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Suspect Arrested After Man Found Dead In Car At San Jose State

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) - San Jose State University police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a man found shot dead in a car parked next to the college's tennis courts on Sunday morning, a police spokesman said Tuesday.

Craig Yuhara, 62, was arrested at about 7 p.m. Monday on suspicion of murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony, university police Sgt. John Laws said.

Police received a report of a possible dead man inside a vehicle in a campus parking lot near East Humboldt and South 11th streets at 9:40 a.m. Sunday, Laws said.

Emergency responders were called to the scene but were unable to revive the victim.

The Santa Clara County medical examiner's office has not yet released the victim's name.

 

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