SAN JOSE — A man and three teens have been arrested in connection with a shooting death that occurred during a robbery late Monday in West San Jose, police said.
The shooting was reported at 11:58 p.m. in the 1000 block of Saratoga Avenue, according to the San Jose Police Department.
Responding police officers found an unconscious man in that area, and he was pronounced dead, police said. He has been identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as Francisco David Padilla, 37, of San Jose.
An ensuing investigation determined that the shooting happened in the middle of a robbery in which Padilla was also assaulted, police said. The coroner’s office confirmed that he died from a gunshot wound to his chest.
Homicide detectives and patrol officers soon identified four people as suspects in the killing, police said. Within 24 hours of the shooting, police arrested Daniel Andino, 36; Jose Andino, 19; Amelia Sistrunk, 18; and a 17-year-old minor whose identity has been withheld because of age.
Additional details about the arrestees were not disclosed by police Wednesday. Daniel and Jose Andino were booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose, and Sistrunk was booked into the Elmwood women’s jail in Milpitas. All three were booked on suspicion of murder, and are being held without bail, records show.
Information about the minor who was arrested was not available, and is generally not public record.
Other details about the Monday night shooting, including the exact circumstances of the alleged robbery, remain under investigation, police said.
The shooting marks the 25th homicide of the year investigated by San Jose police. The department had investigated 28 homicides by the same point in 2023, according to data compiled by this news organization.
Anyone with information for investigators can contact the SJPD homicide unit at 408-277-5283 or email Detective Sgt. John Van Den Broeck at 3829@sanjoseca.gov or Detective Amanda Estantino at 4339@sanjoseca.gov. Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867 or at siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org.
