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San Jose Man Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Wife at Home

The case is San Jose’s seventh homicide of 2026.

Overview

  • Officers responded around 6 p.m. Friday to multiple reports of a shooting on the 400 block of Don Seville Court and took a man into custody as he exited the home.
  • Inside, police found an adult woman with at least one gunshot wound, began life-saving efforts, and paramedics took her to a hospital where she died.
  • The suspect was arrested without incident and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of homicide.
  • Authorities have not released the names, and the county medical examiner is withholding the victim’s identity pending next-of-kin notification.
  • Detectives in the Homicide Unit are investigating, and police have not disclosed a motive or whether there were prior calls to the residence.