Today, February 9, 2020, at approximately 1:50 a.m., a patrol officer located a vehicle wanted in connection with a felony grand theft incident that recently occurred in the City of Fremont. The officer initiated a felony traffic stop on the vehicle in the Kaiser Emergency Room parking lot. The officer held the driver at gun point while additional officers responded.
The suspect then began to intentionally ram the officer’s patrol vehicle and other parked cars, to escape. The suspect maneuvered his way out and fled at a high rate of speed. Having just committed an assault with a deadly weapon on an officer, a pursuit ensued. The suspect, driving an Infiniti sedan, traveled westbound on Mowry and passed through several intersections failing to yield for officers, failing to obey the speed limit and failing to stop at red-light traffic signals. As the suspect approached Mowry Ave and Farwell Dr., the suspect collided with a vehicle being driven by a woman. The impact of the collision caused the victim vehicle to flip over. The suspect fled on foot and was apprehended a short distance away in a hotel parking lot by officers. Fremont Fire used a Jaws of Life tool to safely extricate the victim driver of the second car.
The suspect is a 16 year old juvenile and he was found to have two active warrants out of San Francisco County for robbery. He and the female from the other vehicle both sustained major injuries and were each transported via ambulance to trauma centers. The injuries are not suspected to be life threatening at this time.
A traffic callout was initiated to assist patrol with the scene and investigation.
Officers are recommending the juvenile suspect be charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, felony vandalism, felony reckless evading, felony evading causing serious bodily injury, the two outside agency felony warrants for robbery and misdemeanor obstructing/ resisting. The felony grand theft case remains ongoing and additional charges could be sought at a later time.
The involved officers were not injured.
Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to please contact our patrol division at 510-790-6800 x 3.
