A San Jose police officer was shot and rushed to a hospital yesterday afternoon after an armed carjacking spiraled into a sprawling chase that bounced between cities before crashing back into downtown. What started as one stolen sports car quickly turned into a rolling crime scene that crossed county lines and pulled in multiple law enforcement agencies.
The California Highway Patrol said a Corvette was carjacked in San Jose at about 2:37 p.m., and officers later spotted the vehicle and launched a pursuit that reached Hollister, according to NBC Bay Area. Authorities say the suspect then ditched that car, allegedly carjacked another vehicle, and headed back to San Jose, where an encounter with San Jose police ended with an officer shot and taken to a local hospital.
How the chase unfolded
The rapid, cross-jurisdiction chain of events, from a carjacking in the South Bay to a pursuit into San Benito County and then back into downtown San Jose, offered a textbook example of how quickly a single crime can ripple across multiple communities. A similarly sprawling chase last April started with a bank robbery in Concord and ended in San Jose with carjackings and an officer-involved shooting, as reported by ABC7.
What authorities say
San Jose police said the case remains an active investigation and that public information officers will release more details as they are confirmed, according to NBC Bay Area. Investigators from SJPD and partnering agencies are working to reconstruct the timeline, track the suspect’s movements across jurisdictions, and determine the full list of potential charges.
