SAN JOSE – San Jose police are investigating town's fifteenth homicide of the 12 months, involving a person found dead of a gunshot wound in an apartment complex near a busy shopping mall.

The murder occurred around 2:45 p.m. Sunday in an apartment within the 1000 block of Blossom River Way, a street adjoining to the busy Westfield Oakridge shopping mall in south San Jose.

“When officers arrived, they found an adult male victim who was not conscious or breathing and had at least one gunshot wound,” San Jose police said in a prepared press release.

The police immediately initiated life-saving measures for the victim and concurrently called the emergency doctor to the apartment. However, the person died within the apartment, the police said.

The victim, described as an adult male, couldn’t be immediately identified.

“The suspect is unknown and fled the scene before police arrived,” police said. “The motive and circumstances of the incident are currently under investigation.”

The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office will release the person's name once he’s identified and his next of kin are notified.

Anyone with information is asked to email Detective Sgt. Julien Taylor at 4257@sanjoseca.gov or Detective Mike Harrington at 4365@sanjoseca.gov or call 408-277-5283.

Mystik Dan won the one hundred and fiftieth running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The winning time was 2:03.34.

He won in a photograph finish over Sierra Leone and Forever Young. The crowd at Churchill Downs roared because the three horses ran down the track, then fell silent as nobody could tell by their nose who was winning the race.

WOW.

Mystik Dan WINS the one hundred and fiftieth Kentucky Derby in a PHOTO FINISH! pic.twitter.com/N2jfd2TsKe

– NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 4, 2024

Mystik Dan, who began the race at odds of 18-1, was within the lead going into the ultimate corner and saw his lead narrow in the ultimate furlong but was capable of retain the win. Betting favorite Fierceness (3:1) ended up in fifteenth place after a powerful start.

For Lance Gasaway, considered one of Mystik Dan's owners whose father died exactly a yr ago, winning the one hundred and fiftieth Kentucky Derby on May 4 is especially meaningful.

“To me, this is for him,” Gasaway said. “Dad would have loved it. He loved the game.”

Mystik Dan is trained by Kenneth McPeek and ridden by Brian Hernandez. Both trainer and jockey also won the Kentucky Oaks on Friday with Thorpedo Anna. McPeek is the primary trainer to win each the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby on the identical weekend since Ben Jones completed the feat in 1952. As of Friday, neither McPeak nor Hernandez had ever won a Kentucky Oaks or Kentucky Derby.

“My horse just ran so relaxed, he never felt like we were going that fast,” Hernandez said. “I just smiled the whole time. It’s an incredible feeling when you have the horse under you and you know it’s going to go forward and forward and forward.”

A $2 winning bet on Mystik And paid $39.22. A $2 exacta bet on Mystik Dan and Sierra Leone returned $258.56.

The athlete

Full results with final betting odds set before the race

1. Mystic Dan (18-1)
2. Sierra Leone (9-2)
3. Forever young (6-1)
4. Catch Freedom (8-1)
5. TO password (48-1)
6. Resilience (32-1)
7. Fortress (35-1)
8. Honor Marie (15-1)
9. Endless (48-1)
10. Dornoch (22-1)
11. Trail Phantom (40-1)
12. Western Saratoga (22-1)
13. Domestic Product (27-1)
14. Epic ride (47-1)
15. Wildness (3-1)
16. Society man (46-1)
17. Steel only (21-1)
18. Grand Mo the First (47-1)
19. Catalytic (34-1)
20. Just one touch (11-1)

Required reading

A house that sold for $3 million tops the list of most costly home sales in Oakland last week.

A complete of 75 home sales were recorded in the world last week with a median price of $946,780. The average price per square foot was $627.

Prices within the list below are for property sales where title was recorded the week of April 15, although the property can have been sold earlier.

10. Single-family home valued at $1.5 million within the 7800 block of Hansom Drive

The sale of the single-family home within the 7800 block of Hansom Drive, Oakland, has closed. The asking price was $1,500,000 and the brand new owners took delivery of the house in March. The house was inbuilt 1972 and has a living space of two,100 square meters. The price per square foot was $714. The house has 4 bedrooms and three bathrooms.

9. $1.6 million single-family home on Cortereal Ave block. from 1900.

The 1,866-square-foot single-family home within the 1900 block of Cortereal Ave. in Oakland was sold. The transfer of ownership was accomplished in March and the full purchase price was $1,550,000, $831 per square foot. The house was inbuilt 1951. The house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

8. Single-family home valued at $1.7 million within the 4100 block of Huntington Street

The sale of the single-family home within the 4100 block of Huntington Street in Oakland has closed. The asking price was $1,650,000 and the brand new owners took delivery of the house in March. The house was inbuilt 1955 and the full living space is 1,389 square meters. The price per square foot was $1,188. The house has two bedrooms and one bathroom.

7. $1.7 million single-family home on Hoover Ave block. from 1900.

The 2,015-square-foot single-family home within the 1900 block of Hoover Ave., Oakland, has been sold. The transfer of ownership was accomplished in March and the full purchase price was $1,700,000, $844 per square foot. The house was inbuilt 1931. The house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

6. Single-family home valued at $1.8 million within the 3800 block of Greenwood Ave.

The sale of the single-family home within the 3800 block of Greenwood Ave. in Oakland is accomplished. The asking price was $1,800,000 and the brand new owners took delivery of the house in March. The house was inbuilt 1910 and has 2,308 square meters of living space. The price per square foot was $780. The house has five bedrooms and two bathrooms.

5. Single-family home valued at $2 million on the 5400 block of Masonic Ave.

The property within the 5400 block of Masonic Ave. in Oakland has latest owners. The prize was $2,000,000. The house was inbuilt 1920 and has 1,712 square meters of living space. The price per square foot is $1,168. The house has 4 bedrooms and two bathrooms.

4. Single-family home valued at $2.1 million within the 5100 block of Golden Gate Ave.

The property within the 5100 block of Golden Gate Ave. in Oakland has latest owners. The price was $2,060,000. The house was inbuilt 1925 and has 2,464 square meters of living space. The price per square foot is $836. The house has 4 bedrooms and three bathrooms.

3. Single-family home valued at $2.1 million within the 300 block of 62nd Street

The sale of the single-family home within the 300 block of 62nd Street in Oakland has closed. The asking price was $2,075,000 and the brand new owners took delivery of the house in March. The house was inbuilt 1916 and the full living space is 1,677 square meters. The price per square foot was $1,237. The house has 4 bedrooms and two bathrooms.

2. Single-family home valued at $2.2 million within the 5500 block of Thomas Ave.

The sale of the single-family home within the 5500 block of Thomas Ave. in Oakland is accomplished. The asking price was $2,200,000 and the brand new owners took delivery of the house in March. The house was inbuilt 1918 and has 2,992 square meters of living space. The price per square foot was $735. The house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

1. Single-family home valued at $3 million within the 1500 block of Grand View Drive

The 4,315-square-foot single-family home within the 1500 block of Grand View Drive, Oakland, has been sold. The transfer of ownership was accomplished in March and the full purchase price was $2,950,000, $684 per square foot. The house was inbuilt 2021. The house has 4 bedrooms and five bathrooms.