A San Jose police sniper was justified in killing a machete-wielding man who broke into a house last year and threatened to cut the heads off a mother and her two children, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Officer Edward Carboni “made a reasonable tactical decision” when he fired seven shots through a bedroom window at Eliobert Gonzalez, 35, during the man’s “erratic and violent” tear through the family’s home in March 2023. Gonzalez, 35, was later pronounced
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office has determined that a San Jose police sniper acted lawfully when he shot and killed a man who threatened to.
(KRON) — A sniper with the San Jose Police Department who rescued a “terrified” mother and her two sons while they were held hostage acted within the law when he fatally shot Eliobert Gonzalez last year, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. The District Attorney’s Office said it determined that SJPD’s sniper […]
Carboni now applauds the SJPD for the new guidelines in the manual.
The duty manual covers different aspects such as what names and labels to use out in the field, to the words officers use when writing a report involving the community - especially the trans, binary and gender diverse communities.
Sera Fernando from the Santa Clara County Office of LGBTQ affairs aided the department in writing the new policy.
An example of what she helped explained in the manual is when officers use a birth given name in an investigation rather than someone s chosen name, it adds to that person s pain.