On August 24, 2020, Jose Gaytan, 38, of San Jose was shot and killed on the 400 block of North 12th Street near Washington Street at about 8:10 a.m. Officers found Gaytan with at least one gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene; his death was recorded as San Jose’s 24th homicide that year.

San Jose Police Department homicide detectives investigated and identified 32-year-old Hector Castillo, also a San Jose resident, as the primary suspect. Castillo was arrested by the department’s Covert Response Unit and booked into the Santa Clara County jail on a charge of murder, held without bail. Police described the shooting as a targeted attack; motive details have not been released.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the San Jose Police Department.