Here on san bruno avenue and at one point the suspect asking police to shoot him. He had a backpack in his left hand and apparently his other hand was obscured. Reporter police chief says the carjacking suspect shot by one of his officers was unarmed but still posed a threat. It began when the man crashed this white toyota on south airport boulevard. The car was storage rom at the longterm parking branch and belongs to a woman running the marathon. A witness saw the driver leaving the accident scene carrying a backpack. A Police Officer tried to stop him. When he officer asked the suspect to place the back tach down the suspect ran. He ran west on san bruno avenue, where police say he attempted to carjack the driver of a red honda. Officers ordered the driver to stop the driver is threatened. He can hear the original suspect telling the driver to drive. The driver refuses. The suspect then bails back out of the car. Police say the suspect ran on the 101 exit ramp and tried to carjack o
Santa cruz. Reporter no one ever wants a desperate search for a child to end like this. Our detectives discovered the body of a young female inside of a dumpster at the complex located behind me. Reporter Santa Cruz Police are confident that the body is that of madyson middleton, although they havent positively identified her. 8yearold mahdi vanished from her apartment complex on river street last sunday. Authorities arrested a 15year old boy who also calls the Tannery Arts Center home. We saw a distraught woman stomping and screaming in the parking lot of the apartment complex where that arrest took place. Neighbors say she is the mother of the teen. From what i know, he is very well spoken and has a very kind manner so like i said, its shocking. Reporter it was a tough scene to process. Even for the most seasoned officers. Its heartbreaking. The last time i stood in front of a group like this and spoke was when my two officers were killed and it feels it feels just like it did that n
Its hard breaking. The last time i spoke in front of a group was when my two officers were killed and it feels like that night. Its terrible. Reporter two of his officers were gunned down 2. 5 years ago. We tried reaching out to both families and they declined comment. Kiet, can you tell us the boys status now and how did he know the little girl . Reporter he has been at the Police Station, was questioned overnight. Here at the Tannery Arts Center they have about 200 People Living here. Its described as the situation where Everybody Knows everybody. However, we dont know the relationship between maddy and the 15yearold boy how well they knew each other. Live here in santa cruz, kiet do, kpix 5. There is growing concern about a missing teacher from San Francisco. Ed cavanaugh went for a dirt bike ride in the El Dorado National forest july 17 hasnt been seen since. He is diabetic and a survivalist. Investigators believe a wildfire that broke out north of sacramento near the community of
Well spoken. And has a very kind manner. So like i said, its shocking situation altogether. Its heartbreaking. The last time i stood in front of a group like this and spoke was when my two officers were killed. And it feels just like it did that night. Its terrible. Reporter that was police chief kevin vogel talking about the time two of his officers were gunned down 2 1 2 years ago. We did try reaching out to family members on both sides of maddy and that boy who was arrested. They didnt want to talk on camera. Back to you. Kiet, can you tell us where is the boy now and how did he know the young girl . Reporter the last time anybody saw that teenaged boy he was put in the back of a patrol car taken to the station for questioning. The Tannery Arts Center has about 200 people. A lot of people say its tight knit. But we didnt know the relationship between the suspect and victim. Live in santa cruz, kiet do, kpix 5. We spoke with marc klaas last night. His daughter polly was kidnapped and
Their families. And many of them say they feel like they have been dealt a double blow, the death of one child, apparently at the hands of another. Now, despite the stomach churning crime that this boy is accused of, many people who live here vouch for him saying he was a good kid, polite, soft spoken, shy. Most say they have never seen him misbehave not to mention show the capacity for murder. So while this Community Mourns maddy they are also deeply perplexed struggling to understand why maddy died and what turned the accused into a killer. We have another child from our community who has been arrested and we want to just make sure this doesnt happen again but not by demonizing him. By finding out what is going on. Did he really do this . I dont know. Reporter the police couldnt say for sure if maddy and the suspect were friends. They were familiar are each other growing up in the community and it appears she went willingly with him to his apartment not apparently realizing the dange