San Jose police shoot suspect they say threatened officers with knife

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San Jose police shoot suspect who had knife

San Jose police shot a suspect they say threatened officers with a knife.

San Jose police shot a suspect they say threatened officers with a knife.

Police wrote on social media that the suspect was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Officers were called out on Sunday about 7:45 p.m. to the area near S. First and Sutter streets to help out with a "family disturbance involving a weapon."

Police wrote on X that the "suspect threatened officers with a knife, prompting one officer to discharge their firearm, striking the suspect."

The suspect then holed up inside the residence but was eventually taken into custody – in this case, at the hospital.  

No further details were immediately released.