A California Freeway Patrol officer shot and wounded a motorist who sparked a chase close to Freeway ONE HUNDRED AND ONE and fought with the officer as soon as he was cornered on a Sunnyvale side road early Thursday, in keeping with police.

The injured guy is anticipated to outlive; the officer was now not injured.

A CHP officer attempted to prevent a car for an undisclosed reason why on Freeway ONE ZERO ONE close to Ellis Side road round A HUNDRED THIRTY: a.m., however the motive force refused to yield and as an alternative fled onto town streets, stated Capt. Dave Verbrugge of the Sunnyvale Division of Public Safety.

The motive force pulled over approximately three miles south within the THREE HUNDRED block of Alturas Avenue, and moments later, a combat broke out among him and the officer.

"Some type of altercation ensues and the officer, who fears for his life, withdraws his responsibility weapon and fires on the suspect," Verbrugge said.

A local resident mentioned he was startled by the sounds of what he defined as a low-pitched siren, adopted by talking, then gunfire.

"There had been other voices. I heard it proper from my entrance door," stated the resident, who didn't want to be named for privateness and protection considerations. "Then I heard eight to ten gunshots. Then police officers and sirens had been flying into the area, and the entire side road was roped off."

Authorities wouldn't ensure what number of photographs have been fired or what number of rounds struck the suspect, who police didn't determine as of Thursday.

The wounded guy was taken to the hospital, Verbrugge mentioned.

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CHP officer have been put on paid administrative go away even as the taking pictures is investigated by Sunnyvale police and the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, that is regimen in officer-involved shootings.

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