San Jose police have announced the arrest of a teen boy in connection with a Black Friday shooting at Westfield Valley Fair that wounded three people including a teen girl bystander and sent people fleeing for the exits at the city's largest indoor mall on one of its busiest shopping days. San Jose police shared this photo on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, of a suspect they arrested in the shooting that
Later Wednesday, well after news of the charges, the police chief of neighboring Westfield shared on social media that he was related to the suspect. He didn't specify the nature of the relation, but said the teen is not his son nor a "member of his immediate family." "I want to be clear, as loud and as firm as possible, that in NO WAY do my wife, children or I condone, defend, or excuse the actions that caused this terrible and tragic loss of life," Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said in a statement