{"id":405888,"date":"2026-07-21T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405888\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T00:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:18:08","slug":"sjpd-arrests-suspect-for-gang-related-assault-with-a-firearm-news-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405888\/","title":{"rendered":"SJPD Arrests Suspect for Gang-Related Assault with a Firearm | News &#038; Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On April 25, 2026, at approximately 11:30 PM, San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a local hospital to investigate a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. During the investigation, Officers determined an adult male victim was violently attacked by a group of male suspects at his residence in the city of San Jos\u00e9. One of the suspects struck the victim&#8217;s face with the handle of a firearm, causing significant injuries. The preliminary investigation revealed the attack to be gang related.<\/p>\n<p>SJPD Gang Investigations Unit (GIU) Detectives began an investigation and identified Stevenson Tuimavave as the primary suspect. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Suspect Tuimavave and a search warrant for his associated residence.<\/p>\n<p>On July 15, 2026, with the assistance of the SJPD Covert Response Unit, Detectives located and arrested Suspect Tuimavave in the city of San Jos\u00e9. During the execution of the search warrant, Detectives located two firearms, multiple rounds of ammunition, gang indicia, and various illegal fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5847.jpeg\" alt=\"Evidence of illegal fireworks and firearms\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suspect Tuimavave was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail for gang-related assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about this case or similar cases is asked to contact Detective Minkel #5003 and\/or Detective Garcia #5026 of the San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Gang Investigations Unit at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:5003@sanjoseca.gov\">5003@sanjoseca.gov<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"mailto:5026@sanjoseca.gov\">5026@sanjoseca.gov<\/a>, or 408-277-3835.<\/p>\n<p>Submit crime tips and remain anonymous by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/TipForm.aspx?ID=504&amp;C=&amp;T=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">P3TIPS mobile app<\/a>, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or on the <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers website<\/a>. If the information you submit leads to an arrest, you are eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 On April 25, 2026, at approximately 11:30 PM, San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-405888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405888","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=405888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}