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1 12 1 25president trump1 26 1 32brendon oneal lead inthe man who carried out the deadliest shooting in modern American History had an arsenal of weapons in his Las Vegas Hotel room and his home vicki as we learn vicki vicki as we learn more about what happened in las vegas we are hearing stories from bay area survivors. Many of whom just arrived back. Kron 4s j. R. Stone is following the story and spoke with a woman from the north bay about her experience. j. R. yes, ive talked with several survivors tonight from the bay area. One said that at one point she hid in a porta potty with another woman as a way to try and take cover. You can see the woman im talking about in the small box on your screen. Her name is katie cheetham. She is from novato and went to the three day Music Festival mainly to see Country Singer jason aldean. She was in this crowd. When gunshots ran out she and her girlfriend origionally thought they were firecrackers. Then quickly realized that was not the case. Eventually she took cover in that porta potty away from the stage but before that she took cover in the middle of the concert area as people around her were getting gunned down. I asked her what she most remembers most about last night. People screaming for their livesjust the gunshots it didnt stop. When the gunshots went off again and i turned around i saw a lady that got shot right in the forehead and i knew that this was actually real then i dropped down and buried my head under people. I could just feel the bullets passing right by my ear. j. R. i talked with katie and her friend in the last couple of hours. At that time they hadnt slept much at all. They eventually ended up at the tropicana resort. Ill talk more about that tonight at 10 oclock. Live at sfo, j. R. S tone kron 4 news. grant there were emotional embraces at all the big bay area airports today. As family members reunited with loved ones returning from las vegas. People absolutely shocked and distraught over what they had seen. Kron 4s Justine Waldman caught up with some of them as they arrived in oakland. Justine i could tell the people coming from there, because they looked exhausted, frightened. Some still crying as they got off the plane. Pkg the hugs, just a little bit tighter and a little longer for loved ones coming home from deadly concert in las vegas. Back in the bay area after what was supposed to be a fun weekend. That turned into the deadliest mass shooting in us history. Ricky rosas sot seeing the performer stop playing take cover and then we realized it was realsot it was crazy all of a sudden hearing fire crackers sot we realized after they were hitting the stage it was actual gunshotsnatsmany said the gun shots went on for what felt like forever. Jennifer stroh sot someone said go go go run and we did and we started taking cover behind anything we couldall of them saw a person shot, or a body on the ground. Danny dominguez sot there were a lot of people that got shot there was a guy with his arm, another with his head it was a nightmare a total nightmare sot kevin desai we ran all the way from mandalay bay to aria and we saw a guy shot in his chestit is something they will never forget. At first in the front row, then running for their lives. Nats i am shaking still we did not sleep much last night david fox Discovery Bay sot people were hit right by us, chest face handbut in the face of evil, some signs of good. And that is what they want to remember. Shellie seyer Discovery Baysot people were picking up bodies and putting them in their trucks and taking them to the hospital it was amazing to see justine a lot of people returning from vegas did not want to talk about what they saw at the concert. Some telling me they were not ready. Like woman from modesto, who showed me her bruised and scratched arms, she says she got from jumping over a fence trying to run away from the bullets. She tells me, she will never go to las vegas again. Live in oakland Justine Waldman kron 4 news. vicki in the midst of the shock and sadness connected to the Las Vegas Shooting massacre. There is a story of survival and hope that comes from a bay area woman desperately trying to make contact with her older brother who was working at the concert at the time of the shooting. vicki the woman says her brother told her that he has no idea about the condition of his coworkers because everyone scattered in Different Directions during the shooting grant tonight the wife of a San Francisco Police Officer is missing. Hasnt been heard from. After attending last nights festival with her husband. The couple from novato. Got seperated when the shooting started. As kron 4s Charles Clifford reports. The officer is okay. And now everyone hoping and praying his wife survived. Sotits just a horrible . According to San Francisco Police Officers Association President martin halloran, sfpd officer Vinnie Etcheber and his wife, stacee, were at the concert in las vegas when shots rang out sunday evening. Sothes a veteran sfpd officer and he immediately told his wife to run. He started to render aid to the wounded and evacuate them. In the confusion, officer etcheber lost track of his wife and she still hasnt been found. Complicating matters is the fact that stacee wasnt carrying a phone or id. Sotshe did not have a cell phone with her; she left it in a hotel room. She did not have identification on her; she gave it to vinnie when they entered the concert so we dont know where shes at. The most ideal outcome here, of course, is that stacie is safe somewhere and just hasnt been able to make contact. With 59 People Killed and hundreds wounded, many still in the hospital, its possible she could also be among the injured and unable to communicate. Halloran says several sfpd officers have gone to las vegas to help ofc. Etcheber search for his wife. They have also been reaching out to other Law Enforcement agencies for help. Sotive been in contact with other Association President s in Southern California and las vegas. Ive put the word out, i put stacees pictures out there. We are seeking any and all assistance in finding stacee. Win San Francisco, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. grant in the search for a motive. Investigators are quickly digging into the shootersbackground. vicki theyre hoping to piece together Stephen Paddocks movements over the past few days and months to get some sort of clue. Steve aveson is working that angle of our story in the news room. steve the shooter had no background connecting him to hate groups or past criminal activity and early claims of connection somehow to isis or any Terror Organization have been quickly discounted by the fbi. No easy conclusions for a motive in this shooting but we a learning some things, heres what we know so far. Stephen paddock lived 82 miles from las vegas in a 55 and older Retirement Community that the former accountant had moved to from florida several years ago. During this visit, the frequent gambler who regularly played 100 a hand games of poker he had checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel 4 days ago into his room on the 32nd floor. The shooter had a girlfriend from the philippines, and though some identification from that woman was found in the room, investigators say that she was out of the country at the time of the shooting. Though not a person of interest, authoritiesa are naturally interested in speaking to her and learning more about his thinking in recent weeks. Despite encountering a cache of weapons in the hotel room that police say suggested a well planned attack, the shooters brother, who lives in florida and had helped move him to nevada, said that his brother had no extensive history with guns. But investigators have tracked some of his purchases. Police found numerous automatic weapons both on site at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, and at the mesquite home of Stephen Paddock and from what we know so far, those weapons were all legally acquired. And paddock had no criminal history whatsoever. One additional detail gaining attention across the country is this the shooter was the son of a man formerly listed on the fbis most wanted list. Though estranged from his father who is now deceased, Benjamin Hoskins spent 8 years on the most wanted list for bank robbery. The man was described as pathological with suicidal tendencies. vicki our coverage of this tragic story continues online at kron4 dot com. There we have a timeline of the events that happened on the vegas strip. Photos from the scene. And bay area reaction. Allt hat on kron4 dot com. vicki coming up. The mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip has police here in the bay area on on high alert. Especially as the blue angels get ready to take to the skies. For fleet week. How they plan to keep you safe. grant plus. How bart plans to keep everyone safe in the wake of the shooting. vicki and after the break. We hear from a local expert on the challenges police face. During an active shooter situation. That story next. vicki within the last hour. We have learned that rock music icon tom petty is dead he was hospitalized tonight after going into cardiac arrest. According to tmz. The front man of tom petty and the heartbreakers was taken off life support there was a report that the 66 yearold had died earlier today. The Los Angeles Police Department Said those reports were not accurate. The group had just wrapped up a summer tour celebrating the bands 40th anniversary. vicki continuing our top story tonight. The massacre on the vegas strip. Left nearly 60 people dead. Including the gunman. And injuring hundreds more. The gunman has been identified as 64yearold Stephen Craig paddock. And from what we have learned. Paddock was a multi millionaire, living in mesquite, nevada. Earlier today we talked to doctor brenda wade. A clinical psychologist. She tells us why its hard to understand why anyone would do this. vicki again that was doctor brenda wade. A clinical psychologist. To see the complete interview log on to kron4 dot com. On to kron4 dot com. grant with all the chaos. Police faced a wildly difficult as they tried to get to the shooter. Despite their training for situations like this there wasnt much police could do until they got inside the hotel. Even then, it would be a difficult task to get at the gunman in his 32nd floor hotel room. So says a former bay area swat team member. Who spoke with kron fours rob fladeboe. We can go back to california 101 in San Francisco, we had a shooter way up a high rise, this is not new, we had to go up and get him. Former San Mateo County sheriffs deputies mark wyss, who spent eleven years with the swat team, says Las Vegas Police were faced with a near Impossible Task last night. Wyss says swat teams, especially those in big cites, train for just sucha scenario as this but sometimes just getting into the building can be achallenge, much less finding the shooter once they are inside. Bottom line, wyss says there wasnt much the swat team could do in this case. At least not after the shooting started. In los gatos rob fladeboe kron 4 news grant were already seeing various Law Enforcement agencies making changes because of the deadly shooting in las vegas. Bart police are increasing their visibility at bart stations throughout the bay area. Their officers are being asked to maintain a high level of vigilance during this period, while the Police Transit agency continues to monitor the situation in nevada. grant fleet week is here in the bay area. Meaning we can expect to see lots of men and women in uniform on the streets. Also jets soaring above us in the days ahead. vicki 2 shot but as kron4s Maureen Kelly reports while theres excitement about the annual air show. The events in las vegas are on many minds tonight. The spectacle of the blue angels shooting across the bay area sky. Or the massive ships sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge into the bay may be the highlight that draws the crowds. But theres more to fleet week than military might. Natsfor the past several years. Fleet week as also been about the armed forces and local Emergency Responders getting together to swap strategies. For how to help out the bay area during the next big natural diasaster. Like an earthquake. Its important for us to come with the community and to show them our capabilities to in the event of a mass casualty were to happen or some type catastrophic event were to happen were able to support them. Today, a Field Hospital was set up outside sf general. Local and state agenciesalong with the department of defense showed off what they can bring to the table when disaster strikes. So all this is to make sure were on the same playbook if we do have a disaster that were not sitting around trying to figure out what to do after the earthquake. We already know the resources we want to request we know how the resources are going to get here we know how to reduce harm in the citythe head of the Citys Department of Emergency Management says the city is more prepared for diaster with every fleet week. And last nights man made disaster in las vegas unscores the reason we need remain ready. Just knowing the tragedy that happened last night. And how overrun the hospitals are in las vegas right now its crucial that we continue to Work Together and exercise to make sure that we are better prepared. But just because the military says theyre going to come in and help out in the event the next big one doesnt mean you can skimp on your own disaster preparedness. Theyre saying they cannot rescue us better if were prepared Maureen Kelly kron4 news anchors now to our four zone forecast. As we take this live look outside at the embarcadero. Joining us now is chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Dry and gusty offshore winds will persist over portions of our region into tuesday, especially in the north and east bay hills mountains, with temperatures regionwide near or slightly below seasonal averages. Winds will weaken slightly by midweek with a warming trend likely late in the week along with continued dry weather conditions. vicki still ahead on kron4 new at nine. It just keeps getting worse for equifax consumers. The breach just got bigger. Well tell you just how many more people were affected. grant and well tell you how the Las Vegas Shooting is affecting the stock market. vicki and equifax says its massive data breach may have impacted more people than it initially thought. The Credit Reporting Agency says that private information for two and a half million more consumers may have been compromised. That brings the total number up to 145pointfive million people. Those revised numbers come from an investigation conducted by a Cybersecurity Company equifax hired to investigate the breach. Equifax is alerting the additional consumers by mail and update its online list of potential victims by next week. grant still ahead. The latest shooting brings up memories of past shootings. We hear from bay area natives who survived the massacre in San Francisco so many years ago. vicki plus. Its been nearly 24 hours since the vegas strip shooting. Well have the latest details on whats happening in the live report. grant and after the break. We continue to learn more information on the gunman. Well tell you just how many guns he had. vicki two breaking stories. Within the last hour. We have learned that rock music icon tom petty has died. He was hospitalized tonight after going into cardiac arrest. According to tmz. The front man of tom petty and the heart breakers was taken off life support there was a report that the 66 yearold had died earlier today. The Los Angeles Police Department Said those reports were not accurate. The group had just the group had just wrapped up a summer tour celebrating the bands 40th anniversary. grant our other big story tonight continuing our coverage of the deadly Las Vegas Shooting. 59 people dead and hundreds of others injured. vicki so many questions surrounding a motive tonight. We continue to learn more details on the gunman. 64 year old Stephen Paddocks. We now know he had a stockpile of weapons. vicki this was a well planned attack. He had a total of 42 guns. 23 of them were with him in the hotel. 19 more were found today in his home in mesquite nevada, northwest of vegas. Investigators have also been searching property he had in reno. Bomb making material was found in his car and one of his homes. He had a girlfriend who was in tokyo at the time. Its believed he acted alone. Kron fours Spencer Blake is live near the Las Vegas Strip. Spencer, you spoke with some people who are from the bay area, and were at the concert. What was the terror they went through . 7 had just separated from group of friends to get closer to the stage7 heard the sounds, though they were gunshots. 7 why would they be gunshots . But they were. 7 hid under some bleachers. Listen for a few seconds to what was going on there. let nats play out for a few seconds thought about calling various family members, instead just hit record, in case they were his last moments. Everywhere we went that we thought might be safe, there was somebody else hit there. We moved to one spot, another spot someone was hit there. The next spot, someone was hit there. It was really hard just knowing you have to make a decision to just take a step to the right, a step to the left, and if you take the wrong step it could be your last. 7 saw people lifting and carrying other people7 also saw victims he felt sure were dead7 finally got away from the venue. 7 man across street invited 30 strangers to take cover in his apartment. Absolutely no sleep last night. Phone ringing off the hook. Finally flew back home half hour ago. Live near the Las Vegas Strip, Spencer Blake, kron four news. vicki Mass Shootings in america are getting deadlier. Three of the worst all happened in the last ten years. The latest one is the orlando pulse shooting last year left 49 people dead, 58 injured. Omar mateen opened fire on a gay nightclub. He told Police Negotiators he was a soldier of the terrorist group isis. He was killed by police. In 2015. 14 people died and 22 people were injured when syed farook and his wife began shooing at an Employee Holiday Party in san bernardino. An fbi report said the two shooters were homegrown violent extremists. The died in a shootout with police. One year earlier in 2014. There was sandy hook. 27 People Killed, 20 of them young children. Shooter adam lanza killed himself when police arrived. grant back here in the bay area. The Las Vegas Massacre brings up bad memories for some who lived through the deadly shooting back in 1993, here in San Francisco, at 101 california street that left nine people dead, including the gunmen. Survivors of that rampage went on to found an antigun violence law center. Today they shared their reaction to the Las Vegas Shooting with kron 4s gabe slate. On july 1st 1993 a gunman entered the 101 california Street Office building in the heart of the financial district in downtown San Francisco. Rode the elevator up to the 34th floor where are lawfirm was located and opened firekilling 8 people, injuring 6, and then killing himelf. Sound from robyn Thomas Law Center to prevent gun violence, executive director this organization was founded in the wake of that tragedy so a big group of lawyers in San Francisco who had lost colleagues Friends Family members siblings in that tragedy decided to make something positive come out of that tragic event. Robin thomas is executive director of the law center to prevent gun violence, based in San Francisco, their organizatioin provides legal help to legislators, lobbyists, media, anyone looking for help understand gun laws and ways to curb the type of violence that just unfolded in las vegas. She says stricter gun laws might have prevented the las Vegas Tragedy sound from robyn Thomas Law Center to prevent gun violence, executive directorupsetting and painful as it is to see these events it is something that we know is going to keep happening there is absolutely no reason for civilians to have these types of lethal weapons they are not for hunting they are not for sport shooting theyre not for self defense are designed to kill the most people possible in the shortest amount of time these are weapons of war and not weapons that any other country allows civilians to so easily acquirerobin says some states have become safer by implementing gun laws. Sound from robyn Thomas Law Center to prevent gun violence, executive director here in states like california where we have political will and action happening weve been able to pass dozens upon dozens of smart gun laws that have managed to reduce gun violence here in california by more than 60 the law center says banning assualt weapons is to hard politically there are other measures the federal government could take to curb Mass Shootings sound from robyn Thomas Law Center to prevent gun violence, executive directorbackground checks on every single transfer of a weapon because thats the intersection point where we can actually prevent the most dangerous people from getting their hands on guns. I did reach out to the nra for a comment about what the gun law center and similar organizations are saying. Calling for stricter laws i have not heard back. As of now there is nothing on the nras twitter or website about the shooting in las vegas it appears they have not made a Public Statement yet. grant our coverage of this tragic story continues online at kron4 dot com. There we have a timeline of the events that happened on the vegas strip. Photos from the scene. And bay area reaction. Allt hat on kron4 dot com. This is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. At Stanford Health care, we can now use a blood sample to detect lung cancer. If we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. 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Jack fast foods first ever ribeye burger. Jack made with 100 ribeye beef, grilled onions, a red wine glaze and creamy havarti cheese. Jack ahh, here comes the competition now. Jack and of course, since they work for my competitors, ive obscured their identities jack except for this guy. Jack he is so screwed. Jack try my new havarti grilled onion and allamerican ribeye burgers. There were dozens of there were grant there were dozens of people from the bay area. Who attended last nights festival in las vegas. Kron fours Terisa Estacio spoke with many of the survivors who landed today at oaklands airport. grant and we first told you about the Las Vegas Massacre through a push alert we sent out at 12 30 this morning. Make sure you have the free kron four mobile app to get breaking news alerts send directly to your phone. Dry and gusty offshore winds will persist over portions of our region into tuesday, especially in the north and east bay hills mountains, with temperatures regionwide near or slightly below seasonal averages. Winds will weaken slightly by midweek with a warming trend likely late in the week along with continued dry weather conditions. grant there are always two sides to every story. Even when there is a person caught up in a Police Crackdown and theres video. vicki tonight we take you to the south bay where Stanley Roberts gives them a chance to come up with an excuse. There were a lot of different people pulled over for a lot of Different Reasons why traffic officers from all around Santa Clara County had chats with driversthis driver was stopped for tossing a lit cigarette out the window i often try to get the drivers side of the story to see what happened we were sitting right there and you kinda threw it out the window i know did you see him sitting there . I know, i didnt i honestly the sun was blocking, i could barely see this driver was seen holding her phone while having a conversation and now is having a conversation with a city of santa clara Police Officer do you have a handsfree device or anything like that where you using it or just holding it no i was using it you were using it shortly after her. There was this driver in the suv. He was missing something i stopped you for not wearing your seat belt and apparently, he had an equipment problem one of his brake lite out i just got in the car a couple minutes ago the driver in the bmw he was stopped for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign he told the officer he simply followed the car in front youre responsible for your own vehicle you cant just follow another vehicle. He basically fell victim to peer pressure people get upset and blow there horns if you comet to a complete stop well if everyone is doing the same thing especially if there is a lot of traffic were just trying to make traffic flow better especially at peek time i tried to explain that running a stop sign could create a hazard for bicyclist and pedestrians but well keep listening theres not even a bike lane there this no way for there to be a bicycle there also the guy behind you i pretty much guarantee is not going to pay your ticket you have any questions, sir . But the story we have not yet addressed is this google bus driver and yes i can call it a google bus because it has google written all over it the driver apparently is a time traveler. Oh look im out time we will take a closer look in a future edition of people behaving badly in sunnyvale Stanley Roberts kron 4 newsnewsroberts kron 4 news and im an arborist with ipg e in the sierras. The drought in california has killed trees on a massive scale. Any of those trees that fail into power lines could cause a wildfire or a power outage. Public safety is the main goal of our program. Thats why were out removing these hundreds of thousands of hazard trees. Having tools and Technology Gives us a huge edge to identify hazard trees. My hope is that the work were performing allows that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. Together, were building a better california. An iconic new york bridge that served commuters for almost 80 years. Was brought down with the push of a button. grant the states governor. Along with a group of new yorkers gathered together to say goodbye. grant the controlled explosion took down the citys old kosciuszko kosseeossko bridge. It connected brooklyn and queens. The demolition made way for the second phase of a replacement bridge grant that wraps up kron 4 news at 9. vicki but kron4 news in prime time continues. Steve aveson and Catherine Heenan are here with a look at what were working on for kron 4 news at 10. steve thanks grant and vicki. 59 dead, more than 500 injured in the worst mass shooting in modern American History. Tonight we are learning more about the gunman who opened fire during a outdoor country Music Festival. New at ten. We talk to bay area authorities about what you should do if you are ever caught in an active shooter situation. Its information you dont want to miss. Plus. The music world, is mourning a legend tonight. Rocker tom petty. Dies after suffering a heart attack today. His family. Removing him from life support just over an hour ago. Tonight. A look back at his remarkable life. steve plus. Its fleet week meteorologist Brittney Shipp has your four zone forecast. catherine keep it right here. Hour three of kron 4s primetime news starts after the break. This is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. steve tonight new details about the gunman who opened fire on a Country Music concert on the Las Vegas Strip. 59 people are dead and more than 500 others are hurt. The killer opened fire from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. Before taking his own life. steve tonight that man has been identified as 64yearold Stephen Paddock. He is a retired accoutant with no history of violence. He had an arsenal of weapons in his vegas hotel room. And his home. The big question now is why. Good evening im steve aveson. catherine and im Catherine Heenan in for pam moore. Were learning more about the victims. So far the list of those who died does not include anyone in the bay area. But there is a local woman who is missing. Her name is stacee etcheber. Shes the wife of a bay area Police Officer. The two were separated when the gunfire rang out. Video of the shooting continues to come into our newsroom. Were also hearing eyewitness testimony from people who were at the concert. Many of them say they had nowhere to go when the barrage of gunfire started. Our coverage starts tonight with reporter omar jimenez live in las vegas. A Country Music concert turned into a night of terror. Bullets rained down from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort onto a crowd of about 22thousand people. Taylor brunner witness were like ok, get in a corner,