Theyve been trying to negotiate with the man to surrounded for two hours. Residents in the area are told to stay where they are. Police believe he opened fire in walnut creek killing a woman in broad daylight. Officers arrived within minutes of being call bud the woman died at the scene. Moments later swat team members were called in carrying rifl rifles, shields and canine unit. We will bring you developing stories during this newscast and on our news app. And well have more on abc 7 news at 11 00 on channel 7. Now to the other big story. The april prix hengs over what would happen with ann coulter coming to cal. If you are for free speech, youre going to schedule something you better follow through. Speeches went on without interruption at berkeley civic park. Speakers say they were taking the place of conservative commentator of ann coulter and standing up for free speech. We may be Trump Supporters but defending all free speech, if youre liberal, democrat, republican, i dont care,
Room in a certain place and time. You know what . Sorry the First Amendment allows to us say those things. You cant go and say, oh, lets go kill a bunch of people. No, you cant do that. But you can say what you believe. Ann coulter doesnt say anything like that. Reporter what about bus jaws you can do something doesnt mean you have to . And it upsets people. To come to our event . Reporter okay, his answer to that was that these people came to his demonstration. And he asked why they came to him demonstration. Bottom line here, the numbers are down. Well keep an eye on it. Joe vazquez, kpix 5. We have seen almost as many police today as we have seen protestors. Berkeley cops faced criticism for their hands off approach to the last few protests. Today they respond with a massive show of force on the cal campus and around civic center park. Kpix 5s Susie Steimle is near that park right now. Susie. Reporter veronica, todays been a very different day than the protests we have seen in the p
Avenue and douglas drive. John muir elementary is a stones throw from this location. A swat team and officer say they were tracking this suspect in walnut creek because of the suspects connection to a homicide there earlier today. Suddenly. The suspcet took off and there was a chase that ended at the location we just showed you. Now the background of how this started. ,. Around 1 30 this adternoon in walnut creek. A woman was shot dead near the lindsay wildlife experience on first avenue. Now officer and swat members have chased that suspect to martinez. Kron4s lydia pantasas is on scene gathering info. Shell join us with a live report in about 15 minutes. steve staying in the east bay. A big story weve been tracking all day. On a day that conservative commentator ann coulter was so supposed to deliver a speech. Politically fueled protests on uc Berkeley Campus with both coulter supporters and opponents pam the protests started this morning and happened all day. steve tonight we begin
Message there. Reporter it was like a shouting match right now. Were on the outskirts of the plaza, the heart of uc berkeley. There is a supporter, me is in the middle with the he is in the middle with the flag there and the person the megaphone is the one who planned the rally. We watched dozens of officers on foot and motorcycles filter into the campus. The Sheriffs Department here, oakland pd, chp they have their riot gear in hand and theyre prepared for potential outbreaks of violence. The Group Holding this protest here is called the International Socialist organization. They say that ann coulter is a racist ann coulter is a racist and the idea of having her speak here is absurd. Critics say everyone has a right to free speech. Today marks a dark day for free speech in america. Her speech was scheduled for today. Berkeley asked to postpone it until next month after protestors over the speech mushroomed into a nationally watched firestorm. Early earlier this month, violence broke d
Remained peaceful. Welcome to the four on two. Im heather holmes. Im frank somerville. First we have breaking news from walnut creek. A Homicide Investigation is now underway after a woman was shot and killed. It happened about 1 30 this afternoon on the 1900 block of first avenue, not far from the lindsey wildlife experience. Police are holding a News Conference. Now to berkeley where hundreds of demonstrators who had planned to hear a speech by conservative commentator ann coulter are rallying. Jesse gary sat Civic Center Park where the daylong event has gone without any violence. Reporter thats true. It just wrapped up. As a matter of fact, right when you were reading that intro, they turned off the microphone. Ill move out of the way. Its close quarters here in Civic Center Park but theyre just now starting to wrap up after the speeches that started around 2 00 in the afternoon and just wrapped up. Theres been no violence. Its been a very peaceful afternoon. There were fears that v