Man fatally stabbed downtown

SAN JOSE >> A man died Monday morning after being stabbed by an unknown assailant in the middle of downtown San Jose, authorities said.

Police responded just after 5 a.m. Monday to calls about a knife attack at the intersection of Sixth and Santa Clara streets, where a victim was suffering from life-threatening injuries. The man was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arriving there, police said.

As of Monday afternoon, the man’s identity was not released by authorities.

There was a “large crime scene,” according to SJPD, which shut down traffic for two blocks on Santa Clara Street, a main thoroughfare through downtown, between Fifth and Seventh streets.

The stabbing occurred a short walk from San Jose City Hall and a block away from the campus of San Jose State University. It was ruled the city’s 29th homicide of 2020.

The possible motives of the attack are still under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the SJPD’s homicide unit at 408-277-5283 or anonymously at 408-947-7867.