last week nate wilks was shot and killed by three officers. the video was shaky because the officer was chasing after nate wilks. i could hear police tell him drop the gun. i saw nate wilks stop and turn around and run towards the officer with a gun in his hand. he is not pointing at any one officer but he pointed in their general direction. the officers opened fire. >> if somebody is pointing a firearm at you, using a less lethal option is not the first thing that comes to mind. >> all it takes is a simple squeeze of the trigger and that weapon is deadly to anybody. >> reporter: police say nate wilks' family watched the video on tuesday. the family of richard linyard chose not to watch the video of a separate incident. in that video he is standing after being pulled over for a traffic stop. officers question him. he ran across the street and over a fence. police say they have no footage of him over the next 20 minutes. an officer searching for him and they spot him. i could hear the officers tell him to raise his hands till they realized he i

last week nate wilks was shot and killed by officers. the video was shaky because the officer was chasing after nate wilks. police told him several times drop the gun. he ran towards the officer with a gun in his hand. he is not pointing at one officer in particular but he pointed in their direction. the officers opened fire. >> the short answer is, if somebody is pointing at you,. [ indiscernible ] >> all it takes is a squeeze of the trigger from whatever position and that is deadly. >>> they watched the video on tuesday -- >> reporter: they watched the video on tuesday. the family of richard linyard chose not to watch the video. in that video richard linyard was pulled over for a traffic stop. officers question him. he ran across the street and over a fence. over the next 20 minutes police have no footage. the next video was from a officer searching for him. the officers told him to raise his hands till they realized he is unresponsive. he becomes visible when officers pull him from the space and he appears lifeless. officers performed

she says nate wilkes did not appear to be pointing a gun at anyone. just running with an object in his hand. >> they were wrong. and there needs to be justice for him. they had no reason to shoot him like that. >> reporter: now, the oakland police department insists the video they showed us today was not edited or manipulated. the investigation into this incident is still under way. reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area aews. >> okay, thank you, jodi. >>> oakland police also showed fideo leading up to another mat's death. nt happened last month when twbice found a man they were case chasing unconscious and stuck between two buildings. ohey released these photos which chow the gap was 12 inches wide. yhe suspect was pronounced dead et the hospital. coming up at 6:00, jodi hernandez will walk us through what body camera video showed from this incident. >>> a gut wrenching story at the capitol. = good samaritans with was d lled by an off duty officer. akv fiery crash happened around 2:30 this morning on i-80 in sacramento. the chp s

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uno en el que murio richard linyard el 19 de julio y el otro en el que fallecio nate wilks la semana pasada. hoy permitieron que un grupo pequeÑo de reporteros vieran las grabaciones de los oficiales cuando se enfrentaron a estos sospechosos. no se permitio filmar nada , solo ver las imgenes. el asunto es que estos dos casos generaron mucho criticismo hacia la corporacion policiaca. (sot) 5:30 pm las camaras son muy buena evidencia de lo que paso, asi que nos permite ser transparentes y confiablles en la informion que le estamos dando a la gente dijo el jefe de la policia de oakland. (vo) la gente estaba pidiendo que se dieran a conocer esas grabaciones. pero la policia dijo que esto no ocurrira.. por eso decidieron invitar a ciertos periodistas para que las vieran y sobre eso escribieran sus reportes. por ejemplo en el caso de la muerte de wilks se decia que los policias le habian disparado por la espalda pero el video muestra lo contrario. que los polcias le dispararon cuando el se les avalanzo de frente con una pistola en la mano y apuntandoles. la alcaldesa de la ciudad envio un

but those who knew nate wilkes came together tonight to room -- remember him and demand justice. close to two and a people gathered at the intersection of 27th street and martin luther king jr. way friday evening. >> positive things. we do not support all the ranting and raving the one they burnt candles and took part in an african tradition for to remember those who lost their lives at the hands of police. >> captain mckenna. sergeant lance. >>reporter: friends a nate wilkes is from new york but lived in the bay area for four years, and would have turned 28 later this month. oakland police say he was involved in an armed robbery in july, and when officers encountered wilkes on wednesday they led him on a car chase. police say officers opened fire when he advanced towards them while holding a pistol in his hand. >> running away from the police is a logical reaction. it's a rational reaction. i would even argue with self- preservation. that does not mean you get to shoot him in the back. >>reporter: police say the corners preliminary autopsy report shows that wasn't -- wilkes was

among them the girlfriend and infant daughter of nate wilkes. >> he said this is what happened. we have to speak for our brother. we come together to speak for our brother. >> jasmine marshall is the sister and she acknowledges she was not a saint, but didn't deserve to be shot. >> you cannot tell me that this man would do anything to jeprodize his life. maybe his freedom. yeah. i don't know what the circumstances were, but he didn't deserve to die, period. >> according to police, they were forced to open fire. the armed robbery suspect lead them on a chase, crashed and tried to carjack someone else and then pointed a gun at them. about 150 people are here tonight and organizers say they are holding the space. they don't believe wilkes aimed the gun at officers and they are hoping to raise money to pay for an independent autopsy. they say black people are treated differently. >> it is shoot first and interrogate and investigate later. that's not acceptable. >> tonight's event was peaceful and ended at sunset. abc7 news. >>> new details tonight. napa self-storage has secured the

the first video oakland police presented showed what happened as they shot and killed nate wilkes last week after a high- speed chase in a stolen car. the robbery suspect crashed at 27th and northgate. that's when the foot chase began and that is where the video picked up the story. it was difficult to see what was happening. the body camera mounted on the officer's chest jolted up and down as he ran. you could hear officers yelling drop the gun and sirens. in and out of frame you could city a man running down the sidewalk. he did appear to turn around and head back toward officers. officers say he was holding this gun. but the only image of a gun in the video was a shadow. in that image it's not pointed directly at the officer. >> i think they have to stop and directly extend their arms. we know that's not true. all it takes is a simple squeeze of the trigger from whatever position and that weapon is very deadly to anybody. >> reporter: police showed us another video to try to prove they used no force in the death of richard lynn yard who died while watched in a space about a food whi

among them the girlfriend and infant daughter of nate wilkes. >> he said this is what happened. we have to speak for our brother. we come together to speak for our brother. >> jasmine marshall is the sister and she acknowledges she was not a saint, but didn't deserve to be shot. >> you cannot tell me that this man would do anything to jeprodize his life. maybe his freedom. yeah. i don't know what the circumstances were, but he didn't deserve to die, period. >> according to police, they were forced to open fire. the armed robbery suspect lead them on a chase, crashed and tried to carjack someone else and then pointed a gun at them. about 150 people are here tonight and organizers say they are holding the space. they don't believe wilkes aimed the gun at officers and they are hoping to raise money to pay for an independent autopsy. they say black people are treated differently. >> it is shoot first and interrogate and investigate later. that's not acceptable. >> tonight's event was peaceful and ended at sunset. abc7 news. >>> new details tonight. napa self-storage has secured the

wilkes. >> officers arrived began a foot chase with the person who was running with a firearm in his hand. during the course of the foot pursuit the suspect stopped and ran back towards the police officer. >> reporter: wilkes was shot here last wednesday at 27th and martin luther king while being pursu pursued. the video shows wilkes running from officers with what appears to be a gun. police can be heard yelling get on the ground and drop the gun. >> what i saw did not justify them killing him. >> reporter: willic's mother saw the same body camera video yesterday. >> nothing was pointed at them. i just don't feel it was justified. >> your goal was just to kill them. >> nothing they can tell me to make me believe that was justifiable. >> reporter: oakland police say they will release the video to the public once completed the investigation. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> one person is under arrest after leading authorities on a high speed chase that ended with a car crashing nootd a home. this car flowed into a home this afternoon. the driver was taken into custody. nobod

the man, nate wilks was killed when officers opened fire. now, we are not allowed to record the video. they said they heard the officers yelling to drop the gun and get on the ground. the suspect ran toward officers with what appeared to be a gun in his hand. the attorneys for the officers involved say they feared for their lives. >> they were concerned he was going to shoot them or their colleagues. >> the suspect's mother saw a video at the different time. she believes the son did not appear to be pointing a gun, instead, running with a object in his hand. >> they were there needs to be justice for him. they had no reason to shoot him like that. >> oakland police chief said that the video will be available to the public after the investigation is over. that unprecedented movie to get that body cam in front of the reporters is a move they are making to defend themselves. >> one outlet is calling the media treatment of officers unfair. how some officers say they are being mischaracterized in all of this. >> yes, officers are looking at not o

the first video shows what happened when officers shot and killed nate wilkes last week. the armed robbery suspect crashed his car during a high- speed chase and took off on foot. an officer's body camera shows the suspect running down a sidewalk as police yell for him to drop the gun. the man turns around and back towards the officers. police say he was pointing this gun at them. three officers opened fire. but you can only see the shadow of an apparent gun in the video. police also released video to prove they didn't use force in the death of richard lynn yard. officers had been chasing him when they found him wedged in a foot-wide space between two buildings on 64th avenue. in that video, you hear the officers telling him to raise his hands. then yelling, do not tase him. when he doesn't respond, they break down a fence, pull him out and one officer yells, start cpr. he died at the scene. the cause is still unknown. our reporter anne makovec watched both videos today. >> reporter: the suspect's families were invited to see these videos before reporters were able to. th

officers say a seven year veteran of the force, a six year veteran all opened fire on a 28-year-old nate wilkes. >>> in fremont an armed man shot by police now died. 54-year-old troy francis accused of threatening two roommates with a knife. officers say he refused orders to put the weapon down. an autopsy will determine the cause of death. >>> a man thought to be carrying a handgun forced schools to go on lock down today. here, you can see police detaining him near 5th and a streets. authorities say the man got upset with a clergyman and called police on him. he wasn't armed but will be getting a mental health evaluation. >>> for a second day, stock prices took a major plunge. today was worse. the dow fell 530 points. among local stocks netflix, apple and goolel were hit hard, dropping 5% to 7%. this is more than just a summer slow down. >> that is great. well, we think about august being a really slow month, but really, the dow jones suffered a correction today. we haven't had one since 2011. it was just a matter of time, and major markets in germany and france were battered as well. t

officers say a seven year veteran of the force, a six year veteran all opened fire on a 28-year-old nate wilkes. >>> in fremont an armed man shot by police now died. 54-year-old troy francis accused of threatening two roommates with a knife. officers say he refused orders to put the weapon down. an autopsy will determine the cause of death. >>> a man thought to be carrying a handgun forced schools to go on lock down today. here, you can see police detaining him near 5th and a streets. authorities say the man got upset with a clergyman and called police on him. he wasn't armed but will be getting a mental health evaluation. >>> for a second day, stock prices took a major plunge. today was worse. the dow fell 530 points. among local stocks netflix, apple and goolel were hit hard, dropping 5% to 7%. this is more than just a summer slow down. >> that is great. well, we think about august being a really slow month, but really, the dow jones suffered a correction today. we haven't had one since 2011. it was just a matter of time, and major markets in germany and france were battered as well. t

on august 12, '28-year-old armed robbery subject nate wilkes was shot and killed. august 3rd, a 49-year-old was shot and killed after wounding a sergeant with an ak 47. and june 6th, officer shot and killed a man after police say he went for a loaded handgun. >>> policing news from the peninsula. emergency crews are on the scene of a small plane crash. this is the photo sent out on twitter by the fire department. >> officials say the plane went down near shoreway road and holly street. across the street from san carlos airport. the faa says it's a single engine ultra light that crashed after takeoff. we'll provide more updates as soon as we get them throughout the newscast and through abc7 news bay area on our twitter feed. >>> a search is underway in san jose for a man accused of a fatal hit and run that happened at clarice drive this morning. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen is live with the developments. chris? >> reporter: ama, good evening, the collision happened outside of welch park behind me. as we zoom into that cone there, that is the area where the woman

on august 12, '28-year-old armed robbery subject nate wilkes was shot and killed. august 3rd, a 49-year-old was shot and killed after wounding a sergeant with an ak 47. and june 6th, officer shot and killed a man after police say he went for a loaded handgun. >>> policing news from the peninsula. emergency crews are on the scene of a small plane crash. this is the photo sent out on twitter by the fire department. >> officials say the plane went down near shoreway road and holly street. across the street from san carlos airport. the faa says it's a single engine ultra light that crashed after takeoff. we'll provide more updates as soon as we get them throughout the newscast and through abc7 news bay area on our twitter feed. >>> a search is underway in san jose for a man accused of a fatal hit and run that happened at clarice drive this morning. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen is live with the developments. chris? >> reporter: ama, good evening, the collision happened outside of welch park behind me. as we zoom into that cone there, that is the area where the woman

friend identified the suspect as 27-year-old nate wilke. tonight family demand further investigation people at the vigil contributed money for independent autopsy in the case. >> well 9 people including 3 chpand prominent modest to criminal defense attorney have been arrested in the death of a man who went missing in tour lock in 2012. kaufman body found nearly two years ago in the national forest. officials say attorney frank carson believed kaufman stole items from his property. kaufman supported his family by selling scrap metal for recycling. chp commissioner says the arrest make a huge impact on their department. >> i think it impacts all of law enforcements. rips at the soul of an organization. not what we stand for. so far beyond what any organization stands for. >> former chp officer is suspecteded in the killing itself. 2 current officers suspected of obstructing the investigation. all suspects are scheduled to be in court fix tuesday. >> in the mean time bay area sheriff's deputy drowned sadly at lake tahoe yesterday while tryi to

wilke during a foot chase last week. load gun at the scene but the family claims he was shot unnecessarily. >> man thought to be carrying handgun for several marin county school in lock down today. you see san rafael police detank him interfifth and a street this afternoon. man got upset when clergy man from school in tiburon called police on him. later spotted insan rafael mission wasn't armed and will be getting a mental health evaluation. >> later at the bay bridge toll plaza about to get along overdue upgrade which could speed up the commute. you know the back up whenever you cross from oakland into san francisc francisco. timed metering lights just past the toll plaza help control traffic. they have glitches and sometimes the lights appear to create congestion even when traffic is light. >> that's what causes the traffic when they are red and no need for it like it's no traffic at all and then they are red and now we have to stop. now the buildup. back up. and then we are like why? so yes that is a big problem. >> t

that includes the death of nate wilkes earlier this month. officers say they shot and killed him after he crashed a car and tried to carjack another driver. there is body camera footage of that. it was shown to reporters earlier this month. the reporters tell us it showed wilkes holding what appeared to be a gun racing down the sidewalk. another man was shot and killed if june. police shot hogg after he reached for a hand gun. >>> new at 6:00, an undercover investigation helps cyber detectives catch a child porn suspect. officers arrested him after tracing his ip address to his home in san francisco. he's expected to be charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. >>> new information tonight about the troubling behavior of a former reporter before he opened fire on two journalists. coming up, what vester flanagan is alleged to have said before he was let go from his job. >>> i'm scott budman. apple has set a date for its next release. coming up, we ask apple users what they want to see next. >>> and good evening. i'm meteorolog

the family of nate wilkes saw the video. the chief says the body camera videos will be released to the public when the investigation is complete. >>> and the police group says there is a recent for officer-involved shootings. they say officers don't receive enough training in de- escalating conflict. the group says some of the recent shootings have been justified, but that officers are missing opportunities to slow things down. maybe call in additional resources. the group says some officers with the best of intentions go into a situation and resolve it as quickly as they can. >>> our time now 7:36. president obama will fly to new orleans next week. he will meet with residents as he marks the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina. that powerful storm hit louisiana august 29th, 2005. it caused major damage to the gulf coast, including a storm surge that flooded large parts of new orleans. almost 2,000 people died because of that storm. the white house says the president will meet with the mayor of new orleans and also with r

and police say nate wilkes turned towards them with a gun. >>> we are expecting ahmad brooks to turn himself into authorities. brooks and former defensive end ray mcdonald are accused of sexual assaulting the same woman at a party. the 49ers sent brooks home yesterday and issued a statement saying he would not be playing in saturday's game in denver. mcdonald is due in court next month. no court date is set for brooks but he is expected to post bail. >>> a woman was killed early this morning during another hit-and-run. it happened as a number of children were walking to school. >> it happened near tully road. here is matt keller. >> reporter: a gruesome and tragic display just off of tully road in east san jose. a woman likely between 30 and 40 years old was dead in the road. police say she was killed when a male driver in a maroon sedan hit her and sped off. his car was abandoned several blocks away. no arrest has been made. >> this is a park. there is a school nearby. there were kids waiting for buses and those kinds of things. it's quite a tragedy and very dangerous. >> reporter:

the girlfriend and instant david curly daughter of 27-year-old nate wilks, they were here where he was shot saturday night. >> we are coming together to speak for him. >> he's his girlfriend's sister and has known him for years. she acknowledges he's not a saint but she said he did not deserve to be shot. >> you cannot tell me this man would do anything to jeopardize his life. maybe his freedom, you know. i don't know what the circumstances were, but he didn't deserve to die period. >> but according to police, they were to forced to open fire. the armed robbery suspect led them on a chase, crashed, tried to carjack someone else and then pointed a gun at them. >> about 150 people are here. organizers say they are holding this space. >> they don't believe wilks aimed the gun at officers and are hoping to raise money to pay for an independent autopsy. they say black people are treated differently. >> white people are talked down and brothers and sisters, it's shoot and investigate later and it's not acceptable. >> abc7 news. >>> san rafael police believe arson is the game for a vegetation

officers shot and killed nate wilkes after a pursuit. police would not allow cameras to record the body cam video. >> the video shows officers chasing him and at one point he runs towards the officers and then shots were fired. police released a picture of the gun they say wilkes had. explains why the department showed this video. >> we believe that doing it in the manner that we have done it will allow us to correct some misinformation out there but at the same time preserve the integrity of our investigation. >> reporter: his mother watched the video yesterday. laura anthony talked with her late today and will have her reaction to that video coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> in san jose fire crews are still at the scene of what was a frightening fire. the flames raced through six acres in the foothills. the fire prompted a massive response from several agencies. as abc 7 news reporter matt keller tells us it made residents very nervous. >> reporter: flames burning are neither beautiful nor frightening. people in the eastern foothill

the first video oakland police presented showed what happened as they shot and killed nate wilkes last week after a high- speed chase in an alleged stolen car. the robbery suspect crashed at 27th and northgate. that's when the foot chase began and that's where the video picked up the story. it was difficult to see what was happening. the body camera mounted on the officer's chest jolted up and down as he rain. you could hear sirens and officers yelling, drop the gun. the man ran down the sidewalk, turned around and headed back towards officers. officers say he was holding a gun. the only image was a shadow not directly pointed at the officer. >> they don't have to stop and directly point at an officer. all it takes is a squeeze of the trigger from any position and it's deadly. >> reporter: police showed us another video to prove they had not used force against another man. he died in a space a foot wide off international boulevard after a foot chase with police. in the video you can hear officers, yelling, get your hands up. when he doesn't, they say it looks like he is knocked out and

wilks, the man they say was shot here wednesday night. >> he couldn't speak and say, no, this is that happened so we've got to speak for our brother. this is what this is all about. >> reporter: jasmine marshall is the girlfriend's skr sister. she acknowledges he was not a saint but says he didn't deserve to be shot. >> you can not tell me that this man would do anything to swrep dies his life. maybe his freedom, okay, yeah, okay, he might heed to go, you know -- i don't know what the circumstances were, but he didn't deserve to die, period. >> reporter: but according to police they were forced to open fire. the armed robbery suspect led hem on a chase, crashed, tried to car i can't think someone else and then pointed a gun at them. >> about 150 people are here org miefrs say they are holding this space. >> reporter: they don't believe wilks aimed the gun at officers, they are hoping to raise money to pay for an independent autopsy. they say black people are treated differently. >> white folks with guns are considered mental statement, brothers or sisters with guns it's shoot first an

wilks was killed when officers opened fire. nbc bay area's jodie hernandez was among the direct reporters at yesterday's viewing. we were not allowed to record the body cam video but jody hernandez told us she saw officers repeatedly yelling at him to drop the gun and to get down to the ground. the suspect then ran towards officers with what appears to be a gun in his hand. the attorneys for the officers involved says they did peer for their lives. >> he was going to shoot either them or their colleagues. >> the suspect's mother who also saw that video says she believes her son did not appear to be pointing the gun instead he was just running with something am his hand. >> and will needs to be justice for him because they had no -- they had no reason to shoot him like that. >> the oakland police chief says the video will be available to the public but only after the full investigation is over. >>> now to a story where investigators are asking for the public's health building a criminal case against a woman accused of animal abu

among the group, the girlfriend and the girlfriend and daughter of 27-year-old nate wilks. they were here where he was shot saturday night. >> we are coming together to speak for him. >> he's his girlfriend's sister and has known him for years. she acknowledges he's not a saint but she said he did not deserve to be shot. >> you cannot tell me this man would do anything to jeopardize his life. maybe his freedom, you know. i don't know what the circumstances were, but he didn't deserve to die period. >> but according to police, they were to forced to open fire. the armed robbery suspect led them on a chase, crashed, tried to carjack someone else and then pointed a gun at them. >> about 150 people are here. organizers say they are holding this space. >> they don't believe wilks aimed the gun at officers and are hoping to raise money to pay for an independent autopsy. they say black people are treated differently. >> white people are talked down and brothers and sisters, it's shoot and investigate later and it's not acceptable. >> abc7 news. >>> san rafael police believe arson

nate wilks was killed ben officers opened tire. jodi hernandez was among the select reporter's at yesterday's viewing. jodie reporting she saw officers repeatedly yelling to drop the gun and bet on the ground. the suspect ran towards officers with what+puñ appeared to be a in his hand. the attorney for the involved involved said they feared for their lives. >> the suspect's mother who also saw the video says she believes her son did not appear to be pointing a gun. instead just running with an object in his hand. >> they were wrong and there needs to be justice for him because they had no -- they had no reason to shoot him like that. >> the oakland police chief says the video will be available to the public after the investigation is over. >>> new had this morning a wet mess on the streets of san francisco following a high speed cha is that spanned a couple counties. it started just before 3:00 this morning in san leandro as a chp officer tried to pull a woman over who they suspected of driving drunk, but that woman did it not sto