SAN JOSE — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of carjacking a vehicle from a residential driveway, an alleged crime during which he was recorded threatening to shoot anyone who emerged from a home in East San Jose while he was taking the car, authorities said.
The teen, whose name has been publicly withheld because he is a minor, was arrested May 15 and booked into the Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of carjacking. Information about any related criminal charges is shielded from public view because it is a juvenile court case.
According to San Jose police, officers were called at 1:34 a.m. the morning of April 4 for a report of a carjacking at a home in the 2800 block of Gay Avenue, two blocks east of North Capitol Avenue.
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A man allegedly entered East Bay residence through an unlocked door, then waited for woman who lived there to fall asleep
Residents told police that four people approached a car parked in the driveway and broke a driver’s side window, setting off the car’s alarm. One of the intruders, since identified as the teen suspect, spotted residents of the home looking at him through a front window and yelled at them not to come outside, or else he would shoot them.
In a Ring camera video of the encounter that was released by police, the teen’s hands are concealed in his hooded sweatshirt and it is unclear whether he brandished a gun. But he can be heard making multiple shooting threats including “Do not lose your life over a f—-ing car!”
An ensuing investigation identified the 16-year-old boy as the primary suspect in the incident. After he was arrested in San Jose, police said a search of his home recovered a semiautomatic handgun. Police did not indicate whether the boy was believed to be carrying the gun at the time of the reported carjacking.
Anyone with information for investigators can contact SJPD Detective Alan Yee at 408-277-4166 or by email at [email protected]. Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867 or at siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org.
