A man suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend with a shotgun blast while she worked in a toll booth during Tuesday evening rush hour was arrested Wednesday after an overnight manhunt, police said.
a thought he can barely stand. those are the ones who reporter: it takes a lot. that s what really hurts the most because someone s going to have to explain to the kids how great of a person and how great their dad was. and for me, kenyon will always be missed. he was a great man. reporter: very emotional and painful for so many people. now, there is also an online drive under way to dedicate interstate 680. officer kenyon youngstrom memorial freeway. reporting live in martinez, i m jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. jodi, thank you. the prognosis is positive after that horrible injury. a s pitcher brandon mccarthy who was hit in the head by a line drive during yesterday s game remains hospitalized this evening. he s recovering after surgery to fix a brain hemorrhage and skull fracture. the a s say mccarthy is resting in the critical care unit and showing signs of improvement. that s the good news. no word yet when or if mccarthy will return to the team for this
of minutes ago they pulled out a second vehicle that had been hit. at least three people have been injured. one possibly in critical condition. the fighter has shut down the freeway. ha mark: 101 has been shut down for two hours and the southbound direction. let s go to darya and george in the traffic center. george: we are only able to see one of these trailers, there is another trailers sitting right here out of our view, behind the cab of the truck. normally, they tried to put one drug on each side. that way it does not tip in the opposite direction. if ts cement haulers were loaded, you are talking about a different animal, very heavy. getting them right it is the challenge. the other determination is, is there damage to the roadway? darya: the best thing that you can do is not take the bay bridge. if you are trying to get from the east bay into san francisco or down the peninsula, tell us what to do. george: use the 280 extension to get out of this city. that is look
san rafael superparent earlier this earlier supermarket earlier this week. they say he s holed up at the hotel. police say he fired a shot up the highway before 580 was closed. there are no reports of any injuries at this time. joining me by phone is sergeant trent cross from the chp. good afternoon, sergeant. hi. good afternoon. can you tell us why the decision was made exactly to shut down this stretch of freeway? yeah. at some point during this standoff, the suspect did fire multiple shots and we believe that a couple of those shots were fired toward the freeway. so for public safety reasons, we thought it was in the best interest of the public to close down the highway to ensure no one is hurt. i m just curious about the reason to shut down the bridge as well. because we don t want any traffic to access the freeway in that area. so in order to keep anyone out of harm s way because we re not sure what kind of what type of weapon the suspect is dealing with and