Authorities briefly closed a small stretch of Highway 101’s northbound lane in San Jose on Sunday afternoon during a police standoff that led to the arrest of an armed suspect.
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The highway lane remained shut down for roughly an hour between Blossom Hill Road and Hellyer Avenue, with traffic being redirected onto surface streets. It reopened at 3:38 p.m. after authorities had declared the area safe.
Officers first responded around 1:07 p.m. to a report that the suspect was trespassing on private property along the 4200 block of Dove Road, a small frontage street that sits across the highway from a local park.
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Police released few details about the suspect, described as a man armed with a knife who was behaving erratically.
The ensuing standoff — in which police negotiated with the man — lasted roughly an hour before he was taken into custody, authorities said.
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The temporary highway closure led traffic to briefly slow down Sunday afternoon.
Staff writer Robert Salonga contributed reporting.
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