ashton porter had locked himself in a hampton inn hotel room during a mental health crisis. >> i was ing through a really tough time. >> porter's family asked the police to check in on him, but it turned into a standoff when he refused to leave the room on tuesday, his attorney shared police body camera video that shows the incident. at first, a county crisis response worker spoke with porter. >> does it sounds like you don't feel safe right now? >> i don't when that didn't work, pittsburg police officer stepped in. we're going to make sure that you come out and everything's safe, and i can make you a lot more comfortable. >> but the longer you don't listen to me, the worse it's going to get for you. you understand? >> video shows officers using a battering ram to break down the hotel room door, then deploying pepper spray and tear gas to get porter to come out. when porter left the room holding a knife, he was shot multiple times. >> i called out for help. i explained to him that i really didn't understand what was going on at the time, and i just wanted time to get some sleep, try t

. >> reporter: this body camera footage provided by lawyers for the people shows ashton porter going through what a new federal lawsuit claims is a mental health crisis at a hampton inn in pittsburgh. he locked himself in his hotel room and refused to come out. >> it is about to get worse for you. at any point in time you want to listen to what i have been trying to tell you. we will make sure you come out and everything is safe and i can make you more comfortable. the longer you don't listen to me the worse it is going to get. it shows the battered door after the officers tried breaking in. the man speaking is lieutenant-1/2 lieutenant hatcher. >> i have been nothing but honest with you. >> i don't feel safe. >> reporter: the body camera footage shows the officers deploying tear guess into the room. porter eventually walks out. before he is shot by rubber bullets and shot by then officer's firearm. [sound of gunfire] >> shots fired, shots fired. >> where is the knife, where is the knife. >> reporter: according to the lawsuit he told the investigators that porter was sprinting down t

as for ashton porter, all criminal charges against him have been dropped. mister porter had his hands above his head hand, holding a knife in a position of surrender when he was shot after taking one or 2 steps out of his hotel. the least department and former chief have not responded to our requests for comment. >> philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> the city of san leandro getting introduced to the new interim police chief tonight, angela leverett is hosting a self introduction live interview with the community. she plans to explain why she would be the best candidate to be the city's permanent police chief. and you can watch this live on youtube at 06:30pm, tonight. coming up here during kron, 4 news at 3 law enforcement learning what to do in difficult situations. we're going to check in kron four's theresa >> who participated some training about use of force. and some new developments from yesterday's mass shooting in sacramento. community members are not reacting to this gun violence and making sure kids have enough to eat this summer. the new tool ma

the lawsuit was filed on behalf of ashton porter. ith a knife when an officer shot and wounded him in 2022. after a long standoff at a pittsburgh hotel. his attorney says porter was having a mental health issue and police failed to give him enough time and distance that officer who shot him was previously involved in a deadly choking incident in 2016, which led to a $7.3 million settlement. >> graduate student workers are now on strike at three uc campuses, including ucla, uc davis and uc santa cruz. the work stoppage is in reaction to the arrests and suspension of students who took part in pro-palestinian demonstrations. they want uc to offer amnesty to those students. uc says that its contract with the union includes a no strike provision. >> you are watching ktvu fox two news at 630. closing arguments have started and now finished in the criminal trial against former president donald trump in new york city. >> the prosecution and defense attacked the credibility of one another's witnesses. just before the jury will soon begin delib

department and several officers for allegedly violating his civil rights during an encounter in 2022, ashton porter had locked himself in a hampton inn hotel room during a mental health crisis. >> i was going through a really tough time. >> porter's family asked the police to check in on him, but it turned into a standoff when he refused to leave the room on tuesday, his attorney shared police body camera video that shows the incident. at first, a county crisis response worker spoke with porter. >> does it sounds like you don't feel safe right now? >> i don't when that didn't work, pittsburg police officers stepped in. >> we're going to make sure that you come out and everything's safe and i can make you a lot more comfortable. but the longer you don't listen to me, the worse it's going to get for you. you understand? >> video shows officers using a battering ram to break down the hotel room door, then deploying pepper spray and tear gas to get porter to come out. when porter left the room holding a knife, he was shot multiple times. >> i called out for help. i explained to him that i really didn't

. >> ashton porter says he's lucky to be alive after he was flushed out of a hotel room with tear gas and then shot and wounded by pittsburgh police during a challenging time in his life. >> police should just have a little more compassion with someone that's going through a mental health crisis, because that's not how that person should be defined. >> it happened in 2022, when porter was too scared to leave a room at the hampton inn. his attorneys released, edited video from police body cam footage. >> he just is refusing to open the door or doesn't want to have a conversation. a mental health team showed up to de-escalate the situation, but his family says police sent them away. >> i promise you, my guys will not lay a finger on you. you're not going to get hurt. >> but instead, police stepped up the pressure and it's about to get a whole lot worse for you, man. >> at any point in time, you want to listen to what i've been trying to tell you. we're going to make sure that you come out and everything's safe. >> officers used a battering ram, pepper spray and tear gas to force porter

february 2022 ashton porter flew from georgia to the bay area and checked into a pittsburgh hotel. that's when he says he began experiencing a mental health crisis. my family called for help. i called out for help. i explained to him that i really didn't understand what was going on. police say their initial call came from the hotel after porter refused to leave his room, but in a federal lawsuit filed against four pittsburg police officers, the police department and the city, porter claims he was exhibiting clear signs of a crisis. he says he told authorities he was scared and concerned people were out to get him. me and my family called the police because my dad was very stressed. we just wanted help to know where he was and they did the total opposite. after more than 20 hours of negotiation, including multiple tear gas deployments, the father of six was shot twice by former police officer ernest mejia orozco in 2022. police claimed de-escalation tactics failed to work and porter was shot after he was hit by rubber bullets, turned and approached officers with a knife. porter's a

according to the lawsuit, ashton porter refused to leave his room because he was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time believing people were trying to get to him. despite porter telling officers he needed time. the lawsuit claims police aggressively forced him out of the room, used tear gas and even fired several rubber pellets at him. porter suffered significant injuries. in addition to the city of pittsburgh. porter's also suing individual officers, including officer ernesto mejia rosco. he is the same officer who choked bartow martinez to death back in 2016. that case led pittsburgh to settle a lawsuit for 7.3 million dollars. the officer was also arrested last year by the fbi on suspicion of wire fraud. >> new details are emerging after a woman was found dead last night at a home in san jose. police say the woman and her suspected killer who is now in custody, knew each other. police responded to reports of gunfire at the home on north 20th street near san jose. high school is about 6 o'clock last night when they arrived. police say a man barricaded himself inside after hours o

ashton porter was shot twice by officer ernesto mejia rosco while porter was having a mental health crisis at the hampton inn and suites back in 2022, the lawsuit claims porter never charged at the officer with a knife. as the police reports suggest body camera footage also seems to debunk police claims the shots nearly killed the father of 6 in a separate case. mejia rosco was among the several officers federally indicted last year for obstruction of justice, bribery and civil rights violations. >> i do showed up to the scene with blood already on his hands because he choked someone just several years before choked him to death just several years before this. and took him 2 years fighting this case to the court system to finally get the criminal charge dismissed. >> in porter's case, he spent more than a month in jail before eventually posting bail. porter's lawsuit seeks monetary damages and demands a jury trial. the city of pittsburgh, the police department and former chief have not responded to our requests for comment. it was a contentious day at the state capitol as lawmakers took up

. >> reporter: this footage provided by lawyers for the people shows ashton porter going through what a new federal lawsuit claims is a mental health crisis at a hampton inn in pittsburg. porter locked himself inside the hotel room. >> at any point in time, we're going to make sure you come out and everything is safe. >> reporter: the body camera video shows the battered door to the hotel room after officers tried to break in. the man speaking is lieutenant william hatcher. one named along with the city of pittsburg. >> i've been nothing, but honest with you. >> i know, i don't feel safe. >> reporter: but they show officers deploying tear gas into porter's room. porter eventually walks out. before she's shot by rubber bullets and shot by by ernesto's firearm. according to the lawsuit, he told investigators porter was sprinting down the hallway, directly at him with a knife. while porter's lawyer says body camera footage does not support the claim. and that porter was holding his hands above his head. >> it almost cost this man his life and this woman her husband and these kids, their

february 2022 ashton porter flew from georgia to the bay area and checked into a pittsburgh hotel. he says he began experiencing a mental health crisis. my family called for help. i called out for help. i explained to him that i really didn't understand what was going on. police say their initial call came from the hotel after porter refused to leave his room, but in a federal lawsuit filed against four pittsburg police officers, the police department and the city, porter claims he was exhibiting clear signs of a crisis. he says he told authorities he was scared and concerned people were out to get him. me and my family called the police because my dad was very stressed. we just wanted help to know where he was and they did the total opposite. after more than 20 hours of negotiation, including

pittsburgh police were called to a hotel after ashton porter refused to leave his room and a federalsuit filed against four pittsburgh police officers, the department and the city. porter claims he was suffering a mental health crisis and told authorities that he was scared. people were out to get him and couldn't come out. after a 20 hour standoff, police shot porter. when they say he moved toward officers with a knife. but porter's lawyers claim he was shielding himself after being hit by less lethal shots, and say that video shows that he had his hands up and was trying to surrender. my family called for help. i called out for help. i explained to him that i really didn't understand what was going on at the time, and i just wanted time to get some sleep, try to clear my mind in whatever way i could, and i just wanted good officers there that could help me get through it. porter was arrested, but charges were eventually dropped. former police officer ernesto mejia orozco, the officer accused of shooting porter, is also facing federal charges in a separate wire fraud scam. he was al

pittsburgh police were called to a hotel after ashton porter refused to leave his room, and a federal lawsuit filed against four pittsburgh police officers. the department and the city. porter claims he was suffering a mental health crisis and told authorities that he was scared people were out to get him and couldn't come out. after a 20 hour standoff, police shot porter when they say he moved toward officers with a knife. but porter's lawyers claim he was shielding himself after being hit by less lethal shots, and say that video shows he had his hands up and he was actually trying to surrender. my family called for help. i called out for help. i explained to him that i really didn't understand what was going on at the time, and i just wanted time to get some sleep, try to clear my mind in whatever way i could, and i just wanted good officers there that could help me get through it. porter was arrested, but charges were eventually dropped. former police officer ernesto mejia orozco, the officer accused of shooting porter, is also facing federal charges and a separate wire fraud scam.

pittsburgh police officers named in a civil rights lawsuit has been in trouble with the law before ashton porter was shot twice by officer ernesto mejia rosco while porter was having a mental health crisis at the hampton and suites in 2022, the lawsuit claims porter never charged at the officer with a knife as police reports suggest body camera footage also seems to debunk that claim the shots nearly killed the father of 6 in a separate case. mejia rosco was among several officers federally indicted last year for obstruction of justice, bribery and civil rights violations. >> i do showed up to the scene blood already on his hands because he choked someone just several years before choked him to death just several years before this. and took him 2 years fighting this case to the court system to finally get the criminal charge dismissed. >> in porter's case, he spent more than a month in jail before eventually posting bail. porter's lawsuit seeks monetary damages and demands a jury trial. the city of pittsburgh, the police department and former chief have not responded to our requests for comment.

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his name is ashton porter.2, when he says he suffered a mental health crisis and was too scared to leave. the staff at the motel then called the police . the porter's federal lawsuit is saying there was then a prolonged interaction where the police officer used used battering rams, pepper spray and tear gas trying to get him out of that room. and porter says he was also shot twice by the police. >> police should just have a little more compassion with someone that's going through a mental health crisis, because that's not how that person should be defined asking for help, but was met with harm was met with bullets. >> police who, if you will see things as if they're hammers, saw mr. porter as a nail. >> now porter says, just as he was leaving the motel room with his hands up, a police officer shot him. the police say porter had a knife and charged at them. now the officer who opened fire, her, nesto mejia orozco, resigned from the pittsburgh police department that same year. charges against him in this particul

. >> ashton porter, civil rights attorney adante pointer says pittsburgh police supervisors dismissed members of contra costa county's mental health team without reason. february 23rd 2022. that is when they responded to porter's mental health crisis while he was staying at the hampton inn and suites in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed tuesday. the complete says, although the mental health team told officers porter was the only person in the room and was not threatening anyone after hours negotiations, police escalated the situation by forcing porter the next morning eventually shooting him with rubber and live bullets in a were unsuccessful and breaking down the door and forcing a confrontation. >> they instead used pepper spray and tear gas to do it. the lawsuit lists the city of pittsburgh, its former police chief. brian, adding to it 2 police supervisors, officer ernesto mejia rosco and up to 50 doe's from the police department as defendants, porter and his wife who was called to the scene to help de-escalate the matter, but was also allegedly dismissed by the is accused of sh

the lawsuit states that ashton porter refused to leave his room because he was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time believing people were trying to get and despite porter telling officers he needed time, the lawsuit claims police aggressively forced him out of the room, using tear gas and even firing several rubber bullets. porter suffered significant injuries in that encounter. in addition to the city of pittsburgh, porter's also suing individual police officers, including this one. this is officer ernesto. roscoe. he is the same officer who choked, who bertha martinez to death back in 2016. that case led pittsburgh settle a lawsuit 7.3 million dollars. the fbi also arrested the officer last year on suspicion of wire fraud. they are supposed work so backed up garbage in the sink. and so we have to wash our dishes for 2 weeks in the back oh, my gosh. and look at that bathtub. that cause where the source of the leak came out. >> that was a resident who was talking about >> black water spilling from a tub and all the various problems that >> residents were dealing with at this sen

claims that ashton porter refused to leave his room because he was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time he believed people were trying to get him. and despite him telling officers he needed more time, basically a calm down. the lawsuit claims that police aggressively forced him out of the room, using tear gas and even firing several rubber bullets at them. porter suffered significant injuries in addition to the city of pittsburgh. porter's also suing individual police officers, including this one here. this is officer ernesto mejia roscoe. he's the same officer who choked bertha martinez to death back in 2016. that case led pittsburgh to pay a settlement of 7.3 million dollars and the fbi also arrested the officer last year on suspension. suspicion of wire fraud. >> it's 9.10, and today governor newsom will be joined by other bay area experts in colleges are all going to be talking about generative ai. it's a summit that brings together tech government and academic leaders to talk about how artificial intelligence can best serve. california residents. there will be representati

. >> i'm just taking it one day at a time, ashton porter says he's lucky to be alive after he was flushedtear gas and then shot and wounded by pittsburgh police during a challenging time in his life. police should just have a little more compassion with someone that's going through a mental health crisis because that's not how that person should be defined. it happened in 2022, when porter was too scared to leave a room at the hampton. >> in, his attorneys released edited video from police body cam footage. >> he just is refusing to open the door or doesn't want to have a conversation. >> a mental health team showed up to de-escalate the situation, but his family says police sent them away. >> i

. >> ashton porter says he's lucky to be alive after he was flushed out of a hotel room with tear gasnd then shot and wounded by pittsburgh police during a challenging time in his life. >> police should just have a little more compassion with someone that's going through a mental health crisis, because that's not how that person should be defined. it happened in 2022, when porter was too scared to leave a room at the hampton inn. >> his attorneys released edited video from police body cam footage. >> she just is refusing to open the door or doesn't want to have a conversation. >> a mental health team showed up to de-escalate the situation, but his family says police sent them away. i promise you, my guys will not lay a finger on you. >> you're not going to get hurt. >> but instead, police stepped up the pressure and it's about to get a whole lot worse for you, man. >> at any point in time, you want to listen to what i've been trying to tell you. we're going to make sure that you come out and everything's safe. >> officers used a battering ram, pepper spray and tear gas to force porter

now, according to the lawsuit, ashton porter says he refused to leave his room because he was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time people leave. people were out to get him. and despite porter telling officers he needed more time before you open the door. the lawsuit claims that police in their words aggressively forced him out of the room using tear gas and even firing several rubber bullets. porter apparently suffered significant injuries. and then in addition to the city of pittsburgh, porter's also suing some individual police officers, including as you see here, officer ernesto rosco he is the same officer who choked humberto martinez to death back in 2016. that case led to pittsburgh having to pay 7.3 million dollars in a settlement. the fbi also says they arrested the officer last year on suspicion of wire fraud. >> it's 10, 10 bart service between the 24 street mission and daly city stations will be suspended this weekend. that includes the glen park and balboa park stations. this will allow crews to make some track improvements and clear vegetation. free bus rides will be a

this lawsuit states, ashton porter refused to leave his room because he picks experiencing a psychoticsode at the time. the lawsuit claims police aggressively forced him out of the room using tear gas, pepper spray and shooting him twice with rubber bullets. porter suffered significant injuries and in addition to the city of pittsburgh is also suing the individual police officers. he's this officer. here is ernesto rosco. he's the same officer who choked. humberto martinez and to death in 2016. that case led to pittsburgh settling a lawsuit for 7.3 million dollars. we have new details now after a woman was found dead at a home in san jose. police say the woman and her suspected killer who is now in custody did know each other. police responded to reports of gunfire at a home on north 20th street near san jose high school around 6 monday night when they arrived. police say a man barricaded himself inside an after hours of negotiations. he did surrender. officers say they found a woman with a serious physical trauma and she did not survive. but her cause of death is under investigation.

ashton porter was staying at the hampton inn in 2022 when he says he suffered a mental health crisis and was too scared to leave. the hotel. staff called police. according to porter's federal lawsuit, he was involved in a prolonged interaction with officers in which police used battering rams , pepper spray and tear gas in an attempt to get him out of the room. porter was also shot twice by police. >> police should just have a little more compassion with someone that's going through a mental health crisis because that's not how that person should be defined. >> asking for help but was met with harm, was met with bullets. police who, if you will see things as if they're hammers, saw mr. porter as a nail. >> porter says just as he was leaving the motel room with his hands up, an officer shot him. police say that porter was armed with a knife and charged at officers. the officer who opened fire has been identified as ernesto mejia orozco resigned from the pittsburgh police department that same year. charges against him in this case were dropped next month. he's expected to plead guilty

. >> i'm just taking it one day at a time, ashton porter says he's lucky to be alive after he was flushed out of a hotel room with tear gas and then shot and wounded by pittsburgh police during a challenging time in his life. police should just have a little more compassion with someone that's going through a mental health crisis because that's not how that person should be defined. it happened in 2022, when porter was too scared to leave a room at the hampton. >> in, his attorneys released edited video from police body cam footage. >> he just is refusing to open the door or doesn't want to have a conversation. >> a mental health team showed up to de-escalate the situation, but his family says police sent them away. >> i promise you, my guys will not lay a finger on you. you're not going to get hurt. >> but instead, police stepped up the pressure and it's about to get a whole lot worse for you, man. >> at any point in time, you want to listen to what i've been trying to tell you. we're going to make sure that you come out and everything's safe. >> officers used a battering ram, pepper spr

. >> the lawsuit was announced just minutes ago by attorneys for ashton porter. he was shot in 2022 after a long standoff at the hampton inn suites on california avenue in pittsburgh. police body worn camera video shows officers outside porter's hotel room. they were responding to a reported disturbance in his room, where a guest was heard screaming for help. an officer shot porter after he allegedly raised a knife in a threatening manner. his attorney, adante pointer, says porter was having a mental health issue. >> they abandoned those skills. they abandoned their training. they abandoned the trust that the community has placed in them and instead they employed escalation, deadly force and essentially terrorized the man and his family. >> the pittsburgh police department has not commented on that lawsuit. now to a developing story out of san benito county, where an inmate has escaped san benito county sheriff's department says daniel lopez zavala climbed over a barbed wire fence at the correctional facility in hollister around 2:00 this morning. deputies have n

ashton porter says he was experiencing a mental health crisis and locked himself in a hampton inn hotelm. his family called police for help. officers shot porter when he left his room with a knife. he claims the department and several officers violated his civil rights during the 2022 encounter. >> i called out for help. i explained to him that i really didn't understand what was going on at the time, and i just wanted time to get some sleep, try to clear my mind in whatever way i could. >> the contra costa da's office charged porter with assaulting an officer, trespassing and refusing to leave. we reached out to the pittsburgh police department. we're waiting for a reply. >> new details in a south bay shooting that killed one woman, injured a man and led to an hours long standoff with police. all of this happened on memorial day on north 20th street in san jose. neighbors reported hearing several gunshots, some initially thinking it was fireworks. san jose police say officers found a woman who had extensive physical trauma inside the house. they also saw a male suspect who then self ba

. >> the lawsuit says officers dismissed mental health counselors and forced ashton porter out of a hotel room with pepper spray. an officer claimed porter ran out holding a knife, though the lawsuit says body camera video shows his hands were raised when officers fired. they hit him with rubber bullets. then an officer shot him twice with a real gun. >> for me, it wasn't any cops out there that stood up for me or tried to de-escalate. >> the now former officer who shot porter is facing several unrelated criminal charges tied to allegations he took bribes and defrauded the city. >> a fugitive on the run for 16 years was captured today. right here in the bay area. a man dubbed the bad breath rapist fillled or fled massachusetts in september 2007. twin kit lee was on trial for the kidnaping and rape of a young woman. in 2005, danville police got involved after several leads that lee was staying in the area, and today the u.s. marshals service arrested him. san jose police gave an update today on a deadly shooting that led to a 2.5 hour standoff last night. they've learned the suspect also s

ashton porter was staying at the hampton inn in 2022 when he says he suffered a mental health crisis and was too scared to leave. motel staff called police, according to porter's federal lawsuit, he was involved in a prolonged interaction with police in which officers used a battering ram, pepper spray and tear gas in an attempt to get him out of the room. porter was also shot twice by officers. >> police should just have a little more compassion with someone that's going through a mental health crisis, because that's not how that person should be defined. asking for help but was met with harm was met with bullets. >> police who, if you will see things as if they're hammers, saw mr. porter as a nail. >> porter says just as he was leaving the motel room with his hands up, an officer shot him. police say porter was armed with a knife and charged at officers. the officer opened fire, identified as ernesto mejia orozco resigned from pittsburgh police that same year. charges against him in this case were dropped next month. he's expected to plead guilty to local bribery charges and to fed