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Alleged Accomplice Charged, Held Without Bail After Crime Spree Ending in Deadly San Jose Shootout

Prosecutors filed robbery, carjacking counts after investigators linked him to armed holdups preceding a multi-county chase.

Overview

  • U.S. Marshals arrested Edward Macias on Jan. 22 in Los Banos without incident and booked him into the Santa Clara County Jail.
  • Santa Clara County prosecutors charged Macias with two counts of second-degree robbery and one count of felony carjacking, and jail records list no bail with a Feb. 11 court date.
  • Detectives reported finding evidence tied to the crimes during a search of Macias’s residence.
  • Authorities say Macias and Mohamed Husein carried out Jan. 17–18 convenience-store robberies in San Jose, brandished a knife, issued death threats, and fled in a stolen Corvette.
  • Police say Husein later stole a Corvette from a South San Jose dealership on Jan. 21, exchanged gunfire with officers in Hollister, and was fatally shot in downtown San Jose after wounding a sergeant who has since been released from the hospital.