the suspect's name is daniel jordan dewitt. he is accused of tress passing on the victim's property and that lead to a fight. this is the home where pitchers and catchers -- peter cukor lived with his wife. he heard the suspect so we went outside, that is when daniel jordan dewitt attacked him and killed him. kron 4's reggie kumar spoke to his parents tonight. >>> the mother and father of daniel jordan dewitt say their son was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenic when he was 18 years old. he is the grandson of al dewitt. their son has been off the medication since july. they were shocked when they learned their son faces murder

the suspect's name is daniel jordan dewitt. he is accused of tress passing on the victim's property and that lead to a fight. this is the home where pitchers and catchers -- peter cukor lived with his wife. he heard the suspect so we went outside, that is when daniel jordan dewitt attacked him and killed him. kron 4's reggie kumar spoke to his parents tonight. >>> the mother and father of daniel jordan dewitt say their son was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenic when he was 18 years old. he is the grandson of al dewitt. their son has been off the medication since july. they were shocked when they learned their son faces murder charges. >> our system is such that there is wonderful people in the mental health field but we have incorrect laws that don't allow them oo get the help they need. it is a tragedy for us, it is a tragedy for the other family. i don't know what happened. i don't know what went on but my heart goes out tathem. i am sorry and we all suffered a great loss. >> he was a great kid, he just didn't get the righ

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. >> reporter: the parents of the man under arrest, daniel jordan dewitt are heartbroken. >> our hearts go out to the family of the victim. and really sad. i pray everything is okay with hem. >> reporter: they say their son was a model child till he was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic when he was 18 and the system failed him. >> our system is such that you go in, they shove them with all kinds of drugs and put them on the streets again. >> reporter: she saw her son the day before but there was no indication he was violent. >> people need to be mandated to take meds before they get to this point. >> reporter: this statement does not differ from those facts. it confirms the story we just told you. we will say, however, that police say they are continuish their investigation -- continuing their investigation, not into their response but into the criminal investigation. reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police released new details about an officer involved shooting last night. plice say anaudia police say an officer responded -- police say an officer reported to

the suspect is daniel jordan dewitt of alameda. >> tragedy struck a washington state ski resort knee stevens pass. the victims were part of 12 people hit be the avalanche. the rest dug themselves out, but the rest were swept 1500 feet down an out-of-bounds canyon. another woman was swept out but was saved bay safety device she was wearing. >> saying goodbye, the final journey for whitney houston. >> the controversy isn't over but tonight what espn says it's doing to try to make it up to jeremy lin. >> celebrating carnival with a twist. what's new this year coming up. >> hi there, i'm leigh glaser. plenty of sunshine this afternoon. but the sutro cam showing the clouds increasing. yes, we're going to see showers. we'll take a look at the forecast coming u >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> espn fired the person responsible for the racist headline directedded a basketball player jeremy lin. the headline ran on espn's web site. and the network apologized again today. >> when you're as big of a power as espn, with great power comes great responsibility and

the suspect in the skies 23- year-old daniel jordan dewitt. his parents say he is a paranoid schizophrenic failed by the mental health system. >> everybody is in shock. and they are feeling very unsettled. this is a very unusual crime. but critical to that to piecing together the story is the timing on the phone calls and the response. >> reporter: in berkeley, lisa washington, cbs 5. >> and the alameda patch is reporting that dewitt is the grandson of the late al dewitt. >>> a former los angeles schoolteacher pled not guilty to charges of sexual misconduct. mark berndt was arraigned on charges of lewd acts against 23 children dating back to 2005. prosecutors say the 61-year-old took bizarre bondage-style photos of his students. he has been in jail since his arrest last month and bail is set at $23 million. >>> a fire broke out early today in a garage in castro valley. it housed two african tortoises. the animals escaped safely from the fire on allman road. the people were inside the structure at 3 a.m. when it start. a heating pad or extensio

of a berkeley murder suspect say their son is suffering from mental illness. 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitteda is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. he is accused of beating a man to death with a garden pot. this happened in the berkeley hills on saturday night. dewitt's former football star at alameda high school. his parents say the mental health system failed him. >> if people were to describe him they would say what a kind gentle person he is. this is an illness. it has nothing to do with him. >> berkeley pd didn't respond to a call for a prowler. they were dealing with protestors at the time. they did respond when the victim's wife called 911. >>> another shooting caps off a violent holiday weekend in oakland. police were called to 82nd avenue and international boulevard last night. they found a young man with gunshot wounds to his lower body. witnesses say silver bmw with three men inside was seen speeding away from the area. three men having killed in east oakland since thursday. several more have been injured. >>> a 16-year-old robbery suspect is in custody this morning after a mas

. >> reporter: 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt described by his father as a paranoid schizophrenic is in jail for the murder of a berkeley hills resident. police say the man was beaten with a flower pot saturday night at his home. al dewitt calls the case a failure of the mental health system. >> they drug him and let him go in and out of the hospital that's the problem my son had. he could never get stabilized on any drug. they take him in and let him out. >> reporter: berkeley councilmember who represents the neighborhood had known the victim for years. >> he was a very kind man, very accomplished man. the whole thing is shocking that he's no longer with us. >> reporter: she is calling for an investigation into the police response. police say the first call from the home came in on an nonemergency line reporting a man trespassing. the next one was a 911 emergency call after attack. police say at the time they had reconfigureed patrols to deal with an occupy oakland protest heading toward berk little. a statement says: only criminal in progress emergency calls were to be dispatched.

police believe the 23-year-old suspect jordan dewitt is mentally ill. they say he killed 67-year-old peter succor outside the victim's home near grizzly peak boulevard saturday night. officers have released a time line of the events in an attempt to defend their response. at 8:45 p.m. the victim called police on a nonemergency line to report a trespasser on his property. at the same time, patrol teams were monitoring an occupy proceed he test and did not answer the trespassing call. then at 9:02, the victim's wife phoned 9-1-1 to report an attack in progress. police say officers were dispatched within a minute of that call. >>> oakland woman was taken into custody this morning for allegedly shooting at her boyfriend. police say the woman had called police to her home near 45th street and telegraph avenue when the boyfriend came to retrieve his belongings. officers say that call had been resolved. the boyfriend returned an hour later. they say the woman then fired at the boyfriend three times from the porch. >> from what we understand, one of the occupan

there's an arraignment set this afternoon for berkeley hills homicide suspect. 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt is accused in the beating death of peter cukor saturday. the murder weapon was a large ceramic pot. a berkeley city council member is calling for an investigation into the police response to that case. officers say the response was delayed due to a nearby "occupy" protest. >>> an american journalist was among 60 people killed in syria today as president bashar assad's regime continues to assault the rebel uprising. 57-year-old marie colvin had been a foreign correspondent for britain's sunday times for more than 25 years. the the new york native lost an eye covering another war more than a decade ago. just one day before she died, she was on television calling the government bombard elementary of rebels, quote, relentless and shocking. >> i think the sickening thing is the complete merciless nature. they are hitting civilian buildings. >> this is a desperately sad reminder of the risks that journalists take to inform the world of what is happening and the dreadful events in syria. >>

the 67-year-old man died saturday, allegedly attacked by 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt. the victim called the police nonemergency line asking for help but dispatch gave the call low priority while officers were dealing with occupy protesters. it's not clear why he was at the property in the first place. his mother tells the oakland tribune her son is a paranoid schizophrenic not properly treated in the hospital for his illness. >>> b.a.r.t. police will be outfitted with state of the art wearable cameras made by a company called taser. they're an updated version of the cameras worn by some san jose police officers cost between $700 and $1,000 per camera, able to record everything. the cameras will be able to live stream their video back to headquarters so police administrators can watch officers in real time. >> this is the entire camera system here, weighs about 15 grams. just pull the wire around here. we have an extended battery pack that i'm wearing in my suit pocket here. this is the entire system, including 14 hours of record time. so you can record or video buffer

suspect in a weekend murder in berkeley scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt from alameda was arrested near the murder scene. dewitt was a star football player at alameda high school. his parents say though he suffers from mental illness and has since he was age 18. they say the mental health system failed him. >> they get shoved in a hospital for a couple of days and get shoved back out, thrown medications on massive dose of medication and then just put back out on the street. >> it's a battle just to keep him in the hospital. he has been in and out of the hospital nine times. >> berkeley police say they did not respond quickly to a call about a suspicious person outside the victim's home because officers were busy monitoring a protest march in the city. >>> in hayward police are trying to find a man they say should be in custody and not on the streets. police say 32-year-old jose hernandez slashed his own throat and stabbed himself before they detained him outside his ex-girlfriend's house on saturday night. he was treated for the wounds and sent for a psych

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investigators say daniel jordan dewitt bludgeoned the man saturday night. at took place after he called police to report a suspicious person on his property. police are facing criticism for not responding quickly enough to that call. they were dealing with an occupy protest. several of the family member as tended the hearing. >> san francisco sheriff was back in court this afternoon. his attorney is trying to get key evidence thrown out in his domestic violence case before that trial begins. we are live from the hall of justice. >> it was a brief hearing here today. just some house keeping maneuvers. the news is that motion filed today. >> ross mirkarimi is prepared to have his day in court. the sheriff is accused of domestic violence towards his wife on new year's eve. and his attorney filed a motion asking that statements lopez made to her neighbor be tossed out as hearsay evidence. conversation not made in the heat of the moment and not under dures. >> there is hearsay. >> if successful that, could gut the prosecution's case, lopez's attorney is using an

jordan dewitt is ill and he killed the homeowner outside his home saturday night is where this helpedd. police are defending their response time. they were called to report a trespasser on the out the complaint because they were monitoring an occupied protest and police went to the home after his wife called 911. >>> lake county investigators released this photo and a suspicious man tried to lure two children into a truck late saturday afternoon. you can see it here, it is an olive green pick up with a light canvas top. the investigation continues. >>> well east bay mud worked late into the night to fakes water-main break to fix a huge sinkhole in lafayette. >>> a mother and her daughter were driving around selling girl scout cookies when their car got stuck. their van had to be towed. this water-main break happened jed before 5:00 -- yesterday before 5:00 and water service was shut down allowing crews to make repairs. >> it could be the first in 13 years, how they could change the market for weight loss drugs. >>> a few armed robberies in just one week. live at the carquinez bridge,

call from the home of a businessman before we was killed last weekend with 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt described by his father as a paranoid schizophrenic is in jail for the murder of the berkeley hills resident. neighbors are -- police say the victim was beaten with way flower pot saturday night at his home. the first call from the home came on a nonemergency line reporting a manifest ing. the next was a 911 emergency call after attack. -- berkeley police say they have reconfigured calls at night to deal with an occupy oakland protest heading towards berkeley. >> i think it is something we have to look into. i think allocation of resources is really important. that's why i've asked for the information. >> police say officers were immediately dispatched after the 911 call. >> in livermore police are looking for whoever is throwing rocks again. this time they came close to hitting a baby. rocks were thrown from a moving car early saturday morning. they hit several homes and a school many one smashed through the window of a house with such force it got stuck in the wall next to a child's

the mother of daniel jordan dewitt claims he suffers from paranoia, schizophrenia and wasn't properly treated in a hospital. saturday night say dewitt attacked a homeowner. the police response time is also being questioned since officers weren't immediately dispatched to the call of an intruder at the house because they were delayed with the occupy protesters. >> investigators say they do not think alcohol played a part in a deadly accident on highway 101 in san jose. this is an update to breaking news yesterday. the chp says the driver was going too fast when his suv rolled on the capitol expressway off ramp. the pavement was wet from rain. the man who died was ejected from the vehicle. police say neither he nor any of the eight people in the suv yesterday were wearing seat belts. two other passengers suffered major injuries. >> gas prices accelerating quickly now. it's going too cost more than $4 a gallon on average. christie smith live in oakland now. she has the answer of why we won't see the price tag come down soon. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's not the $4 a gall

. >> police arrest 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt in connection with the attack less than a block from the crime scene. his mother says that he is mentally ill. >>> one of the survivors in washington's deadly avalanche has ties to the bay area. >> that story is just unbelievable. >> i know, it's remarkable, raj and jessica. she is married to santa clara native robinson. she was making her way in an out of bounds area when the snow cut loose, sweeping them down the mountain. she immediately deployed her avalanche airbag similar to this one. it basically keeps its victims on the top of the avalanche rather than be completely buried in it. she said the device saved her life. >> it's not like you're taking an intertube ride down some snowy field. you definitely are in the avalanche and it feels like you're in a washing machine and you're being flipped and tumbled and it's white the entire way. it's very scary. >> three men in their 30s and 40s were killed in the avalanche. they were all experienced back country skiers. >>> overseas, u.n. inspectors arrived in tehran today to discuss iran's

the oakland tribune reports the mother of 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt says he suffers from paranoidizophrenia and was not properly treated. saturday my deswit accused of beating a homeowner during a confrontation. the police response time is also being questioned in this case and officers weren't immediately dispatched to the call of an intruder at the home because they were dealing with occupy protesters. >> 6:33 now. the search continuing this morning for a robbery suspect in oakland who managed to get away when his alleged accomplice was shot by officers. on sunday police stopped a car on 62nd avenue as part of a robbery investigation. the passenger allegedly ran, one of the officers shot him saying he saw him carrying a gun. the man is recovering at the hospital. the other suspect did manage to get away. the officer is on administrative leave pending an investigation. >> students are returning to a san jose high school tagged with racial slurs and words of hate. some of the images are so offensive we can't even show them to you. bob redell is live at mount pleasant high where cr

to the scene when a second call came in about an assault that turned deadly. 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt from alameda was arrested near the murder scene. police say he beat a man to death with a flower pot. dewitt was a star football player at alameda high. and his parents say that he has suffered from mental illness since 18. they say that the mental health system failed him. >> they get shoved in a hospital for a couple of days and shoved back out, thrown medications on massive dose of medication and then just put back out in the street. >> it's a battle just to keep him in the hospital. he has been in and out of the hospital nine times. >> police say they did not respond quickly to the original call about a suspicious person because officers were monitoring a protest march. >>> a new claim from "speed freak" killer wesley shermantine telling bounty hunters there is a third well where a body can be found supposed to be within a middle school of a well in san joaquin county where searchers have found hundreds of human bones. they could be connected to 30 murders that shermantine claims

. >>> an arraignment is scheduled this morning where a 23-year- old suspect, jordan dewitt, is mentallytside the victim's home near grizzly peak boulevard saturday night. while officers have released a time line of the events that night in an attempt to re-- in an attempt to avert. sukor reported an attack in progress. officers were dispatched, they say, within a mit of that call. >>> judge overedded a sacramento woman stand trial for the murder -- for the death of her mother who she put in a microwave warning. in the preliminary hearing, she says our client suffered from seizures. the prosecutors are saying yang lied to police about what happened proving she was trying to cover what she did. police in the cleavelake area issued a very important warning for warrants of -- clearlake area ired a very important warning for the parent -- parents. the vehicle has a light canvass top. >>> recently authorities set up traps for a bear. but one whos to not want the bear to be caught sprayed licol to avoid the bear near there. >>> contra costa county library say they are having a hard time keepin

his accused killer is 23-year- old daniel jordan dewitt is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow.da couple says their son has been battling several kiss orders -- disorders. >>> 7:34. manies on a small street in castro valerie is facing a that dash manies on a small -- neighbors on a small street in castro valerie in a -- valerie in a small town are complaining about the noise from the roosters. they are wondering what these birds are used for. >> i haven't seen anything that would give me evidence but, you know, 300 roosters would lead me to believe they are fighting them somewhere. >> the property is own by jose nunez. we weren't able to contact him. a long-time humane side investigator is disagreeing with that. he says the property is consistent with standard rooster fighting operations. you can get more information on this story by going to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. you can find it by clicking on the special reports tab that's there. >>> well, a former dublin resident and her mother are facing jail time for fraud. they plead one count of conspiracy to committ male road.

daniel jordan dewitt from alameda was arrested near the murder scene.ot. >>> and a new claim from "speed freak" killer wesley shermantine. he is telling a bounty hunter there is a third well where a body can be found there as well. it's supposed to be within a mile of a well in san joaquin county where searchers have found hundreds of human bone fragments. >>> we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. >>> good morning. well, we still have this traffic alert in benicia. now, within the last 20 minutes they were able to get one lane open of eastbound 780 by military west. they are still asking drivers to avoid eastbound lanes of 780. there was an earlier tractor- trailer fire. the fire is now out. but they are still clearing up the scene so again, there are lanes blocked still eastbound 780 by military west, highway 4 a good alternate except for in the antioch area still slow. we have that accident there by railroad. so it's even sluggish past antioch into pittsburg into concord. bay bridge, the usual back-to- work tuesday commute here. jammed