SAN JOSE — An investigation into a family disturbance led to police shooting and wounding a person, authorities said early Monday.
The wounded suspect was in critical condition at a hospital, police said.
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Officers were called to the area of S. First Street and Sutter Street, a residential street in the Washington-Guadalupe neighborhood just south of downtown, about 7:45 p.m. Sunday, according to a statement from San Jose police posted on social media. Police said the suspect threatened officers with a knife.
That threat prompted one officer to fire his weapon, and the gunfire hit the suspect, police said.
After being wounded, the suspect barricaded inside the residence, police said. Officers eventually took the person into custody. The person went by ambulance to a hospital.
The police shooting was the fifth involving San Jose officers his year. One of them has been fatal.
Police closed Sutter Street from S. First Street to S. Almaden Avenue to investigate.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.