live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> we did recover a rifle from the scene. there were many rounds fired at scene. >> veteran oakland police officer seriously wounded during an early morning gun battle with a suspect. >> thanks for joining us. >> abc7 reporter janet o is in oakland with the latest. janet? >> kristen, oakland police chief did not say how many times or where the police officer was shot but he did say he now is in stable condition after this morning's deadly shootout. oakland police released this photo believed to be the suspect, a legal assault rifle

with an extended magazine used to shoot at officers. oakland police chief described the shootout. >> close to to a full magazine was fired. >> it happened near martin luther king jr. way. officers were following up on a sexual assault investigation. when they alived at suspect's house this is what happened. >> the suspect came out of the front door with a rifle and immediately began firing upon the officers in front of the house. >> officers returned fire and struck the suspect. the 49-year-old oakland resident was pronounced dead at the hospital. the officer was shot at least once. he is a 14-year veteran who recently was promoted to sergeant. >> the police officer sustained significant gunshot wound and is currently in serious-but-stable condition and has undergone one surgery and will likely have more surgeries for the coming.

>> the second officer involved in the shooting was not injured. that officer has been where the department for one year. oakland police and alameda county district attorney's office will be investigating the shooting. >> a special flag called a united states honor flag is waving above the hayward police sergeant in memory of sergeant scott lunger after flowing at several landmarks including ground zero in york and honors american heroes across the country. officers will run at 1:00 o'clock when the flag is brown -- brought down. it will fly for february years an hour for each year of service. >> on the explosive wildfire burning out of space control in lake county. the assault can be seen from the air with two more air tankers joining the fight.

fires are battling tough conditions which has tripled in size since friday. it now is burning in three counties. the rocky fire is 60,000 acres. it is only 12 percent contained. 12,000 resolution accidents are under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders. 15 structures have been destroyed. 24 are homes. our reporter has more from lake county. >> firefighters on the rocky fire are feel be optimistic about the containment number. they say the next three days the weather looks pretty good and last night was one of the quietest on the fire. they know spots like these can flare-up in the afternoon when the winds pick up so they are still keeping a very close eye on things keeping water on the hotspots just in case. they are clearing residents out of the area. >> another day at the rocky fire, another round of evacuations. officials ordered these people out their homes yesterday. they are prepared to settle here

at the lodge for a few days. >> i will be here until they send us home probably in a couple of days. would knows? >> fires made good progress last night and the weather forecast is looking good. they are not letting down their guard. they have nearly 3,000 firefighters here and more are arrive today. residents say they are impressed and grateful. >> these guys are great. the winds are really bad. that is the problem. >> firefighters say although it looks calm this morning, and they have more than doubled capement lines, residents need to keep their head on a swivel because the near grew so dramatically over the weekend they don't know what it will do. you may not be affected this second but it could change 13,118 people have been evacuated so far and the ones we spoke with say they are aware. >> if you have a bad year, this is the worse fire i have seen in 40 some years up here.

too much brush. >> firefighters say the goal today is to box in the fire using highway 20 and highway 16 as the perimeter. they want to keep it in that area, not let it jump out of there. they feel like the weather is in their favor the next few days and maybe they can turn the corner on this. in lake county for abc7 news. >> the mandatory evacuation can be seen for several communities all residents at spring valley ordered out. areas around paradise canyon and jerusalem valley remain develop evacuated affecting traffic on highway 20 and 53. other bay area firefighters are shooting their own video of the rocky fire. a battalion chief is leading a strike team of five engines and shot this video. they are firing flares to burn fuel to try to stop the flames from jumping the highway.

he also shot another part of video we will share look at a plane dropping retardant on top of him. the team was, working 24-hour shifts and just started a new 24 hour shift this morning. >> that is graduating, gradual -- that is grueling, grueling work. >> the cooling we felt yesterday is what they felt also and helped this. gain a little ground. that will continue the next 36 hours or so. but we will look at acres, first, but i thought i would throw this out here, 60,000 acres is 94 square miles and we use oakland as a way to look at this, the land and the water together at 78,000 square miles and this fire is bigger than deck. it should be 78 square miles. 94-95 square miles, that is palm springs and this fire is as big

as palm springs. right now, 75 degrees. humidity is 51 percent. winds are up to eight miles per hour. the streets affected right now as we head through the afternoon hours, the hottest temperatures are 87 and the lowest humidity is 32 percent. overnight we will drop back into the 50s and the humidity will come up and the winds will die counsel again. >> you can down led our free abc7 news app for the latest information on the rocky fire and others burning across the state so be sure to enable the push alert for updates. >> mystery surrounding the 30 hour disappearance of a special olympian albanian competitor was missing in los angeles on saturday and somehow walked into the hayward police department in morning. matt keller is there. getting answers has been tough. >> yes, it has, and andy i am told is actually sleeping inside of the hayward and he is down

fine. the next step in the investigation is finding out exactly how he got here. >> albanian special olympian was last seen saturday night at the university of southern california. he missions the closing ceremony on sunday at 6,500 fellow athletes celebrated together at the los angeles memorial coliseum. this morning, after 2:00 a.m., and 350 miles away, the bowling competitor walked into the hayward police department wearing just shores and a t-shirt. >> they determined he was hungry. they got someone to talk to him and they tracked him down over two hours and they figured out who he was and where he was from and they found him which is great. >> hayward police used a translation service to get more information from the 44-year-old. they believe he may is traveled by bus but investigators say he was having difficulty communicating the circumstances of his disappearance other than to say he was looking for a police department prior to his arrival at hayward police

department. many questions remain but the good news is andy is doing okay. >> when i saw him several hours later this morning, he smiled and introduced himself and he was in good condition. >> the l.a.p.d. and the special olympics committee are handling the return of andy and are flying to the bay area and are expecting to met him near at the hayward police department. reporting in hayward for abc7. >> thanks, matt. a second spell olympics athletes has gone missing under equally mysterious circumstances. police in los angeles are searching for an athlete from the ivory coast of africa and defeated these two images of the missing athlete a short time ago. he was last seen at lamb -- l.a.x. at 6:30. the rest of the team has departed. he speaks french but not english. >> sheriff deputies are investigating the death of a

woman found in a car outside vallejo city limits. it was reported at 7:30 this morning. she was shot several times. >> in hayward arson is looking into the cause of three separate fires at an apartment complex this morning. town 100 residents were evacuated is five were rescued. two suffered minor injuries. >> still ahead, a comic sets up to stop gun violence in an emotional plea. >> play at the pump, california's latest effort to attract players and the warnings from hii'm here to tell homeowners that are sixty-two and older about a great way to live a better retirement... it's called a reverse mortgage.

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new this morning, san francisco police are investigating a break in at a cell phone story near mark k here you see the front window shattered at the verizon store. witnesses say officers arrested two people with arms full of phone and other accessories. >> the national baseball congress is suspending the use of bat boys and girls during the world series after the death of a 9-year-old bat boy. the boy was hit by a bat during amateur game in wichita on saturday. he died on sunday from the injuries. he was running by a batter who was taking a practice scene and was hid in the head. he was wearing a helmet. the national baseball congress is an organization of amateur and semi professional leagues in the united states and canada.

>> a colorado jury will decide in a few minutes if the death penalty is an option for the shooter behind the movie theater massacre three years ago. the jury began deliberating on thursday after his parents made an emotional plea for mercy claiming he is mentally ill. the 27-year-old is charged in the attack that left 12 dead and 70s people injured. the announcement is expected any time. when it does we will send out an alert on or news app. you can follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> a leading united states lawmaker and actress are teaming up for initiative against gun violence. amy schumer and her cousin charles schumer are fighting mass shootings focusing on mental health funding and background checks in response to the movie theater shooting in lafayette, louisiana, that killed two women and wounded nine. the actress said it is personal because it happens near the citizenning of her new movie. >> my heart goes out to the

those who died and all those who tied to the horrifying the actions of this man who should not have been able to put his hands on a gun in the first place. >> schumer is referring to the accuse gunman, john houser who had a history of mental illness. he shot and killed himself after the rampage. >> meteorologist mike nicco has the weather coming up. >> a brighter day. a little bit cooler. we have a roller coaster of temperatures. i will show you when the heat comes back. we will look at the weekend forecast, also. >> mike, thank you. surfing on a bicycle? what this daredevil has to say about this epic stunt on water. >> people who are picky eaters could be a sign of something more serious in

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>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> we have some incredible spree to show you from the netherlands. take a look. this collapses and it was just too much for the crane do hold and brought down the second crane. 20 people were hurt but no one was killed. officials say the collapse also took down a row of hopes. >> a daredevil is no stranger to wild stunts but he is the first person to use a dirt bike on skis to surf monster waves. it is called "pipe dreams," and he is wiped out before he merges

upright. he trained for two years to pull off this stunt and said the video does not show how physical it was calling it a near death experience. >> that is crazy. >> three did it more than once to get it right on video. >> that is incredible. >> meteorologist mike nicco not going to be trying that any time soon. >> maybe! >> looks like fun. >> i get more daring as i get older. >> i will leave it to the professional. >> good morning, on the weather window and show you the clouds as they were rolling cross sutro tower and how they opened up. look at mirror of sunshine on the water. it is spoke tack particular and look 59 what it looks like from shut summit you can see the clouds are vanished. we will have modest cooling with a sunny sky and clouds return and drizzle is possible near the coast and in the middle part of the weekend we have warmth and

it will cool again into the weekend. ing in is too outrageous on either side. we are in the mid-to-upper 60s, hayward and san carlos and san francisco and santa rosa, san jose, los gatos, and half moon bay and everyone else in the low-to-mid 70s so delightful to be outside and with a breeze. the breeze is coming off of warmer-than-average ocean water and that is not going to keep us much cooler-than-average the next couple of days with the fast wind where you expect it at 24 miles per hour and the west delta all the way back to the west, golden gate bridge to the safe, bay bridge, and that is where the small craft advisory is from 3:00 foe 10:00 and it is going to be dangerous for our smaller craft out on the water. we will talk about temperature, santa cruz at 71 and 80 around los gatos and gilroy and money 70s for the south bay and cupertino and san jose at 78 and same in los altos and redwood city the warm spot on the peninsula and down to 74 in san mateo and 72 at millbrae.

we will hit the mid-to-upper 60s along the coast into downtown san francisco and 70 in south san francisco and sausalito and other parts of san francisco. mid-to-upper 70s through most north bay valley with mid-80s around cloverdale and 87 near lake port and 69 in richmond and berkeley and otherwise low-to-mid 70's along the east bay shore with oakland at 70 and fremont is 76 and upper 70s throughout the san ramon valley but the rest of our inland east bay neighbors in the low-to-mid 80s. at the game tonight, 7:00 first pitch at 66 and dropping to 63 and baltimore orioles taking on the a's. temperatures are in the mid-50s to low 60s with drizzle possible along the coast and clouds again. we will look at guillermo. good news. it continues to weaken. and now a tropical storm moving to the northwest at 10 miles per hour putting it on the door step for showers at 2:00 on tuesday morning and winds from wednesday evening through friday morning as it hops along to the north of

the hawaiian islands. that is the best place it can move. if it was south that puts the island in the largest surge and the fastest wind. if you are close to a tropical storm, the hawaiian islands is the best place to be. enjoy the temperatures. >> thank you, mike. a new study says parents should talk to their doctors if their children are picky about what they eat. curing to researchers it could be a sign of bigger health concerns. they say school age kids who are extremely selective about food experience anxiety and depression and psychological issues but parents should not panic, only very small emergency of kids are actually that picky. >> you do not know that picky eating causing psychiatric symptoms so we do not want do overstate the connection but it is a first good initial study. >> the way my friends overcome the picky eating is mix something in a smoothie but he will not eat a smoothie.

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