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(09-17) 11:39 PDT SAN JOSE -- San Jose police searching for a parolee-at-large in a spree of crimes, including a gas station shooting and the kidnapping of a woman, found a woman's body inside a downtown home today.
The victim was found inside a home at about 8 a.m. on the 500 block of North 12th Street, a residence that is associated with the suspect, Paul Ray Castillo, 33, of San Jose, who still hasn't been located.
The victim hasn't been identified, but police, who have been searching for kidnap victim Cindy Nguyen, 60, of Campbell, said she was an Asian woman. Police and Santa Clara County medical examiner's officials are investigating. The cause of the woman's death hasn't been released.
Castillo remains at large, said Officer Jose Garcia, a San Jose police spokesman.
The series of crimes began at about 11 a.m. Friday when Castillo tried to rob and shot a 42-year-old San Jose man pumping gas at the Chevron station at Lincoln and Curtner avenues in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. The victim was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive.
The suspect then fled in a Nissan to The Plant shopping center at Monterey Road and Curtner, about a mile away. There, police believe Castillo came across Nguyen, who apparently was experiencing some trouble with her white Lexus.
Nguyen had called her boss, Nick Pham, "asking for one of us to help come out and giver her a jump because her battery died," Pham told reporters. "Five minutes later, she called back and said a Hispanic person is offering to help her. And that's the last we heard of her."
Shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, police tracked the Lexus to an apartment complex near King and Mabury roads, where they spotted the suspect and shot at him, said San Jose police Sgt. Jason Dwyer.
"I can tell you that they felt threatened enough to where they felt deadly force was necessary," Dwyer said. "They did engage him with gunfire, and we do not know at this point if we hit him."
Police cordoned off the area and searched unsuccessfully for him. Officers called off the search at the apartment complex 5 a.m. today.
Castillo is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 210 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a thin mustache. He should be considered armed and dangerous, police said. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call police at (408) 277-4166.
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(09-17) 11:39 PDT SAN JOSE -- San Jose police searching for a parolee-at-large in a spree of crimes, including a gas station shooting and the kidnapping of a woman, found a woman's body inside a downtown home today.
The victim was found inside a home at about 8 a.m. on the 500 block of North 12th Street, a residence that is associated with the suspect, Paul Ray Castillo, 33, of San Jose, who still hasn't been located.
The victim hasn't been identified, but police, who have been searching for kidnap victim Cindy Nguyen, 60, of Campbell, said she was an Asian woman. Police and Santa Clara County medical examiner's officials are investigating. The cause of the woman's death hasn't been released.
Castillo remains at large, said Officer Jose Garcia, a San Jose police spokesman.
The series of crimes began at about 11 a.m. Friday when Castillo tried to rob and shot a 42-year-old San Jose man pumping gas at the Chevron station at Lincoln and Curtner avenues in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. The victim was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive.
The suspect then fled in a Nissan to The Plant shopping center at Monterey Road and Curtner, about a mile away. There, police believe Castillo came across Nguyen, who apparently was experiencing some trouble with her white Lexus.
Nguyen had called her boss, Nick Pham, "asking for one of us to help come out and giver her a jump because her battery died," Pham told reporters. "Five minutes later, she called back and said a Hispanic person is offering to help her. And that's the last we heard of her."
Shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, police tracked the Lexus to an apartment complex near King and Mabury roads, where they spotted the suspect and shot at him, said San Jose police Sgt. Jason Dwyer.
"I can tell you that they felt threatened enough to where they felt deadly force was necessary," Dwyer said. "They did engage him with gunfire, and we do not know at this point if we hit him."
Police cordoned off the area and searched unsuccessfully for him. Officers called off the search at the apartment complex 5 a.m. today.
Castillo is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 210 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a thin mustache. He should be considered armed and dangerous, police said. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call police at (408) 277-4166.
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