i learned that he was arrested. i was shocked. i was so confused. i didn t think it was real. in the rarefied world of the ivy league, he was the total package. a star student, gifted athlete, wildly popular. he s one of the nicest guys ever! no one could understand how a weekend visit to his parents house did you say you heard a shot? yes. ended in gunfire. he s already dead. who s already did? my husband. charlie told officers outside, he was gonna kill my mom, i had to do it. yes. a brave son protecting his mom. a harrowing story, but was it true? he seated behind a desk? yes. defenseless really. this seems to be an execution. was this campus hero actually a cold hard killer? defendants is an email to his returning to others, called showtime? or was a true something completely different. one of the things that was always in question was, was charlie covering up for someone else. a trial or nothing went by the book. three of t
officials say at least eight people are dead after a smuggling boat capsized off the coast of san diego. authorities responded to the scene after someone on a separate boat called 911 to report victims in the water. they say rough conditions made the recovery effort difficult. we were in recovery mode for about five hours after that. the access to the area was very difficult due to the tide and the coastal cliff there. that area is a very hazardous area even in the daytime. it has a series of sandbars and inshore rip currents. you would think you could land in sand and get to waist-high or knee-high water and think you re able to get to land. this is one of the worst maritime smuggling tragedies that i can think of in california, certainly here in the city of san diego. authorities are continuing to search for any additional victims. we ll bring you more details as we get them. also happening this hour in california, a desperate race to rescue people trapped in floodwat
yes. ended in gunfire. he s already dead. who s already did? my husband. charlie told officers outside, he was gonna kill my mom, i had to do it. yes. a brave son protecting his mom. a harrowing story, but was it true? he seated behind a desk? yes. defenseless really. this seems to be an execution. was this campus hero actually a cold hard killer? defendants is an email to his returning to others, called showtime? or was a true something completely different. one of the things that was always in question was, was charlie covering up for someone else. a trial or nothing went by the book. three of the jurors were crying really hard. they re turning around their seats, getting emotional. they see what s coming. he was becoming unhinged. welcome to dateline. charlie tan was an ivy league or with a bright future, but then charlie s dad was killed in a home and everything changed. police are being told one story, but the evidence was te
murder. something that had just occurred. on arrival, the first deputies at the scene saw a young man who had turned out to be 19 year old charlie tan, standing in the driveway with his mother. you are outside of the house? outside of the house. a safety thing for the deputy, no reason to go in. let those people come out. we asked, who was in the house? in the next moment. the deputies tell he had to shoot him, he said, to save his mother. he use the shotgun. he said, my dad is in there. he is dead. i had to do it.
scene saw two capsized vessels, ponga vessels upside down inside the surf line. as they entered the water, they started to see the bodies of victims who had drown and they started pulling people in. they also saw some folks washed up onshore. usually we ll see lifejackets strewn around the beach as well. did you see lifejackets? yes. we saw several lifejackets. that area down there is pitch black. so very little light, visibility. the tide was high. it was a high moderate tide and the beach very small at that hour with that tide. so you ve got a sheer 200-foot cliff to your right and pitch darkness. trying to find signs of life to