Fremont police arrest robbery suspect following pursuit
By Dennis Culver
FILE ART - Fremont police.
FREMONT, Calif. - Police in Fremont on Friday arrested a suspect in connection with an armed robbery.
Asaam Ghanem, 35, of Hayward, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a firearm on a person, robbery, making criminal threats, felony evading and resisting arrest, according to the Fremont Police Department.
On Friday at 3:14 p.m., officers responded to the Kabob House in the 37000 block of Fremont Boulevard on a report of a robbery and a possible shooting.
Several witnesses reported a suspect at the restaurant had a handgun and was threatening to shoot everyone in the area, police said.