By Khalida Sarwari and Melissa McRobbie
A dramatic day in an East San Jose neighborhood ended sadly this afternoon when two bodies were found inside a home where a disturbance was reported this morning.
The bodies of a man and a woman were found in the home at about 3:30 p.m. Both had suffered gunshot wounds, police Sgt. Ronnie Lopez said.
A disturbance involving a weapon was reported at the home, a two-story townhouse in the 100 block of Rose Lane near Capitol Expressway, at 11:47 a.m.
“Upon arrival officers heard some shots being fired,” Lopez said.
Officers began evacuating nearby homes and surrounded the townhouse.
Police began trying to communicate with two people believed to be inside the home, a male and a female, Lopez said.
It was not clear at that point whether anyone had been hit by the gunfire. Two hours later, police entered the home and found the deceased pair inside.
Lopez said it is too early to say whether the case is a murder-suicide and the relationship between the man and woman is still under investigation.
The disturbance was reported by two female witnesses who said they had seen the man holding a gun, Lopez said.
The police response shut down the neighborhood all afternoon.
The owner of nearby Mark’s Hot Dogs, who declined to give her name, said her parking lot was full of police cars and that she and others weren’t being allowed outside.
She said she had heard what may have been gunshots after police arrived, but initially assumed the sounds were coming from nearby auto shops.
Some officers had their guns drawn as they responded, she said.
“It’s like a movie out here,” she said.
Things were even more dramatic at the nearby home of Jen Hung, who lives across the street from the townhouse.
Hung said he was at home with his wife and was on the computer when police arrived at their door.
At about 3 p.m., armed officers were still in Hung’s living room staking out the home across the street. Others were in an upstairs bedroom, and there were snipers in his backyard taking down fences between homes to allow for more mobility, he said.
Hung said he and his wife were allowed to remain in their home but were told to stay away from the windows.