Steven floyd. Floyd was killed more than a week ago when inmates took him and three other people hostage at the Vaughn Correctional Center near smyrna. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman has details from dover he was type of the person that you would expect to be a hero. Which he is. Reporter one by one mourn ers boarded buses headed to Delaware State University to remember slain corrections officer, lieutenant steven thyroid. I saw a lot of grief, you know, and what he put himself through and what he did for the officers and stuff. You know, sacrifice that he made. Reporter floyd a 47 yearold father and grandfather was killed during a standoff and hostage situation last week at james Vaughn Correctional Center near smyrna. The ordeal lasted almost 20 hours, and has fellow corrections em lease, like craig, shaken. Im sure you will think of different things. It is just natural. But you know, were there to, you know, to do what we have to do. Reporter Corrections Officers came from all o
That breaking news is in sausalito, one person died after their car crashed and burst into flames. Looking live at the road right now. A tow truck is there. Traffic is crawling along southbond 101. On the other side, you can see police are on the scene of this tragedy. And tow truck arrived, and that is what you are seeing now. Taking that vehicle away. Here is the closer look from earlier this evening, at the car after it ended up on an embankment. Highway patrol officers blocked three of four lanes. They investigate what happened. And you are seeing the backup, the drivers face as they head towards golden gate bridge. Chp expects delays to continue for at least another hour. You can download the abc 7 news app enable push alerts for breaking updates. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im matt keller. Eric thomas is off tonight. To our other top story tonight the storm about to hit the bay area. Looking at live doppler 7. See the green, that set to drench the bay area while you s
Be okay. Its moving well. Fairfield, valet yo hasnt been a bad drive. If youre driving from america cane to valet yo, it looks good. We have a nice looking commute on highway 37 to marine county. And looking at interstate 880 in oakland and traffic looks good passing the coliseum and of course we keep an eye on the bay bridge toll plaza and you can see traffic is light. No trouble by the way. Once you get to the other side 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. Sal, happening today, the widow of the orlando nightclub gunman is due in a federal court in oakland. Salman is accused of helping her husband plan the attack on the pulse nightclub last june where 49 people were killed. Shes also accused of creating a false alibi for him. Salman is held without bail right now. The today salman and her son moved to the east bay after the nightclub attack. If shes convicted on both charges, salman could be sentenced to life in prison. The university of california says it disciplined more than 100 employ
Mohammad was tackled by a Police Officer and was heard shouting the arabic phrase for god is great. All of these rounds were fired within less than a minute at four different locations. Reporter police say mohammad was wanted last thursday in the murder of a Hotel Security Carl Williams. And had recently posted racist comments on his facebook page. At this point, the police chief says this is not terrorism. All three attacks today were random, all three were approached by him, they were unprovoked attacks. Reporter and were showing you a section of fulton street here, thats where the shooting spree ended where the suspect was apprehended, as we pull out, you can see down the street, there are some flashing lights, thats where one of the victims was shot. Now police here are crediting their shot Spotter Technology with their Quick Reaction to this crime. They were able to get here in a matter of minutes. In fresno, laura anthony, abc7 news. And we are learning more about the criminal hi
And we first told you about the bomb scare through a push alert at 12 01 this afternoon. You can stay connected on breaking news. By downloading the kron four mobile app. And getting alerts straight to your phone. Some students injured a shooting at San Franciscos june Jordan School of equity are gathering to host a peace rally. It started just minutes ago at 5 pm. And is being held at the corner of sixth and minna streets. This a response to five shootings in the citys south of market neighborhood over the last two weeks. On tuesday. A gunman opened fire in the School Parking lot. Injuring four students. One student remains in the hospital tonight with serious injuries. But is improving. Police are still looking for the shooter. And believe the shooting was targeted. Students will be accompanied by supervisor jane kim and representatives of sfpd during tonights rally. Reporter arrested to be able today and that we will tell you about these arrests tonight and 8. Reporter specialists a