demolition began because empty motels along black horse pike. you may recall in 2006, four procedures stutes were found dead behind one of these motels. >> the homicide of the four prostitutes, has never been solved ongoing investigation. >> reporter: for 25 years mayor sunny mccollough has been trying to tear down motels he describes as deplorable. >> we have had homicide out here, we have had narcotics problems out here, we have had, domestics out here. >> reporter: neighbors like this say good riddings. >> not the right thing going on in those motels. that is why we are glad they are going down. >> reporter: while egg harbor township is happy to tear down these five dilapidated motels there are six more they with like to level. however getting money for that is a challenge. the three million-dollar needed to purchase and demolish these properties came from the casino reinvestment development authority which under new state guidelines now only directs dollars within atlantic city. >> if there was ever a project that should have received full c

.>>> two college students facing charges in connection to a shooting at this motel. police say is what the two non- did -- two did after their arrest that is sparking conversation. police have been working to track down a person who shot a woman at a motel 6. last night, the investigation led to to santa rosa junior college students. the two grabbed fast food according to shooting and are now facing charges. this surveillance footage provided a key breakthroughs -- breakthrough. >> it is crucial. >> reporter: -- >> i spoke by phone with investigators about the rest of two college students in connection with the shooting at the motel 6 on commerce boulevard. authorities say suspected gunman ronnie paul thread gil was caught on camera getting out of a vehicle in the motel parking lot. he is accused of shooting and alleged prostitute in a motel room and shooting a man in the head with the gun before running back to the vehicle a short time later. the man and another man were stopped by police minutes after the shooting leave in a jack-in- the-box. they told the officers

surveillance videos shows a car pulling up tot motel to drop threadgill off.ater toe toe shows threadgill running away after the shooting. >> we're not sure of the motive. >> reporter: it appears the wounded woman was inside the motel room at the time with another man engaged in prostitution when they were confronted by threadgill. the woman was shot, the man foils-whipped. police stopped the getaway car that morning and let the 2 men go. days later, evidence was found linking the 2 to the crime. >> thfghters found some clothing and a distinct pair of glasses in the room where the victim was found. >> at this time, woman is still in intensive care. >>> in richmond, hundreds of people protested against the shipping of crude oil. it was part of the the national stop trains week of action. 2 years weak 47 people were killed in an oil train explosion in canada. they wanted teem people to know of the danger of living along oil train rails. >> 24 million people live within the mile blast wraid ios of oil trains. >> that's just do teenage for everybody involved. >> l

comparison whenever into the records into power warmer part this morning there was a shooting and motel 6. >>jackie sissel: i know here at the motel 6 and 1 room 139 police are still waiting to get a search warrant into the room where the woman were shot and they're still looking for the suspect believed shot the woman early this morning here is video from earlier this morning from park police department's survey received a call around 2:00 a.m. this morning that one had been sodomized cab of his evanses' back with a discovered a woman with multiple gunshot wounds that room is being described as a black woman in her 20s she was transported to memorial hospital in santa rosa in serious condition they also said the witnesses spotted a self the suspect investing the scene from the crime this you he was a black man's, and his late 20s and early '30's and he may have been holding a gun we had a chance to talk to the police department and he describes what witnesses say they saw. >>jackie sissel: according to police the suspect is still outstanding as you come with a live picture you see 137

they searched that motel room and inside they found disguises. wigs false glasses, things that could have changed his appearance. authorities believe he did not intend to kill himself. >> it is apparent that he was intent on shooting and then escaping. what happened is the quick law enforcement response forced him back into the theater. at which time he shot himself. >> reporter: authorities say the search of the motel room, a search of his car turned up nothing that would give any indication of what his motive was, what his intent was, what he was trying to do here. meanwhile, this theater has now been cleared. they have now made sure there are no explosives in it. it is not any danger. they're now working on processing it as a crime scene. they say the theater is littered with personal effects. shoes, keys purses other things people just dropped and ran when the shooting started. john yang nbc news, lafayette, louisiana. >> and this morning we're hearing from those people who were in a theater across the hall from the one where the shooting too

surveillance footage shows houser's car leaving the motel at 6:41. it was only four miles to the theater. inside the room it is a mess. bottles of alcohol clothes all over and the tv still on. police say they fnd a wig and glasses here they believe houser used as a disguise. michael edmonson is the louisiana state police superintendent. >> we know he had been in other movie theaters across south louisiana, probably lake charles and baton rouge in a disguise and wig in baton rouge. somebody said we saw him and felt so uncomfortable we left. >> the 59-year-old drifter made a $100 deposit when he checked into the motel on july 3rd. he paid $286 a week for a room. surveillance video shows his final days walking through hallways, down the side of the building even smiling as he stopped by the check-in desk. the owner says houser was polite and unremarkable. >> he was never threatening rude. >> nothing like that no. >> reporter: problematic. >> he mind his own business. he did what he had to do and that is basically it. >> reporter: investigators will reen

they searched that motel room. they said they didn't find anything really that could tell them what his motive might have been or why he was doing this. but they did find wigs false glasses, other things that could be used as disguises. things that could have changed his appearance. they also say that they do not believe his intent when he went into this was to kill himself. they think that the quick response of the police may have essentially trapped him. that he had tried to blend in with the crowd who was fleeing from the theater, came out of the theater. his car was parked by the exit. saw the police on their way in. turned around went back into the theater, and then killed himself. now, we're also learning more about the victims. the two people who were killed were two young women from here in lafayette. 21-year-old mayci breaux 23-year-old jillian johnson. mayci died on the scene krrb jillian died in the hospital. of the nine wounded, two were treated and released. one remains in critical condition. the other

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he was staying at a local motel on university avenue. we served a search warrant on that motel room at about 4:30 this morning. >> now, amid the tragedy, at least one heroic act. two schoolteachers inside the theater, they took quick action that may have saved the lives of many others. ed lavandera is joining us now live from there. it was a horrible night there. what are you hearing today? >> reporter: well, here as investigators have been working throughout the night and into the morning here inside the theater, processing that crime scene. and speaking with dozens and dozens of people not only here in the lafayette, louisiana, area but the city of phoenix city, alabama. which is just across the border from columbus, georgia. and that is where houser was from. authorities say that houser arrived here in the lafayette area earlier this month and staying at a motel not too far from the theater so investigators going through his belongings here and they talked a little while about what they discovered there in the motel room. >> we found

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they have now processed the scene of that motel.ave found his vehicle as well, which e he apparently positioned outside the theater. he was intent on fleeing not only because of the position of the car but they found disguises such as wigs. he was prevented from doing that when police arrived on scene he took his own life. a congressman joins us now. and we also know congressman, lafayette is your hometown. your heart must be heavy today. >> it is my hometown. and permly my wife and i, we have all been to that movie theater many times. it's a close knit community. and we're all grieving. this is a terrible tragedy. the key now is to really put the pieces together. we need to get the facts and understand what happened. the facts are starting to emerge about who this person was. he obviously was not from our community. he came from out of state. we don't know much about his criminal record how he got the gun, what were his motives. these are the kinds of things we need to learn. >> law enforcement is working very quickly and their res

he was staying at a local motel on university avenue.ng. he was driving a 1995 blue lincoln continental. we found wigs and glasses and disguises basically in his room. his vehicle had a switched license tag on it. it was parked right outside the exit door of the theater. it is apparent he was intent on shooting and then escaping. what happened is the quick law enforcement response forced him back into the theater at which time he shot himself. no devices were found in his vehicle. no devices were found in the theater. as far as we know one 40.40 caliber handgun was involved. that has been recovered. at least 13 rounds were fired during the time he was in the theater discharging the weapon. our victims with maycy, white female 21 years of age that died on scene. jillian johnson, white female 33 years of age died at the hospital. of the nine victims hospitalized two have been released. one victim remains in critical condition. the quick response by law enforcement is believed to have prevented further deaths. we are appealing to public to

surveillance tape obtained only by cbs news shows him smileing and walking casually around a motel 6. that is houser's lincoln town car pulling out of the motel on thursday evening at 67:41 p.m. 60 minutes later he opened fire inside the grand theater. >> why did he pick that what snapped. >> reporter: louisiana state police superintendent michael edmondson says investigators are now retracing houser's steps. his motel room was strewn with liquor bottles and notes about showtimes for the movie "train wreck" authorities now believe the gunman had cased other theaters across south louisiana. >> disguised in a wig in baton rouge somebody said we saw him and felt so uncomfortable, we left. >> officers are going in. >> lead detective stephen bajat believes houser did not plan to kill himself. he showed us where the gunman parked his car. evidence, he says of an escape plan. >> there were keys in such a manner that he wouldn't have to dig them out of his pocket. >> keys on top of the tire. >> that he could have just grabbed them and jumped in the car and taken off. >> before houser turned t

authorities also say they've learned he was staying at a motel 6 here. evidently they went to that hotel, went to his room today. they said they found wigs they found glasses, what they believe to be items for disguises. why he would have those they're not sure. they're still trying to look into that. they say that this investigation will be deliberately slow and methodical as they try to get more answers. jamie. >> all right, will thank you very much. what a tragic story. >>> later in this hour we're going to talk to someone who knew the suspect. a local judge will be joining us. >>> in the meantime investigators are just trying to get inside the mind of a killer someone who would do this. they're also looking for a possible motive in the deadly louisiana movie theater shooting. joining us now to take a look at that scott bond who's a criminologist and author. scott, thanks so much for coming in. >> thank you. >> unfortunately you have to deal with stories like this all the time. there's a lot out there today about houser and about some of the postings

rusty houser spent the last few weeks living at this motel 6 in lafayette. what detectives found in his room only deepens the mystery. >> we found wigs, glasses, and disguises in the room. >> reporter: there's no disguising his troubled past. his last known address, here in alabama, where he was evicted last year after owners say he trashed their house. >> he did a job on it, messed it up. put concrete down every drain. >> reporter: his marriage fell apart, too. in 2008, his wife and family asking for a protective order. saying he exhibited extreme erratic behavior. including various acts of family violence. the court filing says he had manic depression. and/or bipolar disorder. his wife so worried, she removed all guns from their home. in 2008, he placed a swastika on the bar he owned. denying he was a nazi sympathizer. he was well-educated and politicly active. and ran as an ultra-conservative anti tax crusader in georgia. >> he portrayed himself as a community watchdog against the government. >> reporter: tonight, investigators are scouring his postings o

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why was he living in a motel 8? why did he have wigs in there and glasses and all those types of things? that's what the dna scientists are doing inside that theater right now. >> one of our cnn washington producers wes brewer knew the gunman john russell houser in fact. you lived right down the street from this gunman. this must have been such a jolt to you. >> that's right, wolf. it was alarming to realize that it was a person that lived just about ten houses down from me in my hometown of columbus, georgia, i grew up with his daughter knew the family fairly well, the daughter was the same age as myself and we' see him at school functions, things like this. people around the neighborhood at the grocery store, it was a seemingly normal family on the surface in terms of what you could tell about the father. >> did you have any indication at all there were mental problems or things along that line? >> there may have been indications early on. he was a very politically charged guy, very involved with local politics ra

when i was a younger guy, a room at motel 6 was $6, a room at motel 6 is now $60 or $70.about what gold does over 30 years. a room at motel 6, you could get six nights in an ounce of gowned. now can you get 16 nights for an ounce of gold. that's what gold is really about. it's protection. people are looking at the u.s. dollar for protection and insurance. if the u.s. dollar begins to falter as a safe haven you'll see gold recover very well. >> thanks for introducing us to a new metric. gold for motel 6 rooms, rick. good stuff. >>> so he said long-term investor. this is fast money. >> could have said all the same things about u.s. currency, reserve currency four years ago. in the meantime, gdxj which owns the miners is down about 80%. the real irony is those who have been calling for the demise of the dollar are looking at the dollar trading at a 12-year high and their go-to favorite asset class down 80%. which is equivalent to a 1929 style event for that sector. it's worked out to be the reverse of what the four most proponents of gold had told us would happen. >> does an

the motel 6 and was about 2:00 this morning this motel is on commerce boulevard and we do not know thetim's condition this morning we do know that she was shot twice in that she is in the hospital and police right now are looking for the shooter is believe that the shooter fled on foot. >>james: it is friday we have fourth of july weekend coming up--sorry it is not friday. >>darya: we have to check through thursday less shrinkage over to michelle. >>michelle apon: we want to put this into of the showers of while cloth to of the east and moving west but most of it is concentrated across the coast of north bend here is what looks like a beautiful shot of the bay bridge with a son to come off the sky's the so great will continue along with gray skies and a little sunshine by the afternoon plan on more clouds for much of the day in the show you where you can expect as of right now we have mid to upper 50s by the next hour plan also mid-50s to concede to stick around getting out of '50's into lower 60s by 12 lunch hour mid- 60s will concede to stay to the upper 60s for much of the afternoon

investigators are on the scene in front of the surf motel.ust down the block, way down the block there down at fillmore is when cars are getting back on. now, if -- osh the left there, that's -- on the left there, that's the lombard street traffic going toward the bridge. a little bit of a rubbernecker delay but the traffic is not doing very well. way down the street there is where traffic coming in on lombard is being turned away. there is a big traffic jam ahead. the buses and everything, not a very good look for lombard street unfortunately because of this incident. if you are driving to san francisco, you might want too use the marina exit or 19th avenue exit off doyle drive. all right. let's take a look at the toll plaza here. you can see the traffic is backed up for a 20, 25-minute delay getting into san francisco. also want to show you contra costa county. southbound 680 slow traffic, 242 to 24. it slows down to the walnut creek interchange and beyond that, it's slowed down into danville. 7:49. let's go to steve. >> all right, sal. tha

i guess you're asking yourself what we were doing in a motel 6 in albuquerque, new mexico? >> sure.t would be one of my questions. i understand that you had a dog and it's a dog friendly place. >> we were on a road trip took a dog in the car and took a really long trip east coast to west coast and we had just stopped to see some friends and we had had a lovely meal and we started to drive and we thought we would put down some miles and we thought, you know, we just had a nice meal nice wine let's pack it in for the night and get an early start and about that time we saw a motel 6 sign and because we had our dog with us we thought, this is perfect. we'll just do it. so we did. >> so you have this hotel room and at one point you're out in the parking lot. and tell me what started there. >> right. right. there is a technique -- there's a term for this techniue and i don't know what it is. you represent yourself to someone in a certain way and the next time they see you, they expect it to be the same and it's very disarming when you then become very different. this guy actually did that

came to a motel in the beginning of july. staying at a motel in lafayette. and the police are hoping the public can help them determine why this man did what he did. >> we are appealing the public to contact law enforcement if they feel they know the shooter or had contact with him. at this point, we have very little information about him. >> the investigation continues here. police are still viewing this as a crime scene. this will be closed for an undetermined amount of time as they try to piece this tragic tragic tragic incident. >> this happened almost three years to the day as one opened fire in aurora. the penalty phase of that trial is underway. he was found guilty of 165 counts. could be the death penalty or life in prison. >>> funeral services for scott lunger are scheduled for next thursday. as the mourning for him continues, tr alleged shooter is due in court this afternoon. paul chambers is outside the chambers to tell us about that arraignment. >> several officers are stopping ping by. you can see a lot of flowers and balloons and american flags

good afternoon in the news a man charged with raping a teenager at a delaware motel how he allegedly bee befriended the 15 milder ---year-old girl. >> the big story is the return of humid weather and the chance of thunderstorms throughout the week. take a look at sky6 live hd partly sunny and dry across the region, but some of us could see showers at some point today. let's check in with karen rogers in for david murphy at the big board, hi, karen. >> reporter: hi, it's summer and it's feeling like it with storm tracker 6 live double scan. i've got a pair of radars to show you what's happening. we'll show you the close up view. through the region weir mostly dry. -- we're mostly dry. we're seeing a shower or thunderstorm in southern delaware in queen anne along 301 and middletown getting a sprinkle but not a big deal just yet. storm tracker 6 live there's a little bit more where that came from staying well to the south. we have a chance of a shower or thunderstorm, south of the city, but not a big deal today. the strong storms are coming out of chicago, they are pushing to the southw

he was staying at a local motel on university avenue.ed the search warrant on that motel room at about 4:30 this morning. we found wigs and glasses and disguises basically in his room. >> reporter: authorities say houser was a lone wolf who was estranged from his wife and family and constantly on the move. >> previously resided in the state of alabama. he is kind of a drifter. he's been in lafayette since early july as far as we can tell. rip he was educated politically active even running for public office in georgia. >> i think he portrayed himself as a community watch dog against government. >> reporter: houser is believed to have a history of mental illness and domestic violence. court documents describe him as showing signs of manic depression and bipolar disorder. according to authorities, houser applied for a concealed gun permit in 2006. >> that permit was denied. in 1989 or '90 he was arrested for an arson case in columbus georgia. >> reporter: in 2008 family members filed a temporary order of protection against houser after he

and then minutes before the movie would start, houser is seen leaving the motel.nerals for the two women killed in the attack. ryan nobles is out front live in lafayette. ryan what more did police really uncover now in houser's hotel room? >> reporter: kate a lot has happened here today in lafayette. this building behind me no longer an active crime scene. the owners have control of it. police tell us they hope to open very soon and the investigation into the attack that happened here continues. a chilling picture is emerging about the man who opened fire in the grand theater in lafayette, louisiana. surveillance footage obtained by cbs news shows the shooter at his motel just moments before he left to attend the 7:00 showing of the movie "train wreck." it was there he sat in the back row, waited some 20 minutes until the previews ended. that's when he began shooting killing two women and wounding nine others. >> this man was certainly of a sound mind because, you know what he wrote it down. he said he's coming to this movie theater at 7:15 on thursday night. >> r

surveillance video shows one of the suspects near a motel 6 in rohnert park where a woman was shot. cornell bernard is live with more about the arrest and the suspects. >> reporter: ronnie threadgill is charged with attempt homocide. koa sibley his friend, charged with driving the getaway college. they hoped to make the football team this summer. those plans now on hold. a female victim is still hospitalized. >> this was 19-year-old koa sibley playing football at ukiah high school. he came to santa rosa junior college this year with hopes of making the team, but those plans now on hold. >> i'm shocked. and very sad. >> reporter: santa rosa junior college football coach can't bleep 'they could be involved in an attempted. homocide. ronnie threadgill and his roommate, koa sibley, are charged in the shooting of a suspected prostitute, wounded at this motel 6 on july 2nd. minute after the shooting police stopped both men in a car near a fastfood restaurant but let them go, until pictures from a security camera surface showing the suspected shooter ronnie thread gil near the crime scene.

it happened here right over there by the surf motel and the ihop. the incident began a mile in that direction. near the palace of fine arts. it was a rear end collision that started it all. the driver of the light green mini van rear ended a black bmw suv. the drive got out and went back to the van. >> the driver of that vehicle was seated transfixed looking forward, hands on the staring wheel. air bag had been deployed and he was speaking something about god, god's will. things about god. >> the bmw driver walked away and called for help. the driver got out and followed the driver eventually walking away from the accident to the surf motel. that's where two female officers say they spotted the man and tried to detain him. >> he struck one of the officers several times about the head and shoulders, beating her to the ground nearly unconscious and throwing her partner aside with such force that she damaged her knees and legs. >> police say the suspect then tried to get into the ihop restaurant through this locked door. police ultimately took the man

>>james: we first told you about yesterday detective said a woman who was shot in the motel 6 room andshot several times done what they believe was a meeting for prostitution the shooting happened around 2:00 the morning of the motel 6 on, a boulevard the woman was shot multiple times and won the motel rooms and was taken to hospital the word on her condition this morning that woman we are told in her early 20s they said the gunman and the man and his 20s and possibly mid '30's police said the two did know each other offices are still looking for. the for >>darya: there are at a 25 yellow and california despite increasing national scrutiny over officer involved shooting the credit the trading in the quinary heightened sensitivity by officers in, the record please contact with citizens of support for the state attorney general says it will fuel and 60,000 complaints last year. >>james: it gunfire surely before 130 in the afternoon yesterday on talk about interstate fifteens of a mile from the nevada border the fire closed southbound lanes for half an hour in the traffic was backed up se

the nearby motel 6 hotel room where he is believed to have been living.hat it appeared as if he was plotting a getaway. it does not look like he had planned to necessarily -- he had necessarily planned to take his own life. there was a wig, some glasses in the car, he left keys on top of the tire of his vehicle as well. an oldsmobile. kiefer sanders was inside the theater last night when the shots rang out. he joins me now on the telephone. kiefer kiefer, first of all, how are you doing? how are you holding up? >> i'm doing fine. i'm doing very well. just praying for the ones that were injured in it or affected beity actual shooting. >> walk me through what happened on yesterday evening. >> we had just got into the movie. we were across the hallway, the train wreck movie where the shooting occurred. just got done, probably about 7:30. and all of a sudden the screen went black and the alarm, pa system went off and set to evacuate the building closest exit immediately. we exited through the back, really a calm scene in the back. everybody was scrambling or

surveillance video shows one of the suspects near a motel 6 in rohnert park where a woman was shot. cornell bernard is live with more about the arrest and the suspects. >> reporter: ronnie threadgill is charged with attempt homocide. koa sibley his friend, charged with driving the getaway college. they hoped to make the football team this summer. those plans now on hold. a female victim is still hospitalized. >> this was 19-year-old koa sibley playing football at ukiah high school. he came to santa rosa junior college this year with hopes of making the team, but those plans now on hold. >> i'm shocked. and very sad. >> reporter: santa rosa junior college football coach can't bleep 'they could be involved in an attempted. homocide. ronnie threadgill and his roommate, koa sibley, are charged in the shooting of a suspected prostitute, wounded at this motel 6 on july 2nd. minute after the shooting police stopped both men in a car near a fastfood restaurant but let them go, until pictures from a security camera surface showing the suspected shooter ronnie thread gil near the crime scene.

. >>> for the past week, police have been trying to find whoever shot a woman at a motel 6. investigation led them to two santa rosa college students. it's believed they actually stopped to get fast food after the shooting. both now facing charges. >> reporter: this surveillance footage provides a key breakthrough in an attempted homicide case. it is crucial. >> reporter: i spoke by phone with investigators about the arrest of two santa rosa junior college students in connection with the july 2nd shooting at the motel 6 on commerce boulevard. it's believed 22-year-old ronnie paul threadgill was caught on camera getting out of a vehicle in the motel parking lot. accused of shooting an alleged prostitute in the motel room and hitting a man in the head with a gun before running to the vehicle a short time later. threadgill and coa james sibley were stopped by police minutes after the shooting leaving a nearby jack-in-the-box. they said they were grabbing food, they were football players. they were released. soon investigators connected the dots. >> comparing that surveillance v

two years that ever helped me was this little waitress in this motel. and she said, can i help you? and i didn't know what to say. how can you help me? what can you do for me? and i didn't know -- i wanted to take her help but i didn't know what to do. >> teresa says the waitress called the police. by the time the officer drove teresa home and woke her parents, it was early dawn. >> i was sitting at the top of the stairs. my parents had already gone downstairs. i heard a police officer talking. they were in the foyer. and i heard him tell my parents. he said, you have no idea what your daughter is involved in. we know what's going on here. your daughter is not -- she almost died tonight. >> they thought i was out having a good time partying. and they didn't notice, that i didn't have shoes on, that i was -- my pajamas were soaking wet and torn. >> the officer tried to explain to teresa's parents that this wasn't a simple case of a partying teen. >> he got really loud with her and corrected her. he was like, no. you don't get it. your daughter is -- your

at a motel six. been alive at the scene as police are investigating. >> reporter: crime scene investigators entered a room 139 here at the motel six and they continue to gather evidence. they hope it will lead to the suspect of a shooting that send a woman to a local hospital in serious condition early this morning. here is video from earlier this morning according to the bruno park -- police department they received a call at 2:00 a.m. of the shooting at motel six 's a commerce boulevard and when they got here that's when they discovered a woman had been shot multiple times. they transported that victim to a local hospital. memorial hospital in fact and she was listed in serious condition with multiple gunshot wounds . according to the police they also say witnesses may have seen a suspect fleeing the area immediately after the crime took place holding a gun. we had a chance to talk to the police department and they say or they are describing what the witnesses saw. >> we have a few witnesses that w

why was he in the motel or in lafayette to begin with? >> thank you. >>> and so many of you at home are well aware that this is the third mass shooting in six weeks. pierre thomas sat down with the attorney general. >> it's something that's very troubling, it's very disturbing. we're always trying to watch and prevent these. it's one of the most difficult types of acts to prevent. >> that was the most troubling thing, how to prevent these going forward. >> that's right. it's causing great concern, and in the interview, she told me they're almost impossible to stop. in 2006, we averaged six mass shootings a year. by 2014 it was 16 a year. more than one a month. >> thank you. >>> and now to the wildfires raging 14 fires in 6 states. and from the front lines, new images coming in from the fire outside napa valley california. and in kayna whitworth on the families evacuating. >> reporter: tonight, a new western wildfire fire bringing new evacuations. this one, near lake tahoe, forcing the closure of the free to sacramento. >> you have to get

. >>> fast moving fire forced evacuation from his a lavish motel in las vegas. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is rescue of four swimmers caught up in dangerous rip currents at the new jersey shore. it had happened in wildwood on the beach near schillinger after new right around 10:00 o'clock this morning and with the local beach patrol that saved the day. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live near the scene with more on what happened, hey, jeff. >> reporter: hey walter, that is right it happened just before 9:00 o'clock, 9:50 this morning. family of four was out swimming, and before life guard went on duty. they were out there when they got into distress. it is believed they got caught up in a rip current. if you look at it right now life guard are returning to duty, beach is starting to empty but earlier today this family was swimming when no one was on the beach. fortunately for them when they got in distress the life guard were just coming on to the beach at that time. they heard the screams for help, life guard rushed out brought four people, back inside, an

he saved my life. >> she says they stopped for the night at this motel in albuquerque when strange man approached her in the parking lot. >> he gave me a good shove and i was airborne and into the room and he closed the door hyped us. >>reporter: she says the man demanded money. what he didn't know both russell and her husband have concealed weapons permits and were armed. >> he turned around and began firing on chuck and chuck returned fire. >> alleged robber was killed. russell husband chuck shot three times but survived. police are still investigating. >> thanks to him we have a one year anniversary this week. >> neal abc news seattle. >> if terminal cancer patient with amnesia has been identified thanks to social media. woman known as sam was found barely conscious in southern california back in february. she turned to face back asking anyone who recognized her to help find out who she is and someone did. her nephew in san diego identified her as 53-year-old ashley my netd requantityd with family and living with her sister in maryland. >> coming next. battle over artificial turf at

. >> reporter: a witness says as the man got to surf motel, about 5 officers fought and pinned the man on the ground. police say he died shortly after they cuffed him. >> there's some kind of influence going on. most people don't just get into like a rage after rear-ending someone. >> reporter: yeah. police are waiting for the autopsy and toxicology results to see if the man was under the influence of drugs or not. they are also looking at surveillance video taken from a camera at this motel here, which captured the fight between the man add the female comes. live in san francisco, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >>> those two officers were released from the hospital. we are told they are at home recovering from their injuries. >>> breaking news out of san jose where a brush fire is burning near a strip mall. this is near the eastridge shopping center at quimby and capitol expressway. there are also some homes in the area. the fire sending up a pretty big plume of dark smoke and we are keeping an eye on it. also another fire is burning on brannon island up in the delta. it started in the last hour

he was spotted by two female officers blocks away in front of the surf motel where the officers tried. >> he struck one of the officers several times about the head and shoulders, beating her to the ground nearly unconscious and throwing her partner aside with such force that she damaged her knees and legs. >> reporter: both female officers were taken to the hospital. the chief says back-up officers took the suspect to the ground handcuffed him and then noticed that he wasn't breathing. cpr failed to revive the man. comments about the death almost instantly began showing up on social media sights some critical using the hashtag, black lives matter. but he says this is not a case of racial profiling or excessive force. >> i viewed a video of the scene that we have. and it appears that the officers used a reasonable amount of force until he was able to -- until they were able to get him handcuffed. then they stopped. >> reporter: the video the chief is talking about came from surveillance cameras over there at the surf motel. there are questions about how the man died in that he was lai