Two things are certain in Fremont: a high speed pursuit will kill or injure an innocent party, and FPD will not release video let alone tell you about it. Last night just before 2 a.m. an Infinity being chased by Fremont patrol officers at over 90 MPH collided with at least one vehicle on Mowry at Farwell. A Honda sedan was struck and flipped over on its top. A female occupant was trapped inside requiring fire department assistance to escape. Three ambulances in total were called- one for the suspect who had fled on foot before being caught over at the Best Western, and two for the crash scene.
The event began at Kaiser Hospital where an officer, unit 1A1, was holding the occupant of an Infinity with paper license plates at gun point. The reason for the stop on the subject is unclear. The officer radioed that the suspect was backing his car into other cars and struck his car. He casually advised the dispatcher that he was not injured. The vehicle fled the parking lot north on Civic Center and the officer announced that the want was "245 on an officer" (assault with a deadly weapon). How serious was this attempt? Was the suspect simply trying to escape the parking lot and bumped the officer's car in this attempt, as it sounds like, or did he intentionally aim at the officer to do harm? The video from the patrol car should reveal the truth.
Officers immediately picked up the fleeing car on Civic Center and chased it west on Mowry. At Fremont Blvd. the suspect blew the red light at 90. You know he is not going to slow at Blacow or Farwell in an apparent attempt to reach 880. But at least one vehicle was in the intersection at Farwell and they collided. At nearly 2 a.m. one would not expect a lot of traffic, but it is Saturday night on a main artery through business districts. I hope the pain and suffering the victims are experiencing were worth it.
Note: FFD responded 3 engine companies and 1 truck company and they were there for over an hour.
According to FFD radio traffic, one vehicle was overturned on it's side and into a tree. There was quite a spill of fuel. The entrapped woman was extricated quickly and transported to a trauma center with what sounded like serious but not life threatening injuries. Two people in the other vehicle sustained minor injuries and were not transported to a hospital.
Note: Ambulance crew reporting the suspect driver as a 16 year old who collided at 100 mph. He was transported to a trauma unit across the bay.
Below is an FPD Nixle message of this event. This pretty much confirms my suspicions..the suspect was a theft suspect who was trying to escape the officer and struck his car in doing so. The PD is doing their best to justify the injuries to the citizens. Again, the proof will be in the video as to how serious this "assault" was.
Today, February 9, 2020, at approximately 1:50 a.m., a patrol officer located a vehicle wanted in connection with a felony grand theft incident that recently occurred in the City of Fremont. The officer initiated a felony traffic stop on the vehicle in the Kaiser Emergency Room parking lot. The officer held the driver at gun point while additional officers responded.
The suspect then began to intentionally ram the officer’s patrol vehicle and other parked cars, to escape. The suspect maneuvered his way out and fled at a high rate of speed. Having just committed an assault with a deadly weapon on an officer, a pursuit ensued. The suspect, driving an Infiniti sedan, traveled westbound on Mowry and passed through several intersections failing to yield for officers, failing to obey the speed limit and failing to stop at red-light traffic signals. As the suspect approached Mowry Ave and Farwell Dr., the suspect collided with a vehicle being driven by a woman. The impact of the collision caused the victim vehicle to flip over. The suspect fled on foot and was apprehended a short distance away in a hotel parking lot by officers. Fremont Fire used a Jaws of Life tool to safely extricate the victim driver of the second car.
The suspect is a 16 year old juvenile and he was found to have two active warrants out of San Francisco County for robbery. He and the female from the other vehicle both sustained major injuries and were each transported via ambulance to trauma centers. The injuries are not suspected to be life threatening at this time.
A traffic callout was initiated to assist patrol with the scene and investigation.
Officers are recommending the juvenile suspect be charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, felony vandalism, felony reckless evading, felony evading causing serious bodily injury, the two outside agency felony warrants for robbery and misdemeanor obstructing/ resisting. The felony grand theft case remains ongoing and additional charges could be sought at a later time.
The involved officers were not injured.
Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to please contact our patrol division at 510-790-6800 x 3.
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