SJPD officer shot while responding to family disturbance, officials say

FULL OF EMOTIONS, ANGRY, GRATEFUL, WITH A PROFOUND SENSE OF PRIDE IN THE OFFICERS OF THIS GREAT DEPARTMENT. >> THAT IS SAN JOSE'S POLICE CHIEF TALKING ABOUT ONE OF HIS OFFICERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, AFTER BEING SHOT WHILE RESPONDING TO A CALL. LARRY: THANKS FOR JOINING US, IT IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR THAT A POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN SHOT ON THE JOB. THE CHIEF GAVE US NEW INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN 12 HOURS SINCE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED. IT HAPPENED WHEN POLICE RESPONDED TO A ROOF OR OF THE FAMILY -- REPORT OF A FAMILY DISTURBANCE. OFFICERS HAVE BEEN THERE ALL DAY LONG. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THAT LOCATION THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAD A TEAM OF ORDERS WORKING ON THIS. DUSTIN DORSEY IS LIVE AT THE HOSPITAL. KARINA: FIRST LET'S GO LIVE TO ZACH FUENTES. HE HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE SINCE THIS MORNING. WHAT IS THE LATEST? ZACH: IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG DAY FOR INVESTIGATORS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE AS THEY HAVE BEEN PROCESSING THE SCENE. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THERE IS A SCENE GOING ON, INVESTIGATORS RIGHT HERE WE FINALLY FOUND THE NEW INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE CHIEF ABOUT THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN THIS, IT IS A CONVICTED FELONY WHO WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FIREARM. WE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE INITIAL CALL THAT BROUGHT THE POLICE OFFICER HERE. WE TAKE YOU TO WHAT THE POLICE CHIEF SAID. >> THE FEMALE CALLER SAID HER HUSBAND WAS DRUNK AND TRY TO HIT HER. THE CALLER STATED THAT THE MALE SUBJECT HAD BROKEN DOWN THEIR BATHROOM DOOR AND UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE. RESPONDING OFFICERS ARRIVED AT A TWO-STORY CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX WITH AN ENCLOSED STAIRWAY LEADING UP TO A BALCONY. THAT SERVED AS A PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THAT RESIDENCE. LESS THAN 30 SECONDS AFTER ARRIVING, ONE OF THE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO CALL UP TO THE FRONT DOOR BALCONY AND ANNOUNCED THEMSELVES AS SAN JOSE POLICE OFFICERS. THE SUSPECT EXITED ONTO THE BALCONY'S LANDING. FROM A POSITION OF CONCEALMENT, THIS -- DISCHARGED A FIREARM, STRIKING THE OFFICER. THE SUSPECT BARRICADED HIMSELF WITH HIS WIFE IN THE RESIDENT -- RESIDENCE AFTER THE SHOOTING. THE SUSPECTS WIFE EXITED AND WAS ON INJURED. AFTER A ROUGHLY FOUR HOUR STANDOFF, THE SUSPECT LATER EXITED THE RESIDENCE AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. NO OTHER PEOPLE WERE LOCATED INSIDE. ZACH: IT IS CHILLING TO HEAR HOW MUCH MORE TRAGIC THIS ALL COULD'VE PLAYED OUT TO BE. THE SUSPECT WAS IN A FOUR HOUR STANDOFF. THAT SUSPECT IS 44 YEARS OLD AND ON PROBATION. HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FIREARM. EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE NEWS, THE OFFICER IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITIONS. SHE HAS 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHE IS THE FIRST FEMALE OFFICER SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN SON IS A. -- IN SAN JOSE. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION WE WILL CONTI

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Length: 3min 36sec (216 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 17 2023