Broadcast center this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, bullets fly in the east bay. A car to car shooting forces the busy freeway to shutdown creating a commuter mess. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. Gunfire erupted between two cars on sycamore drive in antioch. They ended up on highway 4 and at one point police had to shutdown westbound lanes that completely messed up the commute. Take a look. There have been at least 20 shootings since november on various east bay freeways. The city is taking action to stop them from happening again. Katie has new information. Reporter dan and ama, the city council here has approved money to put cameras along highway 4. This has been in the works since last month when a man was shot and killed on the highway and then just last week a man and woman were shot and killed. Just before 3 00 in the afternoon gunfire on sycamore drive in antioch. I have some shooting longtime. He was at work and quickly took cover. I fell down and i go in the back bedroom. When he
Evidence and now a large section of the freeway is a crime scene and officers have been walking along that highway looking for shell casings and other evidence but the most amazing part with those bullets flying, no one was hurt at any of the locations. But the major fallout is a traffic nightmare. Chopper five giving you a live look. All westbound lanes of highway 4 are blocked in pittsburg. Late word from c hp, the lanes will remain closed for at least another 30 minutes. We are live in the traffic backup along highway 4. Juliette. It is a mess out there. Reporter it is. One of the detours, you can see the police cars are blocking the entrance on highway 4. Moving traffic along in different areas and it is going to take a long time for the folks to get home. You know this comes at a time when tonight the Pittsburg City Council wants to bring up a vote of adding cameras along highway 4. This after a series of freeway shootings. Last week a pregnant mother of 4 was murdered when someon
Reporter dan and ama, the city council here has approved money to put cameras along highway 4. This has been in the works since last month when a man was shot and killed on the highway and then just last week a man and woman were shot and killed. Just before 3 00 in the afternoon gunfire on sycamore drive in antioch. I have some shooting longtime. He was at work and quickly took cover. I fell down and i go in the back bedroom. When he emerged he found a bullet pierced the hood of his car. The shots came from inside a blackjack war. The jag and another car took off and got on highway 4. Is it unclear if shots were fired on the highway, but Police Shutdown the westbound lanes to investigate causing a mile long back up for hours. Officerses caught up with both cars. They arrested four people and recovered two guns. It is easier when you are driving, 60, 70 miles an hour to avoid de ex it. There are multiple shootings on highway four. Two people were killed in the past two months. We know
Madness. They have to whether they have ever voted before or not to come out and vote against donald trump and for me. Donald trump is literally inciting violence with his supporters. He is saying if you go out and beat somebody up, thats okay. I will pay the legal fees. There is something they can agree on. Common ground between the democrats who want to be president , both now taking on donald trump. Welcome to your world this morning. I am stephanie cy. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders blasting trump for what they are calling a culture of violence he created. A really had to be shut down because democrats are out there rallying voters. Bernie sanders in ohio. Lets go to roxana live in cleveland this morning. Good morning. First, what makes ohio so crucial in tomorrows prime ministers for both parties . Reporter good morning, steph. On the republican side, if donald trump does not take ohio and florida in the primaries tomorrow, he will have a harder time securing the republican no
The anonymous open letter was published on a news website earlier this month, then quickly taken down again. Florence looi now. Reporter a chinese dissident living in the United States says his parents and younger brother were taken by police on tuesday and havent been heard from since. He says police have been harassing his family members for more than a week after he was accused of helping to circulate a letter published online urging the chinese president to resign. He denies any involvement in this. Several employees of the website have also been detained. This is also being reported by a news agency who say that at least four employees of that website, including the ceo and managing editor have been missing and out of contact for a week. These developments come about ten days after a prominent journalist disappeared just as he was about to board a plane to leave beijing. It is widely thought his disappearance has to do with the letter as well. The letter was published on a news we