A male victim was transported with life-threatening injuries but stabilized several hours after shots were fired less than a mile from San Jose State University, according to a San José Police Media Relations Sunday Twitter post.
The incident occured at the 200 block of N. 6th St. Saturday where officers responded at 11:01 p.m., according to the Sunday tweet.
A source who wished to remain anonymous for privacy concerns, said the gunshots occurred during a party with over 100 attendees.
The source said a “normal” party accompanied by loud music became quiet when two to three gunshots were heard.
They said the following seven or so shots caused hysteria and panic among party-goers.
“All of a sudden hearing gunfire and what followed was quite mayhem . . . just hearing people panic and kind of run and gather together to try and get away from this area was quite scary in itself, let alone the gunshot,” the source said.
People fleeing the party ran behind and from the house as soon as the first few shots were fired, the source said.
The suspect and motive are unknown, according to the Sunday SJPD tweet.
Christian Camarillo, SJPD sergant and unit commander of the media relations unit, said no arrests have been made as of Monday.
Kenneth Mashinchi, SJSU senior director of strategic communications and media relations, said university athletics are aware of the off-campus incident and will investigate the incident.
“Violence of any type is not condoned by SJSU,” he said. “Regarding this incident, consistent with the provisions of the SJSU Student Code of Conduct, the university will initiate an investigation and will make a determination accordingly if there is evidence of responsibility by an SJSU-affiliated student or student organization.”
