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San Jose Westgate Center Shooting Was a Murder-Suicide, Police Say

Detectives say 43-year-old Edgard Altamirano killed his former 24-year-old girlfriend before taking his own life.

Overview

  • Police responded around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday to the 500 block of El Paseo de Saratoga and found both adults dead in the shopping-center parking lot.
  • Investigators located the crime scene in front of a European Wax Center and recovered a firearm at the site.
  • San Jose police identified the shooter as Edgard Altamirano and said the woman he killed was his former girlfriend, age 24.
  • The Homicide Unit is investigating the motive, and officers had closed the lot for several hours as they processed the scene.
  • The case marks San Jose’s fourth homicide of 2026, and detectives asked anyone with information to contact the department’s Homicide Unit.