Suspect shot in standoff in San Jose.
SAN JOSE » A suspect was shot and another in custody after a hostage was released unharmed following a low-speed pursuit by San Jose police and officers from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department involving a UPS truck Thursday night.
A body bag was visible in a parking lot at the southeast corner of North First Street and East Trimble Road, but no official confirmation of a suspect’s death was available from law enforcement Thursday night.
According to reports, the chase began near Pearl and Chynoweth avenues in San Jose, with the suspect firing at pursuing officers.
The suspects abandoned the car at some point, carjacking a UPS truck and taking the driver hostage before fleeing with police in pursuit.
According to several observers, the pursuit involved multiple marked and unmarked law enforcement vehicles along Highway 87 north from Communications Hill before exiting onto city streets and reaching the intersection.
The truck eventually stopped near the intersection of First Street and Trimble Road with dozens of police cars at the scene.
A long line of San Jose police vehicles blocked North First Street, and restaurant and retail patrons huddled behind closed doors while the standoff unfolded.
Heavily armed police swarmed across North First Street during the standoff.
A tweet posted to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Twitter account just before 6 p.m. alerted residents that a suspect vehicle was stopped at the intersection of North First Street and West Trimble Road but the scene was not secure.
Just before 6:30 p. m., KGO-TV Channel 7 said that a person who had been held hostage inside the truck had been re- leased and at least one suspect had exited the truck and was in custody. Police on the scene told this news organization that a suspect was in custody.
At one point, friends of the suspect reportedly approached police at the corner of North First Street and Component Drive saying they had the suspect on their mobile phone. They asked police to pass along the word that the suspect wanted to surrender.
Some time later, a second suspect attempted to flee the vehicle, pointing a weapon at officers, who fired once. Witnesses told this news organization that the suspect was shot by police.