Overview
- A shooting at a pop-up birthday party near Hale and Miramonte avenues left one person dead and six wounded after roughly seven shots were fired during a large gathering on July 25.
- The killed victim was identified as 18-year-old Desiderio Romero V, and authorities say the six injured were taken to hospitals and are expected to survive.
- On Aug. 5 the FBI formally joined the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office investigation and announced a reward of up to $20,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
- Investigators are urging the hundreds of attendees and bystanders to upload photos or video to an FBI digital media tip line and to call 1-800-CALL-FBI because officials say someone at the scene likely has useful evidence.
- Officials confirmed the gathering was unpermitted and promoted on social media as a streamer’s birthday party, raising questions about how pop-up events can draw large crowds without local oversight and complicate public-safety responses.