live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> no officer comes to work wanting to be involved in something like that. they are very difficult. they are difficult for those involved. they are difficult for the family. they are difficult for the community. >> a hayward police sank. is hot and killed during a traffic stop. this morning, law enforcement from across the bay area honor the man known as the leader in his department. thank you for joining us. i am matt keller. >> i am eric thomas. the shooting victim is 48-year-old hayward police sergeant scott lunger, colleagues say he was well respected accomplished officer. the shooting happened during a traffic stop after 3:00 this

morning near myrtle and lion street. the driver took off and abandoned the truck eight miles away in oakland at 98th. sergeant scott longer was taken to castro valley where he died. we have team coverage. our reporter is at the hospital but, first, we go to janet o where a news conference just wrapped up. janet? >> the flags here at city hall have been lowered to half staff in honor of sergeant scott lunger shot and killed in the line of duty this morning. hayward police told a news conference for a while ago and they say they lost one of the finest. >> scott lunger is a 15-year veteran of our police department he was promoted to sergeant in 2009 and member of the s.w.a.t. family and the ideal police officer. scott loved this job. this is a tragedy that this

happened. >> police say linger was trying to stop a driver who was swerving erratically when the driver shot him. this happened at 3:14 this morning, a second officer on the scene returned fire but the driver drove off. this is the moment scott lunger was taken away by ambulance. police will not confirm how many times he was shot on where he was shot. he was transported to the medical center in castro valley where he was later pronounced dead. neighbors described hearing the exchange of gunfire early this morning. >> the shots were so rapid fire it was war-like. bam. bam. bam. bam. bam. bam. bam. about seven. >> terrible. it could have just been a ticket and he made it something even worse. police have a "person of interest" based on the vehicle registration of this white pickup truck found abandoned at an oakland intersection.

there were at least five bullet hole on the driver side. the truck and plates match the christmas on the vehicle and sky 7 shows the truck being towed away. it will be a critical piece of evidence in the investigation. other law enforcement agencies assisting hayward police have been at the scene all morning and they were stopping drivers asking them if they witnessed anything. we have learned that scott lunger is 48 and a father to two daughters. they have yet to make an arrest at the shooting and they only have one person of interest. >> thank you. a huge display of support from baby area law enforcement for the bay area police department and eden medical center in castro valley. >> it was so quiet here and somber and respectful and crowded. dozens of officers gathered at

the hospital door to show their respect. it was quite something to see. they stood at attention as sergeant scott lunger's body was carried out of the hospital to the coroner's van. we saw officers from oakland police department the c.h.p. bart police alameda county sheriff, and of course hayward police. they all say they wanted to show support for the officer's family and his police department. they wanted to make sure his body received an escort to the coroner's office. it wasn't just law enforcement who came out this morning people would live near the hospital stood along the street to show police they support them and to thank them. >> it makes me sad. it make me mad. i need to come out and show my support. whether it is...there is no one out here...but every little bit accounts. >> i cannot imagine a cop stopping a guy at a traffic light could have this could be anything but routine and i am

guessing he didn't deserve it. i felt bad that anyone who is to lose their life offer it. people who came out say it was very emotional to see the officer escorting the coroner's van. this is a moment you drop everything and you go. investigators stopped what they are doing, put on their uniforms and get to the hospital to show respect when this happens to a department close by. police departments in the bay area are starting to put the black bands over their badges as they mourn sergeant lunger and all local departments will make plans to send funerals do his funeral to show support. thank you, the tragedy played out over police radio airwaves early this morning and you can hear how quickly it escalated from a traffic stop. it is intense and emotional. it could be unsettling. >> the second is clear it is expires.

>> shots fired. shots fired. partner down. partner down. >> the officer at the scene continued to give dispatch more information and identified sergeant lunger as his partner. hayward police posted this photo on their facebook page with a simple but poignant message: lowering the flag if our fallen her re. thisless understandably hitting this tight knit department very hard. >> the hayward police department is currently made up of 174 warn officers according to a 2014 city report. sergeant lunger is only the fourth hayward officer to die in the line of duty. prior to that the department had not lost an officer since 1987 28 years ago. >> stay with abc for continuing coverage on air is on-line on the death of hayward police sergeant scott lunger and follow us for late breaking updates on twit at this time twit. we are getting a if you look at map accused of killing kate steinle at san francisco's pier

14. francisco sanchez walked into a courtroom at hall of justice this morning looking thin and frail. this is a retrial conference. francisco sanchez admitted to killing kate steinle in an interview but has pleaded not guilty. neither prosecutors or the defense talked to the media. >> firefighters in vallejo put out this fire burning at a vacant commercial building that break out on sacramento street near daniels avenue shortly after 3:30 this morning. no one was hurt. investigators say the same building previously caught fire. homeless people were staying there. >> morgan hill police are asking to identify a man caught on surveillance video trying to break into a home 11 days ago. the homeowner security camera captured the suspect near a fence. he appears to lack into the camera. police posted video on facebook hoping someone will recognize the man. thieves have struck again at uc berkeley swiping computers

from the school of business. someone smash add window early yesterday morning. the campus police say computers vanished for more than 20 offices and this follows other break-ins with windows smashed in several buildings. it is moving day for a state-funded preschool in antioch which has run out of options. today dill close its door force good. the lease is up at the end of month and 300 kids have no place to go. last year the district told the school it wanted the space back for the special needs kids. schools search for other places but could not find anything affordable. >> still ahead another episode of dangerous laser attacks targeting pilots in some of america's busiest airspace. we will have the details. >> chinese artists could soon be on the move and why he is celebrating today. >> heavy rain in california leads to the closure of a major road in yosemite. the headache it is causing for park visitors. >> a look from our exploritorium

camera with meteorologist mike nicco coming up with the

>> two young adults are dead and correct police are trying to figure out if it was a murder-suicide and what prompted it. it happened at front door of this walnut creek home yesterday morning. police say that 21-year-old scott bertics shot and killed 19-year-old clare orton and turned the gun on himself. they were in a relationship. neighbors say they were both

good kids. >> we saw her run through the neighborhood in her practices and just a wonderful family and a wonderful daughter. >> no parties, no fast driving no nothing. just nice kids. >> the family lives in this gated community in lafayette and he was going to stanford. orton was at san diego state. there were no previous disturbances or retraining orders represented to the pair. >> heavy rain is blamed for causing a rock and mudslide along highway 140 in yosemite national park. >> i told them this is where i started. >> a driver saw the rocks tumbled took the video showing the blocked roadway and the rain has flooded some areas of the park warning visitors to move to higher grounds and parts of the county were under flash flood warnings last night. shear where the slide happened along the highway. the main western entrance of the park is closed and you can still

get into yosemite on walnut road. >> federal officials are investigating new attacks by lasers over new york and new jersey targeting jet aircraft at la guardia and newark's airport. this followed laser attacks target 12 flights last wednesday, with the implume nation a growing problem in the bay area. all three major airports have been targeted here. >> a chinese artist is celebrating his new found freedom this morning. you may know the name from his exhibition on alcatraz this year. he has been stuck in china since 2011 when he was arrested for tax evasion and the passport was confiscated but he posted this picture showing the passport has been returned. there is in word on where the art advertise plans to head now. he has art work on display in san francisco at the asian art museum. meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> good morning from the top of

the broadcast center. we have seen a lot of cloud cover and feeling a chilly breeze and temperatures are five degree cooler now than they were yesterday. we are not finished with the cooling and i will tell you how much we have to go before summer runs to the forecast. >> a female pilot who broke barriers during world war ii sets off on another journey and this revolution aviator is writing another page in the history books. >> plus twitter toughens up online harassment with a new feature to protect users from

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petaluma and all the bay area this is abc7 news. a 98-year-old pilot would delivered b-17s in world war ii is not ready to give up her wings. she was among the first women ever trained to fly for the united states military. this morning, she took off again from an air show in wisconsin after sharing her story of being an aviation my nearly. >> it is a weather expense to have. we helped open the door for aviation for women. >> she has been an inspiration to many people including her own children. these days, the new yorker flies with friends handling the controls, two of her children tagged along and enjoyed a special trip with. month. >> today the oakland a moves have root beer float today before the game tonight including leyla gulen with tickets available online and proceeds go to type one diabetes

research, all the ice cream and root beer served will be sugar-free. i hear that leyla is a liberal scooper so if you go to her you could get a few extra scoops. >> bring your own sugar. the sunshine will be free. now, mike has the forecast. >> it will be limited over there, because of the cloud cover. and the increasing cloud cover but yes, definitely a bright occasion for all those involved. we will look at the forecast as hope fades and cure the z hope, faith and cure. we will top out in the upper 60s around action and sun will set at 8:27 the enjoy the time there. and no one is saying hello to leyla take a picture and put it on facebook. we would love to see it. back to this morning and watch the clouds racing toward the sunrise as we look at a deeper marine layer, up to 2,200' and that is why we had to go to mount tamalpais at 2,600'. we have more clouds now over sfo than we did this morning because

of a faster sea breeze today that is going to drop our highs again. not so dramatically as yesterday but it will be cooler-than-average this afternoon. more clouds tonight, drizzle more likely in lower elevations the you have on go above 1,500 to have anything measurable this morning and hot sunshine coming inland next week. we talked about the flooding around yosemite and how about hail that is coming from the thunderstorms? this is from this morning from susan michael the hail that did not melt during the overnight hours. it looked like snow. look up around reno and to the south you can see the thunderstorms already starting to erupt while we are quiet here. most of the activity is going to be in the high country again. we will focus our attention on the winds and look at this, live doppler hd showing double digit its but for mountain view at eight miles per hour and san jose at three and half moon bay is one of slower spots at eight. 2:00 this afternoon to 10:00

could be a bumpy ride home if you take the ferry to vallejo or to san rafael not of the -- east of the golden gate bridge and north of the bay bridge. you can see the sunshine along the north bay coast that is it and everyone else is going to be cloudy. while the rest of us the sunshine is tempered by the winds. already 77 in san ramon one of warm spots and 76 in livermore and areas that received sunshine first but you can see clouds at half moon bay and san francisco and oakland and san mateo and that is why we are stuck in the 60s. this trough is going to reinforce the cool and dry air and kick up the breezes this afternoon and they will reach all of us and that is why the 90s are out of the forecast. as high as we can get in the south bay is mid-80s in leg hockey and gilroy and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 70s not necessarily pool weather but it is getting close with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70s to los altos and mountain view and millbrae is a brick 70. half moon bay is 63 and pacifica

and daily city is only 62 and sunset is lucky to get to 63 and downtown late sunshine and 65 and same in sausalito and we will have temperatures in the mid-70s to 80s across the north bay and upper 60 to mid-70s inland or along the east bay show and free air conditioning and we will be save money inland in the low 80s. we will cool even more tomorrow and we rebound back to today's temperatures friday morning clouds and afternoon sunshine and that is the rule all seven days with temperatures back to average this weekend and warmer than average, 80s and 90s coming back next week so injury our break from summer while it lasts. >> i will show you breaking news from the east bay this is near evora road in bay point it it is a grass fire that is under control according to fire departments in the east bay but you see a lot of smoke still rising and folks may think there is something dangerous going on. firefighters have this under control but evora road is shut

down while the firefight continues. this is about three abeers charred. >> twit certificate on a troll take down rolling out a new safety center yesterday to help protect users which,s would like a hub to educate dealing with trolls. the center provides information on twitter policies and includes sessions specifically created for teenagers.

>> back to develop news the hair police department is mourning the loss of one of their own. sergeant scott lunger was shot and killed during a traffic stop in hayward. he was 15-year veteran of the department and a father of two. a procession of officers stood by saluting the fallen officer as his body was taken away from eden medical center in castro valley where he died. in us have made no arrests but say they have a "person of interest" in custody for more follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> coming up at 4:00, a major furniture recall affecting a popular retailer, the dresser and tied to two deaths with a fix now available. the controversial picture that has twitter apologizing. the story is tonight on abc7 at act. >> sometimes we need a good hug and in the case of two shelter

dogs it ended up being what saved tear lives. check out this photo posted by the angels among us animal rescue in atlanta a worker snapped this picture of the two holding just before they were scheduled to be put down and once the snapshot hit social media it did not take long before racking up 19,000 views and tugged at the heart strings of a veterinarian less than three hours later, the shelter updated the page to say the vet rushed in and adopting both dogs. they shared the side-by-side picture or they shared the picture showing a little love with their new owners. >> from all of us as abc7, than force joining us. >> we leave you with a hook again from payment near evora road where a grandson fire is burning and the fire department said it is under control but generating a lot of smoke in the east bay and is shut down near evora and driftwood. have a great day.

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