Morning near myrtle and lion street. The driver took off and abandoned the truck eight miles away in oakland at 98th. Sergeant scott longer was taken to Castro Valley where he died. We have team coverage. Our reporter is at the hospital but, first, we go to janet o where a News Conference just wrapped up. Janet . The flags here at city hall have been lowered to half staff in honor of Sergeant Scott lunger shot and killed in the line of duty this morning. Hayward police told a News Conference for a while ago and they say they lost one of the finest. Scott lunger is a 15year veteran of our Police Department he was promoted to sergeant in 2009 and member of the s. W. A. T. Family and the ideal police officer. Scott loved this job. This is a tragedy that this happened. Police say linger was trying to stop a driver who was swerving erratically when the driver shot him. This happened at 3 14 this morning, a second officer on the scene returned fire but the driver drove off. This is the momen
Abc 7 news at 4 00 because we will bring you the News Conference as soon as it happens. You can see flowers out there for the fallen officer today. We will get you that News Conference as soon as it begins. Lets go to abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony live at the shooting scene. Reporter we are expecting the update from Hayward Police at any time. In the meantime here at the shooting scene in this neighborhood investigators have left the scene. This happened right behind me here in this quiet neighborhood where a veteran officer lost his life during a vehicle stop that was anything but routine. Witnesses say the shots came in rapid succession just after 3 00 a. M. One burst a brief pause and a longer burst of gun fire. I heard shots for sure. The shots were so rapid fire that it was war like almost. Bam bam, bam. Reporter when the shooting stopped a veteran Police Sergeant scott lunger lay wounded. This is a tragic day for the Police Department, family of the department and men and wom
And a half ago, officers lined up to escort Sergeant Lungers body to the coroners off. Stephanie was there to watch the emotional procession go by but we begin with bob redell where the press conference wrapped up just about an hour ago, bob. Reporter within the past 60 minutes, the city of hayward lowered the flags to halfstaff just after the News Conference where we got more details about what led up to the shooting death. And the Police Department wanted to let us know they have secured a person of interest in the murder. S. Acting police chief calling this a dark and devastating day as he as the rest of the department mourn the lost of their sergeant. He was also a training supervisor, in other words, a highly Skilled Police officer, but as the acting police chief pointedous a Police Officers job is very dangerous. There is nothing rue tease about the routine in his words. The driver was possibly dos doughnuts, according to somebody we spoke with as the sergeant walked up to the wi
Shots fired shots fired, myrtle and lion. That call marks the moment a Hayward Police sergeant was shot in the line of duty. Sergeant scott lunger died this morning. Gavin, im frank mallicoat. Im maria medina. We have been following this breaking news since the call came in at 3 15 a. M. It happened on myrtle and lion streets as Sergeant Scott lunger was pulling over a suspect in a traffic stop. Another officer on scene was unharmed. Officers lined the exit at Eden Medical Center as Sergeant Lungers body was brought out. His fellow officers led the way on motorcycles and patrol cars with lights flashing. Kpix 5s keit do is live in hayward with more. Reporter good afternoon. This entire neighborhood is still blocked off and will remain so for much of the day as they finish their investigation. Officer lunger turned out to be a highly trained officer in s. W. A. T. Tactics. He was called an ideal officer. Basically, he did not see this coming. It has been 28 years since the city of haywa
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