Of the 298 people on board. At least 173 of them were dutch. At least one american was on board. Quinn lucas schansman. Shawnsman had dual u s and dutch citizenship. On his Facebook Page it he moved to amersterdam for school in april. His father thomas shansman. Worked in menlo park and new york. For the dutch banking company. Robohbank. Shawnsman also leaves behind his mother. And sister. Stockton police are investigating the Violent Bank Robbery wednesday. That ended in the deaths of of a Bank Customer and two suspects. The woman who was killed has been identified as misty holt singh. The sheriffs dept. Has identified the dead robbers as 30yearold Gilbert Renteria junior and 27yearold Alex Martinez both known gang members. 19yearold jaime ramos was arrested and will be in court monday. Police have found a car they say was involved in the robbery. They believe this black sedan was used to drop off the three suspects beforehand. Investigators are now looking for the driver. The family
From president obama down are down are hesitant to blame russia directly for the loss of the airliner, but at the same time, they are making connections between the crash and the fighting in ukraine. There is no question that the russians are going to come out big losers in this. Again, well wait for the facts. We know that there have been a lot of heavy equipment, military equipment that has gone into ukraine, Russian Military equipment. Reporter fighting near the crash area is making the investigation difficult for officials. International leaders, including russian president Vladimir Putin say a fees fire between pro russian separatists and ukraine is important. The leader of the pro russian separatists for firing the missile that brought down mh17, saying his forces dont possess the capability of hitting a airliner flying at such high altitude. Even while the International Community tries to assign blame, new fears emerge for civilian travelers. This is the crime against humanity.
We insist that russian immediately take steps to de escalate the situation in ukraine. Reporter this crash scene is deep within territory controlled by prorussian separatists. Armed men surrounded a portion of the debris field. He said access was limited. In the news room, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. As ken mentioned we learned one american was on board Malaysia Airlines flight 17. He was a dual citizen of the United States and the netherlands and his father once lived in the bay area. Ktvus Cristina Rendon with what she has been able to find out. The victims father had lived here in menlow park. He also worked in the bay area. Reporter we found an address listed for him at this home but a neighbor said he moved away a few years ago. His profile showed he worked in san mateo and new york city. He now works in the netherlands. His son was on board Malaysia Airlines flight 17 that was brought down in Ukrainian Air space. His Facebook Page notes he studied in amsterdam and he move
Now to the developing story out of ukraine. New information surfacing on that midair attack on the Malaysian Airlines flight 17. Tonight the pentagon says it does not believe prorussian militants in ukraine are capable of shooting down the boeing 777 on their own. They believe militants would have needed help from the russians. So far no one is taking responsibility for the deaths of 298 people onboard that plane. Another question the world is asking tonight, is where are the black boxes . Russian rebels say they found them and turned them over to moscow, but russia is denying that. Meanwhile, International Investigators from many agencies around the world have arrived at the crash site, but many are not being granted full access to the debris or the bodies. Among the nearly 300 victims, at least one of them was american and he has bay area ties. We have Team Coverage for you this evening. Mark matthews spoke with bay area scientists about a big loss for their community, but we begin w
Between two prorussian rebels discussing the down plane p. Plane. President obama placed blame on the russian government for not doing enough to ease tensions in the regions. He says the rebels would not be able to function without the training and equipment thats coming from russia. This continue to violate the ukraine sovereignty and supporting the separatists. More on who was on the flight 17, grant lotus is standing by. The 298 people on board and 173 people of them were dutch and one american were on board, quinn lucas shawn, you can see his picture here. He has his citizenship and on his Facebook Page he says he moved to am amsterdam for school. Shawn also leaves his mother and sister behind. Another victim is a student from indiana university. She was studying chemistry. Th5 yearold was said to be friendly and loved america. Maybe 100 who were on their way to this weekends aid conference in austria and roughly 100 people head to the event died from the attack. Katherine. Coming