San Jose police release new details on deadly shooting in Willow Glen
Dec 08, 2025
San Jose police on Monday were continuing to investigate a weekend shooting in the city’s Willow Glen neighborhood that left one man dead and three others wounded.
Officers responded at about 3 a.m. Sunday to the 2200 block of Lincoln Avenue to investigate a report of gunshots fired in a parkin
g lot, police said. Officers found evidence that a shooting took place, but no victims were at the scene.
Shortly thereafter, four wounded men showed up at local hospitals, police said. Two had injuries that were considered non-life-threatening. One was listed in critical condition. The fourth man, later identified as 25-year-old Elijah Dominguez of San Jose, did not survive.
The motive and circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation.
It wasn’t immediately known where exactly the shooting took place. On Monday, a mobile crime investigation unit was seen parked in front of a hookah lounge and hair salon on Lincoln Avenue. A broken door on one of the businesses was also boarded up.
MJ Freeman, who lives in the area, said she heard five or six gunshots at the time of the shooting.
“That kind of was eye-opening,” she said. “Is this going to start happening more? It makes you a little afraid that this isn’t the nice place we thought.”
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