The april shooting. It took just 40 seconds from the time the officer entered the walmart to open fire. Police received a call about a man carrying a baseball bat and trying to steal some items. The man is steven taylor. The family said he is homeless and was suffering a mental emergency. A criminal suspect versus someone suffering from a mental episode should be different. D. A. Nancy omalley filed the charges. The new state law said deadly force should only be used by police when they believe its necessary. Other deescalation options. Reporter eleven fletch officer fletcher did not wake for backup. He wrote it is important that we allow the judicial process to take its course. The officer is scheduled to be arraigned september 15th. Public Health Officials are urging you to be very safe this Holiday Weekend. Make sure you wear the face coverings. We all know what happened after the memorial day weekend. Ktvus allie rasmus joins us. Throw in some triple digit heat and theres a desire
Immediate threat when the officer opened fire back in april. The d. A. Said officer fletcher did not wait for his cover officer before confronting taylor, tasing him, and shooting him just 45 seconds after arriving at the store. Officer flechess actions coupled with his fare to attempt other deescalation options ended his use of deadly force unreasonable. Today the san lee an dough police chief said i know the loss of Steven Taylor has deeply affected this community. Today the District Attorney has charged officer Jason Fletcher with voluntary manslaughter. It is essential that we allow the judicial process to take its course. The defense attorney is accusing the prosecutors of essentially succumbing to mob rule is the way he put it. Henry, what is the status of the officer right now, and if he is convicted, what kind of penalty could he face . Frank, that officer has been on paid administrative leave since that shooting back in april, and could get anywhere from probation up to 11 yea
The real changes goingon charges. Saturday afternoon into sunday and monday, and thats when temperature start to elevate the San Leandro Police up us significantly. And the heat advisory for areas or is the 1st in Alameda County away from our. A lot like today. To be charged with a deadly slightly warmer. Than the five day forecast. Crime since the bart shooting of oscar grant back in 2009. You can see over my shoulder big number start to show up saturday, sunday, and monday. Good evening, everyone. Right now, the hottest day of im frank somerville. And im Heather Holmes come the week sunday with in tonight for julie. Temperatures coming up near 107, so going to be a hot one. Alameda county da says the man with the bat inside that fire danger comes up as well. Air quality hopefully will be walmart did not pose an immediate threat to the officer better by then, but right now or to the public. We are still through tomorrow she is bringing charges of in spare the air alert. Involuntary ma
Pineapple express. Rich source of moisture heading right toward us. And as it does were going to feel the effects of this level 3 storm. One to two inches of rain for most areas. Two to four in the hills tomorrow. Flooding concern was high in the burn areas, and the winds will be gusting 40 to 50 miles an hour. Flash flood watch for the recent burn areas tomorrow afternoon through thursday morning. Rainfall rates, half an inch an hour will lead to mudslides, debris flows, and possibility of flash flooding. So light rain tomorrow morning in the north bay, and then it intensifies as we head into the afternoon and evening. Along with the heavy rain will be some strong winds, especially in the hills, gusting to 50 miles an hour. Wind advisory up wednesday afternoon through thursday morning. So watch out for falling trees and power lines. Flooding on the burn scar areas, mud, debris flows, flooding on the streets and trees down, high likelihood. Power outages, moderate possibility. Ill time
Nespresso. What else . Theres worry about more evacuations in the north bay fire zone tonight as a powerful storm bears down on us. Right now emergency crews are hurrying to get neighborhoods ready for some heavy rain. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim in for ama daetz. Well get to the north bays emergency plan in just a moment. But first lets check on the coming storm with abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. Yeah, dan and dion, this is going to be a strong, slowmoving soaker. Right now on live doppler 7 take a look here. We are seeing a few sprinkles but this is not the storm. This is just moisture coming in ahead of the storm. We are tracking the system. Its a level 3 strong storm with a moisture tap and the cold air coming in with it. Its basically a storm system that is tapping into atmospheric river. Its what is known as the pineapple express. Rich source of moisture heading right toward us. And as it does were going to feel the effects of this level 3 storm. One to