tyrone griffin's family is heart-sick.and looking for justice. the 36-year-old from hayward was killed with his young son by his side.inside his hometown target. today.we caught up with griffin's family.just a short time before they learned the suspects were charged with murder. 22-year old frankie archuleta who you see here. also, his brother, 25-year old jesse archuleta.both are from hayward. they were arragned today in alameda county superior court. >> grant: bush and for justice for their level in the 36 year- old hayward was killed with his young son by his side inside his home town target. the cup with griffin's family just a short time before they learned that the suspects charged with murder. can a very end of the scene. hard time for us. us >> reporter: into the voice of the 22 year-old and 25 year- old father. a restaurant suspicion of 36 year-old tyrone written. mr. archer auletta at the courthouse in oakland. and says he feels obligated to come to his defense. mr. archer lettuce says nate incident happened at the target store in haywa

>> well, high, dan, the wife of the victim in this case, tyrone griffin jr. became emotional in court and started screaming at one of the defendants in the courtroom and she had to be removed by the bailiffs and in the meantime the father of the defendants told us there's another side to the story. >> they were attacked. >> this man did not want us to show his face, but he's the father of two brothers arrested for the murder of tyrone griffin jr. stabbed to death in a target store on christmas eve. >> they are portraying them as thugs or something going into the store and it's not even like that. you know, they are always home with their family. >> 22-year-old frankie archuleta and his 25-year-old brother were arrested saturday night near the target where police say an altercation led to griffin's death. >> and they ran nearby and they were hiding. >> he was trying to talk to them about the curse music they were playing. >> tommy davis was with griffin and his two youngest children at the target. she told us the men stabbed griffin after he told them to turn

here inside of this target store in hayward this past christmas eve "we had been shopping all day" griffin was doing some last minute christmas shopping with his girlfriend tondaleaho davis and his two small children. "we still needed wrapping paper and bows and his son josh and one more toy than his daughter jade and he was adamant about getting that one more toy" she says to speed things along, the two split up inside the store, each taking one of the children with them. she says at one point she saw one of her friends in the checkout line. when did you know something was wrong? "she said, somebody got stabbed up back there, and i was like in target and she was like yeah" she said she immediately called his cellphone but there was no answer "so now i'm scared" she asked a man standing near by if the man injured was black, white or latino? "he said, no, he was black and he was withhis son and i just ran to the back" when she got there tyrone griffin was bleeding profusely "i was going crazy and he was like, josh? still worried about his son, still worried about his baby, the only reason t

two men have been arrested and charged with griffin's murder. but as kron 4's haaziq madyun reports, right now, his mom is focused on doing right by her son. ".and everyone say amen" the family of tyrone griffin is coming together in prayer here at first morning star missionary baptist church in oakland. "it is the church's desire to raise as much money as possible to help this family pastor albert joe harris is leading the prayers for help. the family wants to give griffin a proper funeral. " i believe that there are enough compassionate people in this world to reach out and help this family they just needed to know that there was a need" on christmas eve griffin was shopping for toys with his two small children at this target in hayward when he was involved in an altercation and he was stabbed multiple times and died a short time later from his injuries "yes, it was me that was there that day, that had to console his children" tondaleaho davis is griffin's girlfriend. and was chistmas shopping with him. he was recently divorced after being sep

he said griffin bashed his face with a champagne bottle. >> frankie guy with the bottle and jesse said he was hit as well. when he saw what happened he rushed over to help his brother. >> the father said jesse then stabbed griffin.>> under my son 's eyelid it is all shattered and he might have to have it surgically repaired. >> police are not commenting on what led up to the killing but the security video will show what happened. >> i spoke to frankie and he said everything will come up. he said everything doesn't look good on the news that everything will come out when they see the videos hoping it will come out that my sons were defending themselves as they are saying. >> still the father is saddened that griffin died. >> i'm very sorry and remorseful for that. >> people are shopping, you want to play provocative music, just turn it down. my husband's life could have been spared. >>> the brothers are scheduled to return to court later today and have attorneys assigned to them. it could also enter a plea. no bail has been set. >>> the resort in lake tahoe real thing after a fire shut

jesse admitted to stabbing griffin, but said he was defending himself police say. the case against the brothers was delayed until january 6. >> when this case does end up going forward, i expect that he will be fully exonerate and that he was acting in self- defense. >> franky's attorney says he was too busy to excellent. >> i know people are going to judge by the way they look, by what this he hear right away or what they think. my brothers are family men. they stay home and go to work. they have their own children. they're not bad men. this was not a random attack. >> henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >> police are asking for the public's help as they investigate a shooting at the bay street shopping complex. officers say they heard gunfire on shell mound street just after 10:00 last night. as they searched the area, there were several 911 calls about gunshots outside the parking lot of the hyatt place hotel on bay street. police found bullet casings and shattered glass, but the shooters and victims were not there. witnesses reported seeing people in separate cars firi

griffin's property. he doesn't want any trespassers. - it isn't his property yet. - it will be, tomorrow. i wouldn't try to argue the point. (gun cocking) (glass shattering) (body thudding) (baby crying) - what about it, clete? you want to continue the argument? (horse galloping off) go back in the house, mrs. morrow. i'm sorry this had to happen here. - did it have to happen at all, mr. paladin? or have guns and killing become your way of life? (door closing) (horse galloping) is this the best one you have? - nothing better west of the mississippi. - i hope not, i got a lot of digging to do. that ground's baked mighty hard out there. hasn't been ploughed since steve morrow died. here you are. - thank you. - sure did. - paladin! you gonna bury something, paladin? - or dig something up. what time is that auction out at the morrow place? - two o'clock. - i wouldn't want to miss that. i'll see you out there. pbpcpfphpiplpmpoprptpupw get to business now. according to law, i'm supposed to read but you all kno

griffin as his son watched. >> it would be the last time he would be able to protect his son. >> griffin died at a hospital. hayward police arrested two suspects after they ran from the store. their names have not been released. >>> now prosecutors are expecting to decide whether to file murder charges and coming up at 6 we will hear more from the victim's family. henrily. ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the group around serve years but the california independence have gained attraction after election of donald trump. >>> we are saying this will get louder and we would rather be independent. >> even though support is growing why it may not be enough for california to become an independent nation. college football fans arriving in the bay area for tomorrow's bowl game here at levi stadium. coming up, why the football game will be special for one father and how it will make family history. >>> tracking this holiday week. i hope you have it off and walking at home in the comfort of the living room with the fire on. we got cold weather to talk about and the chance for showers as we head towards the wee

go warn colonel griffin. go! >> when new jersey militiamen rally, under the command of colonel samuel griffin, it gives washington the opportunity he's looking for. >> it's impossible to imagine a more challenging time for george washington. he was being urged by other officers, who perhaps wanted his job, "hunker down and hold off, because a loss could finish us." he says "no, i'm doubling up, picking up the pace, and we're taking the fight to them." >> general washington, i've come from jersey. have raised 600 men. i ask permission to lead them in action against the enemy. >> permission granted, colonel griffin. >> very good, sir. >> though griffin commands only a small volunteer militia, he's the key to washington's plan to cross the delaware river and attack the hessian garrison at trenton, new jersey. colonel glover, a word. >> washington knows that the capture of that hessian garrison in of itself is not going to turn the tide. but what it will do is have a galvanizing effect on the american people, to real

the 36-year-old griffin was killed on christmas eve. laura anthony has the message that griffin's partner has for her husband's accused killers. >> these are two families touched deeply by one tragedy both distraught with very different viewpoints. >> removed from the courtroom after an outburst the wife of griffin jr. lated choice words for the two brothers charged with stabbing griffin to death in the hayward target on christmas eve. >> i don't know if they were high or what how could you do something like that? how could you do something like that? you tube his life in front of his child. all the father of the two brothers arrested in his disclaim that they acted in self-defense. >> they were attacked, they were thugs going into the store and it is not even like that. they home with their family. >> 22-year-old and his 25-year-old brother were arrested on saturday night near the target where police say an altercation led to the death. ought suspects, after the stabbing, fled the scene. fled the store. they ran. they were hiding. >> h

griffin. saya was not there. in her grief, she remembered a moment the two shared in new york last year. they had just seen the "book of mormon" on broadway. on facebook she wrote, the city was so beautiful, amidst all the lights, i got to look at th brightest light of all. my sweetie. i cried and we kissed. a photographer nearby captured the moment. saya's red lipstick still on griffin's cheek. >> they looked like nobody else existed. >> reporter: arcan took the photo. new york for saya, this became everything. after the fire, she tried to track down the photograph to get a copy. maybe some facebook miracle could happen. please share, she wrote. thousands of people did. he saw the post and sent the picture. >> i can give her this picture as a memory of her loss of griffin. and i hope she will deep that forever. >> reporter: saya is not ready to talk about her loss. but she did write a tribute for griffin. i had been hoping for a miracle. a glimpse of my life, with the backing of my friends an

the wife of tyrone griffin jr had choice words for the two brothers charged with stabbing griffin to death in a hayward target on christmas eve. >> i don't know if they were high or what. like how you could do something like that? you took his life, right in front of his child. >> but the father of the two brothers claimed they acted in self-defense. >> they were attacked. they're portraying them as thugs or something going into the store, and it's not even like that. you know, they're always home with their family. >> reporter: 22-year-old franchy archuleta and his 25-year-old brother jesse were arrested friday night near the target. >> the suspects after the stabbing fled the scene, fled the store, and they ran nearby and they were hiding. >> he was trying to talk to them about the curse music they were playing. >> reporter: tommy davis was with griffin and his two youngest chil. she told us they stabbed him after he told them to turn down their music. but the archuleta sister told us, her brothers claim it was self-defense. and griffin was stabbed only after he hit one of them in

the wife of tyrone griffin jr had choice words for the two brothers charged with stabbing griffin to death in a hayward target on christmas eve. >> i don't know if they were high or what. like how you could do something like that? you took his life, right in front of his child. >> but the father of the two brothers claimed they acted in self-defense. >> they were attacked. they're portraying them as thugs or something going into the store, and it's not even like that. you know, they're always home with their family. >> reporter: 22-year-old franchy archuleta and his 25-year-old brother jesse were arrested friday night near the target. >> the suspects after the stabbing fled the scene, fled the store, and they ran nearby and they were hiding. >> he was trying to talk to them about the curse music they were playing. >> reporter: tommy davis was with griffin and his two youngest children. she told us they stabbed him after he told them to turn down their music. but the archuleta sister told us, her brothers claim it was self-defense. and griffin was stabbed only after he hit one of them

griffin. saya was not there. in her grief, she remembered a moment the two shared in new york last year. they had just seen the book of mormon on broadway. on facebook she wrote, "the city was so beautiful, and amidst all the light, i got to look at the brightest light of all, my sweetie. i cried and we kissed." a photographer nearby captured the moment, her lipstick still on griffin's cheek." -they looked like nobody else existed. >> arken avan took the photo. it was one of 200,000 he's taken on the streets of new york. after the fire she tried the track down the photographer to get a copy. maybe some facebook miracle could happen, please share, she wrote. thousands of people did. avan saw the post and sent the picture. >> i can give her the picture as a memory of her loss of griffin, and i hope she will keep that for forever. >> reporter: saya is not ready the talk about her loss, but she did unite a tribute to griffin. "i have been hoping for a miracle, a glimpse of your light back into my

he says thats' when griffin hit him. jesse came to frankie's aid, and stabbed griffin, who did not survive. sot- "i'm very sorry and remorseful for that -- wish it never happened. you know, i wish my sons even though, you know, i don't know what to say but i really regret that and i send my remorse and sorrow to the family." the arhculeta brothers chose not to enter a plea during the arriagnment. both are charged with murder and are due back in court thursday. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> steve:a new twist tonight to another hayward homicide case. the alameda county sheriff's office says two more arrests have been made in what they are calling a murder for hire. 38-year-old adan katami of antioch was shot to death in his car back in july at meekland avenue and blossom way. two suspects were arrested as they tried to flee. it turns out both were from tennessee and investigators say they two had traveled to the bay area with the sole mission of killing katami. today the sheriff's office announced the arr

sees acus formalmente de asesinar a tyrone griffin. take vo recordemos que el presunto asesinato ocurrio el 24 de diciembre. cuando segn cuentan familiares. griffin pas por target para hacer una ultima compra de navidad. pero al parecer le pidio a los hermanos archuleta que la bajaran el volumen a la musica que escuchaban pues contenia obsenidades y el no queria que su hijo de 4 años las escuchara. presuntamente esto fue lo que desato una pelea que termino en el apuÑalamiento mortal de griffin en la tienda y aparentemente, en frente de su hijo. hoy su familia aparecio en corte para exigir justicia y esto fue lo que dijo su esposa. take sot sot: nicole simmons- esposa de victima con vo/melissa tengo el corazon partido, mis hijos estn llando, en esperando que su pap vuelva a casa y no entienden que no volver, es algo muy difcil de procesar, no se ni por donde empezar. por su parte familiares de los hermanos archuleta. le dijeron a nuestra cadena hermana nbc. que los acusados actuaron en defensa propia porque griffin empez a agredirlos.

mister archuleta says griffin and his boys exchanged words. and, then when frankie -- pictured here -- walked away, mister archuleta says his son's allege grffin hit frankie in the head with a champagne bottle pulled from a shelf. sot- "so, you're saying they were provoked. frankie was provoked? that's what both of them are telling me, and they've been separated and they're stories pretty much go with each others." mister archuleta says his son jesse came to his brother's aid, admitting his son had a knife and stabbed griffin who later died. mister arhculeta says his son acted out of self defense and believes surveillance video will vindicate both brothers. sot- "i talked to frankie last night, he told me everything that's come out on the news, it dont look good. he goes, everything will come out when they see the videos." in the meantime, the archuleta brothers remain in custody. and, both are due back in court thursday. p neither entered a plea during their arraignment. and, bail is off the table. in oakand, philippe djegal, kron four news.

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mister archuleta says griffin and his boys exchanged words. and, then when frankie -- pictured here -- walked away, mister archuleta says his son's allege grffin hit frankie in the head with a champagne bottle pulled from a shelf. sot- "so, you're saying they were provoked. frankie was provoked? that's what both of them are telling me, and they've been separated and they're stories pretty much go with each others." mister archuleta says his son jesse came to his brother's aid, admitting his son had a knife and stabbed griffin who later died. mister arhculeta says his son acted out of self defense and believes surveillance video will vindicate both brothers. sot- "i talked to frankie last night, he told me everything that's come out on the news, it dont look good. he goes, everything will come out when they see the videos." in the meantime, the archuleta brothers remain in custody. and, both are due back in court thursday. neither entered a plea during their arraignment. and, bail is off the table. in oakand, philippe djegal, kron four news. a

when she got there tyrone griffin was bleeding profusely ' "i was going crazy and he was like, josh? still worried about his son, still worried about his baby, the only reason they did anything to him in the first place" witnesses told davis that griffin got into an altercation with two men after asking them to turn down some profanity laced music playing in the presence of his son. the two men were arrested and remain in custody, yet to be charged you want these people to go to jail? "yes! i want them gone" davis says tyrone turned his life around after becominga devout christian and was a joyful person "he was a very happy man when he left this earth, a very happy man in hayward haaziq madyun kron4news the family of tyron griffin has set up a go fund account to help pay for funeral expenses. the two suspects in the case are behind bars. waiting to be formally charged by the alameda county district attorney's office. we are told that could happen tomorrow. tongiht: a cement truck remains overturned in an sausalito homeowner's yard. you can see it here. this is video from our helicop

two brothers are accused of killing tyrone griffin on christmas eve inside the target store. griffin was shopping for toys with his 4-year-old son, and was upset that frankie was playing loud rap music on his phone. the three men got into a fight, and jesse allegedly stabbed griffin to death as the little boy watched. >> i don't want my husband's death to be in vain. he did a heroic thing just for actually being there and trying to protect his son. >> reporter: but the suspects' father, who did not want to be identified says it was griffin who attacked first. >> frankie got attacked. >> reporter: he says griffin bashed frankie's face with a champagne bottle. >> jesse say he was also hit in the face with the bottle as well. when he seen what happened, he rushed over there to help his brother. >> reporter: the father says his son jesse then stabbed griffin. he says frankie suffered facial injuries during the melee. hayward police aren't commenting on what led to the killing, but the father says target security video will show exactly what happened. >> i talked to frankie last n

but she did write a tribute to griffin. i've have been hoping for a miracle, a glimpse of your light back into my life. with the infinite help from our families, friend and strangers, i finally found you. and in this moment, where time will always stand still, she never has to let go. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news. and, don't forget, cbs this morning. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this window on the capitol, i am scott pelley in washington. >>> welcome to the overnight news. i'm michelle miller. a political fire form continues to rage over russia's alleged involvement in the presidential election. u.s. intelligence agencies say there is no doubt, moscow hacked into democratic e-mails and released them to the press. whether or not designed to to benefit the campaign of donald trump, remains in doubt. jeff pegues. begins our coverage. >> reporter: the

we see the holiday message griffin left just weeks before his death. >> reporter: his family told us tyrone griffin came to this target saturday night to pick up a last minute gift for one of his four children. it's a trip that ended in tragedy. and it came just one month after he made a video. telling his family, life could end when you least expect it. >> we have so much to be happy for. we have so many reasons to give praise. and to count all our blessing. >> reporter: it's a video made by 36-year-old tyrone griffin, jr., a message to his family on thanksgiving. as it turns out, just weeks before he was stabbed to death on christmas eve. >> keep your head up. koupt ever day as a blesser. every second. every moment. every hour. because you never know when your life is going to be taken from you. >> he was very strong willed. um, he loved people. he loved making people laugh. >> reporter: griffin's mother said that he was killed during a last minute trip to target with his girlfriend and two young children. >> we went to target to get jade another toy. and wrapping paper and bows. >

but when it was all over, griffin was dead. >> he took my husband's life! like it was so unnecessary. it was so unnecessary. it could have been totally avoided. i understand you know you want to get into a fight but at the end of the day, he doesn't have his life. >> reporter: griffin's widow and the mother of his four children shared this video of the 2010 wedding with kpix 5. she says her husband was a loving father and family man and doubts he ever would have started a fight in the aisle of the store with his 4-year-old son nearby. >> we want his legacy to live on. i want everybody to know what type of father, husband, father, friend, brother he was. est a awesome man. >> my brothers are family men, stay home, go to work, have their own children. they are not bad men. >> reporter: two families divided by grief and what triggered the deadly fight. in oakland, devin fehely, kpix 5. >>> two teenaged girls are under arrest and more suspects on the loose following robberies in berkeley. police say the robberies happened late last night at a north berkeley bar

. >> griffin died in a hospital. hayward police arrested two suspects after they ran from the store. the names have not been released. griffin's family is trying to make sense of it all. >> i could see visions of him i just think to myself man, my brother is gone. >> how do i word it or explain it? and tell a 4 or 5-year-old that their dad is gone and never coming back home. how do you explain it? i reached the courage to say that daddy is not coming home. he is in heaven. >> she wants justice for their families. >> i don't want them to get out of jail. >> the prosecutors will decide whether they will be charged with murder. >> how is that little boy doing? >> i have a 4 year-old son myself and you see him playing with our lights and talking about helicopters and how he likes to go to the park. it is unclear whether it has sunk in for him. he is only 4 years old. >>> the police authorities are saying was there surveillance video catching what happened? >> yes, target has extensive superintendent but neither target or

>>reporter: his son jessie and stabbed griffin. is that frankie suffered facial injuries. >> my son under his eye lid is shattered and fractured. might have to have it surgically repaired. >>reporter: hayward police are commenting on what led up to the killing but the father says target security video will show exactly what happened. >> i talked to frankie last night he told me everything would come out. now doesn't look good but everything will come out when they see the video, hoping it comes out to where my son's really were defending themselves. >>reporter: still, the father says he is sad that griffin died. >> very sorry and remorseful for that, should never have happened. >> people are shopping you want to play provocative music that is inappropriate, turn it down. your life could have been spared. >>reporter: the two brothers did not enter a plea today and will be back in court tomorrow. for now they are being held without bail. >>> i know usually these cases police to keep video close. to we know anything about when we migh

we see the holiday message griffin left just weeks before his death. >> reporter: his family told us tyrone griffin came to this target saturday night to pick up a last minute gift for one of his four children. it's a trip that ended in tragedy. and it came just one month after he made a video. telling his family, life could end when you least expect it. >> we have so much to be happy for. we have so many reasons to give praise. and to count all our blessing. >> reporter: it's a video made by 36-year-old tyrone griffin, jr., a message to his family on thanksgiving. as it turns out, just weeks before he was stabbed to death on christmas eve. >> keep your head up. koupt ever day as a blesser. every second. every moment. every hour. because you never know when your life is going to be taken from you. >> he was very strong willed. um, he loved people. he loved making people laugh. >> reporter: griffin's mother said that he was killed during a last minute trip to target with his girlfriend and two young children. >> we went to target to get jade another toy. and wrapping paper and bows. >

griffin. saya was not there. in her grief, she remembered a moment the two shared in new york last year. they had just seen can "the book of mormon" on broadway. on facebook she wrote, "the city was so beautiful, and amidst all light, i got to look at the brightest light of all, my sweetie. i cried, and we cizzed." a photographer nearby captured the moment, saya's red lipstick still on griffin's cheek. >> they looked like nobody else existed. >> reporter: arken avan took the photo. it was one of 200,000 he's taken on the streets of new york but for saya this became everything. after the fire, she tried to track down the photographer to get a copy. "maybe some facebook miracle could happen. please share, "she wrote. thousands of people did. avan saw the post and sent goodocdiacandoe "cbsurday.ter ot in the wake of oakland's dey "ghost ship" fire.. occupants of another east b art warehous >>> doing the job they're supposed to do. >> in the wake of oakland's deadly ghost ship fire, occupants of a

they say it will show that griffin attacked them first. live in hayward, thom jensen, "today in the bay". >> thom, thank you for that report. now to a woman is the ep pit many of old school style and grace. the world is mourning the tragic loss of debbie reynolds who died one day after her daughter carrie fisher passed away. the 784-year-old was a star on the screen and on stage for almost seven decades. video from tmz shows an ambulance leaving reynold's son's home yesterday. she was there discussing funeral arrangements from her daughter when she suffered a medical emergency herself. we spoke to fans last night, some of them lucky enough to have met reynolds. >> she was playing at the fifth avenue. she could come in every morning for breakfast. very proud of carrie fisher. in fact, she gave me an autograph and she autographed it, debbie reynolds, carrie fisher's mom. >> debbie was talking to the whole crowd and making us all laugh. we all loved the whole cast because of her. >> incredible stories of her charisma and kindness. from broadw

they are accused of stabbing tyrone griffin to death leaving behind four children. abc 7 news reporter shows the holiday message he left weeks before his death. >> reporter: his family told us tyrone griffin came to target saturday night far last-minute gift for a child. it's a trip that ended in tragedy and came one month after he made a video telling his family life could end when you least expect it. >> we got so much to be happy to be, so many reasons to give praise and count our blessings. >> reporter: a video made by 36-year-old tyrone agriculture jr., a message to his family on thanksgiving. as it turns out, just weeks before he was stabbed to death on christmas eve. >> keep your head up. count every day as a blessing. every second. every moment. every hour. because you never know when your life will be taken from you. >> he was very strong willed. he loved people. he loved making people laugh. >> reporter: griffin's mother told us he was killed in a last-minute trip to target with his girlfriend and two young children. >> we went to target to get jade anothe

removed from a courtroom, the wife of tyrone griffin junior had choice words for the brothers charged with stabbing griffin to death in a hayward target on christmas eve. >> i don't know if they were high. how can you do that? how could you do something like that? you took his life in front of his child. >> but the father of the two brothers claims they acted in self-defense. >> they were attacked. they were being portrayed as thugs going into the store, it's not like. that they're home with their family. >> the 22-year-old and his 25-year-old brother were arrested saturday night near the target. >> the suspects, after the stabbing fled the store and run nearby. and were hiding. >> he was trying to talk to them about the curse music they were playing. >> tommy griffith told us the man stabbed griffin after he told them to turn down their music. but the archuleta's sister told us her brothers claim it was self-defense, and griffin was stabbed only after hitting one with a bottle. >> i wish i can say sorry. it doesn't bring someone back. it was just an altercation that went wrong, you k

died including griffin. tsai was not there. in her grief she remembered a moment the two shared in new york last year. they had just seen the "book of mormon" on broadway. on face? become she wrote the city was so beautiful and amidst all the lights i got to look brightest light of all, my sweetie. i cried and we kissed. a photographer nearby captured the moment, tsai's red lipstick still on griffin's cheek. >> they looked look nobody else existed. arkin avan took the photo one of 200,000 he has taken on the streets of new york. but for her this became everythingch after the fi everything. after the fire she tried to track down the photographer. could happen. please share. thousand did. avan saw the post and sent the picture. >> i could give her this picture as a memory of her loss, of griffin, and i hope she'll we keep that forever. >> reporter: she is not ready to talk about her loss. but she did write a tribute to griffin. i've have been hoping for a miracle, a glimpse of your light back into my life. wit

said, no, he was black and he was withhis son and i just ran to the back" when she got there tyrone griffin was bleeding profusely "i was going crazy and he was like, josh? still worried about his son, still worried about his baby, the only reason they did anything to him in the first place" witnesses told davis that griffin got into an altercation with two men after asking them to turn down some profanity laced music playing in the presence of his son. the two men were arrested and remain in custody, yet to be charged you want these people to go to jail? "yes! i want them gone" davis says tyrone turned his life around after becominga devout christian and was a joyful person "he was a very happy man when he left this earth, a very happy man in hayward haaziq madyun kron4news >> steve:stunning allegations of racist behavior at a high end bay area retail store. a lawsuit claims employees at the versace outlet in livermore used a 'secret code' to alert them when a black customer entered the store. kron4's alecia reid has a closer look at the lawsuit. >>alecia: one by one the class- action laws

removed from a courtroom, the wife of tyrone griffin junior had choice words for the brothers charged with stabbing griffin to death in a hayward target on christmas eve. >> i don't know if they were high. how can you do that? how could you do something like that? you took his life in front of his child. >> but the father of the two brothers claims they acted in self-defense. >> they were attacked. they were being portrayed as thugs going into the store, it's not like. that they're home with their family. >> the 22-year-old and his 25-year-old brother were arrested saturday night near the target. >> the suspects, after the stabbing fled the store and run nearby. and were hiding. >> he was trying to talk to them about the curse music they were playing. >> tommy griffith told us the man stabbed griffin after he told them to turn down their music. but the archuleta's sister told us her brothers claim it was self-defense, and griffin was stabbed only after hitting one with a bottle. >> i wish i can say sorry. it doesn't bring someone back. it was just an altercation that went wrong, you k