Police: Suspect Shot By Officers Had Toy Gun
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say the man shot by San Jose police over the weekend was not carrying a loaded firearm as officers at the scene thought but a gold-painted toy gun.
The San Jose Police Department released details about the shooting -- the department's seventh officer-involved shooting this year -- on Monday.
According to police, officers received a report on Sunday of a man with a gun asleep in a hotel stairwell. Police say when they aroused the suspect, who has been identified as Javier Gonzales-Guerrero, he reached for what they thought was a weapon. They shot him multiple times and only later learned he was holding a toy gun.
The officers are now on leave while the department investigates the shooting.
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