A report from the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office says San Jose police officers lawfully shot and killed a man last year who drove a stolen car into a police sergeant, seriously injuring him. The incident happened on May 4, 2019, when an employee of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office had her car stolen as it was idling unattended in the driveway of her San Jose home. The car was found about an hour later parked in the carport of an apartment complex, with 24-year-old Efren Esquivel inside. As seen on officers' body-worn cameras, officers attempted multiple times to have Esquivel get on the ground, but after climbing out of the car and standing on top of it, he got back inside the car and attempted to drive through the police vehicles blocking him in. After yelling, "You're gonna have to shoot me" or "You're gonna have to kill me," Esquivel drove directly into San Jose Police Sgt. James Mason, knocking him down, dragging him into another vehicle and pinning him as Mason and other officers opened fire on Esquivel. An autopsy determined that Esquivel was intoxicated with "a near-toxic" level of methamphetamines. Sgt. Mason suffered a broken shoulder and other injuries.
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