A high-speed chase in San Jose ended with police shooting and killing a suspect after he stole multiple vehicles and engaged in a shootout that left a police sergeant seriously injured but expected to survive.San Jose police said the incident began just after 2 p.m. near 900 Capitol Expressway when an armed suspect entered a car dealership, stole a green Corvette, and fled down Highway 101. Helicopters assisted in tracking the suspect’s vehicle as police pursued him south to Hollister, where he was cornered near Buena Vista Road and Westside Boulevard. Witnesses described the scene as something out of a video game.”First of all, I heard it was like 2 o’clock when I heard the chopper over town saying ‘put the weapon down, put the weapon down,’ and so I run to my backyard,” a witness, Jhobany Jacobo, said. “I was like, well, that looks interesting because that’s not something you see often here in town.”As he kept going, he kept jumping fences, so I saw this man climb over the fence and jumped over like nothing straight out of a GTA game, bro,” Jacobo continued.The suspect then stole another vehicle, a white sedan, and headed back to San Jose with police in pursuit. According to police, “That suspect collided with a vehicle where the suspect then exited the vehicle, engaged officers and gunfire, prompting an officer-involved shooting. The suspect attempted to flee, attempted to carjack another vehicle when they were struck by a police vehicle. That suspect was declared deceased at the scene.”San Jose police have blocked off the area around North San Pedro Street and St. James Street as they continue their investigation.
SAN JOSE, Calif. —
A high-speed chase in San Jose ended with police shooting and killing a suspect after he stole multiple vehicles and engaged in a shootout that left a police sergeant seriously injured but expected to survive.
San Jose police said the incident began just after 2 p.m. near 900 Capitol Expressway when an armed suspect entered a car dealership, stole a green Corvette, and fled down Highway 101.
Helicopters assisted in tracking the suspect’s vehicle as police pursued him south to Hollister, where he was cornered near Buena Vista Road and Westside Boulevard. Witnesses described the scene as something out of a video game.
“First of all, I heard it was like 2 o’clock when I heard the chopper over town saying ‘put the weapon down, put the weapon down,’ and so I run to my backyard,” a witness, Jhobany Jacobo, said. “I was like, well, that looks interesting because that’s not something you see often here in town.
“As he kept going, he kept jumping fences, so I saw this man climb over the fence and jumped over like nothing straight out of a GTA game, bro,” Jacobo continued.
The suspect then stole another vehicle, a white sedan, and headed back to San Jose with police in pursuit.
According to police, “That suspect collided with a vehicle where the suspect then exited the vehicle, engaged officers and gunfire, prompting an officer-involved shooting.
The suspect attempted to flee, attempted to carjack another vehicle when they were struck by a police vehicle. That suspect was declared deceased at the scene.”
San Jose police have blocked off the area around North San Pedro Street and St. James Street as they continue their investigation.