


The man's mother, who is in her 80s, told police that her son, armed with a knife, was stabbing doors, and that she and two other family members, including the man's father, were inside the home during the rampage, which had been escalating since shortly after 3 a.m.

The family reported to police that the effectiveness of the man's medication seemed to be "wearing off," and that they had seen a marked change in his behavior since the Friday before the incident. By Sunday morning at 3 a.m., the man's mother awoke to a large crashing sound, and found the man tearing through the home with a 10- to 12-inch knife described by one officer as "sword-like."

Officers arrived and heard yelling and "chanting" sounds coming from the inside of the home, and called out to the man's mother and brother to evacuate them, Bosques said. Each of them came out of the house clutching their arms and shoulders, and officers discovered they had been stabbed by the suspect before officers arrived.





Officers performed CPR on the man until Fremont fire crews arrived to render medical aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, Bosques said. The man's mother and brother were bandaged at the scene, but refused to be taken to the hospital.


The Alameda County District Attorney's Office is conducting a joint investigation with Fremont police detectives, Bosques said.

The incident marks the first officer-involved shooting in Fremont since November 2012, when 37-year-old Dejuan Eaton was shot and killed by officers as he ran naked from his estranged wife's home with a knife in hand.

Authorities did not say whether the man killed Sunday had a criminal history, but Bosques said that over the past two years police have responded to about a half dozen calls involving the man's erratic behavior. In a recent visit to the home, police confiscated 15-20 knives, several of which the man had just purchased.

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