Two off-duty Oakland firefighters were shot, one fatally, in San Jose's Japantown on Thursday night, and one person has been detained in connection with the crime, police say.
The shooting was reported at 9:37 p.m. near 8th and Taylor streets, across the street from Gordon Biersch Brewery, according to police. One firefighter, 30, sustained critical injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital. The second man, 26, sustained a single gunshot wound, but is in stable condition in hosppital. Sources told NBC Bay Area that the victims were recent graduates of the Oakland Fire Department Academy.
Deputy Fire Chief Melinda Drayton said that the department has suffered an "enormous tragedy with the loss of one of our own."