Announcer abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. Go home slurs and flames at Donald Trumps south bay rally as angry protesters clash with supporters of the gop frontrunner. Tonight police are still at the scene. Good evening. Welcome back to abc 7 news at 11 00. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Take a look at sky 7 hd from just a little while ago. You can see San Jose Police attempting to surround a large number of protesters who stuck around after tonights event at the San Jose Convention center after it let out. Police announced by helicopter to disperse, calling it an unlawful assembly. San jose police tell us they arrested a few people and one officer was assaulted. Abc 7 News Reporter tom llamas was in the middle of the protesters and has the story from san jose. Reporter for at least 45 minutes tonight there was complete chaos in downtown san jose as the trump rally was ending skirmishes between protesters and Trump Supporters took place right in the streets. We saw
Protesters and has the story from san jose. Reporter for at least 45 minutes tonight there was complete chaos in downtown san jose as the trump rally was ending skirmishes between protesters and Trump Supporters took place right in the streets. We saw several fights. And at one point mobs of protesters just started beating up Trump Supporters as they were exiting the rally. We saw people getting punched in the face, people getting sucker punched. Couples getting harassed as they were walking out. At one point protesters even stormed the garage and started hitting cars as they were trying to leave the convention center. Now, the police were here on hand the entire time, but they never seemed to intervene as people were getting beaten up. It seems they were trying to hold the perimeter. This has by far been one of the worst clashes weve seen between trump protesters and supporters since this campaign has begun. Tom llamas, n abc news, san jos. It was a mostly peaceful scene inside the ra
Outside, grab those sunglasses. The heat is going to peak. 60 to 84. Still a little warm during the evening hours. Note its also a spare the air day. Sue . That a nice drive in san jose. A beautiful morning. People are behaving nicely. Its about a sevenminute drive toward san jose and cupertino. No problems here. Solid stream of headlights. This is the free shore. Its getting busier. Were still looking at a 15minute drive time from Golden Gate Fields in to San Francisco. Green is great. We have a little blip of slow traffic out of tracy. Thats not bad at all. This is a car thats been out there for some time overturned. Theyre waiting for a flatbed truck. Well be back with an update on that and look at your mass transit to spare the air day. Back to you. Were talking not about the warriors but about complete chaos. Thats how you could describe part of Donald Trumps latest rally in the bay area. As you can see, it got violent. Now, this all started peacefully, but once those attending la
The scene. Reporter theres still crime tape up at the scene and Police Officers protecting the evidence inside the home. Not much left of the couples home. Police say they tried to get the man to come out of it. They even brought his parents to the scene to try to talk to him but he refused, and they found him dead inside. The residence of the home that burned overnight. This is all thats left of their home and, they told us, their dog died if the fire. Police say the man who holed up in their house chose it randomly. The couple was not there at the time but worked with police throughout the night. We were in constant communication with the homeowner and made direct contact with them. Reporter Fremont Police say they believe the man who hid in this home shot two officers yesterday afternoon. Both officers are in the hospital, one in Critical Condition. When they couldnt coax the man out of the home, officers fired tear gas canisters inside. They now say that could be what started the f
44yearold Gerald Villabrille jr. Called 911 wanting to negotiate after police fired tear gas into the russellville house he had broken into and barricaded himself into. Initially he said he had a hostage. We evaluated that information. We determined it was not true. It all began 1 30 in the afternoon when investigators say a Fremont Police officer pulled over a stolen truck that villabrille was driving. Theyym say he rammed the truck into the patrol car and started shooting. Our first officer was critically injured. The suspect took off running and investigators say he shot a second fremontjov Police Office before barricading himself inside the house. It was a crazy night, a crazy night. This man was locked inside his business a few doors down. He took photos of the standoff that lasted 15 hours. Some concussion grenades, tear gas going off, our dogs were google crazy. Reporter the tear gas eventually sparked a fire and the suspect was found dead inside with a gun. Neighbors couldnt b