Fremont police identified the suspect who was shot by an officer Sunday morning.
He was identified as 31-year-old Fremont resident Sean Patrick McMahan.
Around 9 a.m. the police received a report of a carjacking in the parking lot of a store on the 4400 block of Osgood Road. The suspect probably had a knife with him and had already disappeared when the police arrived on the scene.
Police soon found someone matching the suspect’s description walking on Automall Parkway, west of Osgood Road.
The officer who found him contacted him and told him to stop. However, the suspect continued walking and approached the officer while wielding a knife.
According to Fremont police, the officer told the suspect to stop several times and tried to create space between them. But the suspect continued and the officer shot him.
McMahan was hit once. He was taken to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening and is in stable condition.
No officers were injured.
Police are still investigating and say they will forward criminal charges to the Public Prosecution Service in the coming days.
Anyone who saw the shooting or has information about the incident is asked to call police at 510-790-6900.
