Be able to defuse that. Reporter San Jose Police chief eddie garcia explaining the use of deadly force overnight at this downtown Affordable Housing complex. I heard about four they say gunshots. I thought they were like firecrackers. Reporter San Jose Police were called here by security guards who reported a disturbance from a third floor apartment. When they arrived officers observed flames and smoke coming from underneath the front door. Reporter this picture shows burn marks on the bottom of the door. Officers forced their way in and were confronted by two men. One was subdued. The other man was armed with an ax. A taser was deployed. However, it had no effect on the suspect. Reporter the chief says the man dropped the ax but quickly rearmed himself with it. And it was not until he began to threaten the officers with the ax and began to advance on the officers that the officer was given no other choice than to discharge his firearm in defense of his life. Reporter the man died late
Okay. He just has a skinned knee. His parents have taken him to the doctor. You can imagine it was very frightening for him. Apparently he was pretty brave too and only cried a little bit. The park says youre supposed to cross your arms and legs when you go down that slide. He did not cross his legs, although its still very concerning this happened at all. As a result, the park has closed that slide to make sure its safe. We have a Maintenance Person from the installer coming out right now to check that piece of equipment with us and make sure that everything is operating as per the guides. So well make sure its safe before we turn it back on. Reporter and this is the grand opening of the park as you said. It was supposed to be a special weekend that now has a little bit of issues that were trying to figure out. People are still showing up and there are still kids on the slides. Well have more coming up in the next hour. A hayward teen subbing hailed a hero after he rescued his little
Leads to a vicious baseball between the giants and nationals at at t park. Sharon getting postgame reaction. Reporter the fans may not remember the stats of this game, but they will remember the fight. And the pitch. And he hits harper. And harpers going to go out. And now we got a beef. Reporter top of the 8th, Hunter Strickland hits bryce harperrer in the hip with a 98 mileperhour fast ball. Harper charges the man and both change punches clearing both bunches. Its the first time theyve faced each other since 2014. Fans of both the giants and nationals disagree whether strickland intentionally struck harper and whether harpers reaction is justified, but it is the talk of the game. In my opinion, i thought it probably wasnt intentional, but i didnt think it was hard enough he reacted appropriately given how intentional it was. I think if a guy hits you, you do what you gotta do. You come to the games to get entertained and we got entertained. Reporter both players got ejected. It is st
Mark. Even San Francisco a new record at 88 degrees. Even at this hour it is still warm to hot out there. Tripledigit readings still in effect inland. Its a pretty rare day when San Francisco and oakland have the same temperature, let alone in the mid 80s. Its 94 right now in san jose. Future tracker temperatures, you can bet it is going to be a warm evening. By 9 00 were still seeing areas into the 80s. For that fact the heat advisory not only effective overnight but has now been extended. This is now going through thursday night. So this heat wave is nowhere close to being over and we may see warmer temperatures than today. Well detail that in the full accuweather forecast in a few moments. People of course were seeking out places cooler to beat the heat. Reporter Melanie Woodrow is live in one of the coolest places to spend a hot reporter yeah. Eric, an absolutely gorgeous day here in San Francisco. I think i just heard drew tuma say 88 degrees. Well, 88 and feeling great. Take a lo
Around the London Bridge that left seven people dead. Information continues to come in as this story unfolds, and well bring you updates on our abc 7 news app. Be sure to enable push alerts. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Thank you so much for joining us. It has been a sweltering day here in the bay area. The cool ocean provided some relief, and we saw large crowds at ocean beach and anywhere people could get into the water. At stanfords Commencement Ceremony many people beat the heat by staying out of the sun under the shade of the upper deck. Stanford Police Reported 18 medical calls during the event, though they did not clarify how many were for heat. And a loov look right now at our exploratorium camera at pier 15. Meteorologist has more information. In fact, eric, ten cities have officially broken records today as intense heat has taken over the region. Look at our official highs. These have just come in in the past ten minutes. Concord, 108 degrees earlier this afternoon. We got u