the gun he took his life with was a legal .22 caliber rifle altered to look like an ak-47. he stole it from his brother. >> breaking news from denver. two teens are in custody this morning after breaking into a middle school overnight armed with rifles and backpacks. the s.w.a.t. team was called in. officers watched the teens over security cameras and took them into custody. neither rifles or backpacks remain recovered and a bomb squad is sweeping the school. no word whether the school will open this morning. >> pleasant hill city council will better regulate gunshots in the city forcing gun shop owners to pass a criminal background check. dealers is to install alarm suspects and surveillance video. new gun stores can not be located when 150' of a residence or 1,000' of a daycare center or school. the mayor says the change are needed in this day and able. >> business friendly and we expect other businesses to want to be in our city. this is a way to make sure when someone comes into the city they are acting appropriately. ought council will vote on the measure in two weeks

13-year-old was shot to death by a deputy two weeks ago while carrying a toy designed to look like an ak7. his family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the department and deputy erick gelhaus. the meeting starts at 8:30 with another march today at 1:00 o'clock p.m. heading to the district attorney to demand erick gelhaus be fired, arrested and indicted. >> if you are the parent of a current or future u.c. student, school leaders announce whether they will raise tuition for the upcoming school year. >> first, the newest casino is a few hours from opening and we have the opening day fun and the traffic concerns with all the slot machines and table games. >> we know the identity of the california man taking hope when ouwe goword. she said hert (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew what? (announcer) the subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) motor trend's two thousand fourteen sport utility of the year. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> breaking news. in el s

-47, stolen from his brother. >> it looked like an ak-47 but it is not an ak-47. it's where you take the handgun and modify it to make it look like something that it is not. but it is a lawful gun, owned by the brother. >> reporter: authorities say shoop has no history of mental illness, but says he abused drugs. >> we do believe that the main motive for what he did tonight was suicide, whether self inflicted or, god forbid, suicide by cop, which no one ever wants to see t looks like that was his motive. at this time, based upon what we know, it did not appear that he entered the mall to actually shoot anyone. and i say that only because it appears that he did have ample opportunity to do that and chose not to. >> reporter: which is just a fascinating and complex twist to all of this. witnesses told authorities, carol, they could have been shot and killed by the gunman, but he chose not to do that. instead, taking his own life. you recall in our piece that the gun was stolen from the shooter's brother. we've just learned in the last hour that it was the shooter's

brother. >> it would look like an ak-47 but it is not an ak-47. it's where you take the handgun and modify it to make it look like something it is not. but it is a lawful gun owned by the brother. >> reporter: police say shoop has no history of mental illness but say he abused drugs. >> we do believe that the main motive for what he did tonight was suicide, whether self-inflicted or god forbid suicide by cop which no one ever wants to see. it looked like that was his motive. >> reporter: so the question is at this hour, chris, what could have motivated this 20-year-old to do this? police did tell us that they found a note inside the home where he was living. they didn't indicate, as some reports have said, that it was a suicide note. it was a note that led him to believe he would do something like this. we'll learn more in the coming days on that. i can also tell you, it's very important to note, police say he had the opportunity to kill other people in the mall and he chose not to. that is why they say the main motive here was suicide. i can also

it would look like an ak-47, but it is not an ak-47.t's where you take the handgun and you modify it to make it look like something it's not, but it is a lawful gun, owned by the brother. he's someone that does have a drug history. he has used drugs, but what possessed him to do tonight what he did, no one can really say. >> the mall will remain closed today as the investigation continues. >>> we also have a more complete portrait of the man, paul ciancia, who is the man accused of going on a shooting rampage at l.a.x. friday morning. he moved to california just 18 months ago and bought three guns. he was said to be a loner, quiet, introverted. even his roommate said the unemployed motorcycle mechanic was difficult to get to know. ciancia was reportedly carrying a smith & wesson assault rifle when he shot a bystander and three tsa agents, killing one of them. gerardo hernandez, seen a year ago while reviewing the i.d. of none other than kris jenner. the other two agents have, we have been told, left the hospital. the union representing

eric jailhouse who was holding ag doll house that they feel is holding a toy gun and that resembled an ak forty seven assault rifle. our teaser mongol and i was at the protest and enjoy it and he brought us more the other the road that goes with you in los angeles in several places to sleep much and taken to the streets demanding justice for and you know this too but you need to be an iraq war veteran eric gill house shot thirteen year old and guilt over twenty second gap house claims that he felt threatened by the gun and he was holding the gun turned out to be a toy which resembles an ak forty seven weeks after the shooting andy's dad is still stirring up strong emotions. kyle i may yet live. i want that to happen to them that badly among the protesters. but the most acute in police shootings. to be with our son penalty is more shot and killed by police last year his dad also sparked weeks of protests. very fact that the bank is trying to cough again. throughout the united states. cheap jackson's son thirty one year old michael nader was going on when he was shot and killed by southern

the gun was stolen from his from, a legal .22 caliber rifle that was altered to look like an ak-47. in the back area of the mall in an area under construction. they say he entered the mall at closing time and started shooting. he was wearing all black and a motorcycle helmet. thousands of people were able to get out before police locked down the mall but that left 400 shoppers and employees huddled inside while the officers searched for the gunman. the the witnesses locked the store and lid until the coast was clear. shoop shot at the ceiling and an elevator. in the note, shoop expressed the end was coming but it is fought clear if that pent he feared being arrested or if he wanted to die. authorities say he was a none drug user and drug dealer. authorities are stopping short of calling it a suicide note because he did not write it before going into the mall. >> thank you. when voters go to the polls they will decide on a strict new gun law that has the attention of gun control forces and the n.r.a. and matt keller is in sunnyvale to explain. matt? >> the gun control topic certainly

-47. >> you were shot three times. >> yes. >> with an ak-47. >> about five feet away from the shooters it a beef over drugs? >> so somewhat. it was a mixture of drugs and females. >> what gets people to a point of no hope? >> if you don't have one person that cares about you, if you don't feel like one person cares about you, there is no hope. i found someone to care about me because i was detoured to a program that deals with at risk individuals. tyrone walker was my mentor. he still is a mentor to me. he helped me. let's go out to eat. first, nobody ever asked me to go out to eat. people don't know -- >> it gives you a sense of worth and value when someone invites you out to something that was beyond your experience. it wasn't the food. it wasn't the restaurant. it was somebody's inviting me. somebody's taking time with me. it's that kind of affirming that you are of value, that you're not something that could be easily cast away. >> he just kept telling me, you know what? there's something better for you. he helped me see a real goal. he helped me set a plan. you know what i mean?

that deputy mistook the toy gun for an ak 47. >> let's turn your attention now to 50th anniversary of the death of president john f kennedy in dallas. join me in a moment of silence in honor of the life of john fitzgerald kennedy. >> and that marked the moments when shots rang out and killed the president in 1963 on this date. let's go live now to dallas for more from christine dobbin, who is there. christine? >> reporter: dan for those who remember that date they say kennedy inspired a generation and gave them a lot of hope, hope that was renewed after today's service. it was serious and understated. for many attending a way for them and a city to heal. >> when you're born in this state and this happened in your state, you're proud of your state we needed a closure to just say we're okay. he was a great person. >> 50 yearsing ayoet city was labelled full of hate when jfk was shot and killed. >> i'm sorry it wasn't more beautiful weather but it's a testament to commitment of the people who wanted to commemorate his, and recognize him, they're here anyway. >> reporter: voices sang, bel

with an ak-47. >> five feet away from the shooter. >> wow. what happened? was it a beef over drugs?at gets people to a point of no hope? >> if you don't have one person that cares about you, if you don't feel look one person cares about you, there is no hope. i found some one to care about me. i was detoured to a program that deals with at risk individuals. tyrone walker when he was my mentor, he still is a mentor to me. he helped me. let's go out to eat. first off nobody ever asked me to go to eat. people don't know. >> it gives you've a sense of -- of worth and value for some one few of invite you out to something that was beyond your experience. wasn't the food? wasn't the restaurant. it was somebody's inviting me, somebody is taking time with me. it's -- it's that kind of -- of, of, affirming that you are of value that you are not something that scud be even, cast away. >> heap just kept telling me. there is something better for you. he helped me -- set a plan. >> how did he do that. >> first off. he found out what i wanted to do. he found out. >> he didn't tell you. he found yo

it was a modified rifle rifle, ..22-caliber meant to look like an ak-47. a serious weapon stolen from his brother but he is believed to be the only person involved in this. >> nic robertson, great to have you there for us. thank you. >>> now to our other big story this morning. election day. voters are heading to the polls to decide a number of state and local races that could impact the political landscape across the country. maybe the most notable contest is chris christie expected to win the second term as new jersey governor. he is mentioned as a possible candidate in 2016 for the presidency and things he did at the campaign stop did lilve to quiet those whispers. >> i need you tomorrow night. i need you badly. we have to liver tomorrow, everybody. the whole country is watching, everybody. the whole country is watching and they are disspirited the way the government works. they look at the mess in washington, d.c. they say nobody cares about the rest of us and nobody cares about the folks any more. >> another big showdown for the top job in the swing s

he was shot last week after refusing to put down a toy gun that looked like an ak 47 assault rifle. >> reporter: his name is anthony lopez, today describing his brother andy as a good kid, someone liked to make people laugh, who was interested in a career in law enforcement. behind me, this memorial, people arriving and keep adding to it. it keeps growing. what began as a vigil with candles now has enough to spell out the name andy. what began as a simple cross now has a permanent structure. jose installed think the morning and painted it. >> that represents the angel in andy. >> reporter: today his older brother told us how they're faring up oochlt they're hanging in there. it's hard on everyone. the house isn't the same anymore. >> how so? >> just quiet. just feels like there is a void in the house. >> reporter: a void since a week ago. a sheriff deputy, eric gelhaus mistook a pellet gun for the real thing and fired seven shots into andy. the family filed a claim. the deputy has communicated only through his attorney. >> this is a terrible situation. it's tragic. we all personally f

deputy erick >> an ak 47 with no markings it was a replica gun pointed in his direction. those weapons pierce body armor. they pierce and go through patrol vehicles and this is a residential neighborhood with homes n all around. >> abc7 news learned andy lopez's mother filed a claim against sonoma county and sheriff's department this, is the first stoep a lawsuit. >> antioch police are blaming driver error for a really amazing crash this morning. a 67-year-old drove her hyundai through front doors of a 7-11 store. a customer did suffer a minor injury. investigators say alcohol does not appear tb a factor in this crash, just driver error, they say. >> well, we're out driving out and about, be careful. kids roaming streets trick or treating. look at the weather sandhya patel is on the roof with the forecast. sandhya? >> beautiful right now. get it? and tonight kids heading outside, it's going to be perfect weather. a nice treat. let's take a look at the forecast. sun goes down in about an hour, mild, 67 degrees, 7:00 p.m 61. you'll feel the chill by 9:00 p.m . mid-50s so if

. >> reporter: the dream city built was an ak -- architectural marvel. >> the first year something like 17 were killed. and later there were the fires. >> reporter: this one was industrial and enormously successful. drawing 27 million visitors. chicago's world's fair was always improbably big, whole villages from across the globe and their inhabitants were shipped to the city. the emblem became this massive wheel. >> people came here at the fair to look at the future. >> reporter: it was short lived, a white city, built on a swamp, torn down as soon as the fair ended. the world's fair remaid chicago, but 120 years later it is hard to find a lasting remnant. this is one of the few. it's now chicago's few seem of science and industry, but then it was a palace of fine arts. they needed one permanent structure to safeguard the masterpieces of the day. what was left behind was this, the cultural artifacts and fossils used to create the museum now reliving the landmark fair. ♪ >>> i'm dave warren. we're seeing a little break here across the northeast between one area of rain and the next. tho

investigators say the man left, came back with an ak-47 assault rifle and started shooting. one was hurt. police say the shooter took an undisclosed amount of cash before he left. police have not released his name. there's no word yesterday on whether he is in custody. >>> a san francisco man is warning others to use car sharing services to be careful after he says he was harassed by his driver. james alba said he used the uber app to get a ride home from a bar in the castro when the incident occurred. he has used uber before but this time the driver was aggressive and made racially degrading comments. >> i think you are just a dirty mexican [bleep]. you are the worst of it. >> uber says the driver has been suspended. in the meantime, alba will use cabs in the future or try another cab service. >>> new information about bryan stow. the los angeles dodgers have filed court documents asking the judge if the team is liable for his injuries. the dodgers want the court to decide before it addresses the issues of damage owed to stow. he's suing the team for his injuries and medica

andy lopez was shot and killed last week as he was carrying a pellet gun that looked like an ak-47. the deputy says he ordered lopez to drop the gun and that he opened fire after lopez turned around and appeared to be raising the gun. the county has received notice of an intent to file a lawsuit. today they said any civil lawsuit would be premature. >>> video shows what some claim is mistreatment of mentally ill prisoners in california. the tapes were created by guards abiding by a state policy to record all cell extractions. they're part of a lawsuit brought by inmates who are seeking a ban on the use of pepper spray against the mentally ill. >>> the warmest day of the week and the warmest day we'll see for a while. that was today. take a look at the numbers. they were up there. 80 degrees. watch what happens tomorrow as the weather system comes in. drop of temperatures. santa rosa from 79 to 70. 72 to 63 in san francisco. it's going to be cooler. not going to be cold though. going to be a nice day tomorrow. it's just not going to be upper 70s, low 80s. still warm outside. 69 in con

48 years old, who says that he feared for his life when he saw lopez point what he says looked like an akretty shaken up about this whole incident. if you compare the gun that lopez was carrying to an ak-47, they do look similar. >> yes. >> do you think that the officer's claim here, that he was in fear for his life, is viable and accurate or is there a problem, as you point out, the instances over the eight years, that there's a racist element? >> well, i think that -- again, we weren't there and i can't say what was going through the incident. the two weapons do look similar, the toy gun versus the actual one. but i think what more that's happening here, the fact that you have middle schoolers and high schoolers organizing and having their parents come with them shows there's a stronger tension within the community that has to be addressed. the fact that -- the pictures that you just demonstrated, these were high schoolers marching in the street and they had s.w.a.t. folks on top of roof tops. they told government employees to leave because they were fearful that race riots were going t

andy lopez was carrying an air rifle that looks like an ak-47 assault rifle when three was shot and killed by a sheriff deputy. wayne? >> as we approach the two week anniversary of the story the protest and the community outrage does not let up. there is a march on santa rosa avenue headed to this location right now, the sonoma county sheriff, a dozen people from a local church protesting the shooting and protesting the treatment of the latino community by the sheriff. there have been many protests and memorials all along. this protest is asking the district attorney to convene a grand jury to indict deputy erick gelhaus for murder. there will be a grand jury after the investigation is complete. there is a second protest today, that is in san francisco. an attorney for the lopez family will file a civil rights lawsuit against erick gelhaus and sonoma county for the killing claiming he shot lopez without reasonable cause. the protesters have yet to arrive. they are peaceful group with a police escort, very nice people and have not protested before. this is a different group. they want to ke

almost two weeks ago the deputy mistook the boy's replica rifle for an ak-47 and shot him. he said the boy started to point the rifle at him. >> a suspect in custody. a shooting happened yesterday morning near the alameda. the victim, a man in his 30s was shot at least once. family members drove him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. in less than an hour police say the suspect who apparently knew the victim was in custody. >> maybe 4:30, 5:00, some shots were fired down here at the end of the block. >> the shooting marks the city's 39th homicide this year. five more than the city had at the same time last year. >> in this day and age it's not unusual for high schools to have security cameras but it's becoming more common at middle and elementary schools in one east bay county. the nova due unified school district is installing cameras at san jose middle school, and the hill education center. installation starts today coasting $120,000. last year alone the district spent $177,000 to install cameras at a couple high schools. the district telling the journal it will

conviction of 24 year veteran erick gelhaus for shooting lopez when he refused to drop a replica of an ak-47 rifle. >> they shot him twice in the chest. >> reporter: liz henning adams was speaking about her son who she says was having a mental episode when visiting. >> it made me feel like if i need help with one of my kids is in crisis i'm not going to call the police and i felt like they would come and make the situation worse instead of better. >> reporter: two and a half weeks ago her husband, a fireman, was one of the first responders to the lopez shooting. >> there's been a real trend in the country toward the militarisation of the police department but the truth is we don't live in a war zone. we live in homes and a community and where we want our children to walk to park to their friends' homes. >> how can they say the officer is making a stake to protect our community. this bullet hit in an area where my 16-year-old son and i were standing moments before. . >> reporter: speakers emphasize this is not just about andy lopez and they hope to build a movement to bring justice to what

he left but then came back with an ak-47 and started shooting. he missed them but stole some cash before then running off. police are still looking for the gun mavn. >>> about an hour ago, chp issued a traffic alert. this time of night, yeah, look at this. highway 101 jammed near sfo as people are trying to get to the airport and get out of town even at this hour thanksgiving travel craziness is well underway. >>> and it was crazy in many schools today. joe vasquez tells us about the many, many teacher who is decided they wanted to start their holiday early. joe. >> ken, we're talking about the san francisco unified school district. take a look at the numbers. some 432 teachers either called in sick today or took a personal day. that's some 12% of the total number of teachers in the district and also 179 teacher's asd were absent. that's a total of 611 teachers and aids who missed school today forcing a huge call out to substitute teachers, but they weren't the only ones out of class. >> it doesn't bother me a whole lot. they have every right to b

police cars were outside a heyward apartment complex after someone fired off a coup ill rounds with an ak 47. police say two men and a woman were arguing about money inside one of those apartments earlier this morning. one of the men apparently left and returned with that weapon. police say he fired two shots into the bedroom where the other two people were hiding. fortunately, nobody was hurt, but the gunman hasn't been found. >>> the woman who dumped from the third deck of the oakland coliseum on sunday remains in critical condition tonight. we do know she is 20 years old and from san jose, but her name isn't being released. investigators say she went to the game with several other people, but 80s still not clear why she jumped. >>> a 12-year-old girl bullied because of her hair. >> i know people will tease me about it because it's not straight or anything. i don't fit in. >> but the school giving her an ultimatum. how staying true to her roots could get her expelled. >>> rose leaf for -- relief for frustrated renters. ,,,,,,,,,,,, board a v-t-a train. it happened at the reamwood stn af

described as a long rifle, something like an ak-47. police say he had the opportunity to shoot and kill people, but he didn't do that. he fired in the air, fired at property, and then retreated deep into the mall somewhere. it took several hours, six hours, before the police found his body. he shot himself in the head, a self-inflicted wound. he was dead. his, of course, is that no one else was injured, and the situation obviously could have been a lot worse. now, police, authorities here, are reviewing security. the question is what can you do with such a soft target here or at malls like this around the country? bottom line, though, one fatality, the gunman. no other injuries. a situation resolved that could have been a lot worse. now back to you. >> okay. that was nbc's ron allen reporting. officials also say they recovered a note that was left with his family. they're not calling it a suicide note, but they are saying it expresses an end is coming. >>> this morning we are hearing from the parents of a boy who opened fire inside a m

an ak and a man on their educational level how widespread is this military intelligence. in the university system today as opposed to the past few decades. yeah it's it's a real growing trend you know probably the most significant thing that's happening is there are a whole number of programs in the last eight years that have come along programs like the pat roberts intelligence scholars program the rise of the national security education program which does predate nine eleven and the minerva project these are all programs you know certainly the first three programs are ones which there's a payback requirement for scholars so as whereas in the past twenty thirty years ago scholars would get funding to study languages of interest to national security or to do independent research they could get federal funds carry out their work do what they were going to do reach their own conclusions and now there's a shift for these programs where you know while traditional funds to attend university are decreasing or are to do research we have these programs where the scholars who enga

. >>> hayward police looking for a man who fired an ak .47 inside an apartment. police say two men and a woman began arguing about money early this morning. one of the men left, came back with a g. police say that he fired two shots into the bedroom where tore two people were hiding. nobody was hurt. >>>ed to, san francisco mayor ed lee announced the city's plan to relaunch green finance sf. it is a program that will provide an affordable financing option for san francisco home owners to install energy heave efficient upgrades as well as renewable -- energy-efficient upgrades. they can pay for them over time through their property tax bill. >>> president obama has left california. he finished his three-day west coast fund raising swing with a visit to a major hollywood studio. randy page on the president's high praise for the entertainment industry. >> hello, everybody. >> within seconds of stepping up to the podium, president barack obama warmed up to the crowd when speaking about the 70 degrees sunshine. >> it is great to be at dreamworks. i would like to work

andy was shot october 22 wild holding a -- while holding a toy gun that looked like an ak-47. the deputy appeared to be agitated when an man was stopped for making an unsafe lane change and the officer asked him to turn off the vehicle. at that point i put my hand out and i said, sir, the vehicle is off and he again screamed the same thing. >> erick gelhaus' attorney said he would only draw the gun if he saw a need. >> union police have a sear flash -- serial flasher in custody. this photo is the 20-year-old flasher facing 11 couples of exposure following a ten month investigation that started in november of last year. he spent months exposing himself at two parks in union city. police are asking anyone with information of the incidents to come forward. >> the oakland a's could make themselves feel at home at san francisco's at&t park as they try to hammer out a new lease at the existing home. multiple media reports say the a's won a two year lease giving flexibility to move somewhere else. the coliseum would prefer they sign a five to eight year deal. amy will have a report co

it's been nearly two week since the deputy mistook the replica gun as a an ak-47 and shot him four times. he says he feared for his life. >> in san jose, police are investigating a deadly shooting that hp aed early this morning south of downtown. more on what happens and what it means to the crime rate in that city. kimberly? >>. >> reporter: 34ris radio looking for a motive, but they do say the victim knew the suspect. >> shots were fired here at the end of the block. >> san jose police say officers were on their way to the 100 block of morrison avenue where the shooting happen, but the victim was already on his way to a hospital. >> his family took him to a hon't and that's about where we are right now. >> police say the victim a man in his 30s was shot at least once and pronounced dead at the hospital. the suspect who has not been identified is in custody. this is the city's 39th suicide h year. that's five more than the city had this time last year. it's the first san jose has had since september. over the summer, police rolled out a plan to increase police presence on the streets an

child soldier who talked about how they slit his chest open and put cocaine in him and made him drag an akcause he was too young to carry it at six. all these people we have the opportunity to meet in these difficult circumstances, the resiliency and so many of them don't give up hope. >> it's packed full of stories and beautifully written and i think people will really enjoy it. >>> warren, let me turn to the shutdown, it will be on air in cnn in three years. washington, debt ceilings, shut downs, how do we bring an end to it and move forward for the benefit of the american economy and people? >> they should declare the debt limit as a weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they are not getting some other matter. it just so disproportionate to other issues. the first thing to do is take it off the table. what i really hope is that they sit down and work out something probably better in private and work out something that involves some real give on both

andy lopez was shot while holding an air rifle that looked like an ak-47 rifle. >> reporter: as candles were arranged and a cross was adjusted at the memorial, it was not lost on a few people here that this weekend marks the day of the dead. >> is it a mexican tradition to every first and second of november to come and celebrate the dead or your loved ones who have passed away. >> reporter: andy lopez's parents were here for a couple of hours. they did not want to speak on camera be. you they did say they will be in san francisco on monday for a big announcement. they will be joining their team of attorneys monday to announce a federal civil lawsuit against sonoma county sheriff's department. they joined 100 people for a potluck dinner. organizers say they have no intention of connecting the death to the day of the dead but they want to support the family. >> we just want to remember andy. we don't want to talk about what happened but we just want to remember him. >> reporter: a family attorney says that the 13-year-old has not been laid to rest because his parents are waiting for his g

ak-47 was a toy. they are seeking an unspecified amount of money. the family received the autopsy report and showed that the 13 a year rose suffered seven gunshot wounds. >> we want an honest investigation. all the people that are due in demonstrations, we also want your demonstrations to be honest. >> jail house, they basically unloaded in a reckless way this does not even come close and it is reckless. >> the family's lawyer continues to say, that the bullets that did hit him in the back, chest and his hands, so that he did not point a gun at the deputies. the deputy continued to fire even after the first bullet went through his heart causing him to hit the ground. meanwhile, the fbi has opened an independent inquiry to the comment whether his civil-rights were violated >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. one state could become two separate states today. we will explain the changes coming up. >> the worst possible thing that could happen to the green bay packers did happen. we will talk to gary radnich about dealing with the loss of their quar

to the community for support. 13-year-old andy lopez was shot while holding a gun that looked like an ak-47 and it was a toy gun. cornell bernard is live in santaa with more on the gathering. cornell? >> reporter: the neighborhood gathering is just getting under way on this vacant lot. this is where of course sandy lopez was shot and killed. this is a pot lick and we are told everyone is invited. thank you to the community for support during a difficult time. donations to the family are welcome. meantime, memorial for andy lopez continues to grow and many bring flowers and candles. lopez was killed october 22nd shot by sheriffs deputy eric gale house who believed he was carrying an assault rifle that turned out boob a bb gun. police say he fired on the teen after he was ordered to drop the gun and did not. organizers hope it's a chance for the community to heal. >> you come and be with the family and support them for the loss. >> i just wanted to show my support for the family. hope that some changes are made. >> the lopez family has just arrived here. we can come back out live and just

he killed her with five shots from an ak-47 and went into the school. he meant to kill her, and the children that he identified as people - little children that she preferred to him at that point. >> let me explain what you are talking about. at the conclusion of the report is a quote saying: >> you are disagree with that. >> yes. >> give us your feeling about that. you thing there are specific circumstances overall. >> the killer finally swings into action, there's something that triggers this behaviour. she was speculating that - we all read about - the possibility of having him taken from conneticut to maybe a place in seattle where she would move with him, to a different school. maybe he would be better off there and she'd think about a move about the way things are unfolding in their current live, insufficient, or that was not adequate. >> what do you make of the bedroom which had the windows covered with black, the fact that she apparently doesn't go in and out of his bedroom, wasn't allowed, and the focus on material describing the death, the mur

i felt someone next to me but i didn't realize it was him and i heard the unmistakable sound of an aking off next to my head and i turned and it's janis shooting these two taliban fighters dead. if he wasn't there covering my back and didn't have my six, i wouldn't be sitting here talking to you right now. they would have shot me right then and there. >> what happened once matt and the team left? the taliban came for you. >> yeah, when matt's team left afghanistan, literally, i found out that my name was added to the taliban kill list. >> they knew what you had done. they knew you were working with the americans? >> yeah. . he was the intelligence officer and investigating them and i was translating and at that time i didn't cover my face and everybody knew me. >> some translators covered their face for their protection? >> most of them. i didn't. because i'm not scare from them and i want them to scare from me. when matt left the other unit and the intelligence officer, he personally told me that my name was added to the taliban kill list and i had to leave. when i came to kabul, the

eric gelhaus who shot and killed lopez on october 22nd when he mistook the teen's plastic rifle for an ak-47. elizabeth kozign is a mother of 4. we don't want to threat lie. we think we need change. we don't want there to be any more andy lopezes. we don't want that to happen to anyone else. >> reporter: across the state others were calling for action in the death of andy lopez, too. in sacramento, oakland, and san francisco. these protesters in san francisco also calling for justice. the fbi is conducting its own independent investigation into the death of andy lopez. in santa rosa, abc 7 news. >>> an emotional day of remembrance was held on the old eastern side of the bay bridge today to honor people who were killed on the span. about ten families whose loved ones lost their lives on the old bridge were invited to come out to visit the area where they died. for many, it provided closure before the entire span is demolished. for alana betadlcho whose son was killed while helping a motorist in 2008 it gave her a chance to walk to the spot where he died. for this to happen if you can all i

helmet on shooting what looked like a long rifle, it was described as a modified rifle that looks like an ak he entered the parking deck and went down an elevator and started shooting and disappeared into the bows of the back of the mall. he shot himself in the head. the situation could have been so much worse. >> as it relates to the security at the mall, we know that that's the biggest mall, very busy here in a couple of weeks. are they changing any of the security measures in place there, ron? >> reporter: well, they are not discussing the specifics of that. what a number of authorities have said to us, they feel the plan they had in place to deal something like this and they train for this, they think it worked fairly well. the objective was for security officers and store managers to get people to shelter in place and barricade themselves and bring the metal gates down to secure it. we met in the parking lot as they were coming out later. after all outside the mall, hundreds of police officers arrived and quickly established a perimeter, sealed the area off. they were pretty convinced t

. >> an ak-47 with no markings that it was a replica gun, that was pointed in his direction, those weapons, they pierce body armor, they pierce -- they go right through patrol vehicles and this was a residential neighborhood, with homes all around. deputy goalhouse ordered one or two times for mr. lopez to drop his gun. >> reporter: santa rosa police are heading the investigation of the shooting. they now say it was only ten seconds between the time goalhouse radioed the dispatcher and the time he fired the shots. goalhouse told his lawyer he fired when the boy turned when the barrel of the toy rifle raised toward the deputies. >> so once the lethal threat was posed, once deputy goalhouse felt in fear of his life, for his safety. he had no other option but to use his firearm. >> reporter: a police accountability expert says the investigation by santa rosa police and the district attorney is not enough. >> in every single department, there should be some oversight of that department. there should be independent investigations of misconduct issues. there should be a way for the community to

. >> an ak-47 with no markings that it was a replica gun, that was pointed in his direction, those weapons, they pierce body armor, they pierce -- they go right through patrol vehicles and this was a residential neighborhood, with homes all around. deputy goalhouse ordered one or two times for mr. lopez to drop his gun. >> reporter: santa rosa police are heading the investigation of the shooting. they now say it was only ten seconds between the time goalhouse radioed the dispatcher and the time he fired the shots. goalhouse told his lawyer he fired when the boy turned when the barrel of the toy rifle raised toward the deputies. >> so once the lethal threat was posed, once deputy goalhouse felt in fear of his life, for his safety. he had no other option but to use his firearm. >> reporter: a police accountability expert says the investigation by santa rosa police and the district attorney is not enough. >> in every single department, there should be some oversight of that department. there should be independent investigations of misconduct issues. there should be a way for the community to

then on the ground close by was an ak-47. and i saw the light blue minivan.i could hear a little girl crying. >> realizing that there is a wounded child inside, mccord and his soldiers run to the van. >> inside the van when i looked in was a little girl about 4 years old. she had a severe belly wound and glass in her eyes and her hair and all over. next to her was a boy about 7 years old. he had very severe wound to the right side of his head. next to him in the driver's seat was the father. there was no way that he had survived. immediately i grabbed the little girl, grabbed a medic and was picking glass out of the little girl's eyes so that she can blink. there were no weapons or anything inside the van. it looked like a father driving his kids. >> the medic rushes the girl to a nearby vehicle as mccord returns to the van to take a photograph. >> and as i put my camera down, the boy makes a movement like a labored breath. i remember my heart sinking and i start screaming out at this point. the boy's alive, the boy's alive. so i pull the boy out and i start

he mistook the teen's toy gun for an ak-47.vans will introduce her bill today at 10. . >>> and the b.a.r.t. board of directors has approved almost all of the contracts with its unions except for the provision about family leave. and the unions are furious. so now they're meeting with lawyers to figure out exactly what to do. here are the unions options, go back to the members and ratify the contracts, renegotiate a new contract, take legal action against b.a.r.t., or go back on strike. >>> the covered california web site is expected to be offline tonight and for the weekend. the covered california board decided not to honor president obama's call to let people keep health coverage that 'cause not meet obamacare requirements. the vote was 5 to nothing against extending that coverage. the state insurance commissioner disagrees with the decision. >> preventing consumers from renewing their contracts is a disservice to those consumers. >> 1% of californians will be faced with financial challenges because of this. if you're one of t

for their support. 13-year-old andy lopez was shot on the 22nd holding an air rifle that looked like an ak-47 assault rifle. abc7 news reporter has the latest from santa rosa. >> reporter: as candles were arranged and a cross was adjusted for the growing memorial for 13-year-old andy lopez, it was not lost on a few people here that this day marks the day of the dead. >> it's a tradition that every 1st and 2nd of november you come and celebrate the dead, or the loved ones of that passed away. >> andy lopez' parents were here a couple of hours. they left just before sunset. they did not want to speak on camera, but they said they will be in san francisco on monday for a big announcement. they will be joining their team of attorneys monday to announce a federal civil lawsuit against the sonoma county sheriff's department. organizers said they had no intention of connect being the death to this day, they just wanted to be here with the lopez family. >> everyone wants to be here remembering andy. that's all it is. we don't want it talk about what happened to andy or anything like that. we just

he took out a sig type of weapon to modified to look like an ak-37.it was his brother's and he stole it sometime this evening and came to the mall and fired what is at least six rounds at random, striking several different locations in the mall. it caused, of course, a bit of panic. thousands of people began to run out of the mall as law enforcement officers arrived. there was an emergency evacuation of the mall. at that time, a lockdown occurred. we estimate, this is a very, very early estimation, at least 400 patrons were locked into whatever store they were in at the time when the mall was shut down. locked down procedures and s.w.a.t. took over. protocols were established where the individuals were left where they were into the locked areas and then we began a very long and very thorough and very tedious process conducted by law enforcement members from throughout the county, including port authority, fbi, new jersey state police, newark police, the s.w.a.t. units did a great job. it is such a large area and, of course, we only discovered mr. shoo

he mistook the toy gun for an ak-47 assault weapon. >>> bart's largest union is considering legal actiongainst b.a.r.t. management after the board approved a new contract agreement which ended last month's strike but it did not include a family leave provision. the union called the move unprecedented and illegitimate. b.a.r.t. management says the provision was mistakenly included. >>> the bay area's dependence on b.a.r.t. was highlighted again yesterday when a computer problem shut down b.a.r.t. service for hours overnight and part of the morning commute. network server upgrade caused the system to go offline, stranding passengers. >>> from southern california, a man who was missing for several days is safe and sound this morning. los angeles police found darwin vella yesterday after he flagged someone down on the side of a road. on tuesday he withent for a walk with his dog. he did not return home but his dog did, along with a bloody leash. police won't say yet if vella was kidnapped. he does have some ties to hollywood celebrities and was scheduled to testify earlier this week at a hea

facility, bullets originating from an ak-47 not necessarily from a u.s.azi. you slipped it in there quickly and i want to ask you about t why weren't you contracted -- you're so certain there would have been no death, no mayhem had you or your company been protecting? why, perhaps, were you not? >> a fail at many levels there, depending on a local security provider, basically a local militia, which i believe sold out the mission there. the federal agents that were assigned there were obviously in an inadequate number. there were a number of plans deficient. on top of that, even the quick reaction force or some other force that could have come in from the outside. i know for a fact there was a c-130 with army special forces xwies on board, going to fly not in the tradition of america to leave people hanging like that. >> there's some discrepancy as to what will happen. >> i know people in that community yet and i know it to be true. they were on the airplane, ready to go. and they were turned around. >> you are a fascinating fellow and there's a reason we'

he was shotless week october 22nd while holding a toy gun that looked lick an ak 47.lt rifle. 7 news reporter wayne has the story. >> it keeps growing. what began as vigil with if you candle now has enough to spell out the name andy. what gap as simple cross now has more permanent struck take your. tl painted it white. >> that represents the angel in andy. >> lopez family has yet to speak out formally today andy older brother anthony told us how they are if doing. they are hanging in. really hard open everyone. the house isn't even the same any more. >>reporter: how soil. it's just quiet. felonies like there is a void in the house. >>reporter: void since week ago last tuesday when sonoma county sheriff's deputy eric mistook a pellet gun for the real they think and fired 7 shots into andy. killing him at the scene. since then the family filed a claim against the county and sheriff's office. deputy communicated only through his attorney. >> this is a terrible situatio situation. it's tragic. we all personally feel for the family and for the community but that doesn't le