2018 Triple Shooting Suspect Arrested In San Jose

SAN JOSE, CA — A man accused of shooting three people outside a San Jose restaurant in 2018 was arrested after homicide detectives chased down new leads in the case last year, police announced Wednesday.

The investigation began with reports of a shooting outside La Victoria Taqueria shortly after 10 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2018. Officers arrived at the restaurant to find three men suffering from gunshot wounds that required hospital care.

Police said witness accounts revealed the victims had been in an argument with two suspects inside the restaurant before the group walked outside and the primary suspect took out a handgun and shot the three men. According to investigators, several bystanders were nearby, and a child was standing next to the shooter.

Detectives released surveillance video of the shooting a month later in an attempt to identify the suspect.

Homicide detectives reopened the case last November, citing new leads, and identified the primary suspect. Police identified the alleged shooter Wednesday as Miguel Vergara Perez, 26, of Rohnert Park.

The department's Covert Response Unit arrested Vergara Perez in December, and he was booked into the Santa Clara County Main jail on suspicion of attempted homicide.