March 24, 2023 Investigators are looking into an incident in which a man brandishing a machete was fatally shot by San Jose police after he took at least two children hostage and barricaded himself inside a home.
By Amy Graff Source SFGate, San Francisco Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
San Jose police shot a man Wednesday night who was reportedly armed with a machete and barricaded himself and other people, including two children, in a home, officials said. The suspect died at a local hospital Thursday morning, the San Jose Police Department said.
Officers first responded to a report of the hostage situation at about 8:30 p.m. on the 900 block of Boynton Avenue in San Jose’s Blackford neighborhood, the department said on Twitter. At the scene, they found the man had barricaded himself and the others into the residence, police said. Special operations officers were called onto the scene.
At 11:10 p.m., the police department posted on Twitter that police had shot the suspect and he was taken to a local hospital.
At 1:18 a.m. Thursday, police announced the suspect was dead and said that “the hostages, including two children, were safely removed from the residence.”
Police did not share information on the suspect’s relationship with the hostages.
The shooting is under investigation, and police said additional information will be released in the future.
The San Jose Police Department did not respond to a request for more information on the shooting.