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Posted: 9:55 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013

San Jose police identify victim, suspect in city's 46th homicide of 2012

SJ homicide suspect Luis Ricardo Hernandez
SJ homicide suspect Luis Ricardo Hernandez

KTVU.com and wires

SAN JOSE, Calif. —

Police Wednesday identified a man shot and killed in San Jose on Monday morning as well as a suspect arrested shortly after the shooting.

An armed man was reported at 9:26 a.m. in the 200 block of Lewis Road, just east of Monterey Highway in South San Jose.

When police arrived they found a man, later identified as 36-year-old Christopher Soriano of San Jose, suffering from at least one gunshot wound.

Soriano was treated by paramedics, but succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A suspect, identified as 26-year-old Luis Ricardo Hernandez of San Jose, was taken into custody at the scene.

Police said their investigation suggests that Hernandez shot Soriano during a fight. Police said that Hernandez suspected Soriano was burglarizing vehicles in the neighborhood and was attempting to detain him.

The shooting was San Jose's 46th homicide of 2012.

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