Shelter in place. We just arrive at the scene and what have you been able to learn. Reporter we have learned that this is all due to a bank robbery that as the resulted in Scotts Valley and led to an officer we have this started a bank robbery in Scotts Valley that led to an officer involved shooting. Ly move out of the way. You see that highway 17 is shut down in both directions. We are just past the curve as you head up the hill. You can see officers, these are Police Officers but also the county is sheriff and chp out. They are armed with automatic weapons and again they have closed down both both sides of the 17 freeway. I have gotten a message from the superintendent of schools for los gatos. She said im trying to read this here quickly. That to the best of their knowledge they were contacted by authorities and that they were told there was an officer involved shooting they put the school on lockdown. Im told that all the students are accounted for. The cool is in lockdown. Very s
Causing big issues for drivers. Thousands of commuters stuck on the highway for hours. I thought there might be a bad accident on highway 17 up here and thats what they were going to. Now that weve we found otherwise that it was a bank robbery. It did seem like i was watch a movie. Our own reporter was one of the many people stuck in traffic because of this manhunt. He joins us now on this frustrating day for drivers. Gar vin . Its frustration that continues for many people. Were just near the summit on 17. Show you what it looks like right now. Pretty safe spot to get out here. Give you an idea. Theyre diverting traffic. This is the northbound lanes of 17 and theyre diverting traffic just about a mile up the road for people on to santa cruz highway. The backup goes all the way you can see then back, up over the hill on the summit. Now as you said earlier, this is a story im very familiar with because this is traffic ive been sitting in for most of the day. It started about 10 00 this
Highway 17. There are reports the suspect hit several cars before his car finally broke down near red wood estates. At that point Scotts Valley police opened fire, but dont know whether they hit the suspect who ultimately disappeared into the woods. Swat teams are here including sheriffs deputies from santa cruz and santa clara county. Chp is also here along with the fbi. Nearby schools were locked down for several hours. That was terrifying for parents, but the kids seemed a little less worried. Its always scary for a parent to hear that there was a shooter nearby and now the school is in lock down and you cant get to your son. Reporter how scary was it . It was actually kind of exciting for me, but they didnt really tell us everything right away. Reporter there is no real description of the suspect other than the surveillance picture we have. The good news for commuters again is that the southbound lanes of highway 17 will reopen at 6 30 tonight. Thats the prediction. Northbound lane
Was on lockdown. It is lifted. The sheriffs deputies are asking anybody who comes home tonight in the Redwood Estates area if you see anything thats weird or amiss, call 911 right away. Back to you. These people as you said had to put up with so much over the last couple of weeks with weather. Are they giving you any indication, chp, when they might think about reopening . Reporter yes. So, um, throughout the day we had heard sometime in the 6 00 time frame they might open up the freeway. Now they are saying they dont know when its going to happen. And when they do they will only open up the southbound lanes and they are going to leave the northbound lanes closed while they search the car the getaway car for evidence and process that for the crime scene investigators. All right. Kiet do reporting live from the Santa Cruz Mountains and, of course, well keep you posted on when highway 17 reopens. Our other big story this evening a diplomatic falling out between the United States and mexi
Scanning the area. Reporter all over the Redwood Estates neighborhood heavily armed deputies, chp officers and k9 units were posted as lookout trying to box the suspect in in case he tried to make a run for it again. This all began when this suspect robbed a bank in Scotts Valley around 10 am. He was pursued over the hill into santa clara county. The suspect got into a crash and then fled on foot. There was an officer involved shooting in a part of this event by a Scotts Valley pd officer. We have no reports of any injuries to any officers. Reporter so began the all day traffic nightmare. Both lanes were shut down on highway 17 forcing traffic on to narrow mountain roads. It will take hours to get from the south bay to santa cruz and vice versa. Ruth whitaker is a nicu nurse at Good Samaritan hospital and isnt sure when she will make it to work. I left 40 minutes early to get to work and ill still be late. Reporter all because of some bad guy running around. Thats true. Reporter are yo