Shortly before dawn on December 17, 2023, San Jose police responded to reports of a shooting near Snow and Giusti Drives, adjacent to Great Oaks Park in South San Jose. Officers found evidence of gunfire at the scene but no victims; two men with gunshot wounds arrived soon after at a local hospital. One of those men, 30-year-old Adolfo Yanez-Patino, died of his injuries, while the other sustained non-life-threatening wounds and was stabilized.

San Jose detectives later identified two suspects, 20-year-old Joshua Sodapop Bocanegra of San Jose and 20-year-old Michael Carabajal of Gilroy. Both were arrested on February 15, 2024, and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on charges of homicide and attempted homicide. The motive and circumstances remain under investigation.

If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity near Snow and Giusti Drives that morning, contact the San Jose Police Department’s Homicide Unit or submit an anonymous tip to Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers.