Officer-involved Shooting, Pursuit Net One Fatality, One Arrest

SAN JOSE, CA -- In a scene resembling a Steve McQueen movie, one man was killed, a woman arrested and a hostage released safely in a drama-filled, officer-involved shooting Thursday evening in the 2500 block of North First Street in San Jose.

The 5:03 p.m. incident started with Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies noticing a suspicious vehicle at Pearl and Chynoweth avenues at the Ohlone transit station. The driver took off, running over a median and taking Valley Transportation Authority-contract county deputies with San Jose police joining them on a high-speed pursuit during rush hour with pedestrians and other motorists looking on, county Sheriff's spokesman Reggie Cook told Patch.

At one point in the chase, the woman identified as Joanna Mae Macy-Rogers, 23, of San Jose, shot at the officers’ patrol car with a shotgun out the window.

She is being accused of attempted murder and carjacking, per San Jose police, which came on the scene to apprehend the suspects believed to be driving a stolen vehicle.

The pursuit transferred on foot at Communication Hill, where the suspects carjacked a United Parcel Service truck and took the driver hostage. The chase became a driving one again that constituted the deployment of spike strips to stop the vehicle. The chase led officers from both jurisdictions to busy North First Street. A standoff ensued there, where hostage negotiators secured the safe release of the UPS driver.

The suspects ran from the vehicle with guns in tow, ultimately leading to a police fficer shooting the man fatally.

The woman was taken into custody.

The identity of the man is undisclosed at this point.

The officer was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

"You gotta know, this is a person driving recklessly the wrong way down a busy street in San Jose during the commute hour -- with no regard for human life," Cooks said.

--Image courtesy of San Jose Police Department