Suspect arrested in June machete attack in Alum Rock

Three men, including a convicted murderer, were arrested in June in connection with an alleged machete attack in San Jose's Alum Rock neighborhood, police said.

San Jose police this week identified the suspects as Juan Ramirez, 43, Eddie Herena, 41, and Raul Moreno, 43.

Shortly before 10 p.m. on June 27, police were notified of an assault with a deadly weapon in a company parking lot in the 2600 block of Alum Rock Avenue. Officers found a man with multiple stab wounds.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim had been involved in a fight with three other men earlier that same day. After parting ways, the suspects searched for the victim, eventually locating him in the parking lot area and allegedly attacked him with machetes.

The victim was taken to a hospital and survived despite suffering serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

After investigators identified the suspects, they obtained arrest warrants for them and a search warrant for Herena's apartment.

On September 10, Herena was arrested in Martinez, while Ramirez was caught in San Jose. The following day, Moreno was also arrested in San Jose.

They were booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of attempted murder. According to police, Herena was convicted of murder in San Jose in 2005 and was not released from prison until 2018.

“These suspects were seeking their victim and knew they wanted to take a life,” Acting Police Chief Paul Joseph said in a statement. “Violent criminals have no place in our community and I am grateful that our investigators acted quickly to put these suspects behind bars.”

Anyone with information about this or similar cases is asked to contact Detective Madera of the San Jose Police Department Assaults Unit at (408) 277-4161 or

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