Medical personnel attempted to treat the victim, but he was eventually pronounced dead at the scene.
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A man wanted in the murder of an East Palo man was arrested early Friday after SWAT officers surrounded a San Jose apartment complex, authorities said.
On June 10, officers responded to a gun shot locator report about 10 p.m.at Illinois Street and Bay Road, where Puckett was found suffering from multiple gun shot wounds. Christopher Puckett had just left their grandfather’s house, where he was watching a Warriors game with relatives, Lerisa Puckett said.
At least one person was taken into custody. “There is no reason to take him out the way he did”.
No suspects have been identified or apprehended, according to police.
Lionel Jericho McCoy, 23, of East Palo Alto, was arrested in connection with the June shooting death of 30-year-old Christopher Puckett.
East Palo Alto police, with assistance from San Jose police, arrested Lionel McCoy around 5 a.m., after serving a search warrant at 477 N. Second St.in San Jose, according to East Palo Alto police.
Police said the motive and circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.
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As a condition of parole, the man was not supposed to be with McCoy, who is on parole for armed robbery.
