on thursday morning homeless outreach team encountered them who he said was armed with a knife. they called police. officers arrived and a man confronted them with a knife police fired beanbag rounds but the man still charged at them. a sergeant and an officer fired at least seven rounds. >> shots fired. >> one down. officers are okay. the suspect was holding a knife. he is down. the scene is secure. 10 seven the man died several hours later san francisco general hospital. a witness said he never acted aggressively. >> he did not charge at any officers. he went in circles. he did not understand what they were saying. seven this is the first fatal officer shooting since december. he was armed with a knife. the shootings come amid an ongoing debate over whether san francisco officers should be armed with tasers. >> we have been working very hard to try to figure out ways to contend with folks with edged weapons and other weapons trying to create time and distance and apparently this event unfolded very quickly and we will be looking to find out why it had to go as it did. >> i'm c

. >> a homeless outreach team encountered the suspect around 10:00 yesterday morning in the mission districthe lived in a tent. the homeless outreach team says he carried a foot long knife and when officers arrived they first fired bean bag rounds at them. he then charged prompting two officers to shoot seven times. some question whether deadly force was necessary. >> he didn't charge no officers. he was going in circles because he wasn't understanding what they were saying. >> we have been working very, very hard to try and figure out ways to contend with folks with edged weapons or other weapons trying to create time and distance. apparently this event unfolded quickly and we'll be looking to find out why it had to go just as it did. >> this was the first deadly confrontation involving san francisco police since the controversial shooting that claimed the life of mario woods last december. he too was carrying a knife. the police and district attorney's office are investigating yesterday's shooting. >>> breaking news out of san antonio texas we have been bringing you for the second part of

a member of the city's homeless outreach team called police to report a man with a knife.itchen knife. in concord, this dental assistant is accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl inside the office. coming up at 5:00, laura anthony tells us why investigators say there could be more victims. also at 5:00, chris nguyen will join us live from this gas line break in campbell. crews are working to fix it right now. >>> and a disturbing video out of texas shows a school officer slamming a sixth grade girl to the ground. the 12-year-old claims she was knocked unconscious and bruised. now there's an excessive force investigation under way. brandi hitt has the story. >> reporter: 12-year-old janessa valdez says she was trying to avoid a fight with a student, when the security officer threw her face down. >> he grabbed he around my arms so i couldn't move my arms. >> reporter: do you think you were knocked out? >> of course. >> reporter: that incident as rose middle school is under investigation. >> i was upset. he didn't have to do that. >> reporter: valdez says a large bump formed

the public health department says the homeless outreach team was trying to get a homeless woman to the doctor when they encountered a homeless man with a knife. they called police. responding officers say they fired bean bag rounds, but they had to use their guns when they say the suspect lunged at them. but witnesses say jose luis never lunged at officers. >> he puts up the thing showing him it's not a knife. >> what was it? >> like a cake spreading tool. they start launching bean bags at him. so, he blocks it and could only take so much and he gets up and starts to run. >> we have been working very, very hard to try to figure out ways to contend with folks with other weapons. >>> protesters demanding reform of the department hit the streets last night. >>> 6:04, this is all coming as the city considers arming some san francisco police officers with tasers. the issue drew a packed house at a police commission meeting earlier this week. in february, police chief greg proposed a limited taser program that would only provide tasers to specifically trained officers. >>> laura a series of

the deadly shooting of a homeless man by officers last week police say the man confronted a homeless outreach team armed with a knife. when officers responded the first fired in bag rounds but they say when he charged at them, they shot and killed him. there have been conflicting accounts of whether the man acted aggressively toward the officers. today's meeting is at noon at the union local hall on 18th street. >>> a judge has rejected a defense motion to dismiss a murder charge against an undocumented immigrant accused of killing kate steinle in san francisco steinle was sightseeing with her father and a family friend near the ferry building last year when she was shot in the back and died. attorneys for juan francisco lopez sanchez wanted the case dropped on grounds that police detained him for hours before questioning him. the judge found the delay troubling that would not dismiss the case. he is due in court on may 12. >>> legislation that would elevate the statute of limitations for sex crimes is moving to the state senate the committee gave initial approval to the bill supporters told commi

as witnesses, the police department, the homeless outreach team and homeless people in the area. come forward with more information, i am focused on making sure we gather the facts, answer outstanding questions and address all contradictions. i will call for a thorough and independent investigation of this matter. and -- if it becomes clear that we can't get such an investigation -- we need to >> pam:you can watch the surveillance video. and get updates on the story at kron-4 dot com. you can also stay connected on breaking news. by downloading our free mobile app. two more victims have come forward. a day after a dental assistant in concord was arrested for child molestation. 24- year- old alejandro saro. now accused of molesting three children younger than 10-years- old. kron four's philippe djegal is live outside la clinica monument in concord, where the alleged incidents happened. philippe. pam. while alejandro saro is behind bars with his bail set at eight million dollars. there's word now from investigators that it's possible there may be as many as 50 victims in this case.

the public health department says a homeless outreach team was trying to get a homeless woman to the doctor when they encountered a homeless man with a knife. they called police. they fired bean bag rounds but had to use their guns when he lunged at them. witnesses say jose luis never lunged at officers. >> he put up the thing showing it was not a knife. >> what was it? >> it was like a cake spreading tool. he blocks it and only takes so much and he gets up and he starts to run. >> we have been working very, very hard to try to figure out ways to contend with folks with edged eeeweapons or other weapons. >> protesters demanding reform in the department all hit the street last night. >>> a series of freeway shootings have left drivers feeling very uneasy. the chp is taking extra steps to try to stop the violence. since november chp investigated 16 freeway shootings in alameda counties. 10 of them on i-80. three of those shootings are being investigated as homicides. the chp says all shootings are gang related. they're not random. in march, investigators began targeting known gang memb

police were called to the scene by a homeless outreach team which said the man threatened members and waving a large knife. officers say he threatened them. some witnesses say they didn't see that. >> as soon as the rifle shot, i feel that the -- the second gun then shot. they were shooting simultaneously. >> this could lead it more pressure for police chief greg suhr, who still is dealing with fallout from the december shooting of mario woods. >>> new at noon, two more alleged victims have come forward in the case against an east bay dental assistant accused of child molestation. police say the girls are under 10. officers say an 8-year-old girl reported that alejandro saro touched her inappropriately during an appointment in concord. an investigation revealed he had several videos on his phone of other little girls, apparently each instance happening after the girls had taken nitrous oxide. >>> work is starting early to remove a second truss on the bay bridge. jackie ward reports. >> reporter: it's a process that's very weather dependent. light rain won't affect plans very much, but

. >> police were first called to the homeless encampment thursday morning after a homeless outreach team encountered a man with a knife. >> the medical examiner said the 45-year-old man died at the hospital. another witness would not go on camera. afraid to but he did see a knife in the man's hand but did not believe it was threatening. frank. >> in this case, police to be fair to say regardless of whether he was swinging the knife around just the very nature of having a knife is threatening. you showed that pick. how big was it. >> based on that picture, what we were able to see it looked like it was maybe about 12 or 13-inches from the handle to the end of the blade. >> that was a small knife. you can go to ktvu.com and click the link at the top of the home page or scroll down to our video player. >> today the c hp said a suspect deliberatedly tried to murder a police officer by running him over with a pickup truck. officers arrested 28-year-old austin scott yesterday. now the highway patrol says the reno man pull over on westbound interstate 80 near sacramento. officer erikson pulled

on thursday, a homeless outreach team encountered luis who they said was armed with a knife. they called the police. officers arrived and the man confronted them with a knife. please fired beanbag rounds but officers say the man still charged at them. a sergeant in an officer filed at least seven rounds. >> we have one down. officers are okay. we have the suspect holding a knife. he is down. code 3. the scene a secure. >> reporter: the man died at san francisco general hospital. a witness said luis never acted aggressively. >> he did not charge them. he was going in circles because he was not understanding what they were saying. >> reporter: this is the first fatal officer-involved shooting since december 1 police shot mario woods he was also armed with a knife. the shootings come amid an ongoing debate over whether san francisco officer should be armed with tasers. >> we have been working hard to try to figure out ways to contend with folks with edge weapons or other weapons. trying to create time and distance and apparently this event unfolded very quickly and will be looki

this situation started when a homeless outreach team was -- called 911 yesterday morning to report that this man was armed with a knife. officers showed up quickly and initially they fired beanbag rounds at the man. they were not effective. investigators say the man came after officers with a knife and that is when they fired at least seven rounds at him. the man died later at the hospital. this was the first to deadly police shooting in san francisco since the controversial killing of mario woods in the bayview pitstick -- district. this case will reignite whether officer should be armed with tasers here. >>> we have been working very hard to try to figure out ways to contend with folks with edge to weapons or other weapons. trying to create time and distance and apparently this event unfolded very quickly. and will be looking to find out why it had to go just as it did. >> reporter: at least one witness in this neighborhood told us the man who was shot never acted aggressively toward officers yesterday morning. the man who died has not been officially identified by authorities but to

called in by the homeless outreach team when sfpd arrived at the 400 block of shotwell street, it tookold luis gongorga. from th , new jersey police >> when i heard a voice say, "get on the ground," i ran up to the window to look and saw i man already on the ground. although they said get on the ground a few more times, he was on the ground. >> reporter: daniel meyer works in the mental health unit of the san francisco public defender's office. >> what struck me about it immediately is how fast the officers were to draw their guns and fire. >> reporter: he's also aing if ultimate member for crisis intervention -- a faculty member for crisis intervention team training which is working class by class to teach officers to use less than lethal options starting with these rules, slow down, create distance and call for help. >> there was seemingly little attempt to deescalate the situation. >> drop the knife! >> reporter: meyer points to this video from the camden, new jersey police department as a better way to deal with mentally illegal individuals who have weapons. >> and it took over 10

there were called to the area by a member of the homeless outreach team. when they arrived, police say they used bean bag rounds to try to subdue the man. ultimately, they say he charged at them. and that's when shots were fired. the man died of injuries at a hospital. this afternoon. >> he was just standing there. going in circles. >> but john visor, an eye witness who lives in the homeless encampment claims the suspect never charged at police. instead saying he was going in circles from the bean bag shots. >> when he was going in circles, that's when the sergeant pulled his gun out and opened fire. >> well the sfpd and d.a.'s office will conduct their own investigations into this case. and we'll have more on this developing story coming up at 6:00. we're live in the mission district, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >>> a man carrying a gun prompted two schools in the north bay to go into lockdown today. in the end tre was no threat. it was a misunderstanding. the man turned out to be a maintenance worker at a nearby medical office building. he told poli

the man was shot here on the 400 block of shotwell by officers responding to a call from a homeless outreach team, man with a knife. police say they shot bean bags at the man but he kept charging. the chief says two officers, one a sergeant, fired. >> we have, it appears, four extended casings from the bean bag gun and seven casings. >> reporter: seven bullet casings. the man was rushed to the hospital mortally wounded. >> all he did was play with his soccer ball. >> reporter: stephanie and john knew the man as jose. they were outside their tent when officers awe lived. they say they saw everything. >> the knife was up on his hip the whole time. yeah, he didn't have no knife in his hand when the officers was around him. >> reporter: he says he saw bean bags hitting jose first. >> he was going in circles. and that's when the sergeant pulled his gun out and opened fire on him. >> reporter: the couple says the knife was tucked in his belt. >> he fell and that's when the knife fell out when he hit the ground. >> reporter: the irony of the shooting is it came a day after police commissioners met to di

the shooting happened at 10 pm and this district -- police say homeless outreach team came in was visitingn who they say is named louise. he was holding a large knife that had a 12 inch blade so the homeless team call police. they arrived at they were confronted by this man. they fired beanbag rounds that had no effect and a sergeant and an officer fired seven rounds. he was taken to san francisco general hospital where he died several hours later. this comes when mario was with a shot and killed in the bayview area in december. he was armed with a knife. we talked about this

was caught on videotape this city will call to the senate on the porch for members of the homeless outreach teamh saw him on the 400 block a shot well holding a knife the chief told the crowd as he was shot before rosa been that bullet and effort to disarm him some reporting that they saw him on the officers before the shooting with the night said and two officers fired a total of seven bullets struck a homeless man six times. >>maureen kelly: first one speaker says he is known him since 2003 an important and mel drive and he was from mexico who had a wife and three children and the former park cook had been living on the street after being convicted in 2012 the french citizens leave the store police a telling after the meeting was over this said he was not surprised by the anger and emotion that was directed to him during the nearly three our town hall when asked an honest and refuse tear to resigned chief said no. >>pam moore: we voted today in, leave the room is called a gunshot fire road just last october a man was shot and killed nearby 67 year-old yoga instructor steve carter had walking h

the shooting happened at 10 pm and this district -- police say homeless outreach team came in was visiting a homeless encampment they came across a man who they say is named louise. he was holding a large knife that had a 12 inch blade so the homeless team call police. they arrived at they were confronted by this man. they fired beanbag rounds that had no effect and a sergeant and an officer fired seven rounds. he was taken to san francisco general hospital where he died several hours later. this comes when mario was with a shot and killed in the bayview area in december. he was armed with a knife. we talked about this shooting as well as a witness. here's what they had to say. >> we had been working very hard to try to figure out ways to contend with folks with weapons trying to create time and distance and apparently this event unfolded very quickly and we will be looking to find out why it had to go as it did. >> i'm conflicted. they have a difficult job. a psycho with a knife should not be a death sentence. >> some witnesses are telling us louise did not pose a threat to the officers p

are first called the homeless camp and their shot will and 18th thursday morning after a homeless outreach teaman with a knife. along shotwell street us memorial has sprung up. the medical examiner confirmed 45-year-old luis gongora died at the hospital after the officer involved shooting. >> another witness would knock on camera but tells me he did see a knife in hand but said he did not believe it was threatening. >>> and oakland police officer has been charged misdemeanors for allegedly showing up drunk at the wrong house and attacking the couple who live there. prosecutors say officer was off- duty what is up to home in the oakland hills in december and demanded to get inside. the woman who live there is a deputy probation officer and says her family was traumatized by what happened. officers with the earlier were placed on paid administrative leave. >>> a new pulses hillary clinton has a six-point lead over bernie sanders here in california. it also gives sanders some reason to celebrate. among weather california primary voters 47% favor clinton compared to 41% for sanders. but clinton's l

a homeless outreach team called 911 to report the man was armed with a knife.icers as they arrived with the knife. that's when the officers were forced to open fire firing at least seven rounds at the man. he died later at the hospital. this was the first deadly police shooting in san francisco since the controversial killing of mario woods in bay view and the latest case will no doubt reignite the debate over whether officers should be armed with tasers. >> we have been working very hard to figure out ways to contend with folks with edged weapons or other weapons, trying to create time and distance. apparently this event unfolded quickly and we will be looking to find out why it had to go as it did. >> at least one witness told us the man shot and killed never acted aggressively toward officers yesterday. the man who died has not been identified but neighbors tell us his name was luis and he spoke very little english. the police chief is still asking any witnesses to come forward and he wants anyone who may have shot any video of the cop frontages to turn that

the public health department says the homeless outreach team was trying to get a homeless woman to the doctor when they encountered another homeless man brandishing a knife. they called police. responding officers say they fired bean bags at the man. but they had to use their guns when they say he lunged at them. it does conflict with what witnesses say. >> he puts up the thing showing it was not a knife. >> what was it? >> it was like a cake spraying tool. they start launching bean bags at him. he blocks it. he could only take so much. so he gets up and starts to run. >> we have been working very hard to try to figure out ways to contend to folks with etched weapons or other weapons. >> protesters demanding reform in the department hit the street last night. this comes as the city considers arming some san francisco police officers with tasers. the issue drew a packed house at the commission earlier this week. proposed a limited taser program that would provide tasers to specifically trained officers. >>> chp is working hard to stop the violence that left drivers in the east bay feeli

reporter: police were called to the homeless encampment on 18th thursday morning after a homeless outreach team encountered a man with a knife. a long shotwell street a memorial has sprung up. the medical examiner confirmed 40-year-old luiz gone gora died after the officer-involved shooting. >>> another witness was afraid to speak on camera but he did tell me he did see a knife in this man's hand but he did not believe it was threatening. investigators say that they are aware of this surveillance video. they are reviewing it and looking for more video as well as additional witnesses. frank. >>> karra wouldn't the fact he had a knife in his hand be threatening inare any of the people you spoke with saying why didn't you drop the knife? >> a number of officers i have spoken to say that could be considered threatening. there are conflicting reports as to whether this man had a knife in his hand or do dna not. police are sorting through the interviews. >> kara in san francisco. thank you. >> two more girls have come forward to say they were molested bay dental assistant in concord. the girls that a

. >> reporter: after the homeless outreach team encountered a man with a knife. along the street the small memorial has sprung up. the medical examiner confirms that 45-year-old louis gongora died at the hospital. another witness wouldn't go on camera, but tells me that he saw a knife in the man's hand and that he did not believe that it -- was threatening. >>> another round of the weekend repairs are about to start on the second of the bart tracks on the east bay and when service ends for the knife. and that bart crews, they will plan to start their track repairs between the san leandro stations. that they will be replacing more than 2,000 feet and degrated ties and the aging switches as they will be offering a bus bridge between those two stations tomorrow and again on sunday. and that they should prepare for the delays about 30 minutes to one hour and that there will be four more weekends of the work scheduled between now and mid june and that bart says at once that track work is complete that they will have a quieter and more reliable ride. >>> well as of tod

police say the man had a knife and confronted a homeless outreach team.red beanbags. they say when he charged at them, that's when they shot and killed him. there are conflicting witness accounts on whether the man was indeed aggressive towards police. >>> the fbi has joined the search for a missing toddler from san francisco whose mother was murdered last week. into sign of ariana fitts. her mom nicole fitts was badly beaten and killed. her body was found at a city park last friday. this is the girl still missing and there is her mom. investigators say they are exploring all leads in this case and they have interviewed eight people of interest. we talked to one of those people here. >> tara moriarty interviewed lemasani briggs. she calls herself a street pastor. she met her at a homeless shelter several years ago. >> i been having people praying all day, all night that that baby would show, baby arianna will show up. >> my gut tells me they did something to that girl's baby and when nicole found out she went ballistic, as any mother would do. >> nicole's

the stations d getting them help setting aside $50,000 to form a participateship with the homeless outreach teamsystem to help those who are seeming refuge in the station. the bart police officers conduct the outreach and transit believes the teams could do a better job. >> uber is driving for more office space in san francisco win approval from the plan commission to build two new office buildings in mission bay. they will occupy the last remaining vacant lots. construction will be finish by 2019. uber plans it open up a bay area headquarters in oakland. >> police need your help to find a woman who stole a package from a front porch. the woman on the patio of the home is white or hispanic and 30 years old where -- with hair. a man was in the front driver's seat, if you have information call police were. >> in berkeley, police need consider help to catch a rubber who targeted a 70-year-old woman. these are images of the blue ford pickup. the man grabbed a bag from the victim's shoulder as he was driving along campus drive. the victim fell and suffered minor injuries. >> happening todays n.b.a. i

this happened when a homeless outreach team called 911 to report this man was armed with a knife. investigators say the man came at the officers with a knife and that's when they fired at least seven rounds. he died at the hospital. this was the first deadly police shooting in san francisco since the controversial killing of mario woods in the bayview. this latest case or no doubt reignite the debate over whether officers in the city should be armed with tasers. >> we have been working very hard to try to figure out ways to contend with folks with edged weapons or other weapons. trying to create time and distance and apparently this event unfolded very quickly and we'll be looking to find out why it had to go just as it did. >> reporter: there was at least one witness at the scene who said the man who was shot never acted aggressively toward officers. the man who died has not officially been identified by authorities but neighbors at the scene told us his name was luis. they also say that luis spoke very little english. san francisco police and the d.a. now are investigating yeste

this started when a homeless outreach team called 911 yesterday morning to report this man had a knife. officers showed up and initially they fired beanbag rounds at the man. investigators said the man came after officers with a knife and that is when they fired at least seven rounds. he died at the hospital. favor say his name was luis and he spoke very little english. one witness said he never acted aggressively toward officers. >> he did not charge no officers. he was going in circles because he was not understanding what they were saying. >> reporter: this was the first to deadly police shooting in san francisco since the controversial killing of mario woods in the bayview pitstick which was captured on cell phone video. this latest case has renewed calls for officers in san francisco to be armed with tasers. san francisco police in the district attorney's office are investigating yesterday's deadly officer-involved shooting. the chief also put on an call to the public that if there's anyone with video evidence or anyone who saw what happened and hasn't told investigators yet, plea

police say the man had a knife and confronted a homeless outreach team. when the police responded, first they fired bean bags. when he charge of the police, they shot and killed him. there are conflicting witness accounts on whether the man was aggressive towards the police. today's meeting is at noon at the union local hall on 18th street. >>> a judge rejected a defense motion to throw out a murder charge against the undocumented immigrant accused of killing kate steinle steinle was sightseeing last summer with her father and a friend near lawyers for the suspect, juan francisco lopez-sanchez , tried to get the case dropped on grounds that he was detained for hours by the police before the questioned him. a judge was troubled by the delay but refused to throw out the case. lopez-sanchez is due in court on may 12. >>> time to go out to sal castaneda for a check on the roads. this is a time of the morning i think where things start to change a bit. >>> things are starting to pick up about this time. maybe a little earlier but right now we are in one of the

police say the man who had a knife confronted a homeless outreach team and when the police got therehey first fired beanbags at him, but they say when he charged at the police they shot and killed him. there are conflicting witness reports about whether he was aggressive or not. today's noontime town hall meeting is at the union local hall on 18th street. >>> and in palo alto police patrols around ohlone elementary school have increased after a man reportedly exposed himself to a little girl. now, here's the police sketch of that suspect. on monday a 7-year-old girl was playing at the school during lunch when she went behind a classroom building, saw a man on the other side of the fence who unbuttoned his pants and exposed himself. if you have any information call palo alto police. >> those are just some of your morning headlines. gasia, back to you. >> dave urges thank you. >> coming up on "mornings on 2: the 9", the colorful francisco pride parade about two months away. today we are learning about this year's theme and some of the honorees that will be included. introducing the fus

the man was confronted by homeless outreach team, armed with a knife. when officers responded they fired in backgrounds but when he charged at them, the chart and killed him. there have been conflicting accounts of whether the man acted aggressively toward the officers. today's meeting is at noon at the union local hall on 18th street. >>> a judge rejected a defense motion to throw out a murder charge against the undocumented immigrant who's accused of killing kate steinle in san francisco. kate steinle was sightseeing last summer with her father and a friend near the ferry building when she was shot in the back and later died. lawyers for the suspect, one francisco lopez-sanchez tried to get the case dropped on grounds that he was detained for hours by the police before the question him. a judge was troubled by the delay but refused to throw out the case. lopez-sanchez is due back in court on may 12. >>> 39,000 verizon workers are on strike. we want to show you video of the workers from earlier this morning. they are mostly east coast technicians and c

the public health department says a homeless outreach team was trying to get a woman to the doctor when they encountered a homeless man with a knife. they called police. responding officers say they fired bean bag rounds but they had to use their guns when they say the suspect lunged at them. the witnesses say jose luis never lunged at officers. >>> we're going to check in -- >> he puts up the thing showing it's not a knife. >> what was it? >> like a cake spreading tool. >> okay. >> they start launching bean bags at him. so, he blocks it and he only could take so much and he gets up and he starts to run. >> we have been working very, very hard to try and figure out ways to contend with folks with edged weapons or other weapons. >> protesters demanding reform in the department hit the streets last night. >>> well a series of freeway shootings have left drivers very uneasy. now the chp taking extra steps to try and stop the violence. since november, chp has investigated 16 freeway shootings in contra costa and alameda counties. ten of them on i-80. now, three of those shootings are being

they were called out by a member of the city's homeless outreach team.hen they arrived, police say they had used bean bags to try and subdue the suspect before he charged at them. that's when shots were fired. the man died of injuries at a hospital this afternoon. but john visor, a man who claims to be an eyewitness, says the suspect never charged at police. instead he claims the man was going in circles from the bean bag shots. >> when he was going in circles, that's when the sergeant pulled his gun out and opened fire. >> reporter: this shooting will once again raise questions on the department's use of force policy and the ongoing debate on whether to give officers tasers. chief suhr is proposing a more limited taser program, only giving them to officers who are specially trained. >> the san francisco police officers association who would like to see all officers with tasers said in a statement quote in the wake of this tragedy there will be renewed calls for new revisions to sfpd's use of force policies. we remain committed to working with the mayor

for 15 years i worked with thederment of public health and last 8 a manager for homeless outreach team. i'm employed as behavioral health responder. no way do i represent the viewoffs the county or speak for the department of public health or that department of behavioral hemth. i advocate for the use and deployment of tasers. yesterday i was asked to row spond with a gentlemen who disregulated and had bipoll squr alerted to his challenge and we found him in a hotel. he had a box cutter and held the boxicateer to his throat and didn't respond to requests to open the door. law enforcement made entry. he didn't drop the box cutter and rfs taized and 10 minutes later i spoke to him and he was aminable. he was uninjured and he asked why his cousin who is a deputy sheriff had not responded to the scene make thg joke, my cousin is too busy to see me. i believe law enforcement officerss need the option to keep people alive. the other choices are very dangerous. thank you. >> thank you and so everybody knows there is a buzzer that gives a 30 second warning so there are two. that is why sometim

for 15 years i worked with thederment of public health and last 8 a manager for homeless outreach team. i'm employed as behavioral health responder. no way do i represent the viewoffs the county or speak for the department of public health or that department of behavioral hemth. i advocate for the use and deployment of tasers. yesterday i was asked to row spond with a gentlemen who disregulated and had bipoll squr alerted to his challenge and we found him in a hotel. he had a box cutter and held the boxicateer to his throat and didn't respond to requests to open the door. law enforcement made entry. he didn't drop the box cutter and rfs taized and 10 minutes later i spoke to him and he was aminable. he was uninjured and he asked why his cousin who is a deputy sheriff had not responded to the scene make thg joke, my cousin is too busy to see me. i believe law enforcement officerss need the option to keep people alive. the other choices are very dangerous. thank you. >> thank you and so everybody knows there is a buzzer that gives a 30 second warning so there are two. that is why sometim

there was mental illness involved in his killing and eechbthen homeless outreach team call #d tin and there is dispute about the amount of time the 7 or sow round were fired at him. my question is the crisis intervention team, why wouldn't they be at the scene and de-escalation be used in that situation? i guess i have so many questions like many people raised in the town hall jz as a police commissioner i wonder how you balance thinking about lives and families of officers in the field but also people from the communities that may have mental illness. one concern i said is officer clean up the mess and i think i don't view people with in homeless encampments or mental illness or substance abuse issue as a mess. they are people that need support and help and just wondering if you may respond to that comment you made. >> yes, supervisor, i saw a incident in the street and there a article where i watched a homeless man in the street. i'm sensitive of the issue of people living on the street. i'm very bothered by it and come i talk about theophorouss are called in to clean thup mess that

for 15 years i worked with thederment of public health and last 8 a manager for homeless outreach team. i'm employed as behavioral health responder. no way do i represent the viewoffs the county or speak for the department of public health or that department of behavioral hemth. i advocate for the use and deployment of tasers. yesterday i was asked to row spond with a gentlemen who disregulated and had bipoll squr alerted to his challenge and we found him in a hotel. he had a box cutter and held the boxicateer to his throat and didn't respond to requests to open the door. law enforcement made entry. he didn't drop the box cutter and rfs taized and 10 minutes later i spoke to him and he was aminable. he was uninjured and he asked why his cousin who is a deputy sheriff had not responded to the scene make thg joke, my cousin is too busy to see me. i believe law enforcement officerss need the option to keep people alive. the other choices are very dangerous. thank you. >> thank you and so everybody knows there is a buzzer that gives a 30 second warning so there are two. that is why sometim

police say the man had a knife and confronted a homeless outreach team.y fired beanbag rounds, but they say when he charged at them, they shot and killed the man. there are conflicting witness accounts as to whether the man was aggressive to police or not. the public meeting will be held at the union local hall on 18th street. >> a judge rejected a defense motion to throw out a murder charge. kate steinle was sightseeing last summer near the ferry building when she was shot in the back and later died. lawyers for the suspect, juan lopez-sanchez, wanted to get the charges dropped. the judge was troubled by the delay, but refused to throw out the case. lopez-sanchez due in court may 12. >> time is 7:16. sal, can you take care of the folks this morning? >> i can, dave and gasia. it is getting busier, but there is a problem i want to start with, is kind of not expected, and that would be in northern marin county southbound 101 near highway 37. there is an injury crash here and traffic is slowing down in novato. there is a break, but there is more slow traffic

police department, district attorney's office, the department of public works, sf mta, the homeless outreach team, the planning department and planning commission, the mayor's office in workforce development. cathedral neighborhood association, pacific avenue neighborhood association, russian hill community association, the coalition of san francisco neighborhoods and local merchants and merchant grooufs to abate crime in our neighborhood, addressing the homeless, clean up our neighbor and ensure the neighborhood has market rate rentals, and meet the areas needs of the residents, and the corridor maintain small local businesses that well serve the residents of the area. the neighborhood association holds monthly public meetings with speakers from the department. these meetings allow residents in the area to hear what is going on in the city and have their elected appointed government represented to hear the issues that affect their lives. these meetings get involved in the process of having a say of what goes on in the city. i believe that open and transparent government and citizen participation

police department, district attorney's office, the department of public works, sf mta, the homeless outreach team, the planning department and planning commission, the mayor's office in workforce development. cathedral neighborhood association, pacific avenue neighborhood association, russian hill community association, the coalition of san francisco neighborhoods and local merchants and merchant grooufs to abate crime in our neighborhood, addressing the homeless, clean up our neighbor and ensure the neighborhood has market rate rentals, and meet the areas needs of the residents, and the corridor maintain small local businesses that well serve the residents of the area. the neighborhood association holds monthly public meetings with speakers from the department. these meetings allow residents in the area to hear what is going on in the city and have their elected appointed government represented to hear the issues that affect their lives. these meetings get involved in the process of having a say of what goes on in the city. i believe that open and transparent government and citizen participation

agencies like chp and staff, case management of every from public health to human services to homeless outreach teamsaking sure this will serve yet another real example that isn't just talk we are giving. we want to end homelessness for individuals in the sit eand we want to do the right way and when people visit this place they will feel we are not talking nonsense and not into the era of just saying we want to end homelessness, we actually want to do it on a unit by unit, person by person, family member by family member basis. this will be another broit shining star for everyone and as soon as this is accomplished we are already into the next nav center and next permanent housing exist we can have. it is all being done the right way and very proud of all the staff that is working together to make this happen. i'm also proud of the private sector whether it is the plumbers union or whether it is the property owners or whether it is the developer who thought about affordable and homeless housing before they even began talking about making a profit on this land here. they said why not take care the pe

for 15 years i worked with thederment of public health and last 8 a manager for homeless outreach teami'm employed as behavioral health responder. no way do i represent the viewoffs the county or speak for the department of public health or that department of behavioral hemth. i advocate for the use and deployment of tasers. yesterday i was asked to row spond with a gentlemen who disregulated and had bipoll squr alerted to his challenge and we found him in a hotel. he had a box cutter and held the boxicateer to his throat and didn't respond to requests to open the door. law enforcement made entry. he didn't drop the box cutter and rfs taized and 10 minutes later i spoke to him and he was aminable. he was uninjured and he asked why his cousin who is a deputy sheriff had not responded to the scene make thg joke, my cousin is too busy to see me. i believe law enforcement officerss need the option to keep people alive. the other choices are very dangerous. thank you. >> thank you and so everybody knows there is a buzzer that gives a 30 second warning so there are two. that is why sometimes

there was mental illness involved in his killing and eechbthen homeless outreach team call #d tin andthere is dispute about the amount of time the 7 or sow round were fired at him. my question is the crisis intervention team, why wouldn't they be at the scene and de-escalation be used in that situation? i guess i have so many questions like many people raised in the town hall jz as a police commissioner i wonder how you balance thinking about lives and families of officers in the field but also people from the communities that may have mental illness. one concern i said is officer clean up the mess and i think i don't view people with in homeless encampments or mental illness or substance abuse issue as a mess. they are people that need support and help and just wondering if you may respond to that comment you made. >> yes, supervisor, i saw a incident in the street and there a article where i watched a homeless man in the street. i'm sensitive of the issue of people living on the street. i'm very bothered by it and come i talk about theophorouss are called in to clean thup mess that

there was mental illness involved in his killing and eechbthen homeless outreach team call #d tin andthere is dispute about the amount of time the 7 or sow round were fired at him. my question is the crisis intervention team, why wouldn't they be at the scene and de-escalation be used in that situation? i guess i have so many questions like many people raised in the town hall jz as a police commissioner i wonder how you balance thinking about lives and families of officers in the field but also people from the communities that may have mental illness. one concern i said is officer clean up the mess and i think i don't view people with in homeless encampments or mental illness or substance abuse issue as a mess. they are people that need support and help and just wondering if you may respond to that comment you made. >> yes, supervisor, i saw a incident in the street and there a article where i watched a homeless man in the street. i'm sensitive of the issue of people living on the street. i'm very bothered by it and come i talk about theophorouss are called in to clean thup mess that

the navigation is center is a collaboration of partnerships too city departments one is the homeless outreach team managed by the san francisco distributing i look forward to the navigation center we'll have our agents go out and help and say don't go anymore over and over send our dayshift out they've meet the population and hang out and hang in the encampment and transport people and be with them and make immediate impacts with me and my staff. >> bringing our wloongz whatever you go presents a problem this place their help with the storage i don't have to worry about it staying here you know you're getting things done they need to get things down done to get off the street avenue of the hope alsoness is gone. >> they help you if you're hungry go eat if e you need to go places go. >> they're 4th district it awe auto. >> it was funded through a unanimous donation and of may 2015 an additional $3 million to help to continue the program beyond 18 months. >> you see people coming out they're ready to being so the future homes you know how variable the navigation center is my message for the constitu

. >> reporter: a team of 500 outreach workers is now canvassing the city, trying to get the homeless off the streets and into shelters. next month, the city starts an aggressive new campaign to count the homeless four times a year instead of just once. reporting from times square, brian conybeare, cbs 2news. >>> n.y.p.d. officers shot and killed a man in sequence after police say he pulled a gun on them. plain-clothed offices approached the man on 135th street in south ozone park as he stood outside a double- parked suv holding an open bottle of alcohol. the officers say he also had a gun in his waist band. investigators say the man started to flee, despite demands for him to stop. he reached for a gun. that's when officers opened fire. >> i heard a scream. >> someone lost a husband, a father, uncle, nephew. someone lost a family member >> family identified the man as george tillman, a father of five from maryland. discharged their weapons. >>> now to the latest on the ecuador. not much more than piles of concrete and wood are left. small towns now in ruins. rescue teams are digging

homeless [inaudible] >> i just want to be a tourist. >> [inaudible] i want to thank the city and the people that have been helping with the outreach teammals. [inaudible] it makes it rough for the animal, so i have to say the team has been really helpful as far as helping him with shots and getting him healthy and [inaudible] as far as resources there is a lot available for pets and that helped a lot. >> thank you, >> thank you. [background noise, unable to hear] >> sometimes it can be daunty to go through that especially people that have been out of [inaudible] people to get back into that and get [inaudible] need that assistance [inaudible] might need something that moy may be too much for them and may need that extra hand [inaudible] help do that and help them through those stages so they are not overwhelmed through the process and may help empower them as they go through the steps s they can do these things and may help in the housing process. >> yes, [inaudible] dart team which is community service so when they do the coordinateed entry like here, they give a short application, a one pager but in order to take advantage of the fed

our outreach teams are now working with over 2,000 people who sleep on the streets. >> the city plans to do another homeless count in may. >>> a lawsuit over the nfl's super bowl ticket policies greenville ahead in court. a new -- grinds ahead in court. suing the nfl saying it violated consumer protect laws when it only made about 1% of the tickets for super bowl xlviii at metlife stadium available to the public. the attorneys say the policies forced fans to pay inflated prices on the resale market. a judge dismissed the case last year but a new complaint was filed this week. >>> saving lives on and off the job. members of the fdny were honored for being bone marrow donors. the names of eight fdny donors of life. 179 members of the department have made these life-saving donations some more than once. today, two recipients got to meet and thank their donors. one donor tells us that it's a simple process with great rewards. >> the donating part of it is very simple. there's nothing painful to help somebody. >> when i had my transplant my kids were three and four so they really didn't understand what was going

homeless shelters. the program promised to increase inspections and make much-needed repairs. the cd is teaming up with nonprofit group, breaking ground, to help get people off street. it is hired more than 100 outreach workers who are trained to deal with homeless in a humane manner. on the upswing. >> dari: first we have to get through a freeze warning in some parts of the area tonight. audrey is here with the details. >> it is a very cold evening and we are going to see a warm-up in our temperatures and it will feel more springlike into the end of the week. we do have temperatures a bit to below average for this time of year. high should be 60 degrees and we are a few degrees colder than that across the tri-state area. right now we have dropped into the 40s in most locations where it is 47 degrees. forty-six in bridgeport, in the 30s at the easton montauk point. they're running a few degrees colder than 24 hours ago. tonight slows will be in the 30s across the region with the exception of monticello which is forecast to have a low of 29 degrees tomorrow morning. the national weather service county shaded in purple. the starts at about midnight until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. this this has to do with the

homeless [inaudible] >> i just want to be a tourist. >> [inaudible] i want to thank the city and the people that have been helping with the outreach teamo help the homeless with animals. [inaudible] it makes it rough for the animal, so i have to say the team has been really helpful as far as helping him with shots and getting him healthy and [inaudible] as far as resources there is a lot available for pets and that helped a lot. >> thank you, >> thank you. [background noise, unable to hear] >> sometimes it can be daunty to go through that especially people that have been out of [inaudible] people to get back into that and get [inaudible] need that assistance [inaudible] might need something that moy may be too much for them and may need that extra hand [inaudible] help do that and help them through those stages so they are not overwhelmed through the process and may help empower them as they go through the steps s they can do these things and may help in the housing process. >> yes, [inaudible] dart team which is community service so when they do the coordinateed entry like here, they give a short application, a one pager but in order

teams from cucs set out on the streets, looking for folks, sleeping outside of upper manhattan. >> good morning, folks. >> good morning, we're with the outreach program. >> the chronically homelesske up roughly 15% of the total homeless population. they're mostly men, but some women who have lived on the streets for years. many struggle with mental illness or substance abuse, but in the end, their homelessness puts a huge drain on public resources. each costs the taxpayers up to $50,000 annually in the social services they use. >> maybe someone called 9-1-1 because they're laid out on the street. and that's the cost of ems coming there, and if they're incarcerated, housing them in jail, and substance abuse, and detox and rehab programs. >> but strang says that the model of the housing first model changes that, it uses programs to house chronically homeless. >> you can get a home. >> reporter: critic say that this strategy of housing first to address mental health issues rewards bad behavior and could be down right responsible. but it has spread across the country because it works. since 2007, the amount of chronically homeless in the united states has dropped by a half, from 80,