This a very challenging time for many people in our community. Damon was a hero. Hes somebody that were never going to forget. The community in Santa Cruz County is still mourning the loss of Sergeant Damon guts willer after he was killed in an ambush on saturday at a press conference this afternoon officials announced the 32 yearold stephen is the main suspect in his death. Hes expected to be charged with firstdegree murder. The fbi is also investigating if the suspect had any links to the killing of a federal officer who was shot outside of a courthouse in oakland. More than a week ago. A worker at the ben lomond pot dispensary says he had a face to face encounter with the suspect. Has that killer the alleged killer was trying to escape kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us the video of that exchange. The Surveillance Video shows the suspect crouched behind a parked car in front of the redwood coast dispensary off highway 9 in ben lawman saturday afternoon employee Mark Kowalski says at
Deputy. Thanks for joining us at 10, im ken wayne, im pam moore, the attack over the weekend killed 38 yearold Sergeant Damon got swell or who leaves behind a pregnant wife in a 2 yearold child. Cuts will or was a 14 year veteran of the Santa Cruz County sheriffs office. As you just heard the county sheriff is calling his death a murder. Kron fours dan thorn live for us in santa cruz tonight with the very latest on this case than. Ken and pam investigators say they plan on staying on scene in ben lomond for at least the next few days. Search of the shooters home so far has turned up several guns and several explosives. The sheriff says that this gunman would have gotten away if it wasnt for some brave citizens who stepped in to help out. Heroic actions caught on camera fearless citizens pinning down accused cop killer Stephen Police say he was trying to escape after shooting and killing a deputy at his home in ben lowe month he was dangerous. Hes angry man intent on bringing harm. The
Movement sparked by floyds death. Is leading to calls to Defund Police departments around the country its a lot easier to fix windows and is the existence of leading the charge to make a difference and east bay residents stepping up the project created to help black Business Owners now and in the future. Good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at a time can way and im pam moore federal and local officials provided an update on the killing of a Santa Cruz County deputy today, suspected gunman stephen is accused of an ambush style attack. At his home that involved explosives and gunfire. Deputy dave and thats willard was killed and 2 other officers were injured in saturdays melee. Kron fours dan thorn live for us in santa cruz tonight he joins us now with an update on whats going on we see a large. Pile and flowers erin honor of that deputy dan. Thats right ken and pam this is a growing memorial here outside of the Sheriffs Office here in santa cruz investigators mean
Counting ballots today. And we begin with political reporter theo keith who is in milwaukee. Theo, there were some delays with the recount this morning . The recount got off to a very slow start here. In fact the first ballots from the city of milwaukee werent counted for more than three hours. For the suburbs, it took even longer. Stein supporter objected to the election commissioners decision to only publicly test two of the Voting Machines being used in the recount. Commissioners came back and decided to test them all. One of them was broken and had to be fixed. But the objector, Mark Kowalski of greenfield, says it was theres nothing like a 100 percent quality check. If youre in a factory and theres a problem, sometimes you have to check everything 13 it was 2 30 5 and a half hours before the first suburban Milwaukee County votes hit the machines. Also commissioners have rejected about a halfdozen ballots that had been accepted on election day. The county clerk expects he will be a
Recount. Yes im making an objection to only testing one machine versus all the machines 31 Milwaukee County commissioners then decided to test all of them. One of them was broken, and had to be fixed. The objector, Mark Kowalski of greenfield, said the delay was worth it. Theres nothing like a 100 percent quality check. If youre in a factory and theres a problem, sometimes you have to check everything 13 the first city of milwake the machines just after noon. Nats feeding ballots suburban ballots, two hours later. Besides the 130 election inspectors. Representatives from the Political Parties were here to challenge absentee ballots. Some ballots didnt have the necessary signatures. There have been a couple that have been rejected because they were improperly filed 26 the county clerk says, despite the delays, he expects to finish the recount by the december 12 deadline. Im not saying its going to be no problem to complete the recount by the 11 these are suburban municipalities feeding