SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A two-hour police standoff in San Jose with a man armed with a knife ended in gunfire Monday night, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect later succumbed to gunshot injuries at the hospital.
The fatal shooting stemmed from a traffic stop at 7:28 p.m. near Fruitdale and Leigh avenues, one block away from San Jose City College and south of Interstate 280. Authorities did not say what prompted the traffic stop.
“The driver immediately began behaving erratically and refused to comply with commands, barricading himself inside the car,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement Tuesday morning.
Sheriff Robert Jonsen said that “personnel utilized every available resource to de-escalate the encounter safely and effectively.” Several less-lethal projectiles were used leading up to the shooting, according to authorities…