Authorities investigate a police shooting on the 1800 block of Almaden Road in San Jose on March 27, 2013. (CBS)Authorities investigate a police shooting on the 1800 block of Almaden Road in San Jose on March 27, 2013. (CBS)
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A police officer shot the driver of a suspected stolen car in San Jose after the car drove forward and struck the officer, a police spokesman said.
Officers found the car in the 1800 block of Almaden Road around 4:30 p.m. and while trying to talk to the man and woman inside, the woman driving started moving the car back and forth.
She drove forward and struck the officer. Fearing for his life, he shot at the woman, hitting her at least once, police spokesman Officer Albert Morales said.
The woman was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life threatening. The passenger was also hospitalized for an unknown injury, but was not struck by gunfire, Morales said.
