Wilmer Spikes Jr., a 67-year-old resident of San Jose, was shot in downtown San Jose on October 26, 2019, near East Santa Clara and North 5th streets. The shooting was reported just before 5:30 p.m.; patrol officers found Spikes and another man with gunshot wounds. Spikes was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The other victim survived with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The incident was listed as San Jose’s 31st homicide of 2019.

No arrests were made immediately after the shooting; the case stayed under active investigation. By April 2020, the San Jose Police Department announced arrests of five individuals in connection with the case: Juan VelazquezTellez, 23, who had been apprehended shortly after the shooting and charged with murder; Israel Arroyo, 25, and Miles Guzman, 35, arrested November 6, 2019, and charged with murder; and Alberto Hernandez, 20, and Samuel Arroyo, 29, later arrested and charged with conspiracy. All five were reported to be in custody.

What can anyone who was in downtown San Jose that evening add about activity near East Santa Clara and North 5th around 5:30 p.m.?