(KRON) — Two suspects have been arrested in connection to a December 2023 homicide, the San Jose Police Department said Thursday. The arrests were in connection to an incident that occurred on Dec. 17 at around 4:19 a.m.
SJPD officers responded to the area of Snow Drive and Giusti Drive on reports of a firearms discharge. At the scene, officers found evidence indicating that a shooting had occurred.
A short while later, two men arrived at a local hospital suffering from gunshot wounds. One of the men succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital. The second man sustained a non-life threatening injury and was stabilized.
SJPD Homicide Unit detectives launched an investigation. Two suspects — Joshua Sodapop Bocanegra, 20, of San Jose, and Michael Carabajal, 20, of Gilroy — were identified. Warrants were obtained for their arrests.
Bocanegra was located by the SJPD Covert Response Unit on Feb. 15 in San Francisco and apprehended. Carbajal was located in Gilroy on the same day and also arrested.
Both suspects were booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for homicide.
The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation, police said. The victim’s identity will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office pending identification and notification of next of kin.
The incident marked San Jose’s 33rd homicide of 2023.
