SJPD Arrests Four Juveniles for Armed Carjacking

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

On June 26th, 2022, at approximately 1:00 am, Officers responded to an armed carjacking incident that occurred near the intersection of South 7th Street and East Reed Street. The victim was seated inside his parked vehicle when four male suspects wearing masks on their faces approached him and demanded his vehicle and personal property at gunpoint. The victim complied and the suspects fled in the victim’s vehicle.

Approximately an hour later, patrol Officers located the stolen vehicle occupied by the suspects. The vehicle fled at a high rate of speed. Officers initiated a pursuit but discontinued due to the suspect’s reckless driving. SJPD’s helicopter, Air 3, located the vehicle and observed as the suspect driver continued driving recklessly and ultimately lost control of the vehicle and collided with a center median near the area of Coleman Avenue and Highway 87.

The suspect driver fled the scene on foot but was apprehended a short time later. The three additional suspects were taken into custody at the scene by patrol and Special Operations Officers. A loaded privately made firearm (PMF) was recovered at the scene.

 

All four suspects were identified as juveniles and booked into Juvenile Hall. Robbery detectives recognized three of the four suspects from prior armed robberies and carjackings that had taken place in San José. The suspects were previously identified, apprehended, and booked for those robberies and carjackings in March of 2022. Three of the juvenile suspects were on active searchable probation. One of the juvenile suspects had also been assigned to the Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) and was fitted with an ankle monitor.

Anyone with information on this case or similar incidents is asked to contact Detective Marte #4621 of the San José Police Robbery Unit via email: 4621@sanjoseca.gov or at 408-277-4166.

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