Overview
- Police say the ordeal began just after 2 p.m. when an armed suspect stole a green Corvette from a dealership near 900 Capitol Expressway in San Jose.
- Officers tracked the Corvette to Hollister, where the suspect exchanged gunfire with Hollister police and San Benito County deputies before fleeing on foot and carjacking a second vehicle; no officers were injured there.
- During the return toward San Jose, authorities report the suspect fired at California Highway Patrol officers while continuing the flight north.
- The chase ended near Julian Street and Highway 87 in downtown San Jose, where the suspect and officers exchanged gunfire, a San Jose police sergeant was shot, and the suspect was struck by a police vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
- The Monterey County District Attorney is investigating the Hollister exchanges of gunfire, the California DOJ forensic team is processing evidence, a Hollister officer and a San Benito deputy are on administrative leave, and officials have not released the names of the suspect or injured sergeant.