Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, hit and killed by a pick up truck. Tonight east bay authorities Authorities Say they captured a driver who plowed into a warehouse with wadden pallets. I am eric thomas in for dan ashley. Police say a man in a truck ran over the warehouse worker who tried to stop him from stealing wooden pallets at True World Foods. Hours later police in oakland spotted the truck believed to be involved in the deadly attack. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard is live at Police Headquarters with the developing story. Cornell . Reporter eric and ama, we still dont mow the name of the man who bravely tried to stop the suspect from stealing the pallets today. Tonight he is under arrest charged with homicide. A ford f250 pick up with wooden pallets is hauled away with evidence where it was spotted by Oakland Police officers hours after the truck was involved in a deadly hitandrun. We know we have located the vehicle responsible for todays homicide. You s
A good tuesday morning. We begin with Donald Trumps wife coming to his defense and dismissing his 2005 comments about grabbing women as boy talk. Breaking her silence Melania Trump also rejecting the allegations of nine women who say her husband groped or kissed them against their will. And shes echoing his claim that the media is trying to derail his campaign. Meantime, trump talked to abc news about the allegations and hes still telling supporters that the election is rigged. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the latest for us from washington. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter kendis and diane, good morning. Youve got it, Melania Trump sitting down for the first time to talk about Donald Trumps sexually aggressive comments on that bus but shes not only talking about that, shes also talking about the election agreeing with her husband that it may be rigged. Melania trump hasnt said much throughout the Campaign Season but shes speaking out now about her husbands infamous hot mike moment. I said
It wasnt enough. The scene shocked c. H. P. Officers a Toyota Corolla torn apart with three dead men inside. This is one of the more nasty ones. We do not see it a lot out here but it happens from time to time. All the Debbie Wassermanschultz car was discovered on a rural two lane section, the call came at midnight but no one knows how long it was there. No one saw it hand, someone happened upon it and called sunday. This were no obvious signs of drink asking no bottles of alcohol but they will do toxicology tests. It look like the car hit a poll and some trees at high rate of speed. It appears speed is a factor and we are looking into that. If that is the case it could be an instance of taking the turn too fast but, again,is all preliminary. It is tragic situation something that we never want to have to respond to no Emergency Personnel want to respond to this. The coroner is still notifying next of kin but said that it will likely release the names and ages of the victims later today
Was killed after trying to stop a man from stealing the palettes. The latest now on this investigation. Reporter Police Officers are calling the circumstances gutwrenching. They say the victim was a longtime san leandro resident who worked hard and was trying to do the right thing when he was killed. This is the man police say was senselessly killed while trying to stop a crime at his workplace. 54yearold Takeshi Watanabe of san leandro. He worked at True World Foods on Williams Street for 23 years and died while confronting a man stealing palettes from the employee parking lot. Witnesses told police watanabe banged his fists on the hood of the truck to stop the driver when the suspect hit the gas instead. 27yearold Kadeem Edwards of richmond was arrested on suspicion of murder. The witness statements as well as the Surveillance Video show that Kadeem Edwards intentionally drove over mr. Takeshi and fled the scene without stopping, without looking back. Reporter police say palette thef
Conditions over the next couple days. That will be nice. Well get to dry out after all that rain this past weekend. More rain for next week. Enjoy this break because its rain season and were tracking more of that. A nice break this morning. Mainly kwleer skies and fog across the north bay. 40s and 50s for the most part this morning. Well see 70s later this afternoon for the inland valleys, 60s along the coastline. 80s returning to the bay. Well talk about that plugs the rain that comes our way. In the meantime, lets toss over to mike and talk about the morning commute. Were talking about a pretty Pleasant Drive across the bay. A crash in fremont, southbound 880 hack has seen a traffic break. Slowing as a result of that heading back towards mission and south of Dixon Landing road. South of there we have a smoolkt drive toward 237, but east 237 getting over back to 880. Another crash on the shoulder. That might affect your approach to the transition. A live look towards free month and we