Today (10/3/23) at approximately 1:00 p.m., Fremont Police personnel responded to a report of an attempted armed carjacking in the area Sundale Dr. and Wall Co. The suspects were unsuccessful in taking the victim’s vehicle and fled on foot into a nearby apartment complex. The victim was uninjured and was able to provide descriptions of both suspects. Responding officers searched the area and located both suspects in the nearby apartment complex. Both suspects were determined to be juveniles and were taken into custody without incident. A BB gun was found on one of the suspects. The scene was in close proximity to an Elementary School located on the 30000 block of Sundale Dr, and the school initiated a “shelter in place” protocol until the incident concluded. There are no outstanding suspects in this investigation.
Shortly after this incident, Fremont Police personnel were alerted via community cameras to a carjacking vehicle in the area of Grimmer Bl. and Automall Pkwy. The vehicle was taken during an armed carjacking yesterday (10/2/23) which occurred at the Gateway Plaza Shopping Center in Fremont. In that incident, two suspects, one of whom was armed with a handgun, took the victim’s vehicle and fled the area. Fremont Police Patrol personnel located the carjacked vehicle in the area of Sundale Dr. and Hilo St. and attempted to stop the vehicle. A brief vehicle pursuit ensued, during which a passenger in the carjacked vehicle exited and is still outstanding. The pursuit terminated in the parking lot of an Elementary School on the 5000 block of Valpey Park Ave. Two suspects immediately fled on foot from the vehicle and were subsequently taken into custody. At the time of the arrest, the Elementary School was in session. The school initiated a “shelter in place” protocol, and members of our Department’s School Resource Officer (SRO) unit were on hand to assist in capturing the suspects and assisting Fremont Unified School District personnel. Both suspects in this carjacking investigation were determined to be juveniles.
The four juveniles in the above-listed cases were all transported to Alameda County Juvenile Detention Facility.
