HAYWARD — Police said they were investigating an officer-involved shooting that claimed a woman’s life Tuesday evening after a violent confrontation, brief pursuit and crash near the California State University, East Bay campus Tuesday evening.
At 5:19 p.m., Fremont police detectives found a stolen vehicle sought in connection with multiple armed robberies in Fremont and around the Bay Area, Hayward police said in a statement early Wednesday.
When two detectives tried to stop the vehicle at City View Apartment Homes, 25200 Carlos Bee Boulevard, its driver shifted into reverse and rammed a detective’s vehicle, injuring both detectives.
“During the incident, Fremont detectives were forced to fire their duty weapons at the suspect driving the vehicle and one of the female occupants was struck by gunfire,” Hayward police said.
The vehicle then drove out of the apartment complex before crashing at the intersection of Campus and Oaks drives, where a male suspect fled the car on foot.
Police took two other people inside the car, a male and female, into custody. Hayward firefighters treated the woman suffering from gunshot wounds at the scene before taking her to a nearby trauma center, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
Both Fremont police detectives were treated and released from a local hospital, police said.
Hayward police initially urged CSU students to shelter in place, citing a shooter on the loose near the campus’ University Village dormitory on Carlos Bee Boulevard. Students on campus were urged to exit using Harder Road.
The shelter-in-place order was lifted around 7:10 p.m. with Carlos Bee reopened for traffic, but Campus Drive and Second Street remained closed for the investigation. Authorities said that there was no connection to the university, and reports suggested that classes continued Tuesday evening without interruption.
Officers with Hayward’s special-response SWAT unit searched the area until around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday without finding the suspect, police said.
Hayward police said they would be investigating the officer-involved shooting, with the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office conducting a separate and parallel investigation.
Anyone with information should call Hayward police Det. Steve Riley at 510-293-7034 or e-mail HaywardPDTips@hayward-ca.gov.
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Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
