SAN JOSE — Police on Monday announced the arrests of two suspects in a May 26 shooting that left a pair of high school friends dead on an East San Jose street.

Detectives arrested San Jose resident Matthew Clifford, 19, and an unnamed 17-year-old juvenile suspect. Both were arrested without incident on June 1, and face murder charges, police said.

Christian Comilang, 15, and Johnson Cular, 16, were shot to death on the 300 block of Caribe Way around 6:30 p.m. behind the Kohl’s department store at Jackson Avenue and McKee Road. Witnesses described a suspect riding away on a BMX bicycle.

One of the boys was pronounced dead at the scene while the other passed away later at the hospital.

Police did not elaborate on a possible motive or whether the victims knew the suspects, but said that the slayings are not believed to be a gang-motivated.

The victims both attended Independence High School in San Jose, where a memorial to the boys was erected by fellow students last week.

The double homicide raised the city’s total for the year to 18. Another man was shot dead later that night, and since then another fatal shooting and a stabbing has brought the tally to 21.

Clifford, who is being held without bail at the Santa Clara County Jail, appeared in court Monday and will return on Wednesday. The 17-year-old was booked into juvenile hall.

Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.