HAYWARD – The Hayward Police Department on Wednesday released footage of a shootout between officers and an armed man last month in a shopping center parking lot.

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The incident happened Oct. 8 in the 29000 block of Mission Boulevard, near Industrial Parkway, police said. No one was hit by the gunfire, but the suspect suffered a minor injury to his thumb.

Officers were initially called to the location for a report of a man brandishing a gun.

The footage shows the suspect – identified as 40-year-old unhoused resident Jaime Mejia Lopez – pulling a handgun from his waistband and pointing it at officers as they arrive at the scene. He then crouches behind a parked hatchback and opens fire.

Three officers are also shown firing their service weapons multiple times at Lopez.

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