{"id":42149,"date":"2025-11-07T07:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/42149\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T07:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:21:29","slug":"suspect-in-san-jose-parking-dispute-killing-may-be-hiding-in-mexico-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/42149\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in San Jose parking dispute killing may be hiding in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say Uatesoni Joseph Paasi, 31, is wanted in the June 4, 2021, killing of Marco Antonio Santos, 33, during a dispute over a parking spot in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Santos was shot and killed on his birthday in front of his wife and daughter. His widow described him as a hardworking husband and father of four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators believe Paasi may be hiding in Baja, Mexico. He is considered armed and dangerous. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his capture and extradition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; A suspected gunman wanted in the killing of a man after a parking dispute in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/san-jose-police-seek-publics-help-in-locating-suspect-wanted-in-fatal-shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Jose;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Jose<\/a> four years ago may be hiding in Mexico, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators believe Uatesoni Joseph Paasi, 31, is in Baja California, Mexico. He has been on the run since the June 4, 2021, killing of 33-year-old Marco Antonio Santos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Santos was killed on his birthday in what authorities described as a senseless act of violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This killing occurred in front of the victim&#8217;s wife and daughter,&#8221; said then\u2013Assistant Police Chief Paul Joseph said.<\/p>\n<p>Parking dispute turned deadly<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shooting happened around 7:46 p.m. in the 4100 block of The Woods Drive, police said. Investigators determined that Paasi shot Santos during an argument over a parking spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Santos died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the time, the victim\u2019s widow, Sandra Santos, described her husband as a hardworking man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He provided for his two sons and his two daughters. He was a good husband. He was a good friend,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Reward offered<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What you can do<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Paasi remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to his capture and extradition to the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Barragan or Detective Harrington at 4106@sanjoseca.gov, 4365@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-5283.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information for this story comes from the San Jose Police Department along with previous reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Police say Uatesoni Joseph Paasi, 31, is wanted in the June 4, 2021, killing of Marco&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[28315,28318,28314,2457,28317,28319,88,90,89,2125,28313,28316],"class_list":["post-42149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-antonio-santos","tag-baja","tag-joseph-paasi","tag-mexico","tag-parking-spot","tag-paul-joseph","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-police-department","tag-sandra-santos","tag-uatesoni-joseph-paasi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42149","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=42149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}