owe happen necessary meheserle was -- johannes meheserle was released from jail shortly after midnight. good morning ann. >> reporter: good morning. as core grant's family was here at the los angeles county men's jail last night at the time that meheserle was supposed to be released they got word then that he had been released, but no body saw hide norhair of meheserle, authorities kept this release under tight wraps for his safety, and for the safety of their staff members as well. so we are not sure exactly where he went the only thing the grant family was told he is not going to be living in alameda county we know that his family at one point lived in napa and had property in tahoe probation and parole office will not tell us where he is headed this morning. oscar grant's family were waiting at the jail since 11:30 p.m. last night they are upset about changes in the case they were not informed of. grant's uncle wanted to speak at the final hearing but didn't get a chance and wanted to see meheserle walk out of jail. >> i want to be present so he can see me he knows his life is not g

johannes meheserle is now a free man. makovec is live in los angeles with reaction to the release and what will come next for the former bart cop. >>> if you have a story idea or comment you would like to share with us e-mail him right there, that is brian at cbs 5.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] everyday, your car does a lot for you. do something for it. show it some love. chevron with techron. care for your car. killing oscar grant is a free man this morning... >>> the former bart police officer convicted of killing oscar grant is a free man this morning. ann makovec live in los angeles all morning where we understand meheserle walked out of jail a minute after midnight. good morning ann. >> good morning this all happened pretty quickly, this was the release order issued, on friday he was released officially at 12:01 a.m. and oscar grant's family was notified 12:25 a.m. this morning. normally they just open up the doors and let prisoners come on out when their time is up but in this case they were concerned f

. >> our ann makovec is in los angeles this morning where we understand johannes meheserle was released from jail shortly after midnight. >> reporter: about 12:25 a.m., meheserle was let out of jail downtown here in los angeles, oscar grant's family was here, speaking out. they are upset they feel they were supposed to have the opportunity to speak at his final hearing and not given that chance and they wanted to see him walk out of jail. >> i want to be present so he can see me, so he knows that his life is not just going to be just back to normal business as if nothing happened. his face will be posted around the bay area, alameda county, and elsewhere informing the world he is a murder, he is a white cop that got off, not held accountable for a murder he committed. >> meheserle the exbart cop who killed passenger oscar grant in 2009 will now be on felony parole for 5 to 7 years he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last summer maintaining that the killing was an accident he meant to use the taser instead of his gun on the bart platform that night the whole event captured on ce

our ann makovec is live in los angeles where johannes meheserle was released just after midnight.ann. >> that's right oscar grant's family got the word by an automated phone call 12:25 a.m. they had been waiting outside the jail in l.a. wanting to catch a glimpse of meheserle while normally they justine doorlet the prisoners out that was not the case with meheserle we did not see him come out of the jail, he was probably snuck out at some point out of a back door but is now free this morning he is going to be serving -- he did serve 11 months after being sentenced to two years, meheserle is now going to be on felony parole for 5 to 7 years. and he is assigned a parole agent and will go from there. the grant family has a civil suit against him and are pushing the feds to put another civil suit that alleges civil rights violations against meheserle and they are holding a protest about that coming up this morning here in downtown l.a. elizabeth. >> okay ann makovec live in los angeles thank you ann. your traffic and weather forecast in just a moment ,, [ banker ] mike and brenda foun