Overview
- Deputies found a 42-year-old man unconscious with severe head injuries on the Gish light rail platform shortly before midnight on Sept. 29.
- Detectives identified and arrested 23-year-old Brandon Fryshaw within hours on suspicion of attempted murder.
- The victim, a San Jose resident, died at a local hospital shortly after 11 p.m. on Oct. 8, according to county officials.
- The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has reclassified the case as a homicide and referred it to the District Attorney’s Office.
- Investigators say Fryshaw is also suspected in a separate late-September assault at the Saint James station and are seeking tips, and the victim’s name has not been released.