christin ayers shows us the special cameras that police say help them catch their guy. >> reporter: there was one key piece of evidence that broke this case wide open. it is this specially designed camera. it is one of a dozen all over orenda and lafayette. they are specially designed to help out in cases like this one. the camera snapped this picture tuesday of a white two-door lexus cruising by a few blocks from a home that had been burglarized in broad daylight. karen and michael say their nanny was home caring for their five-year-old when a man kicked down the door, pistol whipped the nanny and stole the family porshe. >> i can't believe that. he has the guts and really bold to be doing something like that. >> reporter: it is the picture that led police to armani miller. police say they caught miller driving the lexus here in east oakland. not far from where the porshe was parked. after a brief chase, police arrested him. so he later confessed. >> now that there is an arrest, i feel safer. >> reporter: police have been using the motion detecting cameras less than a year. mounting them

christin ayers is standing by. >> tonight those three lanes remain closed tonight. cal trans is trying to fix the mess. i spoke to a chp officer who told me the sinkhole expanded to 8 feet by 12 feet and is about 6 inches deep at this time. i also asked him how soon crews would be able to actually fix it. we're taking a closer look at what that looks like. he said the crews are hoping to get it patched up by 4 a.m. in the meantime this area remains closed. the officer told me a number of cars hit the sinkhole. by the time they got this call earlier in the evening. >> as the evening went on and commute traffic picked up, the sing hole became larger, approximately 8 feet by 12 feet, 6 inches deep. we were called out here. we assessed it and shut down the one, two, and three lanes of 880 southbound. >> traffic is moving pretty quickly through this area at this time and again cal trans saying they're going to patch that sinkhole up with asphalt. they're pretty certain this was brought on by some of the heavy rains we've seen over the past few days and hoping to get this

christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> in baltimore things have been mostly peaceful after the jury failed to reach a verdict. allen martin now with the details. >> reporter: protesters marched through downtown baltimore after a judge declared a mistrial for william porter. he's the first of six officers facing charges for the death of freddie gray. >> we can no longer stand by and let the police kill an unarmed black man. >> reporter: protesters also took on the media. this group surrounded cbs correspondent kris van cleave before starting a mainstream discussion on the black lives matter movement. demonstrations were mostly peaceful as hundreds of police braced for possible violence. at least two people were taken in to custody despite the mayor's appeal for calm. >> we are prepared to respond. we will protect our residents. we will protect our neighborhoods. >> no justice, no peace. >> reporter: gray died in april after suffering a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody. prosecutors argued porter ignored gray's pleas for help and broke policy by failing to put a seatbelt on him in the

christin ayers spoke with a man's mother tonight and tells us what one city supervisor is demanding. ristin? >> reporter: yeah veronica, hundreds of protesters were hitting these streets in the bay view after that officer shot a man named mario woods in this neighborhood. those protesters shut downstreams tonight as they chanted and held signs and packed a town hall meeting. they later took to the streets again. they are furious about the shooting of 26-year-old mario woods yesterday. it was all captured on cell phone video. he is seen clutching a kitchen knife as officers surround him. they first hit him with rubber bullets and then real bullets. his mother has watched the video repeatedly. >> he was cowering you know. he was cowering. my god. i should have been there. i should have been there. >> reporter: right now, there are two investigations underway. the police department and the district attorneys. san francisco supervisor malia cohen will be paying close attention to the outcome of the investigations. she told me if for whatever reason the community is not satisfied with thos

. >>> a possible hate crime against bay area muslims, happening a lot in the past few weeks, christin ayerss live in alameda and shows us the damage this time, christin? >> reporter: yeah, veronica, you can see the damage done here a store front window boarded up after being bashed in and members of this mosque tell me they think they were targeted. >> back home, go home, you're not welcome here. >> reporter: boudas says it began with the hate calls, and then getting stares in public. >> looking at them in a very strange way and making face of some kind, you know, kind of, throwing their faces, so thing that never happened before. >> reporter: on thursday, it went from bad to worse. someone shattered a large window at the building where women gather to pray. >> we did tell the police officers to investigate it, as a hate crime. >> reporter: it's one of a string of incidents largely targeting muslim in the weeks since the san bernardino shootings. >> you are very deceived by satan! your mind has been taken over, brainwashed and you have nothing but hate, nothing but hate! >> reporter: this w

. >> let's get righted to kpix5's christin ayers in fairfield where police say the grandmother intentionally drowned her grandson? christin. >> reporter: i just finished speaking to fairfield police. that four-year-old boy is dead tonight and his grandmother is behind bars facing a murder charge. this happened earlier this morning. the grandmother who we spoke to police about is named dawn diana rain-pugh. she called 911 saying that the four-year-old had drowned in the bathtub. the boy was dead by the time authorities arrived. fair fielder police said it happened at their home on jefferson street. the grandmother they say has some sort of history that made police suspicious. she was questioned awith several witnesses and arrested and jailed. >> as officers investigated the situation, it became suspicious to them regarding how the boy had drowned in the bathtub as well as the image made by people at the scene. >> police wouldn't clarify. >> reporter: an autopsy needs to happen. reporting live in fairfield, christin ayers, kpix5. >> breaking news to get to in san jose. a large number of police

christin ayers shows us. >> we want justice! reporter: the march wound through the city of berkeley from a homeless camp on the city hall long to a council meeting at longfellow middle school. tonight, berkeley city council is expected to make a final decision on a series of ordinances that protesters claim would criminalize homelessness. >> the plan is to get homeless people out of berkeley. >> reporter: but vice mayor linda myles says the laws were meant to help the homeless. >> this was designed to create welcoming sidewalks for everyone. >> reporter: they would ban going to the bathroom in public and in exchange, the city would build new public bathrooms downtown. mobile showers and storage units for personal belongings. >> all we are asking is for people to obey one little social rule. >> reporter: that rule has proved controversial. people sitting on the street would have to keep their belongings in an area no larger than two square feet. >> two square feet is not enough. >> the only solution to homelessness has is to buil

this is a merry christmas. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix5. [ laughter ] >>> a little bit of good news. more rain is coming in for a while. it is all looking pretty good. 43 degrees in san francisco. it is 48 right now. overnight lows will get below freezing in santa rosa, 30 degrees. high pressure is holding strong for now. a couple of low pressure systems are going to receiver to take a notch out of the high. so high clouds will increase later in the week, for now it is cool and dry. lateener the week, we stand a chance of rain. a few high clouds. most of wednesday looks okay. but looks okay. by thursday night, we have fairly cloudy day in the bay area. and then on friday, here comes the next dose of rain. likes like it will be wet each one of those days. partly cloudy tomorrow. it is a feeling lit be generally sunny. a few high clouds up there. then some sprinkles thursday in the north bay. it is friday when the rain comes down in the north and later in the day in the south. temperatures where we should be. mid 50s . 56 for the city. in concord, 53. oakland, 57 degrees. down in

. >>> the streets are slick, christin ayers in downtown oakland for us, christin? reporter: yeah, the rain is still falling here in downtown oakland, send send -- sending people scrambling for cover, highways that were flooding, but people say this is a welcome sign after such a dry year. highway 980 in downtown oakland was the first to flood, car after car splashing water high. we watched from our live truck as some drivers sped dangerously fast down the water logged jackson street off ramp. on 580 near park boulevard, traffic to a crawl as drivers tried to navigate slippery roads, and people donned plastic ponchos and umbrellas, also rain further east in downtown pleasanton, the streets got a sprinkling of rain, people hopeful this is just the beginning of a wet winter after a drought. >> we waited for a good amount of rain, now just going, but it's been going pretty hard for sure, very cold, big temperature change. >> reporter: there were also some reports of flooding at highway 24 and 580 here in oakland, so driver be careful. in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5

in san francisco, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> touching a nerve with a tweet, were police are so offend>> another scandal involving guards at the santa clara jail, the racist text messages. >>> it doesn't look like much trt outside, but here, a bay area mansion is for sale and tonight we're going to show you what you can get for $88 million. >>> one rain maker just moved out, the next one is poised to move in, it's going to rain for part of your weekend, hour by hour, coming up next. ,, not rang he was climbing >>> in oakland tonight, a 16-year-old boy died in a tragic accident near lake merritt climbing a tree with other outside children's fairy land when a branch snapped, the boy was thrown to the ground, witnesses say he was not moving after he landed, paramedics could not revive him. >>> also tonight, a war of words on twitter between a san francisco supervisor and a police officer about the recent shootings in the city and in san bernardino. sharon chin with more on the supervisor, the tweet, and the response that got deleted, sharon? >> ken, supervisor john avalos trick-or-treated

christin ayers was there as mourners remembered the latest victim of gun violence. >> reporter: these were not the candles that family expected to light on christmas eve. nor the prayers they hoped to offer. >> we pray, god, against violence. >> reporter: prayers for torion hughes. the 17-year-old shot and killed in west oakland. his mother standing along the two sons she has left says she is not angry. >> i'm not bitter. i'm hurt. i'm upset based on the circumstance. my son chose to die noble by not picking up a gun. >> reporter: for oakland city council member lanette, this murder of someone she knew in her own family was personal. >> my baby, like so many other babies, has lost his life needlessly. >> reporter: she raised torian. >> i was there when he came out the shoot. i was there when he took his first breath. i held him. the moment he was born. >> reporter: she considered him a grandchild and in her care, he thrived. >> he was nurtured by the parks and rec department. the afterschool programs. but not everybody in his circle had access to those things. >> reporter: in the end

kpix 5's christin ayers is live with reaction from local employees there. christin. >> reporter: veronica, as you said, there are 21 centers statewide. eight of those centers closed early today including the one headquartered here in san leandro today. the administrator at the nonprofit says they don't believe the offices were target based on any services that they perform. as you said, this is a nonprofit. caseworkers deal with developmental disabilities. caseworkers work with people there. even so, many employees were allowed to head home early this afternoon. we saw them in the parking lot. administrators say they are shaken up. workers are going to need some time to try and process what's happened. >> terrible news. we are all in shock. we are all trying to communicate with our counterparts at the inland regional center and just trying to stand strong for them. >> reporter: the association nail of regional centers said, in part, we have heavy hearts knowing that innocent lives were cut short. the regional center plans to review what happened. the adminis

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christin ayers, kpix5. >> fbi agents questioned him after his trip to turkey last year. he told them he went to istanbul because he wanted to try to help syrian refugees. >>> take a live look outside. it has been cold. that is what it looks like from our roof. paul is going to make a mess of a busy commute tomorrow. >> it will be get away day tomorrow. the last friday, the last weekend before christmas. sloppy. there is the rain. still in the far northern california. buff quick progress that it will make overnight tonight and 9:00 tomorrow morning. sonoma county, napa county, marin county, steady rainfall making its way south throughout the day. the impact of this particular system will be a decent dose of mountain snowfall. we are noted expecting flooding. but, that commute, a huge impact on the evening commute tomorrow. if you want to make it wherever you are going on time, plan on leaving 15 to 30 minutes early. a winter storm watch and a winter storm advisory has been issued for the sierra. we could get a foot of snowfall over the next 36 hours. wonderful news for ou

reporting in the news room, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> this graffiti caught our attention. tonight we ask what is really going on here inside this bay area storefront. >> a near miss. chp helicopter takes evasive action to dodge a drone. tonight what you need to know before you fly one of this year's hottest holiday gifts. >> the new kind of pot that is way stronger. tonight, we find out what makes it 30 times more potent than regular cannabis. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, quite like what appeared on storefront on mission stree san francisco. betty yu shows >>> we see a lot of graffiti around the bay area from time to time but nothing like what appeared on a storefront on mission street in san francisco. betty yu shows us. >> reporter: a neighborhood's frustration spelled out in graffiti. hey sfpd, illegal club. >> looked like quite literally the world's worst frat house. >> reporter: taylor peck is the owner of what used to be the fizzery, a candy and soda shop that closed in may. he lives behind what he says is an illegal after hours gambling and prostitution place. a row of wh

christin ayers is at the east bay center in san leandro tonight. >> tonight there were no threats of violence at this facility or any of the 21 others across california. still workers here rattled by what happened today. many of them took some time off today. >> we believe it wasn't targeted at our services. >> reporter: even as administrators were insisting that there was no threat here at the regional center san leandro headquarters, the offices were taking extra security measures. of the 21 nonprofit regional centers statewide, eight closed early today including this one. >> our staff are reeling from the news. our hearts go out to inland staff. and just so that people can process what's going on, we've asked that people who feel like they need to go home can go home. >> reporter: our cameras captured employees rushing off the premises early as a precaution. in a statement, the association of regional center agencies stressed there are no known threats against other regional centers. any act of violence is a tragedy. but in a place focused on service for people with developmental

our christin ayers was there. >>> reporter: people faced off inside the meeting against the police chief and the commission. >> what we witnessed was an assassination, a hate crime, and straight-up murder. >> reporter: there were calls for chief suhr's resignation and demands that the five officers who killed mario woods on december 2 be stripped of pay and charged. outside the meeting -- >> chanting. >> reporter: -- chaos as those who could not fit inside staged another protest. [ screaming ] >> reporter: commissioner said the point was to present solutions. >> the chief is going to say the specific steps that the department has taken and this commission is going to begin a discussion of the dgo on use of force. >> reporter: chief suhr has his own ideas. >> i think the officers should have tasers. >> reporter: he already ordered officers to start wearing shields as a spokesman showed our phil matier. >> push the suspect up against and contain him. we try to disarm him from the weapon. >> reporter: tonight that discussion stalled when one speaker refused to cede the podium and shut the m

christin ayers is in oakland tonight. >> the rain had actually diminished half an hour ago and started back up again. look at the kind of damage it's doing. these are the flood waters on 45th street right now. they'd actually started to dry out a little during our 10:00 newscast on kbcw. it's starting to expand now. things are a little bit bigger. some cars going straight through those flood waters. you can see this one coming here. it looks like it's taken the shallow side there, kicking up some water. let's hope he doesn't get stuck there. he's moving kind of slow getting out. some drivers have chosen to avoid this area all together. >> reporter: the rain created a mess under oakland's 45th street overpass, a puddle that grew in to a pond. >> maybe i'll grab my fishing pole. >> reporter: some cars plowed through it. others inched around it, creeping on to the wrong side of the road. this couple hesitated. >> you think you're going to go or not? >> is that a dare? >> reporter: before turning tail and taking the road less flooded. and driving wasn't the only problem. wind and rain brou

as kpix 5's christin ayers tells us, the suit is claiming elder abuse after a political disagreement. >> the people in the city of oakland do not expect their representatives to engage in street brawls. >>> reporter: attorney charles bonner says a street brawl is exactly what happened between oakland city council member desley brooks and his client, former black panther elaine brown october 30 at everett and jones restaurant a legal complaint claims brown and brooks got into a disagreement over an affordable housing promising brown is working on. court documents claim brooks said to brown, i haven't moved on you before because you're old. but now i'm tired of your bs. bonner says that is when the assault happened. >> gets up and desley brooks ended up taking both of her arms and striking miss brown in the chest knocking miss brown over a stack of chairs. she hit her head. she also stood over miss brown and threatened to strike her again! >> reporter: now brown, who is in her 70s, is claiming elder abuse and demanding a total of $7 million in damages. brown is a well-known activist. mo

reporting live in san francisco, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> an anti-muslim rant caught on camera asroup of muslims gathered to pray at a bay area park. it all started with verbal assault then got ugly. >> the woman has been identified by the san francisco chronicle as an employee of the state department of corrections. >> reporter: on a rainy sunday, the tranquility of the park was broken by this. >> your mind has been taken over, brainwashed and you have nothing but hate. nothing but hate. >> reporter: a tirade of religious hatred directed at rasheed al-bashari and his friends. >> this woman came out of nowhere. she was yelling satan, the quran is evil, you guys are a bunch of brainwashed murderers. >> reporter: they came to play volleyball but thwarted by rain, they prayed instead. they tried to talk the woman, denise slater, down. >> ma'am, we believe in jesus. you don't believe in jesus that means you're not even a muslim. we say that, we thought that's going to calm her down but no. >> reporter: that's when the words turned to battery all while rasheed was recording with his ce

christin ayers. >>> cops say this guy is a fake deputy. he has been going around grocery stores in san mateo posing as a deputy. in this surveillance video you see him in the uniform with a tactical vest, belt and some patches, police say he told an employee he was investigating a theft and demanded to question someone inside the cash office. the suspicious cashier said no and the man took off. >> this one we take personal because he sought to exploit the trust the public puts in the uniform and badge. we'll catch him. >> investigators are looking into whether he is behind an attempted robbery at a safeway in san mateo last month. in that case, two suspects fled when none of the employees could open the safe. >>> the falliot continues for trump this morning -- fallout continues for donald trump this morning. he is being rebuked by the republican presidential front- runner, but don champion says he is pushing back. >> reporter: adding fuel to the firestorm, donald trump blasted off this tweet overnight. wow, what a day, he wrote. so many fo

christin ayers explains. >>> reporter: there was one key piece of evidence that broke this case wide open. it's this specially designed camera. it's one of a dozen all over orinda and in neighboring lafayette. they are specially designed to help out in cases like this one. investigators say the camera snapped this picture tuesday of a white two-door lexus cruising by a few blocks from a home that had been burglarized in broad daylight. karen and michael say their nanny was home caring for their 5-year-old when a man kicked down the door, pistol-whipped the nan and a and stole the family porsche. >> i cannot believe that, um, really has some guts and really bold to be doing something like that. >> reporter: it was picture the camera took that led police to 18-year-old armani miller. >> we were able to get a license plate from the picture. >> reporter: police caught him driving the lexus here in east oakland not far from where the porsche was parked. after a brief chase, police arrested him. they say he later confessed. >> now that there's an arrest i definitely feel safer. >> reporter

christin ayers tells us the tactic they used has become a popular crime trend. hey christian. >> reporter: it is. berkeley police have made no arrests tonight in that theft. but they have stepped up patrols in the fourth street shopping district which they say has seen an up tick in thefts this holiday season. the bold broad daylight theft happened yesterday at this berkeley apple store. >> it was quick. it was over in a very short amount of time. >> reporter: shoppers astounded it could happen here in berkeley's retail district. >> wow. that is sort of scary. >> i don't expect it somewhere like here. i wouldn't expect it at all. >> reporter: police say the thieves, seven young men, stormed in just before 3:00 p.m. some had their faces covered. all stuck to a strict plan. >> ran inside the store. grabbed as many iphones as they could and literally ran out the store with 12 stolen iphones. >> reporter: the strategy the thieves used reminiscent of the so-called rainbow girls. a group of mostly female thieves captured on surveillance video. rushing retail stores in

now, our christin ayers went to the east bay center in san leandro got reaction from employees there. >> we believe it wasn't targeted at our services. >> reporter: even as administrators were insisting that there was no threat here at the regional center at san leandro headquarters, the offices were taking extra security measures of the of the 21 nonprofit regional centers statewide, eight closed early including this one. >> our staff are reeling from the news. our hearts go out to inland staff and just so that people can process what's going on, we have asked that people who feel like they need to go home can go home. >> reporter: our cameras captured employees rushing off the premises early as a precaution. in a statement, the association of regional center agencies stressed. >> reporter: community services director told me the san leandro offices are secure. the receptionist office is in encased in glass. other offices accessible only by keycard. staff members are shaken but safe. >> we were all in shock, and we're all, like, trying to communicate with our counterparts at the inla

as christin ayers explains, this latest victim of gun violence was considered a grandson to one city leader. [ chanting ] >> reporter: these were not the candles that family expected to light on christmas eve nor the prayers they hoped to offer. >> we pray god against senseless violence. >> reporter: prayers for torian hughes the 17-year-old shot and killed during a robbery sunday in west oakland. his mother standing along side the two sons she has left told people who gathered here she is not angry. >> i'm not bitter. i'm hurt h -- i'm hurt. i am upset of the circumstance. my son chose to die noble by not picking up a gun. [ crying ] >> reporter: for oakland city council member lynette gibson mcelhaney this murder in her district of someone she knew as her own family was personal. >> my baby, like so many others babies, has lost his life needlessly. >> reporter: lynette raised torian. >> i was there when he came out the chute. i was there when he took his first breath. and, uhm, i held him. the moment he was born. >> reporter: she considered him a grandchild and in her care in this

christin ayers shows us the latest damage this time until alameda. >>> reporter: >> go back home. go home, you're not welcome here. >> reporter: the imam says it began with the hateful phone calls at the islamic center of alameda and then his congregation started getting stares in public. >> looking at them in a very strange way and making faces and some kind, you know, kind of turning their faces -- so things that never happened before. >> reporter: on thursday, it went from bad to worse. someone shattered a large window at the building where women gather to pray. >> we did tell the police officer to investigate it as a hate crime. >> reporter: it's one of the string of incidents largely targeting muslims in the weeks since the san bernardino shootings. >> you are very deceived by satan! your mind has been taken over, brainwashed and you have nothing but hate, nothing but hate! >> reporter: this woman was captured on cell phone video berating two muslim men for praying in a castro valley park. they claim she later lunged at them with an umbrella and a coffee cup. >> do not touch

christin ayers reports. >>> reporter: in this surveillance video from december 18, the two look like any other shoppers casually trying on eyeglasses in the lobby of fremont optometric group but look closely. these two are shoplifters with a sneaky m.o. he tries on a pair, hands it to her, she slipped it in her purse. >> he is bold. i mean, he -- he -- he -- sly guy. >> reporter: the couple seems to know exactly what they're looking for, pocketing high-end gucci and prada eyeglasses, even as employees stand just feet away. it took the thieves just a few minutes to steal 8 pairs of eyeglasses worth about $3,000. the doctor who owns the business says it wasn't until he watched the video himself that he realized there was something strangely familiar about the man in the video. >> when my office manage her sent me the photo of this guy stealing our stuff, that had triggered a memory of a photo i had seen two years ago back. >> reporter: a video in fact of a 2013 theft. a man walks into crest optometry in san jose this time with a different woman. they walk out with a purse full of glass

christin ayers lays out the evidence. >> i'm just surprised. i'm shocked. i have no idea what's going on, on this block. >>> reporter: neighbors are stunned at the allegations that their 22-year-old neighbor adam shaffi had been radicalized and planned to join a terrorist organization. neighbors say he seemed normal. he went to mission san jose school. the neighbor says the shaffis are nice but keep to themselves. >> great family, don't socialize. >> reporter: he traveled with his family from san francisco to cairo egypt to visit relatives. after a couple of months, investigators say adam vanished on a trip to turkey. he texted a relative he had gone to protect muslims. adam's father called the u.s. embassy saying he was afraid that adam had been recruited. but by the end of the summer, adam returned with his family to the bay area. rick smith is the president of cannon street and a former fbi agent. he says it appears that's when the feds started watching adam closely. >> the surveillance revealed that he had possibly some training in paramilitary operatio

kpix 5's christin ayers talked to the police chief last night. >>> reporter: chief greg suhr revealed a hose of changes at the san francisco police department meant to clarify and reshape the department's use of force policies. the first of the changes went into effect friday. >> any directing of a firearm at a person is a reportable use of force, which requires a police report. >> reporter: the new policy will give the san francisco police department the power to track how often an officer points his gun at people. >> we're always looking for anything that might be a pattern that indicate a potential issue or concern. >> reporter: it's a system that oakland police have been using for years, use of force incident have largely declined there. [ gunfire ] >> oh, my god! >> reporter: he implemented the policy a week and a half after five officers were captured on terrorist cell shooting and killing mario woods as he held a kitchen knife. and that's just one of a number of big changes coming to the department. he also plans to increase deescalation training order more beanbags for officer

. >> kpix 5's christin ayers hit the aisles. >>> reporter: this was not your average target run. warriors superstar forward draymond green surrounded by an entourage and dozens of adoring fans played santa handing out gift cards to people in need, even pushing a red cart around. >> when you can do something for someone else and put a smile on someone else's face, that brightens my day. >> reporter: that's what he did. green partnered with color racks to pay for the gift cards and presented them to homeless youngsters living at oakland's covenant house, then he went shopping with them. >> sweatshirt and ski apparel. >> okay. >> headphones i'm currently wearing are being held together by tape. >> we did notice this happening. it was all a surprise. >> reporter: 23-year-old james daily was lucky. he has been homeless for three months and used draymond's $200 gift to buy his daughter a christmas presented. >> i can go home and sleep with a smile. >> i wasn't always in this position where he was now and i remember those hard times. >> reporter: james is going through hard times too bu

christin ayers is live tonight, christin?> reporter: sounding like the man who opened fire in the parking structure was hiding a body in his truck, also shovels and gasoline in the truck as well sxrgs tonight -- and tonight, investigators are investigating a possible murder. this is the uhaul truck that charles getting was standing next to moments before opening fire on two bart police officers, a window of the truck was open and the officers stopped him to talk to him. >> when the officer asked for him to put his hands on his head, he reached in to his waist band and produced a weapon. >> >> reporter: he opened fire wounding one officer, a teenage boy was watching nearby as the officers fired back. >> all the cops shooting his last bullet and that's it, that's all i saw. >> reporter: the cop was treated and released, and tonight, getting hospitalized in stable condition, it took time to announce what they found in the truck. a man's body. earlier tonight, police were cautious to shield the truck from our camera's view as the

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christin ayers reports. >> i was in shock. i couldn't believe it of course. , um, it's like a nightmare. >> reporter: the nightmare began outside karen's orinda home. a man approached the nanny who was sweeping up the yard and asked her a question. >> she said she didn't speak english and he left. >> reporter: minutes later once the nanny was inside, orinda police say the man returned with a gun and this time, he broke in. >> kicked the door in, breaking it off the frame, and entered the house presenting a pistol. >> reporter: he wanted money and when the nanny told him the family doesn't carry cash -- >> that's when he hit her on the back of the head with his gun. >> reporter: police say he robbed the place and he demanded the keys to the family porsche and took off in it. the nanny ran next door to david funk's house. >> there was a bit of blood on her hand and she had a contusion on her neck. >> reporter: the nanny will be okay, went to the hospital. police have no leads. karen doesn't feel safe. >>> you think orinda is gre

and one of them -- may have struck bef christin ayers on what we s- when we took a closer look the surveillanceeo. >>> police are looking for thieves who pull off a high-end highs. one of them might have stroke before. will be solidly took a closer look at the surveillance video. >>reporter: in the surveillance video of the two look like any other shoppers, casually trying on eyeglasses in the lobby of the fremont optometric group. these are shoplifters. he tries on a pair of hands it to her and she solicited to her purse.>> he is bold. >>reporter: the couple knows exactly what they are looking for, pocketing high-end gucci and prod eyeglasses. it took the thieves eight minutes to description--to steal eyeglasses worth it. $3000. >> it wasn't until the owner. watch the video that he realized there was something familiar about the man in the video. >> my office manager sent me the photo disguised elite our stuff, that triggered a memory of a photo i have seen two years ago. >> a video of a 2013 vests. a customer walks with a different woman and that walk out with a purse full of glasses. we comp