San Jose: Police announce arrest in 2024 fatal shooting

SAN JOSE Police have publicized the arrest of a man suspected in a fatal shooting last August at an East San Jose business crediting tips they received after publicizing his identity last month Lam Thanh Mac of San Jose is shown in a photo published by police when they sought him in the fatal shooting of Khoa Dag of San Jose on Aug San Jose Police Department Lam Thanh Mac was arrested June at a San Jose home in connection with the Aug homicide in the block of McLaughlin Avenue according to the San Jose Police Department The early morning shooting outside a local business claimed the life of -year-old San Jose resident Khoa Dag Until in the past few days there was no community disclosure about the shooter who fled before police arrived In early May San Jose police distributed Mac s name and photo to the population to generate leads on his whereabouts Investigators presumed that he traveled to the Las Vegas area forthwith after the shooting But Mac was in San Jose when a contingent of SJPD MERGE officers the city s SWAT equivalent and covert and special-operations officers arrested him He was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of murder Related Articles Daly City man got months in prison for multimillion-dollar fraud scheme Pleasanton police urge caution after string of robberies at ATM machines Bay Area man arrested after soul-crushing child pornography assessment Police allege East Bay man stole Nintendo games from libraries San Francisco homicide Man shot in Sunnydale neighborhood Police on Monday lauded members of the inhabitants for providing critical information in helping them locate Mac We are deeply grateful to everyone who shared information kept this circumstance in the community eye and supported the search for justice the department noted in a comment Mac is being held without bail in the Main Jail for a murder charge that was filed un August despite Mac being on the run records show Anyone with information about the August homicide can contact the SJPD homicide unit at - - or email Detective Sgt Rafael Varela at sanjoseca gov or Detective Jose Montoya at sanjoseca gov Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at - - or at siliconvalleycrimestoppers org