New Year's morning for the San Jose Police Department included a standoff for more than two hours with a naked man brandishing a sword, who had told officers "You're going to have to kill me" several times before he was detained.

Coco Bennett, 29, of unknown residence, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of brandishing a weapon and possession of an assault rifle, San Jose police spokesman Officer Albert Morales said.

The incident beganat 8:05 a.m., when police responded to a 911 call reporting that a man, who appeared distraught, was seen wielding a rifle in front of a residence near Ezie St and Cas Dr in east San Jose.

Responding officers arrived on scene and spoke with the person who called 911, who told police that the man had drove away in a white pickup truck, according to Ofc. Alberto Morales, SJPD public information officer.

Officers later found the suspect's vehicle several miles to the west in the area of Southwest Expressway and Bascom Ave. in San Jose just west of Campbell.

The suspect, realizing he was being followed by police, pulled over into the parking lot of  the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail station. He was then witnessed making "subvertive movements" inside the vehicle, which officers later determined was him removing his clothing, Morales said.

"The suspect exited the vehicle without any clothes on, basically naked, with a samurai sword," said Morales. "One of the statements he made when he got out of the vehicle was, 'You're going to have to kill me.'"

Assessing the situation, the officers "stood back and called for reinforcements," according to Morales.

The department's Crisis Intervention Team arrived later and attempted to convince the man to drop the sword and surrender, police said.

"Based on the initial contact with him, [we suspected] that there was some mental illness going on, possibly drug influenced," said Morales. "We called in our Crisis Intervention officers, who basically handle situations involving mental illness."

For the next few hours, authorities were in a standoff with the man as the posed a danger to the public and refused to drop the sword, police said.

"Officers tried to talk the man into relinquishing his sword," said Morales. "The subject did not release the sword. Instead, he waved it around in a somewhat threatening manner, making statements that were incoherent at times."

Police recovered an AR-15-type assault rifle, with a magazine and live ammunition, from Bennett's car during the standoff, Morales said.

The crisis team attempted to cajole the nude suspect into standing down as a crowd of bystanders and "a lot of media" gathered at the scene, Morales said.

Finally at 11 a.m. the suspect, still carrying the sword, bolted toward a fence and tried to scale it, fell down, dropped the weapon, was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for treatment for minor injuries, Morales said.

He was then taken into custody and transported to a nearby hospital to be treated for numerous injuries sustained from weapons used to subdue him.

Bennett was known in the neighborhood where he was arrested but officers had not yet confirmed if he was a San Jose resident, according to Morales.

Morales said that after he is discharged from the hospital, officers planned to book him to Santa Clara County Jail for brandishing a weapon and possession of an assault rifle.

The incident was under investigation Tuesday afternoon.