Wanted for attempted murder. Good evening. Im Paula Francis. Dave Courvoisier and im Dave Courvoisier. Thanks for joining us. Authorities say the initial information on Keith Childress being wanted for murder, were not true. Paula Francis but they say childress ignored several warnings to stop advancing on officers and thats when they opened fire. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now reporter Vanessa Murphy was there as Police Updated the case. She has more. Vanessa . Vanessa Murphy dave and paula, metro police say a sergeant at the scene ordered the suspect Keith Childress to drop what officers thought was a gun for more than two minutes. When he did not comply, that sergeant and another officer opened fire hitting childress 5 times. He died at the scene. Officers later learned he was holding a cell phone. Heres the body camera video from the sergeant. Mome nts before the shooting. body cam video Vanessa Murphy the officer with metro for about a year according to undersheriff Kevin Mcmahill. H
Has been with the department for at least four years. We do not know the relationship between the suspect and woman in the apartment. That woman had some type of injuries but they are not life threatening. Not a lot of information at this point. Police are expected to give us an update at 9 a. M. Live in gilroy, kiet do, kpix 5. Two of the officers involved in a recent deadly shooting in San Francisco have been the targets of previous Excessive Force lawsuits. Mario woods died earlier this month after five officers opened fire. Court records show that in 2009, one of those officers shot two men who said they had their hands up. Another was involved in an alleged choking in 2009 and an alleged beating in 2013. A teenaged girl was grazed by a bullet in san jose while trying to stop a car thief. It happened around 7 00 last night at winfield and coleman. 17yearold reportedly had left her car with the keys inside to talk to a friend in another vehicle. A man jumped in her car and started d
Morning. Eastbound 580 at macarthur boulevard and 35th avenue lanes blocked until 6 30. No delays at the maze. A Domestic Violence suspect is dead after a confrontation with police at gilroy. Kpix 5s kiet do has the latest developments on this shooting. Reporter just until a couple of minutes ago this was a very active scene here. Csi teams stayed overnight to gather evidence for nearly nine hours but cleared out within just the past couple of minutes. Now, this whole incident happened around 7 00 last night when Gilroy Police got a call of a Domestic Violence incident on the 6800 block of phil grove drive. As a single officer got close to the complex he could hear screaming and a man came out of the apparent. There was a confrontation in the carport area. It is unclear who said or did what. But the officer drew his weapon and fired shots at the suspect. Firefighters and paramedics tried to save the man but he died. The officers on scene immediately applied emergency medical aid to him
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