San José police have arrested two Oakland men in connection with a shooting that killed one man and wounded two others near South First Street and East Reed Street back in the spring. The San José Police Department said homicide unit detectives identified 21-year-old Cameron Haynes and 23-year-old Samuel Jordan, both of Oakland, as the primary suspects and arrested them on suspicion of crimes including murder and attempted murder.
The shooting happened at approximately 2:19 a.m. on May 31, when patrol officers responded to reports of gunfire in the area, according to the San José Police Department. Officers arrived to find a vehicle that had collided with a building, and located three adult male victims, each suffering from at least one gunshot wound. A Telemundo report placed the shooting at approximately 2:20 a.m., citing the same South First Street and East Reed Street location, according to Telemundo Área de la Bahía.
Police said the victims were traveling in a vehicle in the area when an unknown suspect or suspects fired multiple gunshots into it before fleeing the scene prior to police arrival. All three men suffered gunshot wounds. All three were transported to local hospitals, where one later died from his injuries; the other two victims’ injuries were determined to be non-life-threatening. The case was investigated as San José’s 10th homicide of 2026.
Detectives Track Down Two Suspects Months Apart
SJPD homicide unit detectives used automated license plate reader cameras during their investigation, which led them to identify Haynes and Jordan as the people believed to be responsible. Jordan was arrested on Oct. 8 in Oakland and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail. Haynes, meanwhile, was already in custody at the Contra Costa County Jail–Martinez Detention Facility on an unrelated charge when he was identified as a suspect in the San José case.
As with the May shooting itself, the motive and circumstances surrounding the case remain under investigation, per the department’s own account. The department has not released additional detail on what led to the confrontation or what, if any, relationship existed between the suspects and victims.
A Year Tracked Dot by Dot Across the Bay Area
The case is one entry in a running tally that the Mercury News has been mapping across Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties throughout 2026, marking shootings, stabbings and other methods with color-coded dots. That same tracker notes that San José’s homicide count does not include a June 14 car crash for which the driver was separately charged with murder, a reminder that these department tallies capture a specific classification rather than every violent death in the city.
It isn’t the first time San José’s 10th homicide of a year has ended in an arrest built on camera evidence. In a comparable case from May 2025, police said evidence confirmed a victim had been intentionally struck by a vehicle in a business parking lot, and investigators used camera and license-plate-recognition technology to identify a person of interest. That case, also sjpd.org’s accounting shows, led to a suspect being booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for murder.
Police Still Seeking Information From the Public
SJPD is asking anyone with information about the May 31 shooting to contact Detective Sergeant Martinez or Detective Aboud, or to reach the department’s Homicide Unit at 408-277-5283. Tipsters who wish to remain anonymous can submit information through the P3 Tips mobile app, by calling (408) 947-STOP, or through the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers website, and may qualify for a cash reward if their information leads to an arrest.
