Victim Sonia Nallan and husband James Nallan have 2 children in college.
AB Wire
In a crime where the motive is yet to be determined, an Indian American man has been arrested in San Jose, California, on suspicion of murdering his wife, at their house.
The crime happened early morning on Saturday. About 12:45 a.m., officers responded to reports of the shooting on the 1700 block of Indigo Oak Lane on the southeast side of the city, said police Sgt. Enrique Garcia, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.
Investigators found a woman, identified as 48-year-old Sonia Nallan, suffering from at least one gunshot wound, Garcia said. She was rushed to a hospital but did not survive.
Her husband, James Nallan, 63, was arrested, and there are no other suspects, Garcia said. Police did not describe a possible motive in the murder.
The Mercury News reported James Nallan has been booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of murder.
Police on Saturday did not immediately release additional details about the circumstances, including a motive, but said no other suspects are being sought.
Chris Nallan, the suspect’s younger brother, visited the Nallans’ two-story stucco home Saturday afternoon. He said the family is in shock.
“They had a wonderful relationship,” he said.
James and Sonia met at a technology firm and had been married for decades, Chris Nallan said. They have two children in college, according to the Mercury News.
About seven years ago, James Nallan suffered severe injuries in a fall while doing home repairs. And he fell into a coma for three months.
When he awoke, his personality had changed dramatically, his brother said. Once fun-loving and engaging, he became withdrawn, and his moods were unpredictable, Chris Nallan said.
Sonia Nallan cared for her husband, who was unable to work, the report said.
“She knew that he wasn’t right. She was very devout,” said Chris Nallan, pastor at the San Jose International Christian Center. “She was always there.”
He said Sonia would often come to her in-laws’ house and confide about the difficulties of caring for her husband. “We are a very close family,” Nallan said. “We knew what she was going through.”
According to her LinkedIn profile, Sonia Nallan worked as a technical recruiter at Encore Semiconductors.
The death marks the city’s 17th homicide of the year and the sixth in the past two weeks. Eight total homicides had been recorded at the same point last year.
It’s also the second consecutive weekend that police have investigated a suspected family shooting in the Evergreen area. Two brothers, 22-year-old Hasib Bin Golamrabbi and 17-year-old Omar Golamrabbi, were charged with double murder in the April 23 killings of their parents, Golam Rabbi and Shamima Rabbi, at the Lucas Court home where the family lived.