stability and peace in turkey. all u.s. citizens there have been told to stay in their homes and not attempt to go to the u.s. embassy or the consulate. turkey is a key u.s. ally. stay with abc 7 news and follow us on abc 7 news bay area for updates throughout the afternoon and evening. and with that, we say good evening, i m larry beil. and i m ama daetz. wayne freedman is in san francisco with local reaction to the coup underway right now. reporter: good afternoon. with short notice, this is as close to turkey as we could get, the ala turka restaurant on gary street where the food is turkish and the people who work here are turkish and the only thing they are talking right now is the coup going on in turkey. let me show you video. a lot has changed since the revolution in 1984. but they are using social media to watch the play-by-play as it evolves. we want a democratic country, we don t want a dictator this is good for the country. you are saying the revoluti
the flight will leave. some passengers aren t in a rush to travel. i m going to check the news. if everything is okay in istanbul, i m going to fly. if not, i ll be here. the inbound flight landed safely from turkey this afternoon so the plane is ready to take off if they decide to fly to an alternate location. flights have been suspended. wayne freedman joining us with friends of the local turkish community. reporter: aim oat the ala turka restaurant where the coup is the main topic of conversation. let s show you video from earlier today. every hour has gathered more news and they are gathering it by any means possible, talking to family and friends at home on social media. they don t like the social and religious oppression of the present regime but to see this whole thing play out like this we are against the military coup in our country, however it doesn t mean the government is good. reaction, we want a democratic country. we don t want a dictator so t
take over the country. the country is under martial w law. a large explosion has been heard in istanbul as police and military exchange fire. shots have been fired near pro-government protesters and some have been injured. a top turkish official came out and said the coup is unsuccessful and all government officials are in charge of their officers. the military has taken over state tv. this shows themmin stied of the capital city of ankara. they reported a bomb hitting parliament and a military helicopter killing 17 officers. the turkey president went on national tv using face-time and urging supporters to take to the streets but his exact location is unknown. the president is urging everybody involved in the situation to show restraint. this photo shows the president on the phone with john kerry, getting briefed on the situation. the u.s. state department is advising americans not to travel to turkey. american airlines was supposed to take off from sfo at 6:00 so now t
person killed and walnut creek this year. the 38-year-old bay area resident was fatally shot overnight in this intersection of cyprus and focus downtown. blocks away from the police station. 1:28 am in the morning, our officers heard sounds of gunfire coming from locust street. reporter: police say that brown was inside the bar before he was shot three times in the back. he was taken to a nearby hospital where he died of his injuries shortly after police say about 30 people were in the area at the time. witnesses reported seeing the shooting and said that it was an african-american male in his 20s, approximately 6 feet tall, and 160 pounds. reporter: the search is on for the gun man, and his room leaves behind a fiancie and her daughter. walnut creek police detectives are following up on the leads and this is an extremely active investigation. all the information thus far indicates that this was not a random event. reporter: police say that this murder does not
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