declined. the school is appealing the decision. we do a lot of reporting on oakland s crime problems. it s clear, some parts of town just are not safe. one man claims even city workers are becoming hardened. he says he has a black eye and stitches to prove it. it just seems like the wild west out here. reporter: josh daniels didn t used to feel that way about oakland, but early saturday morning here in franco gala plaza that changed. they didn t want him using their trash bin. they start saying, you don t belong here. get out of here, we re going to beat your ass. at that point, i reached for my phone, and started filming the incident. reporter: daniel says one of the man became incensed, and attacks. right at that moment, he grabs my shirt color and starts pounding me. reporter: the man beat daniels until he blacked out. when he woke up, daniels was covered in blood. ten stitches and then some dermabond. i have an orbital fracture on my eye. reporter: danie
good morning, everyone. we begin with new details in the shooting at an atlanta area elementary school. michael brandon hill is in custody after surrendering to police. the police don t have a motive. but the 20-year-old apparently had stopped taking his medication. there s the school clerk who managed to talk hill into laying down his weapon and ammunition, most likely saving many young lives. we begin our coverage with abc s kristin fisher. reporter: 20-year-old michael brandon hill is in police custody this morning. but his motive for terrorizing this atlanta elementary school may never be understood. even his own brother is at a loss. i couldn t tell you what his mindset was when he went up in there. i honestly can tell you he has a long history of medical disorders and everything. going to including bipolar. reporter: timothy hill says his brother has a troubled past. he was arrested earlier this year for alleged terrorist threats and acts and sentenced to pr
a man with an ak-47 walking into an elementary school and ordering an employee to call a local tv station. he then opened fire. no one was injured, students were evacuated as a precaution there. david gregory has more. reporter: reports of gunfire near atlanta. the children were escorted to the back of the school grounds for safety. as dozens of law enforcement agents scoured the campus. i never thought something like this would happen in my neighborhood, period. reporter: police say a 20-year-old carrying an ak-47 and other weapons slipped past the buzzer security system and into the school by following behind someone authorized to enter. at the front office he barricaded himself with a couple of office employees. reporter: as police arrived, the gunman left the office, firing at least a half dozen rounds at responding officers. officers were able to return fire when they saw him alone. reporter: when police fired back, the suspect dropped to the ground and sur
until tomorrow morning. a massive wildfire near yoes threatening hundreds of structures shut down highway 120 a gateway to the park. there is good news elsewhere in the state. the american fire in placer county and the sweets fire in butte county up north are nearly full containment right now. hundreds of firefighters are still working on the rim fire near yosemite that forced 200 seniors to evacuate camps run by cities of san francisco and san jose. the fire is 15 square miles big and threatening 2500 buildings and people are getting out. it s terrifying how unpredictable it is and how fast it s moving. i don t know what to think anymore really. i have 50 years of memorabilia and it s very difficult to choose what to take so mostly pictures. so far, two homes and five buildings have burned and the fire has jumped highway 120 as it inches to to grow. the american fire in placer county is even bigger than the rim fire. it s burned more than 15,000 acres in the tahoe
police say he had no obvious connection to the school in decatur. the school was evacuated and no one was injured. the gunman told one school employee he was sorry for what he was doing and was willing to die. tarika duncan has our report. reporter: elementary school children sprinted to safety after a gunman opened fire at the ronald e. mcnair discovery learning academy in decatur, georgia. what did they tell you? there was a lockdown because someone was in the building. mm-hmm? right? and it was scary. reporter: 800 students were evacuated. no one was injured. police say 20-year-old michael brandon hill snuck into the school with an assault rifle and ordered a secretary to call an atlanta tv station. station employee lacy lecor answered the call. the front desk called ahead to say i m transferring someone and she says she s in a school office with a gunman. i asked her what he wanted and she said he wanted us to start filming as police die. reporter: authori