Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. A horrific discovery at the border on a sweltering day. A tractortrailer filled with up to 100 undocumented immigrants. Tonight nine are dead and more than a dozen are in critical condition. Good evening. Im kate larsen in for eric thomas. Tonight authorities in texas are considering this an immigrant smuggling attempt gone wrong. An employee at a walmart in san antonio called police early this morning after a man walked into the store and asked for water. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow is in our newsroom with the story. Reporter in addition to those fatalities, at least 17 people are reportedly being treated for lifethreatening injuries. The u. S. Attorney office says the driver is in custody. A criminal complaint is expected to be filed as early as tomorrow morning. Officials are calling it a deadly case of human smuggling. At least 39 people inside a big rig truck parked in this Texas Walmart parking lot. Nine men died. The airco
Mind im not im informer going to give up. The Police Presence along the 26mile course was hard to miss. The ff pd bomb squad was staged near the finish line. All northbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge was closed for three hours because of terrorism concerns. We worked with the Bridge School district and all the local authorities to ensure we were able to do that. Nice and sparkly. The finish line, the last place youd expect to see this, a wedding proposal. Alex said why not and pop it had question to marisa. I didnt think it had happen just as we came over the finish line. Police a said yes. In San Francisco, kordel bernard. A real thrill for soccer fans today here in the bay area, two of the top mens teams competed at the stadium. Fans showed up to cheer on. Soccer fans from the bay area came out to watch two of the best teams face off at todays exhibition notch was part of the internal championship cup was something that was established 40 years away. As exciting as it was to see
Election day. Trump loyalists say the biggest draw is the oath of office. Thats what were waiting for. I mean tomorrow is a big day. Reporter up until now a lot of changes. One singer dropped out yesterday. Andy grammar sited a scheduling conflict. Pete, thank you. No matter how carefully your trip to the swearing in is planned, the parade, the protests chances are youll run into a hassle or two. Youll have some time. Itll take a while the get anywhere you want to go. Weve asked for some pointers. Joining us live from pennsylvania avenue, we cant quite see you from where were sitting but we know youre there around the parade route. I was going to say you guys are just down the street and a little bit up above me. Check out pennsylvania avenue. Isnt this incredible . Traffic, the pedestrians have taken over. Security amazing downtown. Traffic abysmal so even if you take metro tomorrow, you are likely to be walking a ways. Reporter if youre headed to the parade you may want to go to metr
Abandon it blocks away after shooting the officer who was seriously injured. Mourners gathered to pay respects for four People Killed in an accident. It took place saturday when a pickup truck plunged off the bridge falling into the middle of a festival. Heres the details. The driver of this demolished pickup truck, a member of the u. S. Navy charged with four counts of vehicular homicide and dui. Sounded like gunfire, and seen the vehicle come down. Vehicle on its side. Its going to roll back over. The cell phone video shows chaos and panic in a crowded fair in san diego after that truck flew off a bridge and plunged 60 feet on to a vendor in a packed motorcycle festival. When they arrived, they did find the vehicle on its side, and on top of four individuals. Nine injured. Authorities say the driver, 24yearold Richard Anthony seen here treated at the scene was under the influence when he lost control. Theres no other thought that, you know, but whats going what you see is somebodys g
Now from abc7, live breaking news. The breaking news is in vallejo tonight. Abc7 news learned paramedics and officers are on the scene of an apparent Police Officer involved shooting. A witness tells us two men, at least one armed, burst into a starbucks on lincoln road where two Police Officers were having coffee. The witness says officers chased the suspects about a block away and then heard multiple shots fired. A tweet from the Vallejo Fire Department said one person was hurt, but the witness said no officers were rounded. Good evening. Im eric thomas. We will be sure to provide you an update to the breaking story as soon as information comes in. Download our app and enable push alerts for breaking updates. Our other top story tonight, the weather. Live doppler 7 showing wet weather moving through the bay area right now. Storms dumped rain on the bay area since thursday knocking down trees, power lines and causing some flooding. Up in the Santa Cruz Mountains and even the koll see