Jacqui Amir Biggins, a 27-year-old Black man from Antioch, California, was killed in a downtown San Jose shooting in the early morning of March 27, 2022. Police responded about 2:44 a.m. near South Fourth and East San Carlos streets, close to the San Jose State University campus. Officers found Jacqui with at least one gunshot wound; paramedics pronounced him dead. His death was recorded as San Jose’s fourth homicide of 2022.

Within about 20 minutes of the shooting, a large, unrelated brawl erupted at a nearby La Victoria Taqueria. Investigators at first considered a possible link, and the second incident — which involved a controversial police shooting — complicated the initial homicide inquiry before being determined separate.

San Jose detectives conducted a multi-state investigation that led them to identify 31-year-old Ronnel Spencer of Cook County, Illinois. Spencer was arrested in Chicago on May 15, 2022, on unrelated domestic violence and firearms charges; San Jose obtained an arrest warrant for Jacqui’s murder and moved to extradite him to California. No motive has been publicly released. If anyone knew Jacqui or has information about the shooting, please come forward.