Arrest Made In Gang-Related Stabbing Of Teen In San Jose Park
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – A 20-year-old San Jose man was arrested Saturday in the allegedly gang-related stabbing earlier this month of a 16-year-old boy, a San Jose police spokeswoman said.
The Police Department's gang suppression unit arrested Paul George Gomez without incident and booked him into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of attempted murder for the Sept. 9 stabbing, Sgt. Heather Randol said.
Police were dispatched at 2:56 p.m. that day to Marijane Hamann Park at 2747 Westfield Ave. near Genevieve Lane about a report of a juvenile male who had been stabbed, police said.
The teen victim was transported to a hospital with wounds thought at first to be life-threatening, but his condition was later upgraded to serious, Randol said.
The suspect in the stabbing left the area before police could arrive, Randol said.
The investigation by the gang unit that led to the identification and arrest of Gomez determined that the stabbing was gang-related, Randol said.
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