Hayward, California — On Oct. 24, at about 9:56 a.m., Hayward Police officers were dispatched to a disturbance near the 21000 block of Gary Drive. Witnesses called to report that a man went to his ex-girlfriend’s house, armed with a gun. The man went inside the home and got into an argument with his ex-girlfriend’s mother before witnesses said they were able to lock him out and call 9-1-1. As officers responded, witnesses reported that the man fired numerous rounds from a handgun and was leaving the scene in a gray Mercedes sedan. Officers located the Mercedes as it fled eastbound on Grove Avenue. Officers attempted to perform a traffic stop, but the man failed to pull over. A pursuit was initiated as the man continued to flee through unincorporated Hayward and onto eastbound Highway 580. During the pursuit, the man showed pursuing officers the gun and, at one point, he reached speeds over 85 miles an hour before he exited the freeway and continued northbound Eden Canyon Road. In an attempt to end the pursuit, officers initiated a pursuit intervention technique (PIT) to disable the Mercedes.
Officers forced the car onto an embankment just north of Highway 580 on Eden Canyon Road. As officers attempted to block the Mercedes so the man could not drive away, an officer’s leg was pinned between the Mercedes and a patrol vehicle. The man then got out of the disabled car and ran northbound on Eden Canyon Road, with a gun in his hand. Officers chased after the man and gave him numerous commands, trying to get him to stop and drop the gun. As he continued to run, a woman traveling southbound on Eden Canyon Road was stopped by the man. Officers saw him point a gun at the driver and try to open her car door. Officers intervened, and this is when the officer-involved shooting took place. The man was then taken into custody and received medical treatment at the scene. He was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Authorities are not releasing the man’s identity or the names of the officers involved. A record check revealed the man had no criminal history prior to the date of this incident. The woman inside the car was not injured during the incident. A loaded handgun was recovered at the scene. Two officers, including the one pinned between the cars, received medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries at local hospitals.
