HAYWARD — Police are releasing few additional details about a Wednesday afternoon shooting in which an off-duty San Leandro cop shot and killed a man who tried to force his way into a Fuller Avenue home.

"Things are still unfolding," Hayward Police Sgt. Jim Denholm said.

Authorities continued to interview witnesses on Thursday, and would not release the name of the man who was shot and the woman who allegedly was with him at the time. The police officer's name, age and level of experience also were withheld.

The officer is on routine paid administrative leave from San Leandro Police Department until Hayward police complete their investigation, San Leandro Police Lt. Tom Overton said.

"We're just thankful he is OK," Overton said. "We're waiting to see what happens with Hayward's investigation."

The man who was shot apparently fled from Hayward police on Wednesday when they tried to stop his car on West Tennyson Road near Patrick Avenue. He abandoned the car on Happyland Avenue, according to Hayward police.

The man then knocked on the door of a house in the 22000 block of Fuller Avenue and asked to use the phone, Overton said he was told by Hayward police investigators. The off-duty officer, who answered the door with a baby in his arms, let the man use the phone on the porch, but a fight began when he tried to get the phone back, Overton said.

The officer was choked by the intruder and the baby suffered a contusion to his head and bruising to his torso, Overton said. The officer shot the intruder several times, and when police arrived they found the man just inside the home. He was transported to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, where he later succumbed to his wounds, Hayward police said.

Both the baby and the off-duty officer were treated at the hospitaland released. Police would not provide any details as to the baby's age, whether the officer was holding the baby when he shot the intruder or whether the officer used his police weapon in the shooting.

"Preliminary information suggests the intruder was a stranger to the area and that the resident, an unsuspecting off-duty San Leandro police officer, shot the intruder in defense of his family," a news release issued Wednesday evening by Hayward police said.

Police said the house does not belong to the officer.

The woman thought to be with the intruder was found hiding a few blocks away from the home on Fuller Avenue and had not been arrested, but was being interviewed by investigators Thursday.

Alejandro Alfonso can be reached at (510) 293-2469 or aalfonso@dailyreviewonline.com.