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Eliobert Gonzalez-Rocha

Gender : Male

Age :

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 03/23/2023

Location : 900 block of Boynton Ave

City : San Jose

County : Santa Clara

State : California

Agency : San Jose PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police in mental health crisis

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

San Jose police allege that Eliobert Gonzalez-Rocha locked himself in a home with a machete and three people he took captive and demanded keys from. It turned out that he had once lived there. Police entered the apartment forcibly and shot and killed him. It is believed that he had untreated mental health issues.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ktvu.com/news/man-with-machete-takes-3-hostages-killed-by-san-jose-police

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/police-barricade-situation-san-jose-shooting/3188097/

https://www.ktvu.com/news/details-revealed-about-police-shooting-of-man-armed-with-machete

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/machete-hostages-police-standoff-fatal-shooting-san-jose-boynton-avenue/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/03/27/san-jose-police-say-hostage-suspect-had-replica-gun-ordered-mother-to-tie-her-sons-hands/

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/police-barricade-situation-san-jose-shooting/3188097/