More Suspects Sought In Gilroy Shooting, Car Burglary: Police

GILROY, CA -- Police have released three of the four people who were arrested in connection with an auto burglary and shooting in Gilroy early Friday morning.

Gilroy police Sgt. Jason Smith said Saturday afternoon that detectives did not have enough evidence to keep the three others in custody.

The remaining suspect, a boy who was arrested near the scene but who police do not believe to have been the shooter, was booked into Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall.

Police believe there may be two or more outstanding suspects, who were described as teenage boys or young men wearing dark hooded sweatshirts.

The 29-year-old victim told police he was interrupting an auto burglary at Victoria and Hyde Park drives, off of West Luchessa Avenue, when one of the teens shot him in the lower body before running off.

The shooting took place while police were already en route to respond to a call just before 3 a.m. reporting suspicious people at that intersection, citing concerns about recent burglaries in the neighborhood.

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A SWAT team was called in to hail two of the suspects, who would later be released from custody, out of one of their homes on nearby Ervin Court.

Smith said the SWAT team did a search of the house on Ervin because they did not know how many suspects were inside.

All of the house's occupants were compliant with police during the search and arrest, Smith said.

A fourth suspect was arrested on Princevalle Street before being released from custody later.

Anyone with information about this incident has been asked to call Gilroy police at 408-846-0350.

By Bay City News Service

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