Man killed in home invasion: Shoreview incident leads to gun battle, San Mateo resident shot two intruders

The suspect who was killed was identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office as 23-year-old Bryant Ma, of San Jose.

All three suspects are accounted for, police said later in the day. Aside from Ma, another suspect is still in the hospital under police investigation pending arrest and a third was booked into San Mateo County Jail, according to San Mateo police.

Officers were dispatched to a home in the 1500 block of Lodi Avenue, near South Norfolk Street east of Highway 101, at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a report of a home invasion.

They found the victim shot in the upper body, and found signs that a shootout had occurred inside the victim’s home, police said.

“Guns, multiple bullet holes and blood were found at the scene,” Callagy said.

Callagy said it appears three suspects entered the house and confronted four victims inside, and that a gunfight ensued between at least one of the victims and the suspects.

Two suspects were shot, and the trio fled in a dark SUV, police said.

Shortly after midnight, San Mateo police learned that two people with gunshot wounds had turned up at a San Jose hospital. Investigators determined those were the suspects in the San Mateo incident, Callagy said.

One was dead on arrival, and the other had a gunshot wound that is not considered life-threatening, he said.

The third suspect was located at the hospital and detained, and a dark-blue SUV connected to the suspects was found in the hospital parking lot, Callagy said.

Callagy said search warrants are being sought to “better understand the motives of the suspects in this case” and that the home invasion was not a random act.

“The suspects specifically targeted this house for reasons that are not entirely clear at this time,” Callagy said.

Police are working with the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office and the county crime lab in the investigation. Charges being pursued in this incident are murder, attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping in the commission of a robbery and conspiracy, according to police.

Names are being withheld while detectives complete their investigation, according to police.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to call police at 522-7650.