San Jose police on Friday said they had arrested a 38-year-old woman and two teenagers related to her for the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy earlier in the week.
Margarita Santillan and the two unidentified teens – ages 16 and 17 – were charged with homicide following the deadly shooting on Wednesday along the 2900 block of Little Wood Lane, police said.
Officers responded to the scene around 3:45 p.m. and found more than one person who had been involved in the shooting, police said.
At about 4 p.m., the 13-year-old boy showed up at Regional Medical Center after being taken there by "associates," according to police.
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The boy, who was suffering from at least one gunshot wound, was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said.
Based on a preliminary investigation, there was an "exchange of gunfire" between the boy's group and residents in the area, according to police.
This was the city's 24th homicide this year, police said.
