Jail by himself, we know that shots were fired at deputies. They had tactical and negotiating teams on scene they also had several streets in the area that were blocked off which have carly all been lifted now again no one was injured in this whole ordeal and again theyre going to be updating us in just a moment here we have several questions wed like to ask the one want to know how that person he was originally arrested able to acquire a weapon and also has some more information regarding what led up to these moments so again will be notified just a minute well bring that back to you but for now reporting here in san jose reyna harvey kron 4 news right in just a really quick question i know we had some street closures a surrounding that area do you know if theyve lifted those closures or not or should people still avoid the stretch. Yes, the so robin great question they have lifted those closures i dont know if you can see basically where im at right now this is a one of the main stre
Iran in the morning that man we now know his name Joseph Castro and right behind me you can see cars are now blocking it that this is the entrance to the jail, this is where they bring the winner get ready to put people in so what happened is further down that ramp that you cant see but and that insurance behind me thats where all of the standoff originally and sue now this all took a bizarre turn of events were actually going to show you and deputies arrived here on scene. Well now we know that castro originally was being booked into jail and as they arrived here. He what manage while he was still in his hand cost to climb into the cargo area while still handcuffed to get access to the rear storage area where the deputy stored as weapons once he had the weapons several rounds were fired by castro. Thankfully, no one was hit. We also know that the deputies did not return fire. Now the deputy was able to get away to safety and call for backup. Thats when the gel was placed on lockdown t
Mission street as well and san pedro street at west mission street. So right now we know that they had those areas closed off still no word if theyve been able to open so were just going to soon that they are still closed this morning because they just were able to apprehend this suspect now again the agency said they were hoping for a peaceful outcome. And now theyre saying it exactly what happened but theres still many questions that we have one we want to know how that man was able to get free from being arrested again how he was able to acquire that weapon and shoot it all officers or deputies here at the jail and again theyre going to be sitting out more information in the next few minutes so well be able to update you even for now reporting here in downtown san jose. We know harvey kron 4 news rain. Were so glad that it ended peacefully but as you mentioned there are so many top of the list, how was he able to break free and get a weapon and im sure you be checking into that. Tha
Booked in actually while this all happened while he was still in handcuffs castro was able to get a hold of that deputies gun and thats when castro started shooting off rounds and that deputy was able to crawl to safety and get help he a call for backup and thats when you saw all these different agencies multiple agencies born appealing a crisis negotiators much line to contact and talk to a castro there. We do know that according to officials there saying that the deputies gun was properly store during all this the jail was on lockdown in the area near the lower Basement Parking lot. Was evacuated. But lets hear from officials everything that happened take a listen. All standard protocol for any officers or deputies that are bringing someone into custody is to a drive down the ramp into the secure facility. Secure the weapon firearms ammunition and tools inside of their patrol vehicle either in the trunk or the back in a safe location and then proceed to bring the suspect into the act
Lagging rpo tis,is aerasaffiede reduce the Police Budget by 50 next year, something the mayor supports. So they are creating a 15 person task force to reimagine Public Safety made up of residents from each sdriblgts district in oakland. They were far from easy decisions to be made, the meeting lasted ten hours and there was more than three hours of public comments. The council will be voting on that task force measure next week on the 28th. Julian glover, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news is also focused on the economy to help you navigate during the covid19 pandemic. Starting today, restaurants can expand Outdoor Dining in san jose. The city is fwlstcity blocking stretch of san pedro street so that restaurants can serve people outdoors. This will be the first street closure in san jose for dining in response to covid19. Large treefs will be put in place as safety barricades and restaurants say the extra space is needed. We have over an hour wait list on thursday, friday, saturday nights. So addi