hours. the intern police chief said this started when a woman drove to the bank to get money outside the atm. she immediately called officers quickly surrounded the area. police say the suspect was pacing, acting very agitated and refusing to cooperate. some of those officers recognized the suspect. in fact they've known him since he was a child and asked him repeatedly to drop his gun. after a few minutes the suspect instead took a combative stance. >> he stopped, pointed it at the officers and shot in the office officers direction. the officers immediately returned fire. >> it escalated very quickly. qk >> reporter: none of the officers were injured. police say the suspect was a

30-year-old hispanic man. police expect this area around the wells fargo bank to be closed for several more hours. tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> great information. thank you. now, we are staying on top of this breaking news on the abc 7 news app. you can download it on your mobile device and enable push alerts. in other news six people including two children were hurt after a violent crash near san francisco golden gate park this morning. the acura rolled over and m mercedes slammed into a rail. the santa clara county sheriffs office says the vehicle was involved in a collision

before it caught fire. the sheriff, chp are investigating. officer andrew cam larry lost his life christmas eve when his patrol car was hit by a suspected drunk driver. nbc's coronal bernard was at att today's memorial. >> reporter: hundreds of law enforcement officers some as far away as colorado and texas came to honor a chp officer, a man who loved his job. >> whether its to help a motorist, issue a citation to a speeding driver. >> reporter: he died in the line of duty christmas eve in hayward

when his patrol car was struck by a suspected drunk driver who was later arrested. >> he was out there trying to protect others from the very think that took his life. >> reporter: his partner was injured in the crash. his emotional tribute brought everyone to tears. >> andrew, i know you can hear me. i love you buddy, and it was an honoring being your partner. rest in peace, brother. >> reporter: he got a standing ovation from the crowd. >> he was a family man and loved nothing more than being withroxy and their children. >> reporter: the couple has three young children, elizabeth, andrew, jr., and ryder. >> elizabeth, i know you miss your dad and he's not here, but he's always watching over you.

>> reporter: his wife was presented with her husband's badge. he now returns to his hometown of tracy where he will be laid to rest. in stalkten, i'm coronal bernard, abc 7 news. rain is on the way, but it won't reach us until after new year's day. tonight taking a live look from our roof cam. you can see there just a little bit cloudy but dry. meteorologist drew tuma standing by with your forecast. >> new year's eve forecast, hour by hour early on in the day as that sun is in our sky, it's going to be a hazy sky with a mixture of sun and clouds. that sun goes down and as we approach midnight jackets are needed. temperatures falling to the 40s. as we welcome the new year, we're going to welcome a new weather pattern ahead.

those rain chances really ramp up and those chances continue even into the early part of next weekend. so we'll detail where these storms rank and how much rain you can expect coming up. >> what a change, drew, thanks. right now crews are setting up for san francisco popular new year's eve celebration. lonnie rivera live with more. >> reporter: yeah, dion, the view will be just south of that ferry building for the show. fireworks release particles that can spark air pollution at a time when the air quality is not very good. it takes a team and two day setup for the fireworks over san francisco bay. >> they're beautiful and gorgeous. so it's just a fun way to celebrate just about anything. >> reporter: but some are

concerned. they say ringing in 2018 with a fireworks show isn't exactly the best for air that's already polluted in the bay area. >> air quality is currently unhealthy in many parts of the bay area right recollec fireworks aren't going to improve the situation. the particles from these exploding fireworks linger in the air for quite some time, especially with the conditions we have right now, calm conditions, cool temperatures, that means that air pollution is just lingering in the air. >> reporter: bay area air district spokesman tom flanagan says people sensitive to poor air quality should be mindful of the bad air. >> i do encourage in these conditions for people to carry their inhalers with them if they know they have a respiratory condition. also consider not going to where the fireworks are being launched. >> we'll begin the actual

loading of the product this afternoon and connected and ready to shoot. >> reporter: those fireworks will be launched from a barge 1,000 feet offshore from pier 14. unlike the foggy fourth of july, fire crews are looking forward to seeing their hard work light up the sky for 2018. in the meantime bay area transit agencies will help people celebrate new year's eve safely. bart will run skpru chains until 3:00 in the morning. some stations will be skipped because of overcrowding, so make sure to plan ahead. they're all offering free rides on new year's eve. they'll begin at 8:00 p.m. and last until the early hours of the morning. celebrate 2018 with abc 7 and dick clark's new year's eve fest. then you can join us for abc 7

news at 11:00 and then at 11:30, the count down to midnight as new year's rocking eve continues. a prank goes too far ending with a shooting. now a california man is in custody revealing more about his troubled past and how it

tonight a california man is under arrest after a swatting prank call led to a deadly police shooting. abc reporter has the chilling 911 calls and new information about the suspect. >> reporter: in custody accused of placing a fake 911 call. >> therapy arguing and i shot him in the head and he's not breathing. >> reporter: in a labored voice the prankster was telling 911 he shot his father and was holding his family hostage. but when officers arrived a man identifieds by his family as andrew finch appeared at the screen door. >> show your hands. walk this way. >> reporter: with body cameras rolling the officers instructed the 28-year-old to raise his

hands and walk towards them. at first they say he complied but then moved his hands to his waist. an officer then opening fire. >> he feared the male had just pulled a weapon from his wabd. >> reporter: finch's family watched in horror. >> my granddaughter who witnessed the shooting and had to step over her dying uncle's body. >> reporter: wichita police saying the man was unarmed and did not make that call. he called in a bomb threat to abc station in 2015 which led to an evacation of the los angeles station. he received a two-year sentence and was released earlier this year according to the fbi who assisted local authorities in locating him yesterday. abc news, new york. >> what a wild story. well, just ahead good luck if you're playing the power ball tonight. you're going to need all the luck you can get because of the recent changes that also made the megaball harder to win.

plus meteorologist drew tuma up next with your 2018 forecast. facing memphis tonight at oracle. we'll have

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firefighters a making great progress on the thomas fire, but it'll still take three more weeks to get full containment. tonight it's at 92%. it's destroyed more than a thousand structures. because of the progress, though, firefighters are spending less time on the fire line and more time repairing damage they caused while traying to contain the fire. the flames could still flare-up again because of high temperatures and low humidity. well, tonight someone could claim a $384 million power ball jackpot with another enormous drawing on tuesday. you do have until exactly 11:59. tuesday's will be worth $343 million of nobody won last night's drawing. it is rare, though, for both games jackpots to be so enormous. we could be seeing that more

often because megabillions made it harder to win with a larger range of numbers. power ball did that a few years ago. tracking a quiet finish to the year tomorrow, but rain will enter the forecast in the next couple of days. we still have a fair amount of cloud cover overhead. unfortunately, not any moisture tonight or the next 24 hours. the picture outside, tonight in san francisco, a rather quiet and cool night. this time tomorrow, though, it's going to be hustling and bustling with folks getting their spots preparing to watch the fireworks. air quality not only an issue today but continuing tomorrow especially along the north bay along the coast and inland. so another spare the air day is in effect on sunday. temperatures wise our coolest spots have dipped back into the 40s this hour. elsewhere we're kind of holding in the mid and low 50s in this

early evening. it will be a chilly night, once again, away from the coast. the next 12 hours typically cool in our valleys like santa rosa, conquered, dodd, dropping. matchy fog in spots first thing in the morning on your sunday. by the afternoon we'll see a blend of sun and clouds out there. you'll also notice that haze in the atmosphere once again thanks to the air quality. about 59 in palo alto, 62 in conquered and santa rosa up to a cool 59 degrees. then we get you into the later hours of new year's eve. if you are going to be out and about, it's dry, but have your jackets. temperatures dipping into the mid-40s and 50s around the bay. and then ring in the new year with a blend of star and clouds out there. and 2:00 in the morning chilly with spots inland going to the upper 30s.

look at these numbers. the past 30 days most spots have barely even squeaked out an inch of moisture. we're really on our way to the fourth driest december in recorded history. but we are tracking showers. the storm impact scale we use exclusively here otabc 7 to rank your storms. the showers moving in wednesday are light in nature. it's not a lot of rainfall. it is a good indication that our pattern is changing for the weather. by noon the showers first developing along the coast, and then we do expect into the afternoon and evening the showers to become a little bit more widespread, but it's quick moving system. so in the early morning hours on thursday this storm is going to break up and part the region.

new year's day is dry, but increasing clouds on tuesday lead to our first storms and another storm arrives friday into saturday. it's a 1 on the storm impact scale. well, the warriors played 11 games during christmas without their mvp steph curry, but on the 12th day of christmas curry returned. and he's back. starts out with a little give-and-go by draymond. takes and makes his first three, bottom. and then cutting to the basket. seven points in his first 7 1/2 minutes. memphis hanging around. right now it's 52-50 warriors. byu led by 8 in the second half.

29 for the coupe, but jack landal answers 25 of his own. nice pass for three. 2 and 0 in conference after a 74-50 victory. well, the pac-12 an abysmal 1 and 12 in season so far. last clahance for a victory comg this afternoon. sunny glen dale all penn state in the first half. 92-yard touchdown road. barclay finished with 137 yards and two scores. that's a long way to run. but washington made the game up. jake browning pass to aaron

fuller. but too many toomas. the lions go onto win 35-28. pac-12 finishes the bowl season 1 and 8. mississippi state in a tax slayer bowl. longest run of jackson's career right here, 75 yards. but he didn't score. also threw four picks. looks like he has his eye on the nfl draft. 147 yards on the day in mississippi state wins at 31-27 your your final. late third quarter in trouble, balls tipped by the memphis defender and an iowa state receiver but grabs it in the back of the end zone for a score. he looked like he stepped out of bounds and play was reviewed and called good.

he was game mvp. iowa state wins it 21-20. hoping to end the season 6 and 10, but last night for the 30th straight year the offensive linemen got together to celebrate their season. abc 7 was at the house of prime rib as they ate like kings. as a group at the end of every season they've done this since 1897. >> this is my seventh year being a part of this dinner, and it's such a great dinner because it celebrates the offensive line, and it's a dinner for everybody to go out ending a great year. >> and of course our

brought us back some. >> thanks. coming up, the perfect setup for a hunter without compassion, but this deer ran into a hunter with a big heart instead.

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down his gun. he spotted the fawn, crept out onto the ice and picked it up as you can see there. he carried it all the way back to land where the deer then just scurried on away. his friend you can hear him in the background saying see you buddy, go find your dad. he shared the video on twitter calling himself as a conservationist, saying his aim as a hunter not to harm or hurt a

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