San Jose police on Wednesday announced an arrest in a fatal stabbing case from 2019.
The suspect, who is not being identified because he was a juvenile at the time, is now 22 and was arrested in connection with a stabbing during a fight in the 1500 block of Alum Rock Avenue on Oct. 6, 2019.
Officers responded to find a man suffering from at least one stab wound. He was taken to a hospital and later succumbed to his injuries there, and was identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office as 18-year-old San Jose resident Jose Guadalupe Corona Galvan.
Investigators said there were three suspects in the case, including one who had a knife and stabbed the victim. The three were last seen running west on Alum Rock Avenue over the Highway 101 overpass, police said.
Detectives did not immediately identify the suspects, but years later eventually identified the now-22-year-old as the primary suspect. He was arrested on March 4 in San Jose and was booked into custody on suspicion of murder.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Barragaon or Detective Harrington of the SJPD Homicide Unit at 4106@sanjoseca.gov, 4365@sanjoseca.gov, or at (408) 277-5283.