The Brief
- The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday announced that the officer who had shot and killed a man in 2025 had acted lawfully.
- Officer Sebastian Wisiewski was one of several officers called to a San Jose home in July 2025, by parents whose 37-year-old son had reportedly gotten violent.
- The victim, Karim Khan, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, was heavily armed and fired on officers who arrived at his family’s home.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. – The San Jose police officer who shot and killed a mentally ill, heavily armed man in 2025 acted lawfully, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday.
The ruling stems from a July incident in which officers were called to a home in San Jose by the parents of Karim Khan, a 37-year–old man who was reportedly being violent. Khan’s autopsy showed he had been shot five times.
The officer who fired the shots, Sebastian Wisniewski, has been cleared of any wrongdoing.…