the camp s lone doctor was completely overwhelmed so the doctor wrote out instructions handed medicine to him and asked him to help. she said a lot of these people are not going to make it. this will just help make them more comfortable. then he and his friends sat with them. they would sit with them so they wouldn t be alone. reporter: a friend also from the north bay had just left base camp with a head cold hours before the avalanche struck. scott holder told us by phone that he has not yet been willing to watch the video of what happened. i purposely avoided watching the videos. i m sure i will at this point. i just don t want to put my mind there, because that s friends i m watching. reporter: again, this is john reiter s third attempt at everest and the second time that an avalanche has turned him around. coming up at 6:00 we ll speak with his 13-year-old son, augustin about whether or not his father should try again next spring and about his father s passion for
him, watching friday night. you will hear from her tonight. good evening and we begin tonight with the breaking news from baltimore. a city on edge since the death of a police suspect died in police custody. his spine nearly severed. and new images at this hour. more than a half dozen officers injured. you can see the officer s head being helped. and cars set on fire. law enforcement across much of the city in riot gear this evening after the suspect freddie gray died in police custody. this evening, the calls for restraint are being ignored. we are team coverage beginning with jim avila. reporter: tonight the horror erupting across baltimore demonstrators jumping on police cars, setting some on fire the city erupting in rock-throwing, rubber bullet-shooting chaos. looters breaking into stores in broad daylight. hundreds of police in riot gear trying to regain control of the streets around a mall less than a mile from where freddie grey was arrested. most of the prote
to shelter in place, stay put. the s.w.a.t. team stormed the building. after about two hours, they did not find the gunman. but they did find bullet fragments on the second floor of the building, likely fired from a handgun. police say a doctor may have been targeted. the doctor did not recognize this person. we re still investigating whether this person is known to anybody within the building, if there is a relationship between the doctor and the suspect. no one was injured. a school concert had been scheduled tonight at a nearby middle school. that was canceled because of what happened there. the usgs is reporting a strong earthquake struck off the west coast of vancouver island tonight. it happened just after 8:00 an hour ago or so at a magnitude of 6.7. the epicenter was about 58 miles offshore. so far no reports of injury or damage. it was a good distance offshore. and the u.s. tsunami warning center did not issue any sort of tsunami warning. you know, a lot of tee
sherpa have told the government that they want a list of requirements met before they ll good to the top. they want death benefits for surviving families and retirement and several other things. reporter: whether those demands are met in time i anyone s guest, due to weather conditions. there s a tight window in which attempts to reach the summit can be made. we hoped to talk to jon reiter him over video phone later this evening. developing news out of san leandro tonight. an eight-year-old boy nearly drowned. police and fire kraus are still on the scene at marina park talking to witnesses. details are still unclear. we do know a good samaritan pulled the boy from the water and administered cpr. he was rushed to children s hospital oakland. his condition is unknown. we ll continue to update you on the story on twitter. a san francisco police officer escaped serious injury today after being dragged bay suspect s car. this happened in the city s castro district. officers were
though today authorities called over the search to fine them bus of bad weather. lillian kim talked to the wife of john reiter, who is on mt. everest hoping to continue his journey to the top. she said her husband had to think about whether to continue with his pursuit. he decided to keep going but it s not up to him. jon reiter was in the path of the avalanche on friday, between base camp and cam one on a training exercise when the snow and ice came crashing down. his sherpa pushed him behind a ice block, and riot reiter survived. the community is in shock. the is it the deadliest disaster on mt. everest, and although reiter wants to continue with his journey he may nod be able to. i thought he needed time to just be there and then decide what to do. now if he can he wants to go to the top. it s up certain because the sherpa have told the government that they want a list of requirements met before they ll good to the top. they want death benefits for surviving families