records show Vicencio previously faced a 2019 arrest after a non-injury shooting, a temporary firearms restraining order, and Mental Health Treatment Court participation, and police logged the killings as San Jose’s 19th through 21st homicides of 2025.