Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Did you shoot last wednesday . Yes. The jail house confession of an accused killer. Only on abc7 news Francisco Sanchez admits to the murder of a San Francisco woman. Tonight officers reexamine the crime scene after what sanchez told us about the gun. Good evening. 56yearold sanchez spoke only to abc7 news today in a 45minute jail house interview. He called 32yearold kates killing an accident. Sergio is live in the newsroom with sanchezs confession. Sergio . Francisco sanchez says he doesnt remember everything about what happened on pier14 because he was under the influence of what he believes were sleeping pills he found nearby. Francisco sanchez says he is the one responsible in the tragic shooting of kate steinley. Did you shoot kate steinley, the lady on pier 14 . Yes. You did shoot her . Yes. He said it was an accident. He told my colleague, cornell bernard, he was on pier 14 and found the gun under one of the benches. She o
I am hoping for a miracle. I am. Holding out hope for a San Francisco teacher missing for more than a week in the wilderness of El Dorado County. Good evening everyone. 46yearold ed cavanaugh is a teacher at Downtown High school. He went dirt biking with a friend and has been missing since the two parted ways. Abc 7 News Reporter spoke with cavanaughs colleagues and sister tonight. Melanie . Reporter theyre distraught and holding on to hope ed will return home. His sister tells me there will be a National Guard flyover tonight. Using special thermal Imaging Technology to potentially low kate him locate him. Downtown high school where students come when graduation can seem out of reach. Filled with extraordinary teachers. Ed is very unique. Gruff on the outside, but there is a marshmallow inside. Reporter ed cavanaughs combination of hard soft has endeared him to nearly everyone inside classroom 12 and beyond. The teacher led more than 20 tenday backpacking trips with dozens of students
Soychbility supported by family and defense attorney she feels confident her son 21yearold mark estrada will be cleared. Im devastated. The whole they think. Devastated for the officer who passed away. Devastated for my son. In the courtroom estrada faced murder firearms charges as well as special circumstances enhancement of murder of a peace officer lying in wait and driveby. Hayward chief and many officers packed the courtroom a in solidarity of Sergeant Scott long and the case. Eye heavy with emotion. None of them addressed reporters. I know no words that could even touch to help them and i mean i dont have the word but i really feel for them too. I do. Court documents say lung partner had brief verbal contact before lung was shot in the head. The same documents outline investigators evidence against east strad a. They say bullet hole through the east seat of the truck consistent with the wound and they recovered dna evidence. Officers found a 9mm. Gun near the crime scene and spen
And there were rumors of drug and dholalcohol abuse after the death of her mother. She was 22 years old. A carjacking suspect is recovering in the hospital tonight after being shot by San Francisco police. The incident happened near sfo near the exit ramp from highway 101. Cornell bernard has details. Reporter he had a backpack in left hand and his other hand was obscured. The carjacking suspect shot by an officer was unarmed but still posed a threat. It began when the man crashed this white toyota. It was stolen from the longterm parking garage. It belonged to a woman who was running the San Francisco marathon. A witness saw the driver leave the accident scene carrying a backpack. A Police Officer tried to stop him. When the officer asked him to place the backpack down, the suspect ran. Reporter police say he attempted to carjack the owner of a honda. He can hear the original suspect telling the driver to drive. Driver refuses. The suspect then bails back out of the car. Reporter poli
Suspect to place the backpack down the suspect ran westbound and actually gained access and attempted to carjack a vehicle. Reporter the suspect shouted at the man to go. But the chasing Police Officer got there quickly and told the victim to put his hands up, he did. Refusing the carjackers demands, the suspect took off, he hid in bushes, emerged and tried to carjack two more cars but failed. The chief said the suspect charged at officers. One shot fired, does not strike the suspect. The suspect continues to come at the officer. One of the other officers can hear the suspect saying shoot me, shoot me, shoot me. A second round is fired. Strikes the suspect and what appears to be the abdomen. Not clear why he would of yelled for the police to shoot him and not clear if he had a weapon. The officers have a right to defend themselves from someone trying to hurt them. The suspect is in stable condition at sf general. The man who shot him is on standard leave while the department investigat