{"id":379044,"date":"2026-06-29T08:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379044\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:33:15","slug":"one-killed-in-shooting-at-site-of-california-world-cup-fan-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379044\/","title":{"rendered":"One killed in shooting at site of California World Cup fan zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

One person was killed and another seriously injured on Sunday in a shooting at a popular entertainment \u200bspot in San Jose, California, that has been hosting a World \u200cCup \u201cfan zone\u201d screening matches, police said.<\/p>\n

There were no World Cup games being screened at the time of the shooting, with the only match of the day in the \u200btournament finishing around 2 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne victim was \u200bpronounced deceased on scene. The second victim was transported to a \u2060local hospital with life-threatening injuries,\u201d San Jose police said in a \u200bpost on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

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One person was killed and another seriously injured on Sunday in a shooting at a popular entertainment \u200bspot in San Jose, California, that has been hosting a World \u200cCup \u201cfan zone\u201d screening matches, police said. CITIZEN<\/p>\n

\u201cThis incident is being investigated as a homicide. \u200bSeveral surrounding streets are closed in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident occurred at San Pedro Square, one of several places in the San Francisco Bay Area where huge crowds have \u200bgathered for lively \u201cwatch parties\u201d showing World Cup matches on big screens.<\/p>\n

The Bay \u200bArea has hosted five World Cup matches so far, with the last game a \u200cknockout \u2060match on Wednesday between Bosnia and co-hosts the United States.<\/p>\n

A Reuters journalist at the scene saw a heavy police presence, multiple police vehicles and a person on a stretcher partially covered by a white sheet being rushed \u200baway from the \u200barea by people \u2060in uniforms.<\/p>\n

The scene was cordoned off and most bars in the area were closed after the incident.<\/p>\n

\"Football<\/p>\n

Football fans gather to watch USA and Paraguay at San Pedro Square for a FIFA World Cup watch party on June 12, 2026 in San Jose, California. Getty Images<\/p>\n

A security guard, \u200bwho declined to be named because she was not \u200bauthorized to \u2060speak to the media, said she saw the injured person in distress.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe person was still moaning and groaning. There was blood around his neck and upper \u2060back,\u201d \u200bshe said. \u201cPolice were talking to security and a \u200bcouple of witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are several dozen fan zones across the Bay Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person was killed and another seriously injured on Sunday in a shooting at a popular entertainment \u200bspot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,153319,88,17060,69955,5393],"class_list":["post-379044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-popular-entertainment","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-police","tag-san-pedro-square","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}