Son Arrested In Fatal Stabbing Of Elderly Man in San Jose

SAN JOSE (CBS SF/BCN) – San Jose police identified the suspect arrested in a fatal stabbing early Sunday in the city's Alviso neighborhood as the 37-year-old son of the victim.

Police arrested Kevin Jones in connection with a stabbing reported shortly after midnight Sunday in the 2000 block of Gold Street, according to police.

Officers found a man and a woman with stab wounds that were considered life-threatening. The male victim, identified as 69-year-old Michael Jones, died at the scene, according to police.

San Jose police arrested Kevin Jones, 37, of San Jose, Calif., for a homicide that occurred on the 2000 block of Gold Street in San Jose on March 13, 2022. (San Jose Police Department via Bay City News)

The woman was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, police said Monday.

Police didn't say where Kevin Jones was located when he was arrested. The motive and circumstances behind the stabbing are under investigation.

He was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of homicide, police said.

READ MORE: 1 Dead, 1 Critically Injured in San Jose Stabbing

The death is San Jose's second homicide this year.

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