{"id":148977,"date":"2026-01-25T14:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148977\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T14:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:40:31","slug":"who-was-mohamed-husien-5-things-to-know-about-suspect-in-san-jose-shooting-and-carjackings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148977\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Mohamed Husien? 5 things to know about suspect in San Jose shooting and carjackings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mohamed Husien was identified by San Jose<\/a> police on January 22 as the suspect in a series of carjackings, armed robberies and shootouts. Husien was killed during a gunfight with the police in downtown San Jose following a chaotic four-day crime spree.<\/p>\n

\"MohamedMohamed Husien, a suspect in multiple carjackings and armed robberies, was killed in a gunfight with San Jose police after a four-day crime spree. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)<\/p>\n

Here’s what is known so far about the 30-year-old.<\/p>\n

Read more: San Jose shooting: Police name suspect in crime spree as new details emerge<\/a><\/p>\n

Involved in a multi-day crime spree<\/p>\n

According to San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph, Husien began his crime spree on January 17 when he stole a red Chevrolet <\/a>Corvette from a dealership in Sacramento.<\/p>\n

After that, he robbed a liquor store and a convenience store with a gun. Husien robbed two more people the following day.<\/p>\n

A movie-style chase<\/p>\n

Husien was found by San Jose’s helicopter heading south into Hollister.<\/p>\n

According to authorities, a slow-moving pursuit between Hollister officers and the Corvette terminated around Buena Vista Road at Westside Boulevard.<\/p>\n

Throughout the pursuit of Husien, there were multiple gunfights between him and the officers. Husien changed cars twice and fled on foot before the police could finally catch him.<\/p>\n

Police were on constant alert in search of Husien<\/p>\n

The police first caught a whiff of Husien on January 21 when they located the red car and engaged in a brief chase, according to Joseph. Officers discovered the Corvette empty shortly after they lost Husien.<\/p>\n

On the same afternoon, police were called to a complaint of an armed carjacking on Capitol Expressway in which Husien had taken a green Corvette.<\/p>\n

The officers and Husien engaged in a short gunfight before he fled on foot. He was discovered by sheriff’s deputies near Buena Vista Road and Line Street, where another gunfight took place.<\/p>\n

Husien then carjacked another vehicle and drove towards San Jose at high speed while shooting at officers after him.<\/p>\n

Read more: San Jose police shooting: Cops engaged in massive shootout; videos emerge<\/a><\/p>\n

Final shootout and death in San Jose<\/p>\n

At 4 p.m., Husien crashed the green Corvette close to the San Jose intersection of Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue. He then opened another fire on responding officers.<\/p>\n

A San Jose police sergeant was struck in the head during the exchange and has since been released from the hospital and is expected to survive.<\/p>\n

According to Joseph, Husien was fatally injured when officers retaliated by shooting him many times and ran over him with a police patrol car.<\/p>\n

Six Law enforcement agencies pursued Husien<\/p>\n

Joseph said that, \u201c(At) least six law enforcement agencies\u2026pursued the suspect across multiple jurisdictions as he placed countless community members in danger as gun battles unfolded in several cities.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that Husien’s death \u201cmarked the end of a violent, multi-day crime spree.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hollister officer-involved shootings will be looked into by the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and SJPD personnel are investigating the officer-involved shootings in San Jose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mohamed Husien was identified by San Jose police on January 22 as the suspect in a series of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[72657,72445,72511,72618,28319,88,90,89,17060],"class_list":["post-148977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-armed-robberies","tag-carjackings","tag-crime-spree","tag-mohamed-husien","tag-paul-joseph","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148977","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=148977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}