Anthony Handy prompted a police response after reportedly throwing objects out the window of a South San Jose home Sunday, police say.
SAN JOSE — A man is expected to face attempted murder charges after he reportedly shot at police officers who responded to calls of him throwing glass and other debris from a second-story window of a South San Jose home this past weekend, authorities said.
Anthony Tony Handy, 52, of San Jose, was arrested Sunday after he initially barricaded himself inside the home, then leapt from a window two stories to the ground after police lobbed a gas canister inside to force him out, according to a San Jose Police Department news release issued Wednesday. No one was hit by the gunfire, and the officers summoned a police negotiator and the MERGE Unit, which is SJPD’s version of a SWAT team.Crime and Public Safety |After Handy jumped from the window, he was detained and arrested, police said. He was taken to a hospital for injuries he suffered from the jump.
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