US EditionSan Diego Police Shoot Suspect After Stolen Car Chase Ends in Crash
The suspect fled after stealing a car from a YMCA parking lot; the chase ended with a crash injuring one officer and the suspect, who was hospitalized in stable condition.
- San Diego Police Department officers shot and wounded a male suspect after a stolen-car chase ended in a crash near Jamacha Road and Gillespie Drive on January 22, 2026.
- A vehicle was reported stolen from a YMCA parking lot around 12:40 p.m., and officers then entered it into the Real Time Operations Center hotlist before spotting it on Imperial Avenue.
- The roughly 10-minute chase ended when the driver lost control and struck a light pole at Gillespie Drive and Jamacha Road, which fell on an SDPD cruiser injuring an officer; San Miguel Fire/paramedics transported the suspect to a trauma center.
- SDPD warned of heavy police presence and urged avoiding Jamacha Road and Gillespie Drive, while the interagency Memorandum of Understanding assigns the San Diego County Sheriff's Office to investigate officer-involved shootings with findings reviewed by the District Attorney's Office of Special Operations Division.
- San Diego Police released body-camera footage Thursday showing the suspect kneeling while an officer yells `do not reach for that gun`; the video was posted to the department's YouTube channel.
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Police wound suspect after crash ends chase, knocking light pole into SDPD car
A close-up photo of a San Diego Police officer. (File photo courtesy of the San Diego Police Department) A male suspect was wounded Thursday when San Diego police opened fire on him following a chase that ended in a chain-reaction crash. The pursuit from Lincoln Park to the La Presa community began shortly after 12:30 p.m., when a patrol tried to pull over the suspect in the vicinity of Euclid and Imperial avenues, SDPD Officer Colin Steinbroner…
San Diego police shoot suspect after chase ends in crash in La Presa
San Diego police shot a suspect early Thursday afternoon after a police pursuit ended with a collision that toppled a light pole onto a police car in the East County community of La Presa, police said. The man who was shot was taken to a hospital, but his condition was not immediately available, said San Diego police spokesperson Officer Colin Steinbroner. He said an officer at the scene was injured by shattered glass when the light pole fell on…
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