Know the consequences. You should know what you are doing. Your actions. The laws onminors are based not on the acts but the formation of their ability to act as an adult. That is clearly too young. The 15yearold suspects name is not released because he is a minor. He is being held at juvenile hall. Any moment now the District Attorney will announce charges against the 15yearold and what he will be facing charges as an adult or minor. Janet. Thank you. We are expecting the News Conference to begin any moment. Some speaker may be coming out now. We are expecting in a couple of minutes more information and we will go do that event. Public viewing for a fallen hayward officer shot and killed during a traffic shot a 15year veteran of the department, in hayward from 4 00 to 9 00 p. M. Sergeant will be laid for rest tomorrow. The procession route will go up mission boulevard item right on foothill boulevard and left on a street before continuing on highway 880 to oracle arena. You can watch
Attorney jeff rosell to answer some questions, perhaps clarify whether theyll be charging him as a juvenile or adult, perhaps give insite into why he killed his 8 years Old Neighborhood or more specifics on what happened in that complex sunday evening. The video is the boys arrest from monday night. We did blur his image because of his age. Police tell us he led his 8yearold neighbor Maddy Middleton into his apartment there, and then killed her. They believe he committed this crime before she was even reported missing sunday evening. Please arrested him when they noticed him near a recycling bin. Inside the bin is where they found the body of a young girl. Last night there were hundreds of people who lit candles in this town in honor of Maddy Middleton. It really hits home. I have a maddy myself a 6yearold little girl. Its one of our worst fears that we have as parents. The only thing you can say is you know its good to see the Community Come together and i hope that you know Something
Announced a short while ago the 15yearold suspects could face life in prison if found guilty of murder. Kpix 5s kiet do is in santa cruz with more on this mornings press conference. Reporter the question was whether or not the d. A. Would name the suspect. He did saying theres a chance that this boy could spend the rest of his life behind bars. Im here to tell you that today charges have been filed against Adrian Jerry Gonzalez and that those charges have been filed as an adult. We have filed charges of murder including circumstances of lying in wait and committed during the course of a Sexual Assault and kidnapping. Reporter police say less than an hour after surveillance cameras spot maddy on her scooter she was lured to her death. By the time her mother reported her missing she was already dead. As for the motive . I can tell you this. People do things for lots of reasons. Sometimes we understand them, sometimes we dont. The specifics of this case im not prepared to discuss. Reporte
Adree upjerry Gonzalez Adrian jerry gonzalez. Our reporter was there live and has more information. Reporter the Santa Cruz County District Attorney said the search ended in the worst possible way and now this 15 yearold could face life in prison for this crime. The d. A. s office formally announced charges against jerry gonzalez. Charges include murder, kidnapping and Sexual Assaultcations. They wouldnt go into specifics but we know they have evidence, including maddys belongings, witness statements and the two were apparently acquaintances, police say gonzalez lured maddy into his apartment. It was there she was killed. Her body carried to a reek cycling bin downstairs. I spoke to a neighbor and he was here when the d. A. Read the charges. It hurts because like, you know, we love maddy so much and its this is our community, you know, this is like we are were like a family and this happened. Its im just like in shock right now. Reporter well, because hes bed tried being tried as an ad
Were asking them to go head and leave their homes and evacuate. Take no chances. What about the response . Can you give us a sense of what youre able to put on the fire . Six air tankers and dc ten ordered to respond to this fire. 200 plus firefighters for the initial attack Additional Resources are on order to the fire. So far, no injuries that we know of at this point . No injuries have been reported into the call center. The fire is 0 contained and like i said its a fastmoving fire. Well, good luck to the crews and everybody who lives in its path. That is Suzy Blankenship with cal fire thank you. This fire burning north of santa rosa, in the town of lower lake as we look live from sky 7 hd. Were getting photos of the clear lake fire on social media now. Here is a photo taken from the lake. And another abc7 news viewer took this picture from clear lake oaks. If youre a safe distance from the fire and have photos or video just share them on social media us. If youre in the clear lake