San Jose: Fatal shooting in shopping center parking lot investigated as murder-suicide
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San Jose: Fatal shooting in shopping center parking lot investigated as murder-suicide
"Officers were called at 11:38 a.m. to the 500 block of El Paseo de Saratoga for a shooting report, and found a man and woman lying on the ground in the lot suffering from gunshot wounds, according to the San Jose Police Department. They were both pronounced dead at the scene."
"Police said an ensuing investigation determined that the man and woman had a prior dating relationship that ended several months earlier, and that the man approached her and shot her multiple times before turning the firearm on himself, killing them both."
"Police identified the shooter as 43-year-old San Jose resident Edgard Altamirano. According to police and court records, he has no known criminal history in Santa Clara County, and was not the subject of any domestic violence restraining orders or protective orders at the time of the shooting."
On Tuesday at 11:38 a.m., police responded to a shooting in a West San Jose shopping center parking lot at the 500 block of El Paseo de Saratoga. Officers found a man and woman with gunshot wounds, both pronounced dead at the scene. Investigation revealed the man and woman had ended a dating relationship several months prior. The man approached the woman, shot her multiple times, then turned the firearm on himself. Police identified the shooter as 43-year-old San Jose resident Edgard Altamirano, who had no known criminal history in Santa Clara County and was not subject to any domestic violence restraining orders. The recovered firearm was believed to be the weapon used in the shooting.
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