On June 5, 2016, at about 2:45 p.m., San Jose police officers found 57-year-old Edward Garcia Jr. lying in the roadway near North 26th and East Julian streets with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Friends and family knew him as Eddie.

Witnesses at the scene provided descriptions that led investigators to identify 18-year-old Heriberto Quintana and 19-year-old Santiago Gonzalez as primary suspects. Both men were arrested in San Jose on June 8, 2016, and booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on murder charges. A no-bail warrant had been issued and the two were scheduled to appear in court on June 17, 2016. The case was recorded as San Jose’s 22nd homicide of 2016.

If anyone knew Edward Garcia Jr. or has information about what happened near North 26th and East Julian on June 5, 2016, please share what is known.