Police investigating deadly shooting in Belmont

Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Belmont this morning, just a short distance from Oracle's headquarters. 

According to officers, one male was shot inside an apartment building in the 500 block of Ralston Avenue around 5:15 Saturday morning.

Police have identified the victim as 24-year-old Dejohn Jones, a Union City resident. 

Police say there are many witnesses and it seems like there was a party when the shooting occurred. 

The suspect has not been identified and is currently at-large.

Captain Patrick Halleran with the Belmont Police Department says, "This is an unusual incident for us, we do get violence from time to time but preliminary indications are this is an isolated incident and there is not need for community concern."

It is the city's first homicide of the year. 

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