Crime and Public Safety
San Jose: One injured in shooting Monday morning

The incident happened in the 500 block of Laswell Avenue, near Parkmoor Avenue

Jason Green, breaking news reporter, San Jose Mercury News, for his Wordpress profile. (Michael Malone/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE – A person was injured in a shooting Monday morning in San Jose’s Burbank neighborhood, authorities said.

The shooting happened around 8 a.m. in the 500 block of Laswell Avenue, near Parkmoor Avenue, Santa Clara County sheriff’s spokesperson Brooks Jarosz said in a news release.

The victim was taken to a hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries, Jarosz said.

No arrests had been made as of 3:45 p.m. Monday.

The sheriff’s office did not release a suspect description or a possible motive for the shooting.

Jarosz said the sheriff’s office believes the victim was targeted and “there is no threat or immediate danger to the community.”

Anyone with information related to the case can contact the sheriff’s office at 408-808-4500 or the tip line at 408-808-4431.

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