Police arrest stabbing suspect
Police apprehended him after he returns to the scene
SAN JOSE » While police were investigating a deadly stabbing at a North San Jose home Tuesday evening, an unusual bout of chance got them a clear view of the presumed suspect.
It turns out he walked right up to them; he was promptly arrested and later taken to jail on suspicion of the killing.
Officers were dispatched at 6:39 p.m. to a home in the 1000 block of Chestnut Street, off Coleman Avenue and Interstate 880, after someone requested a welfare check on a 41-year- old man living there.
“The caller was concerned for the victim, and believed he was seriously assaulted inside the residence,” Officer Gina Tepoorten said.
Pe e r ing through a window at the home, officers saw a man lying on the floor. When they went inside, they found him wit h at least one stab wound, Tepoorten said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified Thursday as San Jose resident Sakur Ross.
During the emergency call that summoned police, the caller also identified 25- year- old Terry Leelewis Hill as a suspect. Police learned that Hill lived at the home “off and on,” Tepoorten said.
As homicide detectives and police officers examined the crime scene, Tepoorten said Hill showed up at the property. After questioning him, police arrested Hill and booked him into the Santa Clara County jail, where he is being held without bail.
Other than saying that Hill and victim knew each other, police declined to comment further on their relationship. Additional details were not immediately available.
The stabbing marked the city’s 26th homicide of the year. At the same point last year, San Jose had recorded 31 homicides on the way to a total of 34. That is behind the pace of 2016, which recorded 47 homicides in what constituted a 25-year high in slayings for the city.
Anyone with information about Tuesday’s homicide can contact SJPD Detective Sgt. Bert Milliken or Detective John Figone at 408-277-5283 or leave a tip with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947- STOP or at svcrimestoppers.org. Tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward.