Man Killed In East San Jose Police Shooting
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that resulted in a fatality on Monday in east San Jose.
Sources told KPIX that police were conducting a check on a potentially-suicidal man in the foothills of east San Jose along Feller Avenue near Story Road. Officers found a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and, after a confrontation, an officer opened fire, killing the man.
The victim has been identified as Anthony Nunez.
The officer was not hurt.
SJPD sources: officers did welfare check, found man w self-inflicted gunshot wound, b4 cop opened fire @CBSSF pic.twitter.com/AWivM9bonk
— Betty Yu (@BettyKPIX) July 5, 2016
To clarify: man had shot himself, bullet possibly grazed him. Something happened after, that prompted cops to fire https://t.co/sI32Jy7MsN
— Betty Yu (@BettyKPIX) July 5, 2016