Dangers as we head into tomorrow night. Now to the death of maya maya angelou. I was seven teen. My mother said i think youre the greatest woman i ever met i thought about her and thought suppose shes right . So suppose i am going to be someone. She was somebody. Poet activist, and story teller. Maya angelou was many things she died today at age 86. She had strong ties to the bay area. Abc7 News Reporter Carolyn Tyler joins with us the story. Reporter tributes are pouring in tonight. She was one of the mosteloquent voices in america, and many in San Francisco felt the presence. Maya angelou spent her form tiff years here she was only 16 when she became the citys first black female conductor. She told oprah finwin free how she did it i went to my mother and said they wont allow me to asupply. She asked y do you know why . I said yes. Because im a negro. She said do you want the job . Go get it. In her 20s she was singing the blues in purple onion to support her young son. Her writing ha
May we create a peaceful world, letting hatred be gone with the wind. That statement comes from the family of james hong, a bay area student killed in a rampage. Good evening, im dan ashley. Its been a day of mourning as six students killed by Elliott Rodger are being remembered. The jims include george chen, james hong and david wong of fremont. Tiffany wilson is live with local reaction to this tragedy. Tiffany . And dan, teachers do not have words to describe the tragedy of davids death. The superintendent believes that many are still in shock. If you ask what david wong liked you will hear basketball. What he studied, Computer Engineering but asking who he was is a complicated question. How people are dealing with it personally, im not sure they have yet. Its like taking in news right now. David hose to include bible verses. They say this is my commandment that you love one another as i have loved you. Greater love has no one than this than to lay down ones life for his friends. On
Campuses across the state. Its to honor the young lives lost in the violent rampage near santa barbara. Good afternoon everyone, im michelle griego. Frank is on assignment. A candle light judge at uc san diego the first of many remembrances of the six students killed in isla vista on friday. Cbs reporter bigad shaban joins us live from isla vista with this day of mourning. Reporter michelle, good afternoon. Just a few minutes ago, about 30 women from the Tridelta Sorority here on campus gathered here to pay their respects at the shot behind me. They will be among the six students honored tonight at a campus wide Memorial Service. The parents of george chen added their names in chalk monday night to the memorial dedicated to their son and his friends. James hong and david wong. We would die 100 times, 1,000 times with you but but we dont want our kids to get hurt. Reporter apartment they shared with elliot rodger. Investigators say the troubled 22yearold shot and killed two women outsid
Town. Grant . Pam, seven are dead, including the killer. The latest mass murderer detailing motives moments before starting his rampage. We learned his father was racing from la in a frantic search for his son when the source said he heard a report on the radio. Witness say there is a dark colored bmw, a male. Reporter someone driving a bmw was on a shooting rampage. Police say that the student was shooting at will and delivering a revenge he had been planning for a year. You deserve it for living a better life than me. Reporter he taped this titled day of retribution before killing six people and injuring 13 others. I wanted a girlfriend, sex, love. Reporter he outlined his plans in the 137page manifesto. And one person mentioned grew up with him. It is a crazy feeling, i would not believe it. Reporter roger send it to a couple dozen people and his mother, father and a therapist before terrorizing the campus. The parents feel a Pivotal Moment was missed last month. Police officers con
We begin out west in california where there is a tie of mourning for the victims of the deadly rampage at Santa Barbara. And we are learning more about the disturbed mind of the shooter amid evidence of how young he was when the first signs of trouble emerged. Abcs cecilia vega is back on reporter tonight thousands pouring into the university of california Santa Barbara. Gathered together in anger and grief. A community grieving. Young lives lost. Like kathryn cooper. A painter. Veronika weiss who just finished her first years and Chris Michaels martinez who wanted to go to law school. Still reeling from the rampage lasting 10 minutes stretching across this college town. 13 people injured in all. Six killed in Elliot Rodgers deadly plan laid out in his 6z chilling 137 page manifesto called my twisted world. Rodger emailing that just minutes before the shootings started to Mental Health professionals and his parents. His mother immediately checked her sons youtube channel. Another haun