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Barricaded Suspect Armed With Machete Dies After Police Shooting in San Jose

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A violent standoff in San Jose ended with a deadly police shooting.

Police said the man they shot was armed with a machete and held a mother and two children hostage for hours late Wednesday.

"This is a very traumatic experience for everybody involved, not just the family, but the officers as well," said Steven Aponte, public information officer for the San Jose Police Department.

Aponte said officers surrounded a home in the 900 block of Boynton Avenue "in an attempt to deescalate the situation to have a peaceful surrender of the subject."

Police said the suspect did not live at the home and are not revealing if he has any connection to the family. But officer said he had a machete and a gun. At some point in the standoff and negotiations, police shot the suspect, who late died at a hospital.

The three hostages, including two children, were safely removed from the home after the shooting, police said. No officers were injured.

An investigation is ongoing and the police chief is expected to provide a more detailed timeline of what led up to the shooting next week.

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