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
Believe the jetliner was shot down by a surfacetoair missile. That plane took off from amsterdam with 298 souls. No word on whether there were any americans on board. Ukraines president blames prorussia separatists. They say they intercepted a phone call discussing the situation. Vladimir putin insisting ukraine is ultimately responsible. If it is results of the separatists or russian actions, i think theres going to be hell to pay. Israel has launched a Ground Invasion into gaza. The israeli army, one of its soldiers has been killed. So far 27 palestinians have died. The israeli Prime Minister has said hes ordered the military to prepare for a significant expansion of that ground offensive. What weve been hearing are explosions. Theres a rocket thats just been fired from gaza city. Dozens of homes have been burned by fastmoving wildfires in Washington State. An entire town is now being evacuated. A powerful typhoon is now heading for china. The strongest winds at the surface on planet
Bob orr is in washington with the latest on this. Bob . Reporter scott, as you say, u. S. Officials now strongly suspect the jetliner was brought down by some kind of surfacetoair missile but so far they tell us its not clear who fired it or more importantly whether the passenger jet was being deliberately targeted. Some of the answers will ultimately come through intelligence but some will have to come through wreckage in the planes black boxes. The trail of debris clearly shows the jet began breaking up in midair. Wreckage and bodies are spread over several miles along the flight path and that would be consistent with the plane being ripped apart by aerodynamic forces after the aircraft was penetrated by some kind of high explosive projectile like a missile. Large sections of the jet have been recovered now away from the primary crash site. At the impact crater itself, the wreckage is more pulverized and charred, suggesting the plane hit the ground at a high rate of speed and engulfe
What happened to misty was a nightmare. Its something i would never want to happen to anybody. On friday, misty holtsinghs family spoke to the media. Her husband, Paul Singh Jr , recalled his wife fondly. Sot she was the most loving and caring mother and wife. On wednesday, holt singh was a customer inside this bank of the west branch when three gunmen attempted to rob it. Mistys 12 yearold daughter was waiting alone in a car outside the bank. When police arrived, the suspects took three hostages. Including misty. As the gunmen fled, mistys daughter was left alone in the car. She never saw her mother again. During an hour long chase across stockton, two of the hostages were let go and received only minor injuries. Nats the chase came to a violent end, when the suspects engaged police in a gun battle here along thornton. When the shooting stopped, two suspects were dead, a third suspect. 19yearold jaime ramos of stockton was taken into custody. And misty holtsings body was found near th
Territory. The flight from europe to the far east took the plane right where it apparently fell victim to the regions ongoing civil war. Theres bodies splayed out in the field. People say the plane exploded in the air and everything rained down in bits and pieces. This picture shows the boeing triple seven taking off from amsterdam just a few hours earlier. Malaysias Prime Minister says there was no distress call. No sign of trouble it was traveling and 33 thousand feet over an area controlled by russian separatists when it disappeared. Cnn reports that U S Intelligence was able to monitor what happened. They see the initial tracking by a surface to air missile system. They see a catastrophic event of something hitting this object. It is a large infrared heat signature. They believe that was the crah of the plane. This picture was taken just a few days ago in a village near the crash site a russian antiaircfaft missile carrier the rebels boasted of capturing. Since then the spearatists