Jose V. Mejia Diaz, 22, was fatally shot around 9 p.m. on December 27, 2017, on the 2500 block of Van Winkle Lane in East San Jose. Responding officers found him with at least one gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting was one of two fatal incidents in the area that day.

No arrests were made immediately. In June 2018 authorities arrested two men, Ruben Rodriguez, 21, of San Jose, and Julian Casillas, 20, of Salinas, on suspicion of murder; both were already jailed on unrelated charges when they were linked to Diaz’s killing. Police did not release details about how the suspects were connected to Diaz or the circumstances that led to the shooting.

Many questions about motive and what happened that night remain unanswered. Anyone with information about Jose Mejia Diaz or the December 27, 2017 shooting is asked to come forward.