UPDATE: Emotionally Troubled Man Who Allegedly Brandished Gun Shot Dead In Fremont; Suspect Arrested
FREMONT (CBS SF) -- A terrifying scene played out in a quiet Fremont neighborhood Tuesday evening, that ended with one person shot dead and another man under arrest.
Fremont police tweeted at 6:23 p.m. the shooting happened on the 4200 block of Doane St in a neighborhood just north of Auto Mall Parkway.
A neighbor said he was confronted by the gunman while driving in the area.
"He punched my window, and I rolled my window down ... The first thing he told me - I'm gonna kill you," he said. "And then he was chasing my car, running like a crazy man chasing my car. And at that time I got really scared I think maybe he has a gun and he would shoot me or something because he kept chasing me. And after that I drove away and called 911 right away."
The neighbor said his elderly stepfather had been watching the confrontation from outside the house. When he returned in his car, the man had been shot and killed.
He said while he didn't witness his stepfather shoot him, that he believed he was defending himself at the time.
Police said the man died at the scene.
Relatives of the man who had been shot said he had been having what they described as psychotic episodes for the past several days. They said the man, who was in his mid-30's, would ramble and say things that didn't make sense, go on long walks, and return.
Furthermore, they said he had not shown signs of being aggressive, but were concerned the situation could escalate. His cousin said the family called police twice in addition to a regional mental health services center, but that no one could help.
"We tried out best to get him mental help. The system and the cops kept telling us the best we could do is wait," said Karthik Manivinnan, who identified himself as the victim's cousin.
Manivinnan said the victim leaves behind a wife and one-year-old child.
Lt. Ricardo Cortes of the Fremont Police Department noted the investigation was still in its early stages, and that the department still had to conduct interviews and gather evidence.
"We have a lot to work. Detectives have been called out and have taken over this investigation and they will be working probably all night determining what actually happened," Cortes said.
