Police in San Jose have arrested a man in connection with an intentional collision with a pedestrian that left the victim trapped under a minivan early Tuesday morning, according to authorities.
According to a news release from the San Jose Police Department, officers responded to a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in the area of ​​North Capitol Avenue and Berryessa Road shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. Arriving officers found an unconscious adult male victim pinned under a minivan. Police said the victim was not breathing and was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.
San Jose Police Department
The unknown driver fled before police arrived. The preliminary police investigation determined the collision was intentional and the suspect driver was identified as 40-year-old San Jose resident Edward Herrera.
Detectives from the SJPD Homicide Unit took over the investigation and discovered that the suspect and victim knew each other. Officers located Herrera in San Jose later that same day and arrested him. He was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on a murder charge.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office after the victim’s identity has been confirmed and next of kin have been notified.
The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. This is the 27th homicide in San Jose in 2024.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Barragan #4106 or Detective Harrington #4365 of the San Jose Police Department’s Homicide Unit via email: 4106@sanjoseca.gov and/or 4365@sanjoseca.gov or at 408-277-5283.
