{"id":494499,"date":"2026-10-13T08:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494499\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T08:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:44:35","slug":"san-jose-police-fatally-shoot-man-who-allegedly-brandished-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494499\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose police fatally shoot man who allegedly brandished gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2h0qpxmtr7oyjjpr.jpg\" alt=\"San Jose Police fatally shoot suspect they say was waving a gun \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2h0qpxmtr7oyjjpr.jpg\" alt=\"San Jose Police fatally shoot suspect they say was waving a gun \" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/santa-clara-county\/san-jose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">San Jose<\/a> police shot and killed a man Sunday night after he allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">brandished a gun<\/a>, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Officers responded to the area of Locke Drive at about 10:24 p.m., where they encountered a man with a gun and opened fire. Authorities have not said whether the man pointed the gun at anyone or what actions prompted them to open fire.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The man, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>   Neighbors describe chaotic scene <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Residents said the neighborhood sounded like a war zone that night.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">&#8220;A bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,&#8221; Raymond Sanchez said, describing what he heard. &#8220;Like six or seven of them in a row, and then 15 minutes later there was a big bang.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Sanchez said he later saw people in suits moving up and down the street throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Authorities spent hours collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses, including a group of neighbors who said they encountered the man with the gun.<\/p>\n<p> Police investigation continues <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">It appeared that investigators were examining at least two crime scenes involving two different homes. Neighbors said police had closed off the street before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">San Jose police have released few details about the incident and how it unfolded. The department is expected to provide more information at a news conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story comes from San Jose police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/organization\/sjpd\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Police Department<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; San Jose police shot and killed a man Sunday night after he allegedly brandished&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[100,1768,88,90,89,5569],"class_list":["post-494499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-news","tag-organization","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-sjpd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494499","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=494499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}