Mother, a father, a partner, a sister, and a friend. Hello everyone im frank somerville. Im gasia mikaelian. It has been a very somber day as a grieving Community Say goodbye to two Santa Cruz Police officers fallen heros gunned down in the line of duty. After a funeral that lasted three hours, buglers played taps. The procession left san joses hp pavilion and headed back to santa cruz. The procession has come from santa cruz to san jose passing under massive american trucks draped over two fire trucks. From santa cruz to san jose we have coverage. We begin with robert handa who was inside for the memorial where there were tears and some laughter as the community said goodbye robert. It was a very moving event that was held here inside the arena. I can tell you with the sadness of their loss it was an emotionally wrenching experience as well. 172, santa cruz. No response. With a final Police Dispatch call and no response from officers butch baker and Elizabeth Butler thousands of peopl
Good evening. As ktvus rob roth tells us this afternoons show of support was both overwhelming and heartbreaking. Reporter the hp pavilion seemed like the saddest place on earth today. The families of the Slain Police Officers as well as dozens of Police Officers remembered and said goodbye to detective Elizabeth Butler and detective butch long baker. Remembering who they were will help us get through this together. Reporter who they were were parents as well as Police Officers. Sergeant butch long had two children. You are the very reason i have good in my life. Reporter and detective baker had a husband and two children, including joaquin. Joaquin, you want to say hi. Hi. I whispered to her that i would take care of our boys and make sure they would always know what a great person their mom was. Reporter butler and baker were shot to death nine days ago as they attempted to interview jeremy gulei. Leon panetta said people often look away instead of helping those prone to violence. Th
Always admired you, just as some would admire god. You are the very reason there is good in my life. Her legacy will be carried on in our family, in our sons and in the people they will touch. She will live on. The partner of Slain Police Officer Elizabeth Butler holding their young son at the podium and the daughter of Slain Police Officer lauren butch baker. Both speaking at a heartbreaking Memorial Service today. Thousands of Police Officers along with dignitaries and regular folks all paused to pay tribute to those fallen officers. Good evening everyone im frank somerville. And im julie haener. There were tears and even jokes about the two Police Officers who were shot and killed on duty. We have live coverage of todays service. Robert handa and Maureen Naylor are live. We begin with robert who watched the service alongside them, robert. Reporter well, it took some time but the san jose arena here has emptied out. But it will be some time before anyone that was here and in those wa
Wild animal park where a lion eveninman. D killed a young good evening. Im ama dates in for dan ashley. And im carolyn johnson. Investigators are trying to figure out why the big cat attacked. The victim is 24yearold diana hanson, a volunteer intern working at project survivals cat haven sanctuary about 45 miles east of freesy no. Al east of fresno. Alan wang has more. Cat haven is a place for a lot of retired hollywood animals. They have 28 exotic cats on property including two lions. The largest is the one that killed the intern today. So far no one explained why diana hanson was in the enclosure with 350 350pound lion when it attacked and killed the volunteer intern. This is the lion. The founder of cat haven says they were unable to lower him away from the interns body. The lion was shot and killed per our safety protocolety our thoughts and prayers went out to our friend and family in this trying time. Reporter he was a rare lion exstipg in the wild. Extinct in the wild. They hand
Best investigators in the entire Santa Cruz Police department. Elizabeth butler apparently loved to ride roller coasters and hike, and obviously spend a lot of time with her partner, peter woo and their two sons. We saw the pictures moments ago of officer butler out there picking a Christmas Tree with her two young sons. Were going to pick up and stop talking for a couple of minutes and listen in, as this Memorial Service pretty much gets under way. Please be seated. At this point, we are just minutes away from the memorial beginning. The man we just saw there at the lectern, just asked groups to be seated, known as pastor renee. We have people in our newsroom who say, boy, if you live in santa cruz, you know pastor renee. And even if you dont attend his church. So again, that was pastor renee, asking everyone to go ahead and be seated. What we see here is the vehicle that carried governor jerry brown to the arena. Just got out a second ago, and walked in. Couple minutes late, but hell