Good evening. Im eric thomas. That breaking news is in the east bay, where police are searching for an uber drivers car after the man was abducted at gunpoint in San Francisco. The driver was forced to drive to richmond. Lets get straight to abc 7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow, whos live in richmond. Reporter that uber driver is here at Richmond Police department after what was likely a terrifying twohour or deal being forced to drive around at gunpoint. We have the video to show you of the uber driver. His face is blurred because he has asked us not to reveal his identity. He tells abc 7 news that he was off duty in San Francisco, his doors were unlocked when two peoplea i man and a woman, jumped into his vehicle and demanded that he drive around. He says the man the woman had a knife. He drove, as you said, all the way to richmond and at some point was forced to stop at an atm to take out moneyx that is when he says he made his escape. He made his way then to the Richmond Police depa
And the attic. It will take them several hours to go through the evidence they have here. The victim has not been identified. We know she is a 59yearold woman. She was just widowed in april. She has two adult daughters. They lived here more than 30 years, she and her husband had, and this is a close neighborhood. The neighbors had been coming together and helping her for several months with her mourning, over her grieving with the loss of her husband and now this. Truly devastating this community. At this time tonight, sheriffs investigators have not identified any suspects. They have not identified a motive. They said its too soon at this point to know if anything was stolen from the house. They have to go through the scene closer and bring family members to the home to see if anything was taken. Theyre also asking for the publics help at this point. Theyre hoping some Surveillance Video will lead to clues, will lead to a suspect. Specifically if you have any Surveillance Video betwee
Joining us. Im alma dietz. We begin with developing news out of the east bay. An investigation of a house fire is now a homicide investigation. The fire started inside a home on grove way in castro valley. The Sheriffs Office is there now and so is abc 7 reporter katie marzullo. Katie, whats the latest . Reporter they let us know that technicians inside the home will be on the scene for several more hours, if not overnight, sifting through the debris inside the home there. They tell us this is truly a horrific crime scene. Heres what we know right now as we take a look at some video shot earlier today, that a woman was found dead in a burning home. It was around 2 45 this morning. But as we mentioned, we know now that the woman was not killed in the fire. They performed an autopsy around 9 00 this morning calling her death a murder. Sheriffs spokesperson telling me that he can confirm she was not shot but that she suffered brutal and violent injuries consistent with homicide. Her body
Living with her young son and this video was obtained last may when they first searched the home. She faced two federal charges, obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting his attempted provision of Material Support to a foreign terrorist organization. Matt eep ween was killed at the nightclub that killed 49 people. A neighbor in rodeo described this mornings arrest to abc 7 news. I woke up with the commotions of the dogs, my dog was barking and i didnt get out to see. But i was able to hear people walking around, cars pulling over but i didnt see anything. I didnt even open my windows to see what was going on. So we just realized something happened after we turned on the tv. Reporter meanwhile Orlando Police released this statement a short time ago. Federal authorities have been working tirelessly on this case for more than seven months and were grateful that they have seen it to it that some measure of justice will be served in this act of terror that has affected our community s
Moderate rain. Im going to take you closer into sonoma. You see some yellows there. Were seeing pockets of moderate rain. Heading into Fairfield Air base parkway, vacville, youre seeing some wet roadways right now. We go to the east bay and from San Pablo Dam road, there are some heavier returns. The rainfall is picking up in in tense intensity, though still pretty light. A steady rain in san mateo, pacifica, and were tracking lighter showers in allen rock, youll notice there, 680. Well see widespread rain 11 00 p. M. 2 00 a. M. , some rain. Ponding on the roadways at 5 00 a. M. , so if youre taking those kids off to school, youre heading to work, this is what you need to look out for. Minor urban flooding is possible with light to moderate rain and breezy conditions, so hang onto the steering wheel. This is just the first of several storms. Ill be back with a detailed look at the other ones coming up. Sand,y, thank you. Now to the oakland fire, it started on the ground floor of the bu