Couple of hours ago. When we arrived here on the scene, we were told by Police Officers to move to the side of the street, to hug the wall, especially if we saw other officers hugging the wall. As you mentioned, this is all going down at the crown hotel, a Single Room Occupancy Hotel on valencia just past 16th street where as you also mentioned a source has told abc 7 news this may have began when a manager went door to door telling residents or tenants inside this sro that they would be spraying for pesticides and an individual pulled a gun. We had heard reports at one point that that individual possibly had some type of incendiary device. Of course there were other people inside the sro. They had to be evacuated. Residents told us they were asked to leave the sro in a single file line. We spoke with one woman who described what it was like. We were just sitting in the room and we heard the pounding on the door. We didnt know what it was. Then we opened the door and the officer said,
Going door to door doing approximatepost control services. Now still so many hours later, there remains there are three blocks in the very densely populated and very busy Mission District that remain cordoned off. And let me show you what is just arrived here in just the last few minutes here on valencia street. There are two buses. Those have been brought in for residents in this area who are being affected by the standoff to just kind of sit and lounge in. Of course the biggest concern for police is that the persons room has a window facing valencia street in that building. They have ee vvacuated the area. A police have toll us they have moved it inside that building. They have made contact and the person did talk with officers probably about 6 30 or so this evening in the hall outside of the room. But the conversation was not productive. This area is one of the most densely populated and busy neighbors in the city and we talked with a Restaurant Customer who talked about being evacu
They say he rammed into a patrol car during that pursuit. He also crashed into another vehicle and just kept on driving. The truck somehow became disabled and it rolled into the safeway parking lot here on Stevens Creek and stopped. Sometime during all of this, officers fired shots. Heres what a Police Sergeant told us a short time ago. Our officers attempted to make the car stop and take the suspect into custody. During that encounter, multiple officers fired at the suspect. He was struck at least once. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital and he is listed with lifethreatening injuries. Reporter as you heard, the Police Sergeant say multiple officers were involved. Were not sure exactly how many fired shots and how many shots really were fired. We know the truck from the video that we took from sky 7 as well as on the ground, its riddled with bullets and its wedged in between two patrol vehicles. Its unknown if the suspect had a weapon. We still arent
Millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Sergey Petrov would go no further. Not even to say russia would hand over the two intelligence agents if found guilty. He was adamant, though, that russia had no influence in the november u. S. Elections. As far as i know, my government approached the u. S. Government requesting this evidence and we never received anything. Reporter he is cautiously optimistic that under President Trump the relationship between the two countries will improve. He insists that under president obama things deteriorated. Towards the end of his administration, mr. Obama ordered the expulsion of some Russian Diplomats in the united states, including a few from the San Francisco office. I wouldnt use word offended. I would use a word disappointed. Reporter there is a large russianspeaking community in San Francisco concerned about whats happening between the two countrie
Tensions escalate internationally, im kristen. Im dan ashley. The operatives behind the cyber attack are increasing levels of distrust between the two countries. The issue has been deepening. Abc reporter spoke with the consum Russian Federation in San Francisco. She joins us live in the newsroom. Leeann . The consul general called all these allegations of hacking and then, of course, posting things on wikileaks, he called them, quote, ridiculous fantasy. Now, he told me these accusations only make both countries move further apart. Now, russia, he says, doesnt want to go back to the days of the cold war. Until they are Proven Guilty in the court of law. Reporter thats the russian consul general responding that the agency filed criminal charges against two russian intelligence agents and hackers worker for them. They sold private information of millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Se