Eight people, including four teens, have been arrested for gang-related assaults in San Jose, police said Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Five were arrested for an April 4 gang-related assault in which six people violently assaulted a man, and continued beating him after he lost consciousness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The attack at around 9 p.m. on the 3800 block of Seven Trees Boulevard in San Jose left the man hospitalized with major life-threatening injuries. Before police arrived, the suspects fled in a vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The San Jose Gang Investigations Unit identified the primary suspects of the assault as a 50-year-old man, a 19-year-old man, two 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old boy. The adults, both San Jose residents, are known gang members according to police.<\/p>\n
San Jose police did not respond to an inquiry into the status of the sixth suspect in the attempted murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police also said they linked the same suspects to a violent assault in Sunnyvale last March. Three additional people were arrested: a 21-year-old man, an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy. In a statement, they said the 16-year-old also allegedly brandished a firearm in February at an apartment complex on the 4300 block of The Woods Drive in San Jose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All eight were arrested between June 24 and July 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office charged the 21-year-old, 19-year-old and 18-year-old with assault and robbery. The 50-year-old was charged with assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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