SAN JOSE — A man who surrendered to police shortly after allegedly shooting his wife to death at their South San Jose apartment last week has been charged with murder, and court records show he had a repeat domestic violence history.
Alfonso C. Morales, 54, of San Jose, was charged Wednesday and is being held at the Santa Clara County Main Jail. His next court appearance is scheduled for April 9.
San Jose police officers were called around 6 p.m. on March 20 for multiple reports of a shooting at an apartment on Don Seville Court, off Velasco Drive where Blossom Hill Road passes Highway 85.
The responding officers were told as they headed to the site that a man shot his wife inside their home, police said. When they arrived, they encountered Morales leaving his residence, and he reportedly surrendered.
An ensuing police search of the apartment discovered Morales wife, 35-year-old Paris Morales, suffering from gunshot injuries, authorities said. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The circumstances of the fatal shooting, which was San Jose’s seventh homicide of the year, were not announced by police. A search of online court records shows that Morales has been the subject of five separate family violence prosecutions dating back to 2008, with the most recent involving a 2023 conviction.
Anyone with information about Friday’s fatal shooting can contact the SJPD homicide unit at 408-277-5283, or email Detective Sgt. Joel Martinez at 4117@sanjoseca.gov, Detective Sgt. Rafael Varela at 3638@sanjoseca.gov or Detective Jose Montoya at 3644@sanjoseca.gov. Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867 or at siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org.
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