we had an officer-involved shooting yesterday on buena vista east, in the park district, where a wanted bank robbery suspect in southern california had been in a stolen car, was located. we received information from the fbi as to the bank robberies. there was a simulated done in one of the robberies. the suspect had tried to use vehicle as a weapon on two occasions against officers, no officers were injured. on this particular occasion, about 5:20 at night, after the special investigations officers stood down from posted surveillance, the plant closed officers were driving by, this all the reverse lights go on and on the car, they pulled in. it they took what they believe to be sound tactical positions, gave several orders to stop, identified themselves as police, as corroborated by witnesses. the suspect, acting as he had twice before in southern california, but the vehicle in reverse and used it as a weapon to go directly at sergeant ryan. ryan, pinned between his vehicle and the suspect vehicle and no way to get out, fired his weapon. the suspect then put the car into drive, hitting

buena vista park. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is there now and tells us why the officers opened fire, lloyd. >> reporter: buena vista east is still closed at this hour. you can see down the street there a silver bmw and an unmarked police sedan which were involved in a shooting. police say they have received word from the fbi earlier today that the bmw had been used on three bank robberies in irvine in southern california. police say they found the car parked here on buena vista east. and undercover officers were staking it out when a man walked up and got in. >> the actions of the driver at that time drove directly at the officers putting their lives in danger. they feared for their own safety and they -- at that point had to discharge their weapons to stop his actions. >> reporter: the man in the car later died at san francisco general hospital. he has not been identified. now this picture you're looking at is of a bank surveillance photo of a man that has been dubbed the genx ban did who robbed two banks in irvine. no idea whether this is the same man. but police are not saying what they found inside the car or whethe

buena vista park. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is there now and tells us why the officers opened fire, lloyd. >> reporter: buena vista east is still closed at this hour. you can see down the street there a silver bmw and an unmarked police sedan which were involved in a shooting. police say they have received word from the fbi earlier today that the bmw had been used on three bank robberies in irvine in southern california. police say they found the car parked here on buena vista east. and undercover officers were staking it out when a man walked up and got in. >> the actions of the driver at that time drove directly at the officers putting their lives in danger. they feared for their own safety and they -- at that point had to discharge their weapons to stop his actions. >> reporter: the man in the car later died at san francisco general hospital. he has not been identified. now this picture you're looking at is of a bank surveillance photo of a man that has been dubbed the genx ban did who robbed two banks in irvine. no idea whether this is the same man. but police are not saying what they found inside the car or whethe

before to convene the community meeting around last night's shooting, as close as possible to buena vista east or the shooting took place, so to speak to the community, give them the status of the investigation. anybody and everybody will be invited. it will be advertised on the captain's newsletter and i hope to get that out before the incident as a weak cold. >> thank you. i support community policing. thank you for taking the time and running with this. with regards to the new captains, i know everyone on this commission has heard complaints from committee members about having new captains at the station and then moving after they get to know them. is there a plan in place to make it so the captain stay longer so the relationship can work? >> i am very aware of that. the only captains who moved were those who were promoted. it was strictly back filling. i have no plan right now. any planned i would have to rotate captains, i would consult the commission and do community meetings before that. emigrate, think it. -- >> great, thank you. president mazzucco: thank you,i, item 3 b. >> occ direct

buena vista avenue east and haight street. local police got a tip from the fbi that the man was wanted for two bank robberies in irvine. they tracked him to this neighborhood, made possible because the fbi says he was driving a stolen car with an onboard gps unit. officers approached the car. they say this guy aimed it at them and they were afraid he was going to hit them so they opened fire. he died two hours later at the hospital. now, the fbi calls this suspect the gen x bandit because he wore platt. these are surveillance pictures from the bank. police say he walked up to the tellers and demanded cash. they handed it over. one key piece of information that we are missing. was he armed during those robberies and last night when police shot him? they are going to say he was armed obviously with a car. they were afraid he was going to kill them with that. we are waiting for more information at the sfpd this morning. back to you. >> thank you. >>> later today, the 17-year- old accused of killing a baby in east palo alto is exp

buena vista park in san francisco. >>> arson investigators are checking out two suspicious fires in the east bay this morning.ers responded to a car fire on craigmont avenue in berkeley before 1 a.m. they rescued a person and family pet inside the home. another fire crew spotted a separate home on fire on the very same street just a block away. two people had to be rescued from the home. >>> a growing inferno in eastern arizona is now threatening new mexico. the forest fires charred nearly 500 square miles. some 2,000 people have been forced to evacuate. the wildfire which broke out last week, is the second largest in the state's history. >>> weather looking very nice around the bay area today. we are starting out with some low clouds and fog that's moved onshore. overlooking san jose you can see clouds in that direction but that's going to break up. by the afternoon that sky is going to be filled with blue and lots of sunshine as we are expecting a gorgeous day outside. but outdoors right now we have low clouds and fog, temperatures running in the 50s. by the afternoon, well into the 70s, almost 80 degrees i

officer involved shooting near buena vista park. 25 year-old joshua smith was shot after allegedly trying to run over officers with a stolen car on one of this avenue east died at the hospital. he was believed to be the gen x bandit, allegedly robbing two different banks in california last year. officers involved have been put on paid a administrative leave pending an investigation which is standard procedure. >> dozens of people are without a home after flames broke out in a san leandro apartment. this happened on hayes street around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. the top floor of the 66 union building sustained damage. residents described a chaotic scene. >> we heard a big boom, we went outside to check on the patio, when we went outside, we saw fire blazing. as the planes were coming out of the windows of the apartment. >> no injuries reported, the cause is under investigation. >> much more ahead including your facebook comments. we have a new prime-time newscast here at kron 4 on at 8:00 p.m.. let's take a look at the big board right now, stocks are up 127 points finally going above 12,000. a better day on wall street, we will be right back. >> we are watchin

buena vista park in san francisco yesterday. >>> arson investigate investigators are checking out two suspicious fires that broke out on the same street at the same time in the eastsame time another crew spotted a house fire on the same street en route to the other fire. nobody was injured in either incident. they are investigating. >>> and the head of the national transportation safety board will tour the site of the san bruno pipeline explosion today. deborah hersman along with a representative, jackie speier, will meet with pg&e officials, local authorities and some of the victims of that deadly explosion. hersman will also give an update on the investigation. the blast killed eight and destroyed 38 homes last september. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ♪ toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. who made an unexpected arrival. [ woman ] he was 4 months early, weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces. [ female announcer ] fortunately, sam was born at sutter health's alta b