The mother and father of a 22-year-old Northern California man who was stabbed to death whereas making an attempt to cease an assault on his pal are asking the general public to assist police establish the suspect, as investigators say the killing could have been recorded on cellphone video by bystanders.
The sufferer, recognized by his household as Raymond Orozco, was killed early Sunday in downtown San Jose, California, the place he and a bunch had gone out for an evening in town, the sufferer’s mother and father stated.
“We wish to get justice for him. We would just like the police to get the one that did this and get them what they deserve,” Orozco’s father, Roy Orozco, informed ABC San Francisco station KGO-TV.
Raymond Orozco, 22, was fatally stabbed, July 20, 2025, in downtown San Jose, Calif., whereas making an attempt to cease an assault on a pal, his mother and father stated.
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San Jose cops responded to calls of a stabbing round 12:51 a.m. on Sunday in a downtown leisure district, in keeping with the San Jose Police Division.
“Upon arrival, they positioned an grownup male sufferer affected by no less than one stab wound,” police stated in a press release. “Officers instantly started life saving measures and summoned paramedics to the scene. The sufferer was transported to a neighborhood hospital the place he in the end succumbed to his accidents and was pronounced deceased.”
Roy Orozco and Daniela Ruiz speak about their son, 22-year-old Raymond Orozco, who was fatally stabbed, July 20, 2025, in downtown San Jose, Calif.
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The unidentified perpetrator within the murder ran from the scene earlier than police arrived and stays at massive, authorities stated.
“Through the course of the investigation, Detectives discovered the sufferer was concerned in a bodily confrontation previous to the stabbing and imagine the incident could have been recorded on cellphone video by a number of uninvolved bystanders,” police stated in a press release, asking anybody with video or details about the assault to contact detectives instantly.
Within the interview with KGO-TV, Orozco’s mom, Daniela Ruiz stated the killer “took my coronary heart.”
Ruiz and Roy Orozco stated their son son was out with a cousin and two feminine buddies when one of many girls of their group was allegedly attacked on South 2nd Avenue in San Jose.
Roy Orozco stated he has discovered that his son had stepped in to interrupt up the assault when he was stabbed.
“It is not like he was hurting anyone. He was simply making an attempt to tug folks off of anyone else,” Roy Orozco stated. “For anyone to tug a weapon on anyone unarmed like that’s past ridiculous.”
The mother and father stated their son labored at a bunch dwelling for seniors with bodily and developmental disabilities. Raymond Orozco had hoped to change into a primary responder, his mother and father stated, and had just lately been accepted to attend a fireplace academy at Chabot School in Hayward, California, within the fall.
“They took one of many brightest lights out of the world,” Roy Orozco stated. “It is affecting extra than simply us. It impacts so many different folks, and the potential had to assist much more folks has simply been taken away from the world.”
