debra villalone is live on the scene with new information, debra. >> frank, a group of college students were shooting a music video here along sonoma boulevard. when a classmate they saw as protector came under fire. this is 34-year-old guy jerrode the casting a class project with what friends say was a usual enthusiasm. now jerrode's mother has arrived to bury her son. but she questions what police say what happened. >> i'm sorry for the way he looks, he looks big and threatening but he's really not. >> reporter: the student who sings in the video says jerrode didn't say he had the equipment, but probably carried just in case someone tried to steal their congresswomen. no matter jerrode's intention, says police, he ran and never dropped the weapon. >> mr. jerrode was facing the officer, he was armed. i can't go into detail, it was clear that the officer felt his life was in jeopardy. >> he's the guy that told the other boys to pull the pants up and you know do what they needed to do. >> but his teacher cannot explain why jerrode brought a handgun to a class activity. his friends and fa

debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: investigators finally pulled out. welltives say plans were in the works for deon karr's birthday party this weekend but just before noon today he was rushed away. shot ned head and died a short time later. his parents were not home when it happened but were arrested. >> carter removed the gun from a safe that morning, loaded it and placed it in a dresser. >> some people may make mistakes and leave things around they didn't. >> reporter: the child's uncle says he never knew his sister to have a gun. >> kids were pretty much well taken care of and all that. yeah they were fine. but i just really wouldn't expect something like that to happen. >> this is something no parent or family wants to go through. >> reporter: as antioch police searched the family home and cars as part of an investigation know that the life that is taken in an instant is saved by a trigger lock or safe. >> whether it's someone who is a convicted felon or someone who wants to have a weapon at home for protection. >> you just have to be careful, if y

debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: investigators filly pulled out. welltives say plans were in the works for deon karr's birthday party this weekend but just before noon today he was rushed away. shot ned head and died a short time later. his parents were not home when it happened but were arrested. >> carter removed the gun from a safe that morning, loaded it and placed it in a dresser. >> some people may make mistakes and leave things around they didn't. >> reporter: the child's uncle says he never knew his sister to have a gun. >> kids were pretty much well taken care of and all that. yeah they were fine. but i just really wouldn't expect something like that to happen. >> this is something no parent or family wants to go through. >> reporter: as antioch police searched the family home and cars as part of an investigation know that the life that is taken in an instant is saved by a trigger lock or safe. >> whether it's someone who is a convicted felon or someone who wants to have a weapon at home for protection. >> you just have to be careful, if y

debra villalon is telling us about a broken levee were i've been >> reporter: i've been keeping an eye on a broken buoy, and i can't see them anything. so visibility is low tonight. all of this stormy weather has been a mixed blessing for people here in marin. first the good news. the marin water district says rainfall amounts are 138% of average for this time of year. phoenix lake and two other reservoirs are already full. two more inches of rain and the district says six of it seven reservoirs will be full. san anselmo creek is far from it flood state. someone used bags to keep their car covers, but there are problem. >> we've had five emergency trees in five days. >> reporter: sunday night a tree tpáel on fell on to the roof of a dry cleaner, knocking electricity to several business and punches holes on the roof of several cleaners. >> this usually is the busy where's time of the year, and i haven't had any business. >> reporter: at a neurology clinic, a doctor used a lantern to check on her business. she says pg & e keeps changes the time on when they will come out. as the tree tri

ktvu's debra villalon has the report. >> reporter: this is jerome fronting a project with what studentssay was his usual enthusiasm. now jerome's mother has arrived from new orleans to bury him. but she questions the police account of what happened saturday afternoon. >> that man cannot talk for himself. >> reporter: police say jerome brandished a gun while he and classmates worked on a video. and when police arrived, he faced off with an officer in this alley who shot him in the head. >> i am sorry for the way he looks, he looks big and threatening but he did not. >> reporter: jerome is a mentor, who was carrying a gun but did not reveal he had it. >> he was armed, i can't really go into the details about his actions at this time, but it was clear that the officer felt that his safety was in jeopardy. >> reporter: children wrote words of tribute today for jerode. >> when we have evening events, he walks me to my car and he stands in the rain waiting for me to get into my car and makes sure i get my equipment in the car safely. it's just that kind of protector. >> reporter: debra villal

debra villalon is telling us about a broken levee were i've been >> reporter: i've been keeping an eye on a broken buoy, and i can't see them anything. so visibility is low tonight. all of this stormy weather has been a mixed blessing for people here in marin. first the good news. the marin water district says rainfall amounts are 138% of average for this time of year. phoenix la and two other reservoirs are already full. two more inches of rain and the district says six of it seven reservoirs will be full. san anselmo creek is far from it flood state. someone used bags to keep their car covers, but there are problem. >> we've had five emergency trees in five days. >> reporter: sunday night a tree tpáel on fell on to the roof of a dry cleaner, knocking electricity to several business and punches holes on the roof of several cleaners. >> this usually is the busy where's time of the year, and i haven't had any business. >> reporter: at a neurology clinic, a doctor used a lantern to check on her business. she says pg & e keeps changes the time on when they will come out. as the tree trimm

ktvu's debra villalon has the report. >> reporter: this is jerome fronting a project with what studentssay was his usual enthusiasm. now jerome's mother has arrived from new orleans to bury him. but she questions the police account of what happened saturday afternoon. >> that man cannot talk for himself. >> reporter: police say jerome brandished a gun while he and classmates worked on a video. and when police arrived, he faced off with an officer in this alley who shot him in the head. >> i am sorry for the way he looks, he looks big and threatening but he did not. >> reporter: jerome is a mentor, who was carrying a gun but did not reveal he had it. >> he was armed, i can't really go into the details about his actions at this time, but it was clear that the officer felt that his safety was in jeopardy. >> reporter: children wrote words of tribute today for jerode. >> when we have evening events, he walks me to my car and he stands in the rain waiting for me to get into my car and makes sure i get my equipment in the car safely. it's just that kind of protector. >> reporter: debra villal

reporting live in rhoner park, debra villalon. >>> tonight the chp is crediting an alert driver. the man there in the orange short hit a vehicle in salsalito at 3:30 p.m. a witness followed the man all the way to hroner park that's where the chp caught up to him and made the arrest. they say it appears he was drinking. >>> a new tally shows officers arrested 115 people in the bay area over the weekend on drinking and driving chargeless. statewide 688 drivers were arrested. those numbers do not include police jurisdictions. you should see officers in full force again friday evening for new year's eve. >>> and police say they are looking for this man 18-year- old michael polliambanks. police warn he is armed and dangerous. police say banks shot arnold bankeroy and then took him inside a green ford escort and dumped the body in antioch. polliambanks is known to frequent sacramento. >>> nasdaq eked out a gain of 1.5. >>> palo alto based tesla went into reverse today as they had the first opportunity to sell stock since the electric car company opened up in june. >>> if you're plannin

reporting live in rhoner park, debra villalon. >>> tonight the chp is crediting an alert driver. the man there in the orange short hit a vehicle in salsalito at 3:30 p.m. a witness followed the man all the way to hroner park that's where the chp caught up to him and made the arrest. they say it appears he was drinking. >>> a new tally shows officers arrested 115 people in the bay area over the weekend on drinking and driving chargeless. statewide 688 drivers were arrested. those numbers do not include police jurisdictions. you should see officers in full force again friday evening for new year's eve. >>> and police say they are looking for this man 18-year- old michael polliambanks. police warn he is armed and dangerous. police say banks shot arnold bankeroy and then took him inside a green ford escort and dumped the body in antioch. polliambanks is known to frequent sacramento. >>> nasdaq eked out a gain of 1.5. >>> palo alto based tesla went into reverse today as they had the first opportunity to sell stock since the electric car company opened up in june. >>> if you're plannin

debra villalone, ktvu news. >>> san jose police say speeding may have led to a gruesome crash that left one man dead this morning. the driver of this red honda civic was ejected from his car after hitting a telephone pole around 6:00 this morning. a woman driving north on south tenth street swerved to avoid the debris but ended up running over the man and then dragging him about 100 feet. tonight the santa clara coroner's office tells us, they might not be able to release his identity until next week. >>> an employee at a dentist office in san jose was injured in morning when a car crashed into her building. investigators say the driver, a man in his 30s tells him he doesn't remember what happened. a driver slammed into the side of the building. precious smile dental is now closed pending a structural investigation. both were taken to the hospital for examination. >>> the accident killed all three people on board the twin engine beach craft plane and four people who were inside the mall at the time nearly 30 years ago. the driver was trying to land near buchanan field at the time of the

reporting live in petaluma, debra villalon. >>> fire officials today ordered then lifted an evacuation order in the san joaquin valley. officials were able to keep the damage to six homes. and allowed folks to return to their undamaged homes this afternoon. >>> yosemite park rangers blame rain for losening rocks. the park is not expected to reopen until noon tomorrow. >>> temperatures continue to cool off rapidly. here's a look at the updated numbers for the 10 clock hour. already 30s to report in livermore right now checking in 37 degrees. here's a look at the forecasted lows. the coolest locations in the 20s up in napa, fairfield. santa rosa 35 degrees. a very cold morning up in the north bay for santa rosa starting off the day with partly cloudy skies. right around 30 degrees by 12:00, only 46 and afternoon high only in the upper 40s at 49 degrees. high clouds streaming into the area. that will be the story. this could be a rain producer. we'll take a look at our forecast model and tell you the timing to see if it'll affect your new year's celebration. >>> incoming governor jerry br

reporting live in antioch, debra villalon.ktvu news. >>> a judge has scheduled a hearing next week that could free a man that was says was wrongly convicted of murder. the caldwell is seen here as a young man. another man has since confessed to the killing. a judge could order a new trial or release caldwell. >> it seems to me that the responsible thing to do would be to gracefully acknowledge the mistake, apologize to mr. caldwell and release him. >>> two years ago, maurice jell confessed and wrote a statement that said caldwell was not involved. >>> authorities found the victim 22-year-old larry robertson of marin city. deputies arrested cumar mills tug the mills near the scene of the attack. >>> police say the crash happened when a car traveling at a high rate of speed rear ended another car which slammed into the shuttle and a fourth vehicle. at least three people were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >>> graffiti taggers are a growing problem in san jose, while the city has a program in place to ta

reporting live in petaluma, debra villalon. >>> fire officials today ordered then lifted an evacuation order in the san joaquin valley. officials were able to keep the damage to six homes. and allowed folks to return to their undamaged homes this afternoon. >>> yosemite park rangers blame rain for losening rocks. the park is not expected to reopen until noon tomorrow. >>> temperatures continue to cool off rapidly. here's a look at the updated numbers for the 10 clock hour. already 30s to report in livermore right now checking in 37 degrees. here's a look at the forecasted lows. the coolest locations in the 20s up in napa, fairfield. santa rosa 35 degrees. a very cold morning up in the north bay for santa rosa starting off the day with partly cloudy skies. right around 30 degrees by 12:00, only 46 and afternoon high only in the upper 40s at 49 degrees. high clouds streaming into the area. that will be the story. this could be a rain producer. we'll take a look at our forecast model and tell you the timing to see if it'll affect your new year's celebration. >>> incoming governor jerry br

debra villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it happened after 7:00 this evening in the 9200 block of international boulevard. this is new video that recently came into the newsroom. police say one person died on the scene. four other people with gunshot wounds were transported to the hospital. the identities and ages of the victims have not been released. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> police ran the campus of -- on the campus of sonoma state university are looking for two men who tied up a bookstore employee this morning. it happened about 7:15 about three hours before the store opened. the men wore black mask and got away with an undisclosed amount of money. campus spokesperson shade the money that the -- said that the store had extra money on hand. >>> the search for a missing teenaged girl from redding ended today in san francisco. tonight the girl's alleged abductor, heroon 8:00 is behind -- her uncle is behind bars. patty lee is here. >> reporter: 44-year-old charles berlinghoff is under arrest on an outstanding warrant for child abduction. the alleged victim? his niece, jean berling

debra villalon live now with where that sea lion was found. >> reporter: this beach is where some people walking along spotted the 7-foot sea lion last night. >> he's finally resting and finally sleeping and relaxing. >> reporter: it's been a rough couple of days for this 340- pound male. his left eye is swollen shut. his right eye is gone after someone fired a shotgun at him. >> he's got at least five that are lodged in him. there's one, two, three, four five that we can see. >> reporter: pellets about the size of a fingernail, an attack that probably happened the same day. but who did it an why a mystery. >> some people do view these animals as nuisances. an analogy might be a campground bear. >> reporter: last year a sacramento man spent a month in jail and was fined for shooting a sea lion that stole his fish. >> there must be a better solution than to wound an animal like this, cause this amount of suffering. >> reporter: experts fear for every sea lion they treat, many more are wounded but die undetected, undamaged. that's why they warn patients for the irritation sea lions may cau

debra villalone, ktvu news. >>> san jose police say speeding may have led to a gruesome crash that left one man dead this morning. the driver of this red honda civic was ejected from his car after hitting a telephone pole around 6:00 this morning. a woman driving north on south tenth street swerved to avoid the debris but ended up running over the man and then dragging him about 100 feet. tonight the santa clara coroner's office tells us, they might not be able to release his identity until next week. >>> an employee at a dentist office in san jose was injured in morning when a car crashed into her building. investigators say the driver, a man in his 30s tells him he doesn't remember what happened. a driver slammed into the side of the building. precious smile dental is now closed pending a structural investigation. both were taken to the hospital for examination. >>> the accident killed all three people on board the twin engine beach craft plane and four people who were inside the mall at the time nearly 30 years ago. the driver was trying to land near buchanan field at the time of the

reporting live in antioch, debra villalon.ktvu news. >>> a judge has scheduled a hearing next week that could free a man that was says was wrongly convicted of murder. the caldwell is seen here as a young man. another man has since confessed to the killing. a judge could order a new trial or release caldwell. >> it seems to me that the responsible thing to do would be to gracefully acknowledge the mistake, apologize to mr. caldwell and release him. >>> two years ago, maurice jell confessed and wrote a statement that said caldwell was not involved. >>> authorities found the victim 22-year-old larry robertson of marin city. deputies arrested cumar mills tug the mills near the scene of the attack. >>> police say the crash happened when a car traveling at a high rate of speed rear ended another car which slammed into the shuttle and a fourth vehicle. at least three people were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >>> graffiti taggers are a growing problem in san jose, while the city has a program in place to ta

debra villalon live now with where that sea lion was found. >> reporter: this beach is where some peopleng along spotted the 7-foot sea lion last night. >> he's finally resting and finally sleeping and relaxing. >> reporter: it's been a rough couple of days for this 340- pound male. his left eye is swollen shut. his right eye is gone after someone fired a shotgun at him. >> he's got at least five that are lodged in him. there's one, two, three, four five that we can see. >> reporter: pellets about the size of a fingernail, an attack that probably happened the same day. but who did it an why a mystery. >> some people do view these animals as nuisances. an analogy might be a campground bear. >> reporter: last year a sacramento man spent a month in jail and was fined for shooting a sea lion that stole his fish. >> there must be a better solution than to wound an animal like this, cause this amount of suffering. >> reporter: experts fear for every sea lion they treat, many more are wounded but die undetected, undamaged. that's why they warn patients for the irritation sea lions may cause. >>