{"id":443745,"date":"2026-08-26T05:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443745\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T05:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:10:10","slug":"san-jose-police-officer-shot-hospitalized-as-massive-law-enforcement-response-unfolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443745\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose police officer shot, hospitalized as massive law enforcement response unfolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A San Jose police <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/18\/us-news\/lapd-shootout-video-reveals-moment-suspect-fired-at-officer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">officer was shot<\/a> Tuesday afternoon, triggering a massive law enforcement response and sending the wounded cop to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting was reported at 12:31 p.m. Tuesday near Lick Avenue and Goodyear Street, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>A San Jose police officer was shot and hospitalized Tuesday evening as a massive law enforcement response unfolded in the area. NBC Bay Area<\/p>\n<p>A massive law enforcement response is seen in a neighborhood south of downtown San Jose. KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA<\/p>\n<p>The officer was rushed to Valley Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>A heavy police presence was also reported near Almaden Avenue and Floyd Street, where San Jose cops and Santa Clara County sheriff\u2019s deputies were spotted with guns drawn.<\/p>\n<p>University police may have also been involved in the response.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened near Lick Avenue and Goodyear Street. The injured officer was rushed to a hospital for treatment. NBC Bay Area<\/p>\n<p>The officer was rushed to Valley Medical Center for treatment. KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/san-jose-police-officer-down\/4133129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told NBC<\/a> they saw an individual down on the ground and raised concerns that a suspect may have barricaded themselves nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Police had not confirmed those reports.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>By 8 p.m. Tuesday, authorities had yet to release the officer\u2019s condition or say whether a suspect had been injured or taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, a Democrat, planned to visit the wounded officer at the hospital, his office said.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting remained under investigation Tuesday night, with police saying more information would be released when available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Jose police officer was shot Tuesday afternoon, triggering a massive law enforcement response and sending the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,723,4182,266,88,90,89,15774,3586],"class_list":["post-443745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-crime","tag-metro","tag-northern-california","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-shootings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443745","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=443745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}