Blue diamond. Snack nut of u. S. Snowboarding. Alert that was a false alarm. Tonight police are questioning a person of interest who could explain everything. Good evening, everyone. Im carolyn johnson. Im dan ashley. Abc7 News Reporter alan w reporg is live at Police Headquarters with the latest on this strange story. Dan and carolyn, we believe police are questioning this man at opd headquarters tonight. This incident triggered an amber alert that had everyone in the state looking for a kidnapped child. Turns out there was no kidnapping and this was over a few stolen steaks and lobster. Police sources told abc7 news that this person of interest has been taken into custody, but they wont say if he is the suspect in the Surveillance Video. It is believed the man shoplifted from the safe way and then carjacked a man a and a 13yearold girl. A tip from a citizen lead police to the driver. The drive indicated to us during his interview that all of the parties in the car were known to each
The role in amber alert that turned out not to be a kidnapping. Police say the suspect was taken into custody outside oakland last might but they will not confirm if he is the person in the Surveillance Video. They believed the person stole from the Safeway Store in Oakland Hills and carjacked a man and a 13yearold girl. Now investigators say all three knew each other and came to the super market together. A citizen tip led the police to the suspect. The girl is said now to be an adult. Many say that it never looked like a carjacking and kidnapping. No one reported anyone missing. It didnt look like there was a big struggle for the car. Something was going on. Ones say the suspect was spotted hanging out at the safeway. Lobster and steaks were stolen from the store. Oakland police are investigating a Fatal Shooting that left a person dead and three injured at 37th avenue and international boulevard. Two men and two women were shots. Officials have not released conditions of the other t
Through 10 00 or 11 00 and then fade to clouds and lowtomid 60s from noon through the afternoon. Then clouds by 7 00 and mild and midtoupper 50s. Inland we have lessing for than yesterday and mild temperatures and lowtomid 50s through 7 00 and midtoupper 60s because of the extra sunshine and also in the upper 50s at 7 00 with clouds and the coast foggy and 52 and clouds and upper 50s for the better part of afternoon and clouds thicken this evening and 55 degrees. Here is leyla gulen with the details. The ferry engines are ready to sail. We have mass transit running on time but now we have a couple of incidents reported by c. H. P. In tran we have this accident reported eastbound of 80 at 7th. There is another westbound 80 at fremont. We are trying to get clarification which are blocking two lanes with some delays in the westbound direction. To the east bay we go, westbound 580 an accident is blocking the lane. Bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic loading up with headlights loading in th
Shoplifted from the safe way and then carjacked a man a and a 13yearold girl. A tip from a citizen lead police to the driver. The drive indicated to us during his interview that all of the parties in the car were known to each other. Reporter the driver who has not been identified says the female is actually an adult over 18. Police are now looking for her. It is a true blessing that a child wasnt abducted from this area. Reporter the Surveillance Video shows the suspect stealing lobster and three steaks. He jumped into the backseat of a red sedan armed with a knife. But many people were cep were skeptical early on. Nobody is reporting anybody missing. It doesnt look like there was a struggle for the car. Something was going on of the. Oakland police had to assume the worst. It would be negligent and a failure on law enforcements part if we did not take that information and move it forward in the proper information. Proper fashion. He is often seen hanging out at this safe way and now
Proving to be the energizer bunny of controversy. He hasnt stopped talking about president obama, what he is saying now. That is ahead. Also pressure is on this weekend for Chris Christie to decide whether hes going to go ahead and run for president. If its not too late for him to do that now. New reporting suggests he may already be missing out. Details on that coming up as well. And also president obama weighing in on how he thinks democrats can win in 2016. A message he believes Democratic Candidates should use if theyre going to keep the white house after he leaves the white house. All of that much more again, a very busy saturday morning in just this hour of our show. But wee begin with that breaking news the surprise visit to afghanistan by the new secretary of defense, ash carter. Carter just wrapping up a joint press conference with the afghan president in kabul. And the headline out of that gathering is that carters saying that he and president obama are weighing an extension