POLICE IN SAN JOSE DISCLOSED more details of an alleged crime spree that preceded an officer-involved shooting Wednesday that left a suspect dead and an officer wounded. 

“Yesterday, our officers and partners did everything within their being to put themselves between the public and an armed suspect who was willing to endanger anyone in his path,” said San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph during a briefing on Thursday. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.