Double homicide: Grandmother, grandson found dead at San Jose home

NEWS BAY AREA. >> HELLO. I'M SARA DONCHEY. >>> A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE OF A SAN JOSE APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST YESTERDAY. TONIGHT IT IS LINED WITH POLICE TAPE AFTER NEIGHBORS TELL US HE AND HIS GRANDMOTHER WERE KILLED THERE. NOW POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD HARM THEM AND WHY. ANDREA NAKANO TALKED TO A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS THERE THE MOMENT THAT POLICE ARRIVED. >> Reporter: AS YOU CAN SEE, OFFICERS ARE STILL OUT HERE INVESTIGATING THIS TRAGIC CRIME SCENE. POLICE SAY THEY CAME OUT TO THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX TO DO A WELFARE CHECK. THAT'S WHEN THEY FOUND THE WOMAN AND HER 6-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON DEAD. >> I WOULD SAY LIKE AROUND 12:00, 12:30 I HEARD YELLING LIKE HE'S DEAD, HE'S DEAD. >> Reporter: JOSE SANCHEZ WAS HOME WHEN WHAT HAPPENED STARTED TO UNFOLD. HE'S LIVED HERE FOR YEARS AND WAS SHOCKED WHEN FOUND OUT A DOUBLE HOMICIDE HAPPENED NEAR HIS HOME. OFFICERS SURROUNDED THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX AND HAD A COMMAND CENTER SET UP JUST OUTSIDE THE UNIT WHERE THIS HAPPENED. CHOPPER 5 CAPTURED FOOTAGE OF THE SCENE WHICH IS JUST PARALLEL TO THE 280 FREEWAY. SANCHEZ SAYS HE KNEW ONE OF THE VICTIMS WELL. THE 6-YEAR-OLD BOY HAD A HUGE PERSONALITY AND MADE FRIENDS WITH MANY OF HIS NEIGHBORS. >> THAT LITTLE BOY WAS WELL KNOWN HERE. I THINK EVERYBODY KNEW THAT LITTLE BOY BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS RUNNING AROUND PLAYING WITH OTHER KIDS. HE WAS ALWAYS BEING REALLY LOUD. >> Reporter: THE SAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT ISN'T RELEASING A LOT OF DETAILS ON WHY THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED AND WHETHER OR NOT A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE DEVASTATED TO SEE A YOUNG LIFE TAKEN SO SOON. >> I FEEL BAD. WHEN I HEARD IT, I JUST SPOKE TO HIM YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SAD. HE'S YOUNG. HE HAD A WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HIM. >> Reporter: OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HERE A WHILE LONGER AS THEY COLLECT EVIDENCE FROM THE CRIME SCENE. SAN JOSE

Channel: KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA

Views: 8,703

Keywords: Homicide, Crime, San Jose

Id: MiDUtwx2ycc

Length: 1min 51sec (111 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 05 2023