Three victims frr the bay area. They were friends. The young men were found stabbed inside of the apartment where james and david lived with the gunman. Abc7 News Reporter live in isla vista now. Mary . Reporter you can see students here filing into the stadium behind me and are about to host a Memorial Service to honor those who died the Community Heading down the long road to recovery. 19yearold veronica wiess was a College Freshman with dreams of a career in finance. Dreams denied when she was shot and killed by a gunman on a shooting spree. Her father, an abc employee told abc radio he feels sadness not anger. The world lost great kids. There were red flags about the gunman that killed six and wounded 13. A murder plot detailed in his chilling 137 page manifesto. He e mailed the horrific plan in the minutes before he opened fire. But it was too late for them to save the victims. The rampage began in rodgers apartment. Police discovered stabbed to death his two roommates and a visit
5 45. Theyve been turned on for 15 minutes and it didnt take long for things to quickly tap up into the fat stack up into the foot of the pause. In San Francisco, that stretch of seasoned 280 reopened a couple of hours ahead of schedule. And kpix 5s cate cauguiran shes been standing live by the former construction site all morning long. It seems to be flowing nicely so far. Is that right . Reporter yes, its nice to that we get to give good news to morning commuters and theyll love this sign heading by 6th and brandon this morning. We mentioned that this stretch of 280 was slated to open at 5 00 a. M. But caltrans gave it the okay to open the southbound lanes around 2 00 this morning. It was shut down since thursday night and caltrans crews worked constantly to replace a bridge hinge so that the roadway would be safer in case of an earthquake. The work was so extensive that caltrans shut down about two miles of the highway from king street to pennsylvania avenue. Its been a very challen
Also james was a star student and also volunteered at a local high school. The three victims were all from immigrant chinese families and all pursuing degrees in computer sign and engineering. In the manifesto he talked about the two foreign asian house mates quote they were the biggest nerds i had ever seen and they were both very ugly with annoying voices. Elliot rodgers plotted to get rid of them. David wang of fremont a sophomore engineering student was also killed in that apartment. The victims friend say they had done everything right in their lives. Always smiling and he was a happy kid and its so unfortunately for this ha top ha him. You know and i feel bad for his parents. Its just a shame the way he died just everything hike that. So robbed of a happy life. Good life. Reporter and a friend of david wangs told us that the family wants everyone to know that they do not want this to happen again. Were live in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Okay thank. Were hearing from a bay area st
Happen. The first students killed were all from the bay area. David wang, george chen and james hong. Kpix 5s betty yu has more about the three young men killed by a fellow student. Reporter they were smart kids who friends say had done everything right in their lives. Never had any drama in high school. Always just kept to himself. He wasnt the aggressive type. Its really sad to hear someone would take advantage of that and come after james. Reporter he was one of Elliot Rodgers first victims. Jeff lee last saw him on graduation day. He came back to the high school to pay his respects. James shared so many traits with 19yearold george chen from Leyland High School in san jose. Always smiling and he was a happy kid and its so unfortunate for this to happen to him you know and i feel bad for the his parents. So robbed of a happy life. A good life. Reporter these were the biggest nerds i had ever seen and they were both very ugly with annoying voices. Elliot plotted to get rid of them so
Ktvu has learned four more San Jose Police officers resigned this week, shortly after learning details of the citys revamped disability policy. Ktvus katy utehs is live in san jose, where she talked with one of the officers who decided to leave. This afternoon, katy. Reporter good afternoon, tori. The officer i spoke with has been with the department for 22 years. He says it all comes down to the promise that if hes injured while working as an officer, his family will be taken care of. He says with the new policy, its unclear whether or not that would happen. As of last friday, the city of san jose implemented a new policy in an effort to curb Police Pension costs. As we understand it, if an officer is injured on the job and doesnt qualify for disability, they would be asked to take another job within the city. Its unclear what level the officers would enter the new position at or if there would be protection from future layoffs. One of the four officers leaving this week to take jobs