Dario Trevino Arrested in 2012 San Jose Homicide After Cold-Case Review

San Jose detectives and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Cold Case Unit arrested Dario Santana Trevino, 43, in connection with a 2012 Murphy Avenue shooting that left 33-year-old Anthony Salazar dead. The arrest follows a multi-year review that investigators say tied evidence from an unrelated March 2012 San Leandro case to the San Jose homicide.

Trevino was taken into custody Jan. 13, 2026, in Roseville and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail. Jail records show he was held without bail. Initial booking records listed suspicion of one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder; three days after the arrest court records show prosecutors filed a single murder charge in the death of Anthony Salazar. Officials have not publicly explained the timing between investigators’ identification of Trevino and the arrest.

The original shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. on Feb. 26, 2012, outside Carlos Goldstein’s at 1150 Murphy Ave., near Oakland Road in North San Jose. Officers responding to the scene found a woman who had been assaulted and three men with gunshot wounds. Two of the men suffered non-life-threatening injuries; the third, identified in reporting as Anthony Fernando Salazar of Patterson, California, was transported to a hospital and later died. Some news accounts from 2012 described the incident as ending a massive restaurant brawl.

Investigators say the connection emerged after a gun seized in a March 2012 San Leandro shooting was tied to the San Jose attack. During the San Leandro investigation, Trevino was identified as the primary suspect, arrested and convicted in that unrelated case. New attention to the San Jose files in 2017 flagged the firearm evidence, and detectives and the DA’s Cold Case Unit revived the case in 2025, ultimately identifying Trevino as the suspect.

San Jose police announced investigators have connected Dario Trevino to a Feb. 26, 2012 homicide at a Murphy Avenue business, and he was taken into custody. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen emphasized persistence in older investigations, saying, “Cold cases aren't always solved with DNA. Sometimes, it just takes good, old-fashioned tenacity and teamwork to get justice.”

For the community, the arrest highlights the long arc of homicide investigations: lead development can arrive years after an event when evidence is reexamined or tied to other probes. Families and witnesses affected by the Murphy Avenue shooting may now see the case move into formal prosecution and court review. The narrowing of charges from initial booking to the later court filing suggests prosecutors are focusing on the death of Anthony Salazar while further decisions on additional counts may follow as case files are reviewed.

What comes next is formal arraignment and the prosecution’s disclosure of charging documents and forensic detail about how the firearm evidence was linked across cases. Expect public records and court calendars to fill in the remaining gaps: exact charging language, arraignment dates, and any defense response. For neighbors and anyone with knowledge of the 2012 events, police encourage sharing information to help ensure a complete record is available as the case proceeds.