A recently evicted man demanding his keys broke into an apartment at the San Jose complex last week and held a mother and her two sons hostage with a machete before being shot and killed by police, authorities said Monday.
The “volatile and high-risk situation,” which unfolded over the course of about 50 minutes Wednesday night on the 900 block of Boynton Avenue in West San Jose, appeared to be a case of mistaken identity, San Jose police Chief Anthony Mata said.
The suspect, Eliobert Gonzalez-Rocha, and the family did not know each other, Mata said. Authorities believe Gonzalez-Rocha may have been seeking out apartment management.
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