A a deadly discovery. Five body inside a home in modesto in central valley. Police are treating it as a crime scene and have named a person of interest in the case. Good evening. Abc 7 News Reporter live in the newsroom with the latest on the breaking story. Sergio. This is a Murder Investigation that has been in progress now for just a few hours. Police in modesto are still piecing together the details. Heres what we know. At 3 30 this afternoon. Officers were called for a Security Check on a home on the 26,000 block. When they arrived they found five body two. Adults. Three children. Police have not released details on how the people may have been killed. But in the last hour, they have i identified 30yearold Martin Martinez as a person of interest in what they say is the Murder Investigation. They warn martin is may be armed and should be kidded dangerous. You have five people that have been injured. He is he is definitely somebody we want to talk to quickly. Martinez may be driving
Exactly what happened in this case. I dont know how they succumb to their injuries or what transpired beforehand. It is early in the investigation and they are trying to obtain all the information they can. Police have not said where they are looking for martinez. And his exact connection to the case. And we of course are going to be keeping an eye on this story throughout the morning. And we will have the latest information for you on the news app as well as more information and details coming up this morning. Turning now to the weather. Kind of muggy out this the bay this morning. And meteorologist anny is with us to explain if it is going to continue throughout the day. It is already starting to feel stick did i, sticky, theresa. We have pretty good storms going through along with lightning. We will zoom in closer. This is not the best beach day. We do have lightning strikes off the coast of monterey and inland as well. This is generally moving northward and you can we are starting
The flames spread quickly and cars that were stopped for traffic were caught in the middle of that wildfire. Fire crews got everyone out of their vehicles in what turned out to be a frightening and chaotic scene. 20 cars were destroyed and two people suffered minor injuries. Well, with similar drought situations, we wonder if situations like that could play out in the bay area. If so, what should you do . Cristina rendon is live in oakland with those details. Reporter heather, Officials Say what happened in Southern California is an unusual occurrence, but you can never say never in terms of it being a possibility here. Fastmoving flames torched cars and sent people running. It started over at that end, i believe, and then it slowly started to move forward. Then it jumped the lane. Reporter the dramatic images coming from Southern California, a reminder of how the drought is creating some of the worst fire conditions. Could that happen here in the bay area . Well, certainly, especially
Nob hill court in modesto where the bodies were found. Detectives had in here at the scene since mid afternoon. Some people, possibly family and friends, distraught on hearing the news. Neighbors in the neighborhood are in shock. Just dont expect that in your neighborhood. You think its safe and quiet. Then you see this. Police also described the neighborhood as quiet. They called it a large crime scene and said investigators are still gathering details. Theres no word yet on the victims or their relationship. The headline at this hour, a person of interest is being sought. New at 10, a big ring crash that killed a man was predictable and preventable. Thats what critics say. It happened on highway 84, a bluesy busy route that funnels traffic to the south bay. Deborah villalon is live. Reporter a big rig full of bottled water was involved. It ran 35 feet up this embankment and flipped. Critics say trucks that big dont belong here. He is watching for 18 wheelers. What would be a fender b
Including a woman that was pregnant. The driver suffered a medical emergency in that vehicle. Ktvus deborah villalone is live to explain what happened, deb. Reporter julie this was a bad situation but could have been horrible. Two people ended up with injuries but it could have been worse. It shook the building. It was this tremendous crash. Reporter people came running into this chaotic scene even before fire paramedics arrived. This truck veered off the freeway over the sidewalk and shrubs then slamming into several cars. Some were parked and empty but not all. There was a gentleman in the van. He was holding his arm, he was bleeding. Everyone was just Walking Around in shock. They could not believe that so many cars had been involved in the crash. One of the men is a tourist from canada who said he had just gotten the van at the airport and went to the Golden Gate Bridge and then came to in out to eat. Reporter the man may have suffered add medical emergency. Had this been an hour l