For just 64. 90 a month. Call or go online today. Charges have been filed against an officer who shot and killed a man inside a san l leandro walmart. The warning you need to know about, plus the temperatures. Coming up. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Developing news tonight. A san leandr Police Officer has been charged with felony manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a black man inside a walmart. Friends and family of the victim say this is a first step, but as abc 7 news report j. R. Stone reports, the officers attorney is criticizing the d. A. s decision. Drop the bat. Back up. Drop the bat. This is video from back in april showi moments before officer Jason Fletcher shot and killed Stephen Taylor inside a san leandro walmart. Alameda County District attorney Nancy Omalley says officer fletchers use of force was not warranted. At time of the shooting, it was not reasonable to conclude mr. Stephen t
His client feared for his life and defended himself. The law doesnt require officers even in todays age to have their brains bashed out with a lethal instrument. Which a baseball bat is. Drop the bat, man. Reporter officers tased taylor but it didnt work. Officer fletcher then fired a shot that proved to be deadly. Omalley has charged fletcher with voluntary manslaughter. Fletcher seen here in this archive individual from 2013 had been with the department for more than 15 years. Family members say taylor may have been having a mental episode but believe he could have been talked down. Friends of the family say that while they would have liked murder charges, at least this is something. At the end of the day a lot of times we have to settle. Reporter at the time of the shooting, taylor was homeless. I did reach out to his mother and grandmother who deferred all comments to their lawyer. A lawyer who says they are encouraged by the d. A. s decision. In alameda county, j. R. Stone, abc 7
Good morning. The airquality is finally improving. Hope lee felt it yesterday or today we will continue with air quality proving moderate especially along the coastline and inside the bay. Temperatures are expected to warm slightly but its only going to be brief. We will cool it down in time for your bay area saturday. Details on these conditions and what to expect, we will check in on airquality because it is a spare the air day. More on that in just a little bit at 7 01 am, lets check out the highways. Good morning. Right now we have traffic moving along very well throughout the bay area. A couple of slow spots. There is a lot of fog out there in some of these areas. Dense fog on the Golden Gate Bridge. On the richmond bridge, driving if you are driving to the bay bridge, a little bit of a backup at the toll plaza. Today, Governor Newsom at noon is expected to announce plates or reopening more businesses in california. The California Restaurant Association hopes the governor will let
Public health is critical to building a better bay area and the latest numbers on Coronavirus Infections in california are encouraging. There are nearly 145 new reports of people dying, which unfortunately is above average. But the number of new cases is down, below average. The number of coronavirus patients in the hospital continues to drop, it has been decreasing steadily for weeks now. The testing Positivity Rate is down to 5. 1 over a 14 day average and it hasnt been that low in quite a while. Developing news, in san leandro, a Police Officer there has been charged with felony manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a black man inside a walmart. Family and friends of the victims say this is the first , the officers attorney is criticizing the d. A. s decision. Drop the bat. Drop the bat. Reporter this is video from back in april showing the moments before officer Jason Fletcher shot and killed Steven Taylor inside a san leandro walmart. The District Attorney Nancy Omalley says that
The real changes goingon charges. Saturday afternoon into sunday and monday, and thats when temperature start to elevate the San Leandro Police up us significantly. And the heat advisory for areas or is the 1st in Alameda County away from our. A lot like today. To be charged with a deadly slightly warmer. Than the five day forecast. Crime since the bart shooting of oscar grant back in 2009. You can see over my shoulder big number start to show up saturday, sunday, and monday. Good evening, everyone. Right now, the hottest day of im frank somerville. And im Heather Holmes come the week sunday with in tonight for julie. Temperatures coming up near 107, so going to be a hot one. Alameda county da says the man with the bat inside that fire danger comes up as well. Air quality hopefully will be walmart did not pose an immediate threat to the officer better by then, but right now or to the public. We are still through tomorrow she is bringing charges of in spare the air alert. Involuntary ma