In the warm light of late afternoon on September 22, 2025, patrol cars converged on the 700 block of South San Joaquin Street after reports of gunfire. Officers found James Oscar Leyva, age 73, a man, down from at least one gunshot wound. Medics rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries. By evening, authorities had fixed the time and place with quiet specificity—around 4:16–4:20 p.m. along that stretch of South San Joaquin—marking the moment a routine Monday turned f
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