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San Jose Teen Fatally Shot in City’s First Homicide of 2026

Detectives are probing the fatal shooting in a Winchester Boulevard business parking lot.

Overview

  • Police responded around 4:48 p.m. Sunday to reports of gunfire in the 1500 block of Winchester Boulevard.
  • Officers found a 17-year-old with at least one gunshot wound, and he died at a hospital, police said.
  • The death is the city’s first homicide of 2026, according to the San Jose Police Department.
  • S. Winchester Boulevard was closed in both directions between Williamsburg Drive/Road and Rosemary Lane during the scene investigation.
  • Investigators have not identified a motive or announced arrests, and the medical examiner will release the teen’s identity.