Totally different neighborhood of san jose. That sighting eventually led officers here to oak ridge mall where they arrested the suspect in a parking garage, just before 1 00 this morning. This is the man they arrested. 30yearold martin martinez. Hes behind bars in Santa Clara County jail tonight accused of murder. Hes suspected of killing five people inside this modesto home. Police discovered their bodies yesterday after receiving a request to check on the family. We have identified that all of the victims inside are females. All of them are related. And the children are from ages 6 months to 6 years. Reporter police say martinez knew at least two of the victims. We have also determined there is a past relationship between martin and one of the victims inside, and one of the children is his. Reporter but investigators say theyre still trying to determine the motive for the massacre. Last night martinez was named as a person of interest. Police launched a statewide search for him and
Being stopped, we have more on this bizarre story. Yeah San Franciscos policeco chief came out tonr explainco how the officers involved shooting became so complicated. They got a call just before 7 00 this morning, found a white car crashed into a pole near san bruno avenue. Jv it was stolen they say. A suspect with a backpack ran and then tried to carjack a driver in a red car. They say the driver inside listened to officers who was not sure what his initial role was. The suspect jumped out, ran, hid, and then ran to highway nr1014zo d he didntnr comply and the suspect is your honored his attention to the officer that began to come toward him. The first shot is heard by an officer and by the driver of the vehicle who is the independent witness. That appears to have gone into the ground. The second round as the suspect add answersn;on the officer. Police say the second shot hit the suspect in the abdomen. He wasco taken to the hospital in serious by stable condition. He was saying some
Reporter the Santa Clara County Fire Department has sent 27 firefighters to the rocky fire, and they have been tasked with structure defense, protecting homes. In addition, two strike teams made of up fighters from several south bay cities including san jose have been sent to the rocky fire. Crews are launching an aggressive air attack using California National guard air tankers. Firefighters are also burning out areas ahead of the fire to help stop the flames from moving so quickly. Last night, we burned out much of the grass so that by the time the actual wildfire burns there, we have a much larger yeah irto make a stand. Our goal last night was to hold this fire below highway 20 and to the west of highway 16. We were successful at that. Reporter still, despite the efforts, the rocky fire grew 20,000 acres in just a fivehour period last night. Firefighters say they expect to see cooler temperatures moving forward, but the big problem remains tinder dry brush in that region west of sa
On 20 calls today, urgent reports of fire that have turned out to be nothing more than the strong smell of smoke drifting into the bay area. To clarify things, the elevated view from the college has done little to help. I come up here, its usually pretty clear, montana diablo is over towards the northeast and the east bay hills are usually visible, but today, you cant even see San Francisco bay, and thats only about three miles from here. Were generally concerned. There are a significant number of fires going on up in Northern California. The larger ones need to be put out more and more each day which are great. There are newer ones developing, and it is going to be producing a lot of it. This haze smoke is coming from the clear lake region which is still moving over in this direction as far as the smoke. Reporter Health Officials in the bay area advise anyone with respiratory conditions to limit their time outside breathing this smoke. They stopped short of calling it a health hazard,
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