Police suspect 15-year-old boy of fatally shooting family member

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a female family member in San Jose on Wednesday evening, according to police.

Officers had responded to a shooting reported at 7:57 p.m. to the 2700 block of Story Road and arrived to find a woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead and her name has not been released.

The 15-year-old was arrested at the scene and booked into juvenile hall on suspicion of manslaughter, police said.

More details about the case, San Jose’s 27th homicide of 2021, were not immediately available. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sgt. Cary or Detective Ramirez of the San Jose police homicide unit at (408) 277-5283.