Aaron Anthony Ocampo, 24, of Morgan Hill, walked into the San Jose Police Department’s homicide unit on Sunday, March 22. He faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter — a step down from the murder charges filed after his initial arrest.
The shooting happened February 8, around 2:20 a.m., on Paseo de San Antonio — a pedestrian walkway between South Third and South Fourth Street in downtown San Jose. It was Super Bowl weekend. The area was packed.
Officers and plainclothes units already deployed in the neighborhood responded quickly and found two men with gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. They were later identified as Raymond Patrick Aguirre and Nickolas Amador-Banuelos.
Police identified a suspect the same night. Officers located a vehicle connected to the shooting and detained its occupants in West San Jose. Ocampo was arrested on suspicion of murder and booked into Santa Clara County Jail, then released as investigators continued their work.
Detectives eventually obtained an arrest warrant — this time on manslaughter charges. The downgrade suggests investigators found mitigating circumstances, possibly self-defense or provocation. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office will make the final charging decision.
A motive has not been established. Aguirre and Amador-Banuelos were the second and third homicide victims in San Jose in 2026. By late March, the city’s total had climbed to seven.