Officerinvolved shooting just a short distance from this entrance about half a mile from this entrance between this area, saratoga avenue and winchester boulevard. That involved san jose police. Sources tell us a suspect pulled a gun on an officer who was part of a specialized unit, not a patrol unit. One person was shot and killed. No officers were hurt. The chp this afternoon shut down both lanes of southbound highway 85 and that has created a lot of headaches for motorists tonight. It is possible that this section of highway 85 is going to remain closed for hours. Just a few minutes ago the san jose crime scene van just pulled on to the highway to begin this investigation, but again, chp officers tell me that it is possible that the that this section of the highway, starting at saratoga avenue southbound on highway 85 could be closed for hours while that investigation continues. Reporting live in san jose, maryanne favro, numbers bay area news. Thank you very much. More breaking new
On kpix5 news at 6 pm. Breaking news out of San Francisco where a construction worker fell 40 feet, and it happened on 11th street between mission and market. Betty yu is live at the scene. Reporter im told by San Francisco police, this construction worker suffered broken bones and was unconscious when he was rushed to the hospital. It happened here on 11th street near market. Im told by police, that construction worker was on top of a platform on the top of a red crane. One of the welds that held together a pin broke and that sent the man falling to the ground. There will several other construction workers who witnessed this fall at tiarwork on a new building here on 11th street. At this hour, it seems many of those construction workers have returned to work. We are expecting osha to be en investigate. Just a recap for you, this afternoon, a construction worker fell 40 feet from the platform to the ground. He has been rushed to a Trauma Center in serious and critical condition. We con
Live in saratoga. Reporter for more than seven hours, this section of southbound highway 85 has been shut down. You can see tonight the arrows diverting traffic onto saratoga highway. Tonight, investigators are trying to piece together how a police stop turned deadly. Tonight an officerinvolved shooting investigation in the middle of highway 85. A line of cops. The cars had caution tape on it. Reporter San Jose Police say when officers pulled a car over around 3 00 this afternoon, a man in the passenger seat pulled out a handgun. Police say thats when one officer shot and killed the suspect. The officers were not hurt. Chp shut down this section of southbound highway 85 near saratoga so the Santa Clara County d. A. s office and the homicide unit could safely investigate. That left hundreds of drivers grinding through gridlock. This woman says it took her more than a half hour to drive about a mile. Yeah. I was about to run out of gas. I was like on my last bar, and i was like, okay, i
Andrea has the latest developments. I this is a scene of the officerinvolved shooting this happened after 3 in the afternoon in the southbound lanes of highway 85 near the winchester boulevard exit. According to the San Jose Police officers, they pulled the car on every and the adult male passenger pulled out a handgun, when the officer fired and striking the man once. He was pronounced dead at the scene. As investigators collected evident, southbound highway 85 was closed from saratoga avenue to winchester boulevard creating a traffic nightmare. Took us an hour to get three miles. An hour for three miles . Yeah. I have been waiting an hour and a half trying to get through. I am on the way the San Jose Police Department Said the homicide unit and the Santa Clara District Attorneys Office are investigating the case. The officer who fired the shots has been placed on a routine paid administrative leave. Now, the driver in the car was not hurt during the shooting and the officers were not
Good evening, everyone the effort to offer Covid Vaccinations to virtually all americans, including the youngest among us, is close tonight pfizer confirming late today it has started down the road of seeking Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years who are currently ineligible child cases stood last week at over 800,000. Thats less than the previous week but still extremely high pfizer for now calling for two lowerdose shots for the youngest group. If approved, the first injections could begin within weeks but the news comes with a nagging dose of reality, reluctance of among many parents to have their kids vaccinated tom costello now with late details reporter with 3. 5 million new Pediatric Covid cases, january alone, the potential that shots could be going into very young arms within a month is welcome news for millions of parents. Every day im worried about them contracting covid. I would say that were very cautious. Reporter in maryland, the cr