videos shared on social media show<\/a> the suspect dodging a police cruiser attempting to run him down before opening fire at the officer and charging him.<\/p>\n In the videos, the suspect fires his weapon from the rear of the police cruiser while the officer returns fire from the driver\u2019s seat before exiting and retreating from the spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect continued to circle the [officer\u2019s] patrol vehicle while firing at him from only feet away,\u201d Joseph said. <\/p>\n
He said the officer, who had recently been promoted to sergeant, continued to fire even after being struck by a bullet and bleeding from his head. <\/p>\n
Dozens of commuters found themselves caught in the middle of the gunfight, which ended when the armed suspect \u2014 trying to carjack a vehicle stopped on the road \u2014 was struck and run over by another police cruiser.<\/p>\n
Joseph said the suspect continued to move and was still armed with a firearm illegally equipped with an extended magazine, prompting officers to fatally shoot him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a scene none of us ever wanted to witness in real life,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the kind of footage people might expect from an action movie, but this was not a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joseph said a thorough investigation would be conducted into the shooting and to determine the suspect\u2019s motive. He said investigators would also look at how Husein, a convicted felon, obtained the firearm used in Wednesday\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n
He said the police sergeant was expected to survive his injuries.<\/p>\n
Standing behind a wooden podium, speaking to a row of news cameras and reporters, Joseph declined to answer questions about the use of a patrol vehicle to end the gun battle, citing an ongoing investigation. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe always are hoping for a peaceful resolution to every incident like this,\u201d Joseph told reporters. \u201cAt every second of that vehicle pursuit, the suspect had the option of pulling over and surrendering. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe used tactics that are standard to try to get this person into custody safely,\u201d he added, \u201dand unfortunately that isn\u2019t the outcome that we had.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joseph said the shooting brought to an end a four-day crime spree across San Benito and Santa Clara counties. <\/p>\n
He said the crime spree began on Jan. 17 when the suspect stole a red Corvette from a dealership in Sacramento. Later that day, he said, he robbed a convenience store at gunpoint in another city, followed by a second armed robbery at a San Jos\u00e9 liquor store.<\/p>\n
He said the suspect committed three more robberies the following day. At least one of those was in San Jos\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Joseph said the department got a break Wednesday when a license plate reader flagged the location of the Corvette, prompting a police response. <\/p>\n
\u201cSan Jos\u00e9 officers located the vehicle and engaged in a brief pursuit,\u201d he said, \u201cbefore losing the vehicle and locating it unoccupied shortly thereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 2:01 p.m. that day, San Jos\u00e9 police received a call about an armed carjacking at a dealership in the 900 block of Capital Expressway<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect brandished a firearm to an employee, stole a green Corvette and fled the scene,\u201d Joseph said. <\/p>\n
Shortly after, he said, a police helicopter spotted the vehicle traveling south outside of San Jos\u00e9 and continued following, providing real-time updates to local police agencies.<\/p>\n
Hollister police officers and San Benito County sheriff\u2019s deputies were notified when the vehicle entered their jurisdiction and attempted to stop the vehicle. But a slow speed pursuit followed that ended in an officer-involved shooting. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect fled and was located again where a second officer-involved shooting occurred,\u201d Joseph said. He did not disclose the location of the second shooting.<\/p>\n
He said the suspect\u2019s vehicle became disabled, prompting him to carjack a passing vehicle at gunpoint before fleeing the city of Hollister.<\/p>\n
Joseph said no officers or deputies were injured in the officer-involved shootings. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect then fled northbound back towards San Jos\u00e9. Officers from multiple agencies pursued the suspect as he drove at high speeds on the freeway, endangering motorists while attempting to evade capture,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cAs the suspect reentered our city, San Jos\u00e9 police units assumed control of the pursuit on city streets.\u201d <\/p>\n
He said the suspect crashed into a vehicle that was stopped at the intersection where the gun battle unfolded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t imagine the courage it takes to run towards a situation like that and not away from it, but thank God they ran toward it,\u201d said San Jos\u00e9 Vice Mayor Pam Foley. \u201cWe are grateful for their service and for the sacrifices they and their families make, and we stand firmly in support of the San Jos\u00e9 Police Department and all of our first responders.\u201d <\/p>\n
San Jos\u00e9 Police Sgt. Steve Slack, president of the San Jos\u00e9 Police Assn., praise the actions of the injured officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe incredible bravery exhibited by every officer, especially the SJPD Sergeant who was shot and hospitalized with a skull fracture after confronting the dangerous criminal, was on full display yesterday,\u201d he said. \u201cThe injured Sergeant is in good spirits, and we are supporting him and his family in every way we can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A gun battle unfolded on the streets of a Northern California city this week that was captured in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-145942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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