moments later police shot antoine jackson in the side while he sat in the driver's seat, and john sloan in the back of the head when he ran. the third man was arrested. >> they killed a bunch of guys -- two guys they don't even know the reason for, because usually cops have an answer for what they're doing. if there were guns like they say, they're going to leave the guns on the ground. >> when they do it, no repercussion, nothing to be said. how can you have family out here, not going to say nothing to the family how you murdered their child? >> two people are killed under very questionable circumstances. >> an attorney is representing antoine jackson's family and may take the sloan case as well. buris says there's no evidence either man was armed, though two guns were found on a rooftop nearby. >> when you have a situation where two people are shot, and an oblique story is given about one man being armed and another man may or may not have been armed. that doesn't mean you get to shoot them. >> lisa: both men had a criminal past. police would not return our phone calls or requests for

and police shat antoine jackson and john sloan in the back of his head while he ran. the third map was arrested. >> they killed a bunch of guys -- two guys they don't even know the reason for, because usually cops have an answer for what they are doing. if there were guns, they're going to leave the guns on the ground. >> when they do it, no repercussions. how can you have a family out here. you not going say something the family how you murdered their child? inquiring two people killed under questionable circumstances. >> he is representing the jackson family and may take the sloan case as well. he says there was no evidence the men were armed. >> when you have a situation where two people are shot a on bleak story is given about one man being armed and other man may or may not have been armed. that doesn't mean you get to shoot them. >> oakland police would not return our phone calls or request for update or comment. in oakland, lisa amin gulezian abc-7 news. >> alan: tonight, san jose police need your help in fining the person who stabbed an 18-year-old man to deat

that night he, antoine jackson, and a third unidentified man were stopped by oakland police. in a press release police explained they received a tip that a, quote violent crime was going to take place in the area. police insist when they stopped these men they were averaged and confrontational. moments later, police shot antoine jackson in the side while he sat in the driver's seat and john sloan in the back of the head while he ran. the third man was arrested. >> they killed a bunch of guys -- two guys -- they don't know the reason for, because usually cops have an answer for what they're doing. if there were guns they're going to leave the guns open theground. >> no repep -- repercussions. how you can have a family out here not going to say nothing about how your murdered their child? >> two people killed under questionable circumstances. >> lisa: this attorney is representing the jackson family and may take the sloan case as well. he says there's no evidence that ea thurman was -- either man was armed. >> when you have a situation where two people are shot an oblique stirs

family members say he is 30- year-old antoine jackson, killed here in a car that was parked where you can see the shattered glass. and you can see also the cancelled. and flowers that one of his cousins has laid here. we'll look at video that our crew shot last night. ktvu was the first to arrive on scene and we were the only ones to look at just minutes after the shooting happened. at 9:00, officers had received some inside information that violence was about to erupt. they got a tip on a target vehicle, a light blue van, tailed by a victim's car, a red lexus. within an hour and a half they spotted the cars and moved in. gunfire started, two suspects were shot and later died at highland hospital. a third suspect took off. jackson's family tells us the killings were senseless. >> , why did you slaughter them like doggone animals? come on now! there's something not right with this. but the people was supposed to protect us is killing us more than the other folks is! >> a neighbor heard the commotion last night and this morning showed up the bullet hole in her fence. >> i didn't hear --

. >> reporter: family members say 30-year-old antoine jackson was in a good place in his life and are baffled as to why he would be involved in a confrontation with police. >> i just can't believe it. you know i just can't believe it. >> reporter: police say they received a tip a crime was about to take place in this neighborhood near interstate 580 and coolage avenue. when they arrived they quickly spot add car that wanted to pull over. during the stop they said that three men with guns got off the car and confronted them. a gun was found near by. family members say jackson one of the men who died lived in el cerrito and was trying to stay out of oakland and his past troubled life. >> there were some things going on in his life that were finally beginning to look good for him or whatever. and he was in that happy mode. he was going to go get his haircut. and then go to spend time with his child like he does every day. >> reporter: jackson leaves behind a 5-year-old son. i want to show you something. a lot of the neighbors have been coming home and finding things like this. this is a

>> reporter: police released a statement saying fletcher antoine jackson and a companion emerged from a car with weapons and confronted police. that is when police said they had to use deadly force. >> i heard boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: police say they recovered two weapons from the scene. witnesses claim the weapons were found on the roof top wrapped in a cloth. >> no guns on neither one of the guys. only people that had guns were the police and they had guns to kill, rifles. >> the oakland police explained they received a tip that a violent crime was going to take place along the 3000 block of curran avenue. when officers tried to stop the vehicle gun fire erupted. jackson was shot in the side possibly while still in the car. >> shot him in the car. the glass and everything is in there. >> reporter: margie turner says her 30-year-old nephew was on parole for nonviolent offenses. >> you can't be paying these folks that are supposed to be protecting us and they are killing us. it is not right. >> we have to watch out for oakland police. it is crazy out here. they are not hel

. >> reporter: mary cobb says her son, 30-year-old fletcher antoine jackson, was one of the men police shot and killed. she and her family are angry, claiming police overreacted. >> what he did away from me i can't speak on. i don't know. but i know whatever it was it didn't deserve him going down like no animal like that. >> reporter: again, police tell us that they had learned the three suspects were going in there to do a very violent crime and that they were extremely dangerous. now, the second suspect who was killed in this operation, we are told was a parolee who was on parole for a concealed weapons conviction. the third man, the suspect who survived, is also a parolee. reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jodi. >>> construction crews working on the new bay bridge started work on another major marker today. this morning workers started lifting the cable saddle into place on the new tower. now, the saddle will hold suspension cables in place, and it's the last tower saddle in the world. the work didn't impact traffic, but remember that o

why was her nephew, 30-year-old fletcher antoine jackson, fatally shot by oakland police officers? >> they supposed to be here to protect and serve. if we can't depend on them, who is going to be depend on? who can we call? ro. >>> police say the incident was gang-related. they had a tip that a violent crime was on the verge of happening wings night and then they found jackson and two unidentified men in a car. when they confronted them, the men who police claim were armed made a run for it. >> this is like the 4th of july like somebody was just letting off, you know, firecrackers. >> reporter: a person was seeing what she believes was police gunfire. moments later two wounded men clamsed in her yard. dorsey says jackson was clearly dying as officers cuffed him. >> they went over there, handcuffed him while he is down blood gushing out of his sound laying on the ground like a hog. >> reporter: as for the weapons, police say the two men were carrying. >> i didn't see any weapons. >> reporter: we wanted to ask oakland police about the incident but they would not speak to us on camera

>> reporter: police released a statement saying fletcher antoine jackson and his unidentified companion emerged from a car with weapons and confronted police and that is when police said they had to use deadly force. >> reporter: police say they recovered two weapons from the scene. witnesses claim the weapons were found on a roof top wrapped in a clothe. >> no guns on neither one of the guys. only people that had guns were the police and they had guns to kill rifles. >> reporter: the police explained they received a tip that a violent crime was going to take place along the 3000 block of curran avenue. jackson was shot in the side, possibly while still inside the car. >> shot him in the car. the glass and everything is right there. >> reporter: margie turner says her 30-year-old nephew was on parole for nonviolent offenses. >> something has to be done about this. you can't keep paying these folks that are supposed to be protecting us and they are killing us. it's not right. >> we got to watch out for oakland police. it is crazy out here. oakland police, they are not helping us, they're

officers opened fire shooting 23-year-old john and 30-year- old antoine jackson.pd is releasing little information to the families. >> the irony is the chief always talked about transparency, so this is acting just like the old people did. this is not transparency. transparency is not when you don't say who the officers were, where the weapons were -- inquiring minds wap to know. >> the incident is under investigation. >>> the water is back on this morning in oakland's rockridge district after a water-main break. it happened around 5 last night on college avenue south of clairemont. east bay says crews have to shut off the area to repair the broken main. that left customers without running water for several hours. still no word this morning on what caused that break. >>> flooding is expected to get worst across the plain states this weekend as rising rivers continue to overflow the banks. people spent all day yesterday filling sands bags ahead of massive flooding expected this weekend from the missouri river. melting snow combined with recent heavy rains have led