SAN JOSE – A suspect in a series of carjackings, robberies and shootings died after being driven over by a police vehicle and an officer was in the hospital following a dramatic police shooting Wednesday afternoon in downtown San Jose, according to authorities and a law-enforcement source.
The confrontation unfolded around 2 p.m. at the intersection of West Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue.
In a video provided to the Bay Area News Group, a police vehicle can be seen in the middle of the intersection, lights on and traffic stopped all around it. Shots begin to ring out.
The shooting intensifies as a plain-clothed person emerges from the driver’s seat of the police vehicle and runs 30 to 40 yards before collapsing.
About three seconds after the person has fallen to the ground, a second police vehicle enters the frame at high speed and drives over the person, a split-second after they can be seen moving on the ground.
Dozens more gunshots ring out and the person can no longer be seen moving on the ground. Police then moved in on the suspect.
The officer was taken to an area hospital, the San Jose Police Department said in a social media post. An update on the officer’s condition was not immediately available.
The suspect was being pursued for a series of carjackings, armed robberies and shootings.
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