Coverage. The protest at Civic Center Park was not the first one of the day on the uc berkeely campus. And mostly peaceful kron 4s dan kerman is there for us live tonight with more. Natsthe greatest threat to free speech, the greatest threat comes from right wing forces, they will use violence against those who wish to speak and assemble freely. A noontime rally at uc berkeley was in part nostalgic no violence this time, just students with the International Socialist organization defending the rights of immigrants and the right to free speech this in the wake of the universitys cancellation of a speech by right wing commentator ann coulter. Sot mukund rathi International Socialist organization 2938my feeling is the university should not stop speakers from coming to campus and the role we as students should play those who oppose ann coulter is that we should protest. Natslet me tell you about First Amendment rightsas with more traditional protests at cal, there were competing megaphones
Avenue and douglas drive. John muir elementary is a stones throw from this location. A swat team and officer say they were tracking this suspect in walnut creek because of the suspects connection to a homicide there earlier today. Suddenly. The suspcet took off and there was a chase that ended at the location we just showed you. Now the background of how this started. ,. Around 1 30 this adternoon in walnut creek. A woman was shot dead near the lindsay wildlife experience on first avenue. Now officer and swat members have chased that suspect to martinez. Kron4s lydia pantasas is on scene gathering info. Shell join us with a live report in about 15 minutes. steve staying in the east bay. A big story weve been tracking all day. On a day that conservative commentator ann coulter was so supposed to deliver a speech. Politically fueled protests on uc Berkeley Campus with both coulter supporters and opponents pam the protests started this morning and happened all day. steve tonight we begin
All blocked off. You can see members of the swat team behind me and im in told they have the suspect surrounded in the car. pkg its here. Near larkey park and the Lindsey Wildlife Museum where a woman was found shot multiple times. Medical teams tried to save the womans life but she died at the scene. The suspect fled southbound on buena vista avenue in an unknown vehicle, the suspect is described only as a male. We spoke with neighbors who he i heard the car first of all and then i heard his tires screeching as he came around the corner in about a minute later i heard the sirens going and my dogs were howling so i checked outside and then the next thing with the helicopter that i saw. Swat team members and even a k9 unit was brought in to help. Police also searched a car in the area that they eventually towed away. Then they shifted their resources just one block over. But still no sign of the suspect in this neighborhood. steve thanks lydia thanks lydia well check back in with you as
Morning giving way to a clear and warm weekend. Another round of offshore winds possible monday morning otherwise continued seasonably warm and dry through wednesday. Cooling trend may start around thursday. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Min from 880 less then 30 at park james an hours long standoff with a murder suspect in the east bay continues this morning. Its happening right now in martinez. An armed man is holed up in a car near the corner of howe and old orchard roads. Swat teams surrounded him yesterday evening. And theyre still there. Police say hes suspected of shooting and killing a woman in walnut creek. That shooting happened yesterday afternoon near larkey park and the lindsey wildlife museum. Investigators say the gunman and the victim knew each other. We will continue to monitor this situation and bring you updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. Kron4s avery harper is on the way and will bring us a live report as soon as
Push alert which we sent out around 1 30 this afternoon. Make sure you download the kron four mobile app to always stay up to date on breaking news. catherine now to the breaking news situation just wrapping up in martinez. An hours long standoff with a homicide suspect has finally come to a apeaceful end. grant the man is accused of killing a woman near a museum in walnut creek yesterday afternoon. He was later spotted in a car in martinez where he refused to surrender to officers. The standoff began around 7 last night near the chevron at the intersection of howe road and arnold drive. Thats where kron fours Haaziq Madyun is standing by live. With more on how police were able to successfully bring the suspect into custody. 24hours after a woman was gunned down in walnut creek followed by an intense 19hour Police Standoff here in martinez. The murder suspect is now in custody the 19hour standoff ended like this. A few seconds later, the car door opens, man nervously appears with his h