officers found the suspect, 57-year-old scott dunham dead with one gunshot wound ending an intense manhunt that started last night after he shot killed a san jose police officer. veteran officer michael johnson responded to a call about a drunk man on senter road road threatening to kill himself. officer johnson was there to help and was shot to death, instead. law enforcement from multiple agencies spent hours tracking down the suspect, neighbors remain over evacuated. >> a big bang. and i didn't know i advised my grandmother and grandkids and told them to sit down and i lookinged out at the window and i saw two police officers with guns pointed and i don't know if the sounds i was hearing was gunshot because i moved back away from the window at as i saw them with the guns pointed. >>bly also used a robot and

camera to investigate the scene around the apartment to try and keep officers safe while trying to get this suspect in custody. again, the suspect has been found dead. right now police are starting to direct traffic up and down senter road road. however, this area is still a crime scene. keep that in mind if you come this this area of san jose. we should be getting another update any minute now. >> thank you. san jose mayor liccardo called 9 officer's death the dark of the hour and offered condolences to the fall enofficer's fiance and family and is grateful to all officers in the department. >> they know each day they put on a badge and a uniform they take extraordinary risks. we are grateful that they are willing to take those risks. we mourn the loss of an

>> liccardo tweeted "my heart and prayers after greening city go to the mother fiance and family of the fallen officer." >> officer johnson was in the same police academy at the last officer to die in the line of duty who was shot to death october 28 2001. the 24-year-old officer was killed during a traffic stop in a quiet area of san jose. he was on the job only ten days. the gunman was a wanted felon now serving a life sentence. >> bay area law enforcement agencies are posting condolences for officer johnson on social media. many feature a badge with a black bar across it in memory of a fallen brother. we have the condolences at abc7news.com. >> we have posted all the video from the news conference on our website and we will continue to bring you updates throughout the newscast and online at abc.com

and twitter@abc7newsbayarea. it is 4:32. also this morning, the disappearance and possible kidnapping of a woman in vallejo and police are searching for denise huskins but last night, the search took a disturbing new twist. our reporter is in the newsroom. >> yes detectives turn to the water around mare island but the foot search for 29-year-old denise huskins has been called off. the teams used so far to scan an area near the bridge last night because k nights indicated there was a submerged human-sized mass in the water and that turned out to be nothing. her family has questions of the timeline leading up to her disappearance. mid-afternoon on monday denise huskins boyfriend, 30-year-old, reported her missing. quinn said she was forcibly taken from the hospital that morning and the kidnapper demanded ransom.

they are not revealing why there was a lapse in time between when denise huskins was taken and the call to report the kidnapping. >> a question we wonder, why? why so long? was he incapacitated? was there a son it took so long? was he threatened? >> she, i know she just did not let someone take her. i know that. she would have put up a fight. >> his daughter met quinn at the college where they were physical therapists. the there us do not have any suspects as of last night. thanks developing news, day two of recovery operations in the french alps at the site of the germanwings plane crash. all 150 people on board including two babies and 16 high school students are presumed dead. family members are expected to visit the crash site this

morning. a black box, the voice rodder, was found damaged but information should be retrievable. the germanwings took off from barcelona to dusseldorf. the priorities are to locate human remains and funding the other black box. officials believe this was horrific action saying hijacking or terrorism is unlikely. >> seven for an escaped prisoner from san francisco jail has expanded beyond the city. here is the man, alexander santiago-gonzalez who escaped while on trash detail. he was escorted by a sheriff deputy and he slipped away into the street. gonzalez was arrested on federal drug charges in santa cruz county, last may and is considered dangerous but was in a security level year that led him to the unsecured areas. >> i would have to say it is questionable as to how he mit have been classified if he was

classified. the investigation will determine whether he was. >> this is the second time in ten months that a prisoner has escaped from san francisco county jail and another was taking out the trash and he ran. he was later captured at a homeless shelter. >> a san francisco judge approved a change of venue for a hearing to determine if a sexually violent predator can be moved from a walnut creek neighborhood. the judge approved contra costa county prosecutor's request for new placement hearing for charles chris man in martinez. the district tomorrow hopes to evict him from the current home saying that he lives too close to a school, park, and children. he was condition vicked of molesting young boys in the 80's. >>. >> parents will gather at statement capital to speak out against bills requiring mandatory vaccinations for children. at issue two bills that would

require vaccinations for children enrolling in school as well as day care workers. par builts say the bills deny education for children and limit for day care workers if parents choose not to comply with vaccination requirements. today's rally is underway at noon on the north side of the capital building. >> the santa clara valley water district is moving ahead with a call for drastic cuts in use with a goal of slashing water use by 3 percent and limiting lawn watering to two day as week. retailers that purchase water in from the district are not forced to come ploy but are encouraged to try to meet the goal. they are ready for the reduction serving 80 percent of the district. >> that little bit of rain yesterday did not ease the drought. >> absolutely not. good observation. now temperatures in san francisco, the cool spot again at 52. but glen park is 57. the rest of us are up to 55.

ferry building is 56. we have low-to-mid 50s along the bay shoreline until palo alto and saratoga at 49 48. pleasanton is 49. american canyon is 46. low-to-mid 50s inland. 52 at pacifica. tracy is 57. from the sutro tower you can see how clean the air is. in the afternoon 73 to 80 inland. up to 64 at the coast. away bay, 68 to 76. there is more warmth coming in the weekend and tomorrow, 280 and 17, we are in the 80's away from the coast tomorrow and 60s and 70s and friday, 60 70s and 80's as the cooling takes place hitting inland on saturday. the sunday forecast is ahead. mike here is the golden gate bridge northbound direction open up an extra lane southbound

coming from marin southbound you will not find delays. as we move over to drive time traffic, tracy to dublin is at 52 minutes, slow with a new accident westbound 580 however, that is more in oakland right around 13, highway 13. highway 4 right now antioch to conquer is 13 minutes and 101 southbound a quick 16-minute compute. >> it is 4:39. happening today, the 12 patients involved in a rare six-way kidney swapped perform this month at san francisco's california pacific medical senter road will be reunited. according to the "san francisco chronicle", the six denors and six recipient learn who donated kidneys and who received they involving a team of five surgeons and 40 support staff the large of the paired donation chain in a single senter road on the west coast. >> next, running on empty state lawmakers investigate a surge in

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covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. closing arguments will continue today in the trial involving the silicon valley venture capital firm accused sexual bias. kleiner perkins is sued for $16 million for retaliation after an atheir with a senior colleague. a lawyer said she complains of gender bias to get a payout not to aid women that are facing workplace discrimination she said. >> regulators are called on to

stop the swing of gas polices. lawmakers heard testimony on the price fluctuation and officials say the gas prices surged up to 25 cent as gallon last month after an explosion stopped the gasoline production as exxonmobil refinery in torrance. the tesoro refinery was off line. the average $3.27 and higher in the bay area is compared to $2.46 for the national average. >> nfl has planned for a golden year long celebration culminating with super bowl 50 in levi stadium. >> the gold colored near will be sent to high school of every player or head coach who played in the previous 49 super bowls. some players will return to their alma mater to present the guard in person. the 50 yard line is marked with golden numerals and in addition to the vince lombardi trophy the temperature will receive an 18

carrot gold plated "50," designed by tiffanys. >> 49ers will try to keep the fans cooler with the east side blazing hot in the day, so the 49ers reached tout other hot weather team force tips. fans now have access to cooling unitses in east side corridors and water misters in the east side plazas. start tames for two summer games are probably going to be pushed back into the cooler evening. >> you know who is hot right now? the warriors for the first time in 39 years, they are pacific division champions this morning. >> last night, they won in portland making a big run in the third quarter outscoring the trail blazers by 18 points. steph curry lead with 33 points and in the final minutes he had an underhand throw for anually loop dunk and the warriors won

122-108, the 7th straight win now only 11 games left before the playoffs. >> in san jose, the chief is giving us an update. >> understand what we can do with the officers in that academy class, it is important to do that. >> another question i can answer any other questions you have just keep in mind the chief is obviously broken up right now and he just addressed all the officers that are out here including those that assisted. this is very very difficult when you are head of an organization and you have to tell your officers to continue to do a good job and go drought and protect the citizens of city. [ inaudible ]

the officers will be grieving for some time as many of us in the department. our hearts and prayers go out with the family of michael, our brother, and again we hope that you guys keep them in your prayers along with his family. again, this is very, very difficult time right now. i will answer some questions. again, there are a last specifics that we cannot share. there is a last investigation that still has to be conducted. there are some witness statements that have to be common through. obviously, evidence that has to be checked at the witnesses and family members. we will provide 9 information as it becomes available. soon. again, i know some of you have asked for a picture of officer

johnson and some time today we can hopefully get that to you in hopes of allowing people to start the greening - process and remember him with the smile he had open his fate and his bright eyes. he cared a lot about the job. any other questions? [ inaudible ] >> the initial information is he was derespondent and he had a gun and he -- there was mention of him wanting to kill himself. those are details our investigators are going over with the family members and anyone else he had contact with.

this is going to take some time to work through. we will go ahead and get the information we need but it will take some time. >> how many officers were with officer johnson when he areached? >> i don't know the exact number but at least four officers if memory senators me correctly. who knows initially there were probably two but the officers try to get to a call of this magnitude as quickly as possible because obviously, libs are hanging in the balance when you have a call involving someone with a gun and the potential that someone has a mental illness. [ inaudible ]

>> as the chief mentioned his family has been notified he did have a wife. she has been notified. we are making every attempt to go ahead. she was not in the area at the time. we are making arrangements to make sure that happens the she is aware of the situation. the department has reached out and we are doing everything we can to get her here as soon as possible. other than that, i don't think he had any kids. his family is local in the area. they were notified officers and our chaplain. it is a very very tough thing to have to relate to a parent. it is a tough thing to relate to...your fellow officers. we have to continue to do the

job. rest assured we will keep him in our memories as we continue to do the john we love to do. i am sure he loved to do. >> emotional news conference you have been listening to officer albert morales talking of the killing yesterday of officer mychael johnson and the suspect was holed up in a house there in san jose who was finally found dead there in a stand off situation that is not over. >> they said they have been able to determine the only shots fired were police were the ones from the initial encounter. how the suspect died, the coroner is on scene investigating. they have not revealed the exact cause of death. we will continue to follow the story here and on twitter twitter@abc7newsbayarea now a check on the weather. mike? >> we will start with live doppler hd, not much fog at five mills visibility at half moon bay and south of mineta san jose

international airport there is fog. watch out if you are headed on 101 south to gilroy and possibly morgan hill. light and variable winds and high pressure is taking over and you can see the crisp clean air out there this morning and sunny with a few my clouds and warm air with near record highs thursday and friday and if you are hoping for the march miracle rain it is not coming. now, low-to-mid 70s around the bay shore until san francisco at 68 and low-to-mid 60s along the coast and upper 70s to nearly 80 degrees in the north bay and inland east bay. the fog tonight is around the bay, north bay and to the coast and temperatures are milder than this morning at you per 40s to mid-50s. the main player on the forecast is the high pressure yesterday and remember the bit of inering that came through and property us scattered showers it is gone is prettier skies today means a brighter temperature and we will get the subject of warmth great

hawaii on thursday and friday and that will be tomorrow and friday. an offshore breeze means we could hit the upper 60 to low 70s at the cost on thursday and that is the warmest day and the rest of us in the low-to-mid 80's dropping our temperatures but inland the breeze will reach inland by saturday when everyone is in the 60s and 70s with a few more 80's inland next week. have a good day. >> we have 30 bart trains on time and ace train one is a minute late and in delays on transit. the san mateo bridge with traffic moving along just fine and we have the coaches lining the shoulders there both in the eastbound and when direction with mostly seeing them in the westbound direction not causing a lane blockage or slow downs. now, heading into oakland we have a crash that is cleared at highway thin, and to the south we have construction property wrapping up at 5:00, southbound

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>> you and monitor your teen closely to make sure they are not driving distracted. in circuit percent of the moderate to severe crashes involving teen drivers is four times the rate of previous estimates because they were distracted. aaa researchers tale used cameras mounted in cars that showed exactly what drivers were doing right before the crash including talking with passengers and using cell phones are the main distraction for teen drivers.

now a check on the forecast, mike different from yesterday? >> absolutely. a few clouds and that is it showing up right here as we look at 280 and 17 in san jose. watch out for the pollen, it will be more prevalent the next couple of days as the temperature is soaring. today, we will have 80 in sacramento and 65 with sunshine in monday dry, and 83 in los angeles, and 93 headed to palm springs and 76 in san diego. safe travels. >> headed to mineta san jose international airport traffic is light southbound, and light and accident free at 880 in the back ground and everything and moving along at top speed with in problems. now, the rest of san jose shows 67 miles per hour is the top speed look 1280 into cupertino and 85 miles per hour and 17, 87 everything else all looking great. 680, walnut creek to dublin is

only going do take you 14 minutes, and 101 southbound, 50 minutes through the santa cruz mountains and 20 minutes to los gatos. big names are headlining this outside laps festival including elton john and mumford and sons and sam smith and the black keys at golden gate park running from august 7-9. we have a link at abc.com with a portion of every ticket told going to the san francisco rex and park department. we are following breaking news a bay area police officer is killed in the line of duty and how the search for the shooter came to an end. >> increasing safety at san francisco general hospital the step the authorities are taking in the wake of patients' death. stay tuned.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good wednesday morning at 5:00 a.m. thank you for joining us. i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. >> hello, everyone, we want to welcome you in stereo. it sounds so much better. >> surround song. >> 4.0 system. >> like the old days. a separate subwurfer. >> we don't have one that is why it is 4.0. >> live doppler hd shows a great