marc sanders and alan brown are charged with murder. a third man, suburban russell, faces a burglary charge related to the cannabis business. a burglary officer lay was responding to. we're also learning a fourth man is now in custody. >> our media partners with the mercury news are reporting officers arrested a 34 year old man last night in southern california on a burglary warrant. abc seven news reporter anser hassan looks into the charges. mark sanders made his first court appearance back to the cameras, his arraignment waived, but he did not enter a plea. >> he's been identified as the possible shooter of oakland police officer twan lee. i want to remind everyone that a man who is charged with a crime is presumed to be innocent until all and unless the prosecutor proves him to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, annabella's attorney for mark sanders addressed the media but did not answer questions. officer lee was fatally shot while responding to a reported burglary at a cannabis business. though lee was working undercover and in

the 3 men there, mark sanders, alan brown and sub run russell. they all face charges in connection to the shooting death of officer lay 27 year-old mark sanders is a tracy native police arrested him tuesday in livermore and we have images of him from inside of the courtroom when to pull those up for you right now. and sanders faces charges including murder with special circumstances. allegations and faces a possible sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. prosecutors say has been linked to another homicide case and may have known officer lay was working undercover. now to the second suspect. 28 year-old alan brown. he's also charged with murder. the judge did not allow us to take photos of him in the courtroom. he is a chico native and was arrested in that city on sunday. the 3rd suspect. 28 year-old son brian russell is charged with burglary. officer lay was shot to death while responding to a burglary at a cannabis business along oakland's embarcadero at a news conference wednesday night, district attorney pamela price sai

now the second man identified as alan brown is also charged with murdering a police officer in a drive-by shooting. he is a chico native. he was arrested in that city on sunday. court documents mentioned his several previous convictions as both the juvenile and as an adult. and serve bron are separate. russell was not directly charged in la's murder, but he is accused in the burglary of the the burglary that the officers responded to. he has 2 prior burglary convictions dating back to 2015. now the 3 men are expected back in court on january 8th. oakland police say they did make several more arrests in this case. but at this point, they do not plan to identify any of those suspects. they say, to protect the integrity of the investigation. they have to keep that part sealed. happening today. there will be a vigil in oakland this morning in honor of officer lay come police officer died last friday after he was shot multiple times while responding to a burglary call at a cannabis business along oakland's embarcadero. the vigil is scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock in pacific renaissance plaza.

so mark sanders, alan brown and marcus cooper, they all face several charges, including murder. ors accused sanders of being one who actually fired the shots that killed way. brown is accused of being in the car with sanders at the time. and cooper was arrested in southern california this past weekend. all 3 men are now being held without bail. as for the 4th suspect, brian russell, he's charged simply with burglary. he entered a not guilty plea and he's out on bail. all 4 men are expected to be back in court next month. the marin county sheriff's office searches middle after a man, a report of a man with a gun. this happened around 7 o'clock last night. there was a report of a man with a gun at a e can't middle school in campfield. sheriff's deputies arrived there. they locked down the gym where a basketball practice was being held. the deputies and searched the campus and in the end didn't find anyone with a gun. they say they do not believe there was a threat to the school or the community. and that's their conclusion. >> it's 6.34 and the south bay police have arrested a man

marc sanders, alan brown and marcus cooper all face several charges, including murder. in this case up ron russell is only charged with burglary. one person was hit and killed yesterday morning in san mateo by a caltrain right near the hayward part of park station. the agency says the train was going from san jose to san francisco. nobody on board. that train was hurt. fairfield police say that a group of 30 to 40 kids on bikes. you see them here, tried to take over an intersection and disrupt traffic. the surveillance video is from just before 6 o'clock wednesday night at the intersection of north texas street and travis boulevard. police say they arrested and cited several of those teenagers before sending them home. orinda officials have started to leave door hangers at properties that are not in compliance with a new wildfire mitigation requirement that went into effect at the start of the year. it requires all juniper and bamboo must be removed if they're within 10 feet of a roadway at a home. and at 5.15, let's get a check of the weather here is we take a look outs

the second man, alan brown, is also charge murdering a police officer in a drive-by shooting. he is a chico native and was arrested and chic on sunday. court documents mention his several previous convictions as well. the juvenile and an adult. so ron russell was not directly charge with la's murder, but as accused in the burglary, that officer was responding to. he has 2 prior burglary convictions dating all the way back to 2015. well, the 3 men are expected back in court on january. 18th. oakland police say they made several more arrests in the case. but at this time, they do not plan to identify any more suspects. they say to protect the integrity. that investigation. well happening today, there's going to be a vigil in oakland in honor of officer lake, the oakland police officer died last friday after he shot multiple times while responding to a burglary call at a cannabis business. one along oakland's embarcadero. the vigil is going to be at 10 o'clock in pacific renaissance plaza. the officers serve with opd for 4 years leaves behind a wife, mother and 2 dogs. barricades

the second suspect. 28 year-old alan brown is also charged with murder. the judge did not allow us to take photos of him in the courtroom. he is a chico native and was arrested in that city on sunday. the 3rd suspect 28 year-old son brought russell is charged with burglary. officer lee was shot to death while responding to a burglary at a cannabis business along oakland's embarcadero. his killing spurred an outpouring of support from police agencies across our state. oakland police say they made several of arrests over the weekend at this time. they don't plan to identify any more suspects to protect the integrity of the investigation. at a news conference wednesday night, district attorney pamela price said she met with la's family. >> sure them that my office will do everything within the confines of our legal. to make sure that the men we believe the man we believe shot and killed officer lake will serve the rest of his life in prison. >> well, the 2 suspects charged are brothers. the 2 suspects charged with murder are expected to enter a plea when the

. >> also there is more, 28-year-old alan brown is facing murder charges with those special circumstanceso believe 30-year-old sebron russell burglarized the cannabis business just before officer tuan le was shot. we don't have the photos for brown or russell. all three suspects were in court a half hour ago. and also one more arraignment just started about seven minutes ago. we are there and we will let you know what happened. >>> we know oakland is not have a police chief, they have an acting police chief and that chief confirms one of the suspects was arrested with officer tuan le handcuffs. we asked if he is confident the da will prosecute this case to the fullest . >> yes, i am confident. we worked collaboratively to bring charges that we believe fit the crimes at hand. >> only that acting chief took questions that night. we were told right up front the mayor and the district attorney would not take the questions of the media. that is why you are not seeing any answers. we were not allowed to ask them specific questions about oakland residents concerned about safety in their city. we

that means he will not enter a plea until his next hearing. 28-year-old alan brown also faces murder charges and waived his arraignment during his court appearance. police believe brown was driving a vehicle that chased after officer le. sanders defense attorney is urging the public not to rush to judgment in this case. >> i am here to represent mr. sanders. i am not here to talk about optics or anything else. i want to remind everyone that a man who is charged with a crime is presumed to be innocent until and unless the prosecution proves him to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. >>> a third suspect faces charges in the case. brown is being held on a per visionary bail and is expected to enter a plea in two weeks with the other two defendants. >>> take a look at this. uc berkeley appears closer than ever this afternoon. they started holding resident halls at the people's park. they wanted to clear out the people living in the 2.8 acre park. they're using shipping containers to build a 17 foot high ball around the park to secure it until the state supreme court rules on whether the

. >>> mark sanders, alan brown and mark cooper are charged with murder in a december shooting of an officer. it happened during a shooting at a burglary in a cannabis business. the suspects have been charged with burglary. the men appeared in court today pleaded not guilty. russell is the only suspect that has been released on bail. his attorney spoke to us after the hearing. >> this is a weighty case. we have an officer with us but we would like to remove mr. russell from the narrative. we think the best way to do that is to have a preliminary hearing. >> the men are said to be back in court next month. >>> train service briefly stopped today after a train hit and killed a pedestrian. we were over the scene earlier today. it happened near the hayward park station at around 11:30 this morning. 74 passengers were on board at the time. train service was suspended while emergency responders and investigators cleared the scene. all tracks are now back up and running. >>> activists used the coit tower as a backdrop to plead for cease-fire in gaza. they took the elevator to the top to drop a 60 f

and in addition to sanders, alan brown has also been charged with murder, while russell is charged with burglarizing the alleged illegal grow house that he was responding to at the time of the shooting. and a fourth man arrested in southern california in connection to the burglary as well, the oakland police department said they are still looking for other suspects. >>> the death of officer tuan le has only added to the frustrations over increasing crime in oakland, and there's already an effort to recall alameda county d.a., pamela price and a group has launched a push to remove mayor sheng thao from office, this latest attempt is still in the very early stages but, da lin spoke to critics who say they have seen enough from her first year in office. >> reporter: this senior has lived in oakland for more than six decades, marguerite said crime has never been this bad. >> i'm scared to walk the streets at night, i can't go to the store, being a senior citizen, i'm 79 years old. >> reporter: she said she voted for sheng thao, now she wants her out. >> i think she is a very nice person, bu

mark sanders, alan brown and sub ron russell sanders and brown have been charged with the murder. >> one-way. sanders has an arrest. history linked to another homicide case prices. her team believe sanders may have known lay was undercover. if we are able to prove that. he was new. that officer lay was a police officer that he will serve life without the possibility of. >> price as russell is not being charged with murder at this time, but they have evidence to prove that he was part of the burglaries that preceded lay's death. police say this is still an open investigation and there may be more arrests is crucial to maintain the integrity of our investigation. >> especially since there are additional suspects, da price also added that there may be additional charges for the 3 men who are already arrested. >> in oakland, amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> all 3 people arrested are scheduled to be in court tomorrow morning. we will have a crew there and we'll bring you the latest starting on kron. 4 news at noon. new at 11 delay. hope police are investigating the city's first homicide of th

the second suspect. 28 year-old alan brown also is charged with murdering a police officer in a drive-by shooting. he is a chico native and was arrested in that city on sunday. court documents mention his several previous convictions as both a juvenile and and adult. and the 3rd suspect, 30 year-old son bryan russell is not directly charged with la's murder, but he is accused in the burglary. the officer was responding to. he has 2 prior burglary convictions dating back to 2015. no pleas were entered at today's preliminary hearing. the 3 suspects are expected back in court on january. 18th. >> speaking as the elected district attorney of alameda county. i will leverage the full weight of my office against these people. who we believe ruthlessly and want to lean, murdered an officer of the law who gave his life. to protect our community since those who would do harm to us. >> oakland police say they have made several other arrests in this case is well, but at this time they do not plan to identify any more suspects. they say, to protect the integrity of the investigation. >> the former ea

. >> alan brown is also accused of murder. according to court records, police believe brown was driving a vehicle that chased down officer le and his partner. brown and sanders are accused of burglarizing the same cannabis business three times that night, along with a third suspect, sebron ray russell. sebron ray russell was previously charged with kidnapping and burglary charges four years ago. district attorney pamela prices office dismissed that case last year. >> a bad start to the near for another san francisco business owner. >>> burglars broke into his shop on your stay. he says he may close down permanently. the shop, shy little diamond on 24th and mission opened two years ago. the other said that when it arrived on january 1st, he noticed that the shop was clear of all merchandise. >> these people, they just go and break the law. they go in and steal everything. just like that. i don't know if i want to continue with this. i don't know. i don't know what to think. >> he is very disappointed, as he said. he is asking f

also charged with murder, 28-year-old alan brown of chico. police believe he was driving the car that chased officer le. the third suspect, sabran russell. he's facing burglary charges. all three men are expected to enter their formal pleas during their next court appearance, which is in two weeks. now, mark sanders, the alleged gunman, has a criminal past. he has a prior arrest for killing someone. also russell was previously charged with kidnapping four years ago but those charges were dropped by district attorney pamela price just last year. joining us now from the east bay, nbc's pete suratos, who has been on this story for us for several days. pete, a lot of scrutiny for district attorney pamela price, who is facing a recall for being too lenient, so say her critics. what do we know about this previous case against sabran russell? >> reporter: as you mentioned, 30-year-old russell facing burglary charges as it relates to the shooting death of oakland police officer tuan le. we are learning a couple of things tonight. one, he was on parol

the second suspect. 28 year-old alan brown is also charged with murdering a police officer in a drive-by shooting. he is a chico native and was arrested in that city on sunday. court documents mention his several previous convictions as both a juvenile and adult. the 3rd suspect, 30 year-old sub run. russell is not directly charged with la's murder, but he's accused in the burglary. the officer was responding to. he has 2 prior burglary convictions dating back to 2015. no pleas were entered at today's preliminary hearing the 3 suspects seen here are expected back in court on january. 18th. alameda county district attorney will. she spoke about the case on wednesday night. >> speaking as the elected district attorney of alameda county. i will leverage the full weight of my office against these people. who we believe ruthlessly and want to lean, murdered an officer of the law who gave his life. to protect our community since those who would do harm to us. >> oakland police say they've made several more arrests in this case, but at this time, they do not plan to identify any more suspects i

mark sanders, alan brown and marcus cooper all face several charges, including murder.ve all pleaded not guilty. prosecutors accused sanders of firing the shots that killed lay and brown was allegedly in the car with sanders at the time. cooper was arrested southern california this past weekend. all 3 men are being held without bail. >> as for the 4th suspect, brian russell, he is only charged with burglary. he's out of custody after pleading not guilty and making bail. all 4 men are expected back in court next month. >> turning now to a major development in the murder case of kron. 4 security guard kevin nishita after police had been looking for him for more than 2 years. the 3rd man charged in the case was arrested this week in missouri. kron 4 stephanie lin has more. >> kron 4 confirmed last night with the u.s. marshals office in missouri. but officers arrested love ron gilbert just outside kansas city. he's led investigators on a manhunt for more than 2 years. we learn investigators here in california previously asked the u.s. marshals office to look into several lo

the second suspect is 28 year-old alan brown. he is also charged with murdering a police officer in a drive-by shooting. he is a chico native and was arrested in that city on sunday. court documents mention his several previous convictions as both a juvenile and and adult. the 3rd suspect is 30 year-old sub ron russell. he is not directly charged with la's murder but is accused in the burglary that the officer was responding to. he has 2 prior burglary convictions dating back to 2015. no pleas were entered at today's preliminary hearing. the 3 suspects are expected to be back in court on january. 18th. alameda county district attorney spoke about the case wednesday night. >> sure them that my office will do everything within the confines of our legal. to make sure that the men we believe the man we believe shot and killed officer lake will serve the rest of his life in prison. >> oakland police say they have made several other arrests in this case. but at this time they don't plan to identify any more suspects to protect the inte

the alameda county district attorney's office charged 27 year-old mark sanders and 28 year-old alan brown with murder along with a slew of special circumstance allegations. >> police say sanders is the one who fired the shot that killed lay a 3rd man in the case. 28 year-old son brian russell was charged with burglary. definitely help the families get the justice that they need. kesha henderson says lay always went above and beyond patrolling her neighborhood. she worries da pamela price won't hold everyone involved accountable. i hope that everybody that was in bob gets fully prosecuted. >> and not just one person in the others get let off come back into the streets. so that is a concern that i have. cooper is being held without bail. he's expected to make his first court appearance this tuesday. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to you. >> that it was sad story tonight out of the out of the north bay. some new details at 11. a man and his dog were killed after a driver strikes them and rohnert park. in just an hour later, another dog was killed in a second crash. polic

there are 3 other men who have been arrested in connection to officer lays killing mark sanders and alan brown have also been charged with murder. police say sanders is who fired the shot that killed lay a 4th man in the case of ron russell has been charged with burglary for the last 10 years. now crime in oakland has been on the upswing. now. a new report suggests it's because the city abandoned its successful cease-fire. >> crime frightening fighting strategy on first-and kerman has the story. >> the ability to identify and engage with the people at the center of violence utilizing focused, deterrence model is going to support us crime reductions very quickly. >> officials with the city of oakland are committing to a drop in violent crime. once the city reemployment sits cease-fire strategy, it's worked before beginning in 2013, homicide started tracking downward and reached a low of 67 in 2018. they've been moving up ever since that time holding at 120 last year. now a new report suggests violent crime began surging again because the city of oakland gradually walked away from the cease-fire

alan brown accused of driving the getaway vehicle a fourth man, cibran russell, is charged with burglary and is out on $270,000 bail. >> we would like to remove mr. russell from this narrative, and we think the best way to do that is to have a quick and speedy preliminary hearing. >> attorney david knudsen represents russell. he and his client also want a speedy preliminary hearing. meanwhile, both knudsen and castillo raised concerns in court over delays in receiving discovery from the prosecution in. >> i'm sure the district attorney is working on it diligently, but yes, i have not been provided any discovery. we have about 19 pages at this point. >> it's pretty important, especially since we're moving relatively quickly. so we want to get all that information as soon as possible, do our own investigation and figure out exactly the limited role that my client had in this case, a discovery hearing is set for january 24th. >> the preliminary hearing for march 4th, the alameda county district attorney's office did not return requests for comment. in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. w

meantime, 27 year-old mark sanders and 28 year-old alan brown have already been charged and a 4th mancase. 28 year-old son brian russell. >> is charged with burglary. the city of oakland has been searching for a permanent police chief are coming up on a year now after former chief long armstrong was fired by oakland mayor sheng thao last february. a lot of crime has gone up during that time. most notably property crime. >> but as our conference, dan kerman reports for us tonight, most of these crimes have been trending upwards for years now. >> decided to place the blame for oakland's crime problems directly at the door of mayor sheng thao who at this point has been in office just over a year. town was quick to point out as she did to kron 4 news last week, the cities rise in crime began before she took office. crime in oakland has been on a steady rise since 2019. 3 years before i took office and it is dishonest for anyone to state that crime started rising under my watch only looking at the numbers. that statement is true in certain areas. for example, total homicides started to inc

cameras were not allowed as alan brown made his appearance that he stood stoically, mostly looking at his family members. sebron ray russell was the last to appear, he wore a mask during his brief time before the judge but as he left, he held his hands in a heart shape while looking at his family. thanks to new court documents we are also learning more about exactly what happened in the early morning hours of december 29. officer tuan le and his partner were working undercover and responded to a burglary call it a marijuana grow house. according to court documents, brown and sanders were in the same car driving away, and they somehow ended up chasing the undercover vehicle driven by le. brown is accused of driving car while sanders is accused of opening fire. resources tell us he was hit in the back of the car and crashed the pickup truck he was driving into two parked cars, he later died at the hospital. >> i want to remind everyone that the man who is charged with the crime is presumed to be innocent until, and unless the prosecution presumed to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

officer lay made their first appearances in court today, 27 year old mark sanders, 28 year old alan brownre charged with murder. sanders turned away from a camera inside a downtown oakland courtroom this morning, facing the judge today, brown showed no emotion. they are scheduled to return to court on january 18th to enter pleas in tonight's deep dive. >> we are getting new numbers on the number of officers shot in the line of duty. it comes on the heels of what happened last week in oakland. >> twan lay was the first oakland police officer killed on the job since 2009. a total of 54 have been killed in the line of duty since 19 1867. in 2023, nationwide, 378 officers were shot. >> that's a 60% increase over the past five years. at the same time, the number of fatal shootings of officers is at its lowest point in five years. the report by the fraternal order of police resonates with los angeles county sheriff robert luna, his department lost a deputy in september. >> it's an alarming report. no matter how you shake it out and it hurts, uh, it hurts us as a family. the department. uh, we w

mark sanders, alan brown and marcus cooper all face several charges including murder and pleaded not guilty. prosecutors accuse sanders of firing shots that killed lay and brown was allegedly in the car with sanders at the time. cooper was arrested in southern california this past weekend. all 3 men are being held without bail. as for the 4th suspect. so brian russell, he's only charged with burglary. he also pleaded not guilty this morning and is out of custody after posting bail. all 4 men are expected back in court next month. >> turning now to a major development in the murder case of kron. 4 security guard kevin nishita after police have been looking for him for more than 2 years. the 3rd man charged in the case was arrested this week in missouri for stephanie lin joins us live in the newsroom now with the latest on this case. stephen, a >> grant know. well, kron 4 confirmed last night with the u.s. marshals office in missouri. but officers arrested love ron gilbert just outside kansas city. he's led investigators on a manhunt for more than 2 years. we learn investigators here i

those three men are mark sanders, alan brown and sabran russell. during a news conference late tuesday, alameda county district attorney pamela price announcing murder charges against mark sanders of tracy and allen brown of chico for the killing of oakland police officer tuan lay. >> the charges are extensive, as you will see, and we may add additional charges as we obtain additional evidence. >> shefs a third man, cibran russell, is being charged with burglary along with the current charges. oakland police interim chief darren allison also confirming a history of illegal activity for sanders. i can confirm that he has a prior uh- arrest history, which does include the killing of another and additional other violent crimes. 36 year old lay was shot last week while working undercover. he was responding to an early morning burglary of a cannabis shop along oakland's waterfront, price saying she met with lee's family earlier tuesday to explain how she plans to hold those responsible for his death to account. >> i assured them that my office will do e

without bail. 3 other men have been arrested in connection to officer lays killing mark sanders and alan brown have also been charged with murder. police say sanders is the one who fired the shot that killed play a 4th man in the case of ron russell has been charged with burglary. kron four's your local election headquarters, former san jose mayor sam liccardo has set his sights on congress today than you mayor matt mahan is backing him with an endorsement kron. 4 ella sogomonian reports on the race to replace outgoing congresswoman anna eshoo. >> these kinds projects can get people. house ripped. >> sam liccardo points to a housing complex. he helped build as san jose mayor. he says it's an example of the type of work he can replicate and expand if he is elected congress member, we found a way to build housing as a small fraction of the typical cost. >> in a matter of months, rather than a matter of years. the problem is we can't use federal vouchers here to actually get people highs. >> his successor, mayor matt mahan is endorsing with pardo in the race to replace outgoing congresswoman anna

those three men are mark sanders, alan brown and sabran russell.uring a news conference late tuesday, alameda county district attorney pamela price announcing murder charges against mark sanders of tracy and allen brown of chico for the killing of oakland police officer tuan lay. >> the charges are extensive, as you will see, and we may add additional charges as we obtain additional evidence. >> shefs a third man, cibran russell, is being charged with burglary along with the current charges. oakland police interim chief darren allison also confirming a history of illegal activity for sanders. i can confirm that he has a prior uh- arrest history, which does include the killing of another and additional other violent crimes. 36 year old lay was shot last week while working undercover. he was responding to an early morning burglary of a cannabis shop along oakland's waterfront, price saying she met with lee's family earlier tuesday to explain how she plans to hold those responsible for his death to account. >> i assured them that my office will do eve

officer lay made their first appearances in court today, 27 year old mark sanders, 28 year old alan brown charged with murder. sanders turned away from a camera inside a downtown oakland courtroom this morning, facing the judge today, brown showed no emotion. they are scheduled to return to court on january 18th to enter pleas in tonight's deep dive. >> we are getting new numbers on the number of officers shot in the line of duty. it comes on the heels of what happened last week in oakland. >> twan lay was the first oakland police officer killed on the job since 2009. a total of 54 have been killed in the line of duty since 19 1867. in 2023, nationwide, 378 officers were shot. >> that's a 60% increase over the past five years. at the same time, the number of fatal shootings of officers is at its lowest point in five years. the report by the fraternal order of police resonates with los angeles county sheriff robert luna, his department lost a deputy in september. >> it's an alarming report. no matter how you shake it out and it hurts, uh, it hurts us as a family. the department. uh, we wil

previously marks sanders and alan brown had already been charged for the murder. police say that sanders is the one who fired the shot that killed lie. a 4th man in the case of ron russell is charged with burglary. >> we honor doctor king today on this national holiday, but let us carry his dream with every day. >> from coast to coast, americans are marking the life and legacy of doctor martin luther king junior. today marks. >> 56 years since the passing of the late civil rights leader in the nation's capital, a wreath laying ceremony was held in the snow took place just over a mile away from the lincoln memorial where doctor king delivered his famous. i have a dream speech more than 6 decades ago in san francisco today, thousands participated in the northern california mlk community foundation's annual march starting at san francisco caltrain station and ending at yerba buena park. >> for it because it brings unity and a market king's dream to have everyone hand-in-hand like we are. this is her first time this has led first time. and, you know, to see that we're

mark sanders, alan brown and sub ron russell sanders and brown have been charged with the murder. >> one-way. sanders has an arrest. history linked to another homicide case prices. her team believe sanders may have known lay was undercover. we believe if we are able to prove that. he was new. that officer lay was a police officer that he will serve life without the possibility of. >> price as russell is not being charged with murder at this time, but they have evidence to prove that he was part of the burglaries that preceded lay's death. police say this is still an open investigation and there may be more arrests is crucial to maintain the integrity of our investigation. >> especially since there are additional suspects we have yet to arrest da price also added that there may be additional charges for the 3 men who are already arrested. >> in oakland, amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> all 3 people arrested are scheduled to be in court tomorrow morning and we'll have a crew there to bring you the latest starting on kron. 4 news at noon. oakland. police also investigating an armed robbery

mark sanders and alan brown of also been charged with murder.ers is the one who fired the shot that killed lay a 4th man in the case, sir. brian russell has been charged with burglary. >> new at 10, a los gatos man is in jail tonight, charged with murdering his wife on new year's eve and dumping her remains in the santa cruz mountains. police say the husband john maxey travel to the mountains shortly after his wife singing you last one by dawn had not contacted her employer since the new year. investigators later recovered what are believed to be used remains and the mountains, the identification of the remains has not yet been confirmed, though, by the coroner. >> the trial for diablo valley college track coach accused of trafficking and sexually abusing 2 women, including a student started today. how would more faces several felony counts, including pimping and pandering. he pleaded not guilty to the charges and he's on administrative leave from the college. the trial is expected to last 7 to 10 days. >> a former santa clara deputy has been co

the second suspect. 28 year-old alan brown is also charged with murdering a police officer. he's a chico native and was arrested in that city sunday. court documents mentioned his several previous convictions and a 3rd suspect, 30 year-old. so brian russell is not directly charged with lay's death, but is accused in the burglary that the officer was responding to. he has 2 prior burglary convictions. no pleas were entered. today's preliminary hearing, the 3 suspects are expected back in court later this month. the alameda county district attorney spoke about the case last night. >> sure them that my office will do everything within the confines of our legal. to make sure that the men we believe the man we believe shot and killed officer lake will serve the rest of his life in prison. >> oakland police say they have made several more arrests ut at this e. time, they say they do not plan to identify any more suspects to preserve the integrity of the investigation. there will be a vigil tomorrow morning to honor officer lay. it's scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock in oakland, spe

mark sanders, alan brown and marquese cooper all face several charges including murder. prosecutors accused sanders of firing the shots that killed lay and brown was allegedly in the car with sanders at the time. cooper was arrested in southern california this past weekend. all 3 men are being held without bail. as for the 4th suspect sever on russell, he was only charged with burglary. he also pleaded not guilty this morning out of custody after posting bail. all 4 men are expected to be back in court next month. >> one person is behind bars in moran tonight, accused of committing identity theft. police say officers were alerted to a gas station in larkspur yesterday. that's where they found the suspect with all this, including gift cards and the skimming device capable of getting information from credit cards. marin police say many residents in that area have fallen to identity theft in the recent months and they are urging people to remain vigilant. >> faculty across cal state campuses are getting ready to go on strike next week of no labor agreement is reached some s

oakland police say they've arrested 3 suspects marks sanders alan brown and sub ron russell sanders and brown have been charged with the murder. >> one-way. sanders has an arrest. history linked to another homicide case prices. her team believes sanders may have known lay was undercover. if we are able to prove that. he was new. that officer lay was a police officer that he will serve life without the possibility of. >> price as russell is not being charged with murder at this time, but they have evidence to prove that he was part of the burglaries that preceded lay's death. police say this is still an open investigation and there may be more arrests is crucial to maintain the integrity of our investigation. >> especially since there are additional suspects. da price also added that there may be additional charges for the 3 men who are already arrested. >> in oakland, amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> in the north bay, the label. police are investigating the first homicide of the new year in that city. and it was shot around 10, 30 in the morning yesterday in the area of ohio street and sono

back in 2015 and then there's the second man, alan brown. he's also charged with murdering a police officer in a drive-by shooting and >> he's from chico. that's where he was arrested on sunday. court documents do a mention his several previous convictions as well when he was a juvenile as well as as an adult. and there's a 3rd person arrested sub ron russell and he's charged was committing the burglary that the officer was responding to. he has 2 prior burglary convictions dating back to 2015. >> well, the 3 men are expected to be back in court january. 18th fact o come. police say they've made several more arrests in this case. however, at this point, they're not identifying who else they've arrested. they say they want to do that to protect the integrity of their investigation. >> time now is 10:00:02am, the community is gathering for a vigil as well for officer lay. so we want to let you know, in case you want to be part of that. yeah. he's the 54th oakland police officer to fall in the line of duty. kron four's will tran. >> is oakland

the alleged getaway driver, 28 year-old alan brown, pleaded not guilty to the same charges. 34 year-old marquis cooper was charged with murder and 30 year-old sabran russell pleaded not guilty to burglary charges. his lawyer is trying to separate his client from those suspected of murder. >> we exercise his right to a speedy preliminary hearing. we did that because this is a weighty case. obviously, there's the media here. we have an officer who is no longer with us , but we would like to remove mr. russell from this narrative. and we think the best way to do that is to have a quick and speedy preliminary hearing. >> now, 36 year old police officer twan lay was responding to a burglary at a cannabis shop in oakland when he was shot and killed in the line of duty. there's a new effort to overturn the conviction of scott peterson now in 2004, a jury in san mateo county found peterson guilty of killing his pregnant wife, laci and their unborn son. >> the los angeles innocence project has now filed court papers to reopen the case. it's an organization that works to free those it feels were

oakland police say they've arrested 3 suspects marks sanders alan brown and sub ron russell sanders and brown have been charged with the murder. >> one-way. sanders has an arrest. history linked to another homicide case prices. her team believes sanders may have known lay was undercover. if we are able to prove that. he was new. that officer lay was a police officer that he will serve life without the possibility of. >> price as russell is not being charged with murder at this time, but they have evidence to prove that he was part of the burglaries that preceded lay's death. police say this is still an open investigation and there may be more arrests is crucial to maintain the integrity of our investigation. >> especially since there are additional suspects, da price also added that there may be additional charges for the 3 men who are already arrested. >> in oakland, amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> it's 807, in the north bay. the label. police are investigating the first homicide of the new year there. a man was shot and killed about 10:30am, in the morning yesterday in the area of ohio s

as for the suspect, smart sanders, alan brown and marcus cooper. a face several charges including murder. prosecutors accuse standards are being the one who actually fired the fatal shots. brown is accused of being in the car with sanders at the time. cooper was arrested in southern california this past weekend in all 3 men. now are being held without bail. as for the 4th suspect, brian russell, he's only charged with burglary. he entered a not guilty plea. he is out on bail, but all 4 men are expected to be back in court next month. >> it's a 34 and the marin county sheriff's office had to search a middle school because the report said there was a man with a gun. they got the call about 7 o'clock last night that there was a man with a gun at a e can middle school in canfield. >> and when the sheriff's deputies got there, they locked down the gym. that's where basketball practice was going on. >> and they searched the campus. they didn't end up finding anyone with a gun. >> and so they say they do not believe that there is or was a threat at the sc

oakland police say they've arrested 3 suspects marks sanders alan brown and sub ron russell sanders and brown have been charged with the murder. >> one-way. sanders has an arrest. history linked to another homicide case prices. her team believes sanders may have known lay was undercover. if we are able to prove that. he was new. that officer lay was a police officer that he will serve life without the possibility of. >> price as russell is not being charged with murder at this time, but they have evidence to prove that he was part of the burglaries that preceded lay's death. police say this is still an open investigation and there may be more arrests is crucial to maintain the integrity of our investigation. >> especially since there are additional suspects. da price also added that there may be additional charges for the 3 men who are already arrested. >> in oakland, amanda hari kron, 4 news 10. 0, 7, is the time in the north bay. the label police are investigating that city's first homicide of the new year. >> a man was shot and killed around 10:30am, in the morning yesterday in the a

oakland police say they've arrested 3 suspects marks sanders alan brown and sub ron russell sanders and brown have been charged with the murder. >> one-way. sanders has an arrest. history linked to another homicide case prices. her team believe sanders may have known lay was undercover. if we are able to prove that. he was new. that officer lay was a police officer that he will serve life without the possibility of. >> price as russell is not being charged with murder at this time, but they have evidence to prove that he was part of the burglaries that preceded lay's death. police say this is still an open investigation and there may be more arrests is crucial to maintain the integrity of our investigation. >> especially since there are additional suspects, da price also added that there may be additional charges for the 3 men who are already arrested. >> in oakland, amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> in the north bay, the label. police are investigating the first homicide of the new year there. a man was shot around 10:30am, in the morning yesterday in the area of ohio street and sonoma boul

oakland police say they've arrested 3 suspects marks sanders alan brown and sub ron russell sanders and brown have been charged with the murder. >> overall, certainly sanders has an arrest. history linked to another homicide case prices. her team believe sanders may have known lay was undercover. if we are able to prove he was new. that officer lay was a police officer that he will serve life without the possibility of >> price as russell is not being charged with murder at this time, but they have evidence to prove that he was part of the burglaries that preceded lay's death. police say this is still an open investigation and there may be more arrests is crucial to maintain the integrity of our investigation. >> especially since there are additional suspects, da price also added that there may be additional charges for the 3 men who are already arrested. >> in oakland, amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> its 907, and in the north bay police are investigating a city's first homicide of the new year. a man was shot and killed around 10, 30 in the morning yesterday in the area of ohio street and

oakland police say they've arrested 3 suspects marks sanders alan brown and sub ron russell sanders and brown have been charged with the murder. >> overall, certainly sanders has an arrest. history linked to another homicide case prices. her team believes sanders may have known lay was undercover. if we are able to prove that. he was new. >> that officer lay was a police officer that he will serve life without the possibility of. >> price as russell is not being charged with murder at this time, but they have evidence to prove that he was part of the burglaries that preceded lay's death. police say this is still an open investigation and there may be more arrests is crucial to maintain the integrity of our investigation. >> especially since there are additional suspects, da price also added that there may be additional charges for the 3 men who are already arrested. >> in oakland, amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> and protesters descended on people's park near the uc berkeley campus this morning, police responding to the scene in riot gear. all of this stemming from a construction site with

the alleged getaway driver, 28, year-old alan brown, pleaded not guilty to the same charges. 34 year old marquise cooper was charged with murder and 30 year old brian russell pleaded not guilty to burglary charges. now his attorney is working to separate his client from those suspected of murder. >> and we exercise his right to a speedy preliminary hearing. we did that because this is a weighty case. obviously, there's the media here. we have an officer who is no longer with us, but we would like to remove mr. russell from this narrative. and we think the best way to do that is to have a quick and speedy preliminary hearing. >> well, 36 year old tuan lay was responding to a burglary at a cannabis shop when he was shot and killed in the line of duty. >> she disappeared nearly 30 years ago and now her family has filed a lawsuit coming up on mornings on two. the nine. the reason kristin smart's family is suing cal poly, san luis obispo and their accusations against the university city. then it was a case that drew international media attention. and it happened right here in the bay area

the second man, alan brown, is also charged with murdering a police officer in a drive-by shooting. he's a chico native and was arrested in that city on sunday. court documents mentioned his several previous convictions as both a juvenile and in adult. the 3rd person arrested is sub ron russell. he is charged with committing the burglary officer. lay was responding to russell has 2 prior burglary convictions dating back to 2015. the 3 men are expected back in court january 18th. oakland police say they've made several more arrest in this case at this time. they do not plan to identify any more suspects. they say to protect the integrity of the investigation. the family of the former east bay police officer charged with shooting and his wife is speaking out. the suspect entered a not guilty plea in court on thursday. four's terisa stasio has the latest. >> not guilty. that was the plea entered thursday by the former pittsburgh police officer facing a long list of felony charges following a standoff last month several times during the brief hearing john lee m saint child looked out in

was previously convicted of manslaughter back in 2015 and then there's the second man right here, alan brown. he's also charged with murdering a peace officer in a drive-by shooting. he's a native of chico and he was arrested in that city on sunday. court documents mention that he has had several previous convictions both as a juvenile and as an adult. and then the 3rd person arrested is this man sub ron russell. he's charged with committing the burglary that the officers was responding to. and he also has 2 prior burglary convictions dating back to 2015. yeah. the 3 men are expected back in court on january. 18th o come. police say they've made several more arrests in this case. but at this point they're not identifying who any of those suspects are. they say they're doing that to protect the integrity of the investigation. >> meanwhile, happening today, there will be a vigil in oakland this morning in honor of officer lay. he was shot multiple times last friday while responding to a burglary call at a cannabis shop along oakland's embarcadero. the vigil is scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock

cooper and 3 other suspects marks sanders, alan brown and stephen russell are all due back in court on thursday. that's when they're expected to enter their pleas. police say sanders fired the shot that killed officer lay in a drive-by shooting and brown was in the car. russell is charged with burglary. the trial begins today for the diablo valley college track coach accused of trafficking and sexually abusing 2 women, including a student kyle with more faces. several felony counts, including pimping and pandering. he pleaded not guilty to the charges and is now on administrative leave from the collis college. the trial is expected to last 7 to 10 days. 2 children are recovering after a shooting on interstate 80 in san lorenzo from saturday night. >> officers say they found a car pulled over in the northbound lanes near his spear in boulevard. >> with 2 kids in the backseat injured one in the leg. the other in the stomach. no word right now on a suspect or a motive. >> the big story that we're following is that the oakland unified school district is allowing covid positive students to

mark sanders and alan brown were charged with the murder as well. police say that sanders is the one who fired the shot that killed officer lay and a 4th man to brian russell is charged with burglary, the burglary that the officer was responding to in the first place. in the east bay crime has gone up in the city of oakland as they have been searching now for almost a year for new police chief property climb has gone up to. the question is, is it tied to the lack of a chief kron 4? dan kerman reports. >> some of decided to place the blame for oakland's crime problems directly at the door of mayor sheng thao who at this point has been in office just over a year. town was quick to point out as she did to kron 4 news last week, the cities rise in crime began before she took office. crime in oakland has been on a steady rise since 2019. 3 years before i took office and it is dishonest for anyone to state that crime started rising under my watch only looking at the numbers. that statement is true in certain areas. for example, total homicides started to

as we know, mark sanders and alan brown were both charged with murder. police say sanders is the one who fired the shot that killed clay and then a 4th man in this case, sir. brian russell has been charged with burglary. that's the case that the officer was investigating when he was shot and killed. >> it's 807, and in the east bay city, oakland has been searching for a permanent police chief for almost a year now, ever since former chief leronne armstrong was fired by the mayor last february. yeah. and a lot of crime has gone up during that time. most notably property crime. >> but kron four's dan kerman reports that most of these crimes have been trending upwards for years anyway. some have decided to place the blame for oakland's crime problems directly at the door of mayor sheng thao. >> who at this point has been in office just over a year. town was quick to point out as she did to kron 4 news last week, the cities rise in crime began before she took office. crime in oakland has been on a steady rise since 2019. 3 years before i took office and it i

. >> 27 year-old mark sanders and 28 year-old alan brown are charged with ley's homicide. a third man, sebron russell, is being charged with a burglary that led up to ley's death. san was turned away from cameras inside a downtown oakland courtroom this morning while brown faced the judge, but did not show any emotio. both have waived their formal arraignment on murder charges, with the special circumstance scheduled to return to court on january 18th to enter pleas. oakland city council member noel gayo said he was asked to leave yesterday's news conference announcing those arrests. gayo telling abc seven news an unidentified officer asked him to leave. >> and who gave you permission or direction to come and approach me that i had to leave and, uh, he wouldn't say that. who gave him the authority or the permission to come tell me to leave? and, um, so i don't want to create a scene in front of everyone and, and so i left. but now the council member wants some answers. >> gayo tells us he reached out to top brass at the oakland police department to demand to know who order