john burris/attorney- "the officer comes up and says show me your hands, show me your hands. and, within moments, he starts shooting

a civil claim against bart paving way for a wrongful death lawsuit.sound from - john burris - tindlely attorneyin terms of legal basis to shoot he did not have that at the time in oakland gabe slate kron 4 news (steve) new tonight at 8. santa cruz police are reminding people that if they see someone of any age having a violent outburst, they should contact authorities before someone gets hurt.... (pam) the warning comes after they discovered an 11- year old child.. had planned to harm 3 other elementary school students. kron 4's dan kerman reports it's here at bay view elementary school in santa cruz where police say an 11 year old intended to harm several other students.police discovered this after the 5th grader lost control in class tuesday afternoon.sot andrew mills/santa cruz police chief 12-19he was vandalizing property, throwing it out the classroom, just really having an emotional outburstas per protocol, a teacher evacuated the other students and the police department's school resource officer was contacted as the child barricaded himself inside the classroom. when police ar

a civil claim against bart paving way for a wrongful death lawsuit.sound from - john burris - tindle family attorneyin terms of legal basis to shoot he did not have that at the time in oakland gabe slate kron 4 news (steve) last year's disturbing trend involving teens robbing bart passengers of their cellphones continues here in 20-18. the most recent incident happened yesterday at the powell street bart station in downtown san francisco. the bart passenger was confronted on a train by four teenagers who tried to snatch the phone. when the passenger refused...a struggle ensued onto the bart platform where the victim fell and the teens were able to run off the phone.alicia trost/bart spokesperson: "we really don't want people to struggle for their phone, just give it up. it is not worth it, not worth getting injured. you don't know what else could happen"> she says when the snatch and grab occured the victim was on the train using the cellphone near the train doors...which is another bad idea. trost advises passengers to be careful if you sit by the door way with your phone or your la

john burris says the civil claim filed against bart... rk for a wrongful death lawsuit against the transit agency. burris says the oakland police department, which is leading the investigation... allowed him to see the officer's body-camera footage from the incident as well as some members of the tindle family.john burris/attorney- "whatever happened before, we don't really know. but obviously there was a fight going on. but in terms of the officer's ability and legal basis to shoot, he did not have that at the time." bart says it intends to release the body-cam video once the investigation is complete. in the meantime, officer mateu (muh-too) remains on paid administrative leave. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. (catherine) we're about to see the completion of some big changes for the richmond-san rafael bridge... where drivers are often frustrated with back-ups. in april - the bridge shoulder in the eastbound direction will become a third traffic lane for peak traffic. as for the upper deck headed into marin --- the westbound

i was there alongside john burris as one of his fellow mentors.perience with these young men and also for john burris. >> i do feel the need to inspire young men and in many ways to protect them as well. i feel very strongly after being in the criminal justice system. i see a lot of young men who have been in the system based on some arbitrary decisions so if i can protect them by giving them information to help them from getting in the system i want to do that. >> along with face-to-face talks with the young man he introduces them to this. what he calls the pyramid of success. it is a chart that talks about pulleys, confidence, skills, initiative, loyalty and much more. >> there is life beyond a local neighborhood you are involved in that there is hope and opportunity and you can get there. everybody was working at the shipyard and things of that nature in my family which was not a bad life but if you wanted a different life you had to push yourself beyond your neighborhood. so i try to get young people to understand there is life beyond but you

john burris says the civil claim filed against bart... lays the groundwork for a wrongful death lawsuit against the transit agency. burris says the oakland police department, which is leading the investigation... allowed him to see the officer's body-camera footage from the incident as well as some members of the tindle family.john burris/attorney- "whatever happened before, we don't really know. but obviously there was a fight going on. but in terms of the officer's ability and legal basis to shoot, he did not have that at the time." bart says it intends to release the body-cam video once the investigation is complete. in the meantime, officer mateu (muh-too) remains on paid administrative leave. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. (grant) the city council in concord is voting tonight to consider a one-point-five million dollar contract for police body cameras, dashboard cameras and smartphones. as of right now... concord police do not currently have body cameras or dashboard cameras.. if approved-- all officers will have body an

a civil claim against bart paving way for a wrongful death lawsuit.sound from - john burris - tindle family attorneyin terms of legal basis to shoot he did not have that at the time in oakland gabe slate kron 4 news (pam) tonight, police are looking for an oakland man - who is missing after a hiking trip to yosemite..(steve) his family and friends say they are worried. they spoke to kron 4's hermela aregawi.. she joins us live from oakland.. with that story.. hermela, what do we know at this point? we know that alan chow left his home here in oakland..early saturday. his mom says around 3 in the morning.. he was expected him back on monday.. but as of today.. still no word or sight of the oakland man. it's been five days since loved ones have heard frmo alan chow. jason lieu/missing hiker's friendwe're all scared for him. we're hoping that they find him, that he comes out okay. we are hoping that he's not hurt on the trail or something.the 36 year old left for yosemite saturday to go hiking by himself.. his family says. as he often does. jason lieu/missing hiker's friend he did zion

a civil claim against bart paving way for a wrongful death lawsuit.sound from - john burris - tindle family attorneyin terms of legal basis to shoot he did not have that at the time in oakland gabe slate kron 4 news ( robin )( robin )( robin ) happening now... firefighters are mopping up after a fire breaks out at an abandoned strip mall in hayward. it happened around 9:30 last night on mission boulevard. this is a picture of the scene tweeted out by hayward firefighters. it took them about 45 minutes to get the fire under control. there were homeless people in the mall when the fire started but nobody was injured. fire crews will be on scene all morning monitoring for hotspots. the cause of the fire is still unknown this morning. ( robin ) police are investigating a homicide in fairfield. it happened yesterday morning. officers released this photo of a man who they believe is a suspect. police say the murder victim and suspect knew each other...and the homicide was not a random act. the body of a 28-year-old man was found in a parking lot on empire street in south fairfield. police

john burris said he did not have a weapon. >> his hands were coming up, and he gets shot and falls back on the ground like this, and nothing was in his hand. and john burris has filed a claim against the police department and officer joseph mateu who opened fire. >> we want to see officer joseph mateu charge! >> reporter: we sat down with the bart police chief late tuesday afternoon. >> nothing will be done until that investigation takes his course, and we will continue to get the facts and it is really in the court of the oakland police department and the district attorney's office and what they decide to do.>> reporter: they say once a multiple investigation is complete, barth is committed to releasing all relevant information related to what happened, including video from the officers body camera. the bart police chief confirmed that he has seen the video, but he declined to comment further because of the open investigation.>> is bart saying at all why the police officer opened fire in the first place?>> reporter: they are not. initially, when the oakland police first investigated th

john burris/attorney- "the officer comes up and says show me your hands, show me your hands. and, within moments, he starts shooting and he shoots shaleem in the back. bang, bang, bang. he could not have seen a weapon of any kind. he could not have seen shaleem's hands. this is a photograph of a gun investigators found on the ground at the scene. the officer who opened fire has been named in the civil claim... joseph mateu the third. mateu is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation... which is being carried out by the oakland police department. shaleem's brother wants mateu charged with murder.laron mayfield/shaleem's brother- "we gotta standup and make these cowards pay for what the hell they did. justice for shaleem. justice for shaleem." bart says once the investigation into the shooting is complete, it is committed to releasing the body-camera footage. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. (vicki) an important vote tonight in concord... the city council was expected to consider outfitting police officers with body cameras. if approved

john burris/attorney- "the officer comes up and says show me your hands, show me your hands. and, within moments, he starts shooting and he shoots shaleem in the back. bang, bang, bang. he could not have seen a weapon of any kind. he could not have seen shaleem's hands. this is a photograph of a gun investigators found on the ground at the scene. the officer who opened fire has been named in the civil claim... joseph mateu (muh- too) the third. mateu is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation... which is being carried out by the oakland police department. shaleem's brother wants mateu charged with murder.laron mayfield/shaleem's brother- "we gotta standup and make these cowards pay for what the hell they did. justice for shaleem. justice for shaleem." bart says once the investigation into the shooting is complete, it is committed to releasing the body-camera footage. (steve) happening now. an imporant vote is underway in the east bay. the city council of concord... is considering outfitting police officers with body cameras. members are voting to

it means a lot to john burris who grew up in a working-class home in vallejo. his passion is found outside of the courtroom.>> this is twice as large. they were able to give advice and help to you. we are pleased that you came.>> this is him with dozens of high school students inside of his home. they are being mentored. i was there also. i was one of the fellow mentors. it is a life-changing experience for these young men>>>> -- i feel a need to aspire young men. and also to protect them as well. i feel very strongly about the justice system. i see many people in the system. if i can protect them by giving them information to help protect them from getting into the system. >> along with face-to-face talks he introduces them to this. he introduces them to the pyramid of success. it is a chart that talks about poise, confidence, skills, initiative, loyalty, and much more. >> there is life along -- among the neighborhood you are in. there is hope. everyone in my family was working. that was not a bad life. but if you want to have a different life you have to push

attorney john burris represents the family. they believe the officer overreacted and opened fire too quickly. the question that's still not clear is what exactly prompted the officer to open fire. the chief says it's under vex. >>> breaking news out of the state capital. senator tony mendoza has just resigned from office. that resignation comes as his colleagues were considering a vote to possibly expel him. an independent investigation found it is more likely than not that the l.a. county democrat engaged in flirtatious or sexually suggestive behavior with at least six women over the last 10 years. the latest developments on this breaking news from the state capital tonight on the kpix 5 news at 5:00. >>> our other top story that alarming discovery in san francisco. three people found dead outside of a school near golden gate park. kpix 5's jessica flores live at the scene with the latest on that investigation. jessica. >> reporter: we're right in front of the urban school. this is a private high school here in san francisco.

were investigating a homicide there> ( darya ) the tindle family has hired civil rights attorney john burrisgainst bart... paving way for a wrongful death lawsuit. ( darya ) police arrest a man accused of stealing nearly 250-thousand dollars worth of jewelry from a department store in san francisco. toby kessler is accused of robbing the same jewelry store three different times this year. police have not said which store was targeted... only that it was in the stonestown these are some the items that police recovered. the most recent robbery happened last friday. employees called police and they were able to track kessler down. ( darya ) a bart passenger is assaulted by a group of teenagers trying to steal a cell phone. it happened tuesday at the powell street bart station in downtown san francisco. the bart passenger was confronted on a train by four teens who tried to snatch his phone. when the man refused... when the phone.snatch his tried to snatch his phone. when the man refused... there was a struggle that went onto the bart platform. that's when the victim fell and the teens were able

tindle as well as their attorney, john burris who handles a lot of police-related cases. neither of them got back to us. of course, we'll have more on what b.a.r.t. police say about this video and what they say it actually shows versus what people might believe it shows when we see you again at 6:00. live at bart headquarters in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> it will be an interesting a until sis. >> thanks, very much. >>> a damming report to the north bay wildfire. the state's office of emergency services says while the county got plenty right, it fell short in a catastrophe. for from reporter wayne friedman? >> katherine titus had plenty of laundry to fold and put away. >> if you had our clothe, it smells like you were sitting in front of a campfire. >> that was no campfire. as booed as it looked, she didn't know the destructive potential and blames the emergency response system for that. >> did the county do a good job that night? >> no. no. it was an epic failure. >> now california's office of emergency services is criticizing sonoma county for not being faster

the family has hired attorney john burris for legal representation.in the shooting has been placed on adminstrative leave pending further investigation by vallejo police and the solano county sheriff's office...in vallejo haaziq madyun kron4news in san francisco school officials say based on the evidence the 10 students sickened at james lick middle school yesterday are suspected of having consumed pot laced candy.the city's public heath director says this most recent incident is a wake up call to parents about why kids need to be kept away from what is now legal recreationally for adults but is still illegal for those to consume for those under 21 years of age. in many ways cannabis is safer than alcohol but some people think oh it's safe safer does not mean safehe says it's cannabis effects the memory and attention in the young developing brain...maureen kelly kron4 news newskelly kron4 brain...maureen developing the young attention in memory and effects the cannabis he says it's mean safesafer does not think oh it's safe some people than alcohol bu

bart officer last month near the west oakland station spoke out along with a civil rights attorney john burris. they have seen the body camera footage that the officer was -- taken on the body camera. it contradicts the police marchative about what happened -- the police narrative about what happened. [ >> reporter: this was the demonstration in a took place a short i'm ago. there's frustration over the killing of the 28-year-old who was shot to death last month across from the west oakland station. he was involved in a scuffle with another man at the time and a bart officer responded from across the street and eventually opened fire on both of those men. police say that he was armed when he was shot. but on the body camera footage you do not see him holding a gun. >> he shoots the man in the back. >> murder. >> he could not have seen a weapon of any kind. >> he needs to be charged for what he did. charged and convicted. he shot my little brother in the back with no gun in his hands. >> reporter: burris said a gun was found at the scene but the body camera video which he had seen and which the

foster's family has retained civil rights prominent attorney john burris. (steve) to the peninsula... investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire at a shopping center in san carlos. it broke out this morning in industrial road. firefighters say the businesses were closed. patients from a dialysis center on the other side of the shopping center were evacuated from the building as a precaution. nobody was hurt in this fire. ((catherine)) the strange end to the case of a supposedly missing canadian skier is leaving more questions than answers. constantinos filipp-idis -- known as "danny" - was on an annual ski trip with fellow firefighters in new york when he disappeared last week. more than 140 people spent seven thousand hours looking for him...using dogs and helicopters.. but that all ended tuesday when danny called called 9-1-1 from the sacramento airport wearing the same clothes he had on when he disappeared.sgt. shaun hampton/sacramento county police: "he related to the officers that he had been skiing in new york, believed he had hit his h

prominent local civil rights attorney john burris is representing shaleem tindle's family...and in a press conference last week... burris said that police officer joseph mateu the third... shot tindle's backside...burris shared a picture...pointing out what he described as bullet holes in his back. investigators found a gun on the ground after the shooting. tindle's family admits... it was shaleem's. but in a civil claim... filed by the family against bart... the tindle's say shaleem shot the man áhe was fighting... in the leg ábefore the officer responded... but they say shaleem was not holding the gun when the áofficer opened fire. that claim filed by the family...lays the groundwork for a wrongful death lawsuit against the transit agency. meanwhile, officer mateu (muh-too) remains on paid administrative leave. we just reached out to bart for reacton to the new video....we'll let you know what, if anything, the transit agency has to say. (steve) california officials say this year's winter is the third driest on record. and much of the state is heading back toward drought. kron 4's

family attorney john burris who arranged for the viewing of the footage believes that authorities shouldease the entire video. >> the family wants it out. and rightfully so. rightfully so. i'm just saying it would be better to have the entire video out because what i could see were little spots in it that would create the wrong impression. >> reporter: the family has already filed a claim against the bart police department in connection with this shooting. bart will not comment on the specifics of the body camera footage, only saying that the agency is commit today a full and independent investigation. because the shooting happened on city streets, the oakland police department is in charge of the investigation, looking into the circumstances here and ultimately determining if the shooting was in fact justified. the involved officer initially was placed on paid administrative leave. he has since been cleared to return to full duty. dave and gasia. >> alex, we know in the past year or so, upd has released footage from its own officers after a questionable incident. does opd or perhaps bar

prominent local civil rights attorney john burris is representing shaleem tindle's family...and in a press conference last week... burris said that police officer joseph mateu ... shot tindle...burris shared a picture...pointing out what he described as bullet holes in his back. investigators found a gun on the ground after the shooting. tindle's family says it was shaleem's. in a civil claim filed by the family against bart... the tindle's say shaleem shot the man he was fighting in the leg before the officer responded... but that shaleem was not in possession of the gun when the officer opened fire. meanwhile, officer mateu (muh-too) remains on paid administrative leave. we just reached out to bart for reacton to the new video....and in part they said... (grant) as a police department and a transit agency we at bart understand that any loss of life is tragic. once the multiple investigations into this incident are complete, bart is committed to releasing all relevant information related to what happened including video from the involved officer's body-worn camera." (pam) everybody

foster's family has retained civil rights prominent attorney john burris.vicki) in san francisco...police have released the booking photo of a man they say is responsible for the death of a small dog over the weekend. police say the dog-- dunky-- died when the suspect wakeen best... threw him off the seventh story of a parking garage in san francisco. dunky's owner had left the dog in his car in the parking garage. when the owner returned to his car... he found smashed glass and blood... and dunky was found deceased on the sidewalk below. the disturbing crime was caught on camera, which led to the arrest. (grant) a muni construction inspector is in the hospital tonight after being hit by a truck. the collision happened around eight this morning on the corner of van ness avenue and chestnut street. the inspector was hit by a truck that does not appear to be a muni vehicle. muni officials say the inspector was taken to the hospital... conscious but in critical condition. (vicki) new at nine...major bart stations should be a lot cleaner starting next month...t

. >> reporter: the family has contacted civil rights attorney john burris, who has also season the body cam video. >> it showed me, i didn't see anything drop from his hands, that's for sure. tells me the police could not have seen anything in his hands at the time the shooting took place. >> reporter: the family says the video shows tindall was shot in the back. the incident occurred on january 3rd around 4:40 p.m. the bart officer reported hearing a gunshot outside the west oakland station. when he ran across the street, he saw two men fighting on the ground. one of them had been shot in the leg. after the officer yelled for them to stop fighting, he fired at tindall. a gun was recovered at the scene but it's not clear who it belonged to. in the meantime, bart has handed the investigation over to the oakland police department, which will not comment because the investigation is ongoing. kareem mayfield is his older brother. he too has seen the video and wants the district attorney to charge the officer. >> it's not about like some type of revenge, it's about justice. it's about doing

(vicki) prominent local civil rights attorney john burris is representing shaleem tindle's family...and in a press conference last week... burris said that police officer joseph mateu... shot tindle's backside...burris shared a picture...pointing out what he described as bullet holes in his back. the result of the three gunshots burris says bart officer joseph mateu (muh-too) the third fired at tindle. investigators found a gun on the ground after the shooting. tindle's family says it was shaleem's.(grant) in a civil claim filed by the family against bart... the tindle's say shaleem shot the man he was fighting in the leg before the officer responded... but that shaleem was not in possession of the gun when the officer opened fire. burris says he's filed a civil claim against bart, on the family's behalf... that claim lays the groundwork for a wrongful death lawsuit against the transit agency. meanwhile, officer mateu (muh-too) remains on paid administrative leave. we reached out to bart for reaction to the new video...within the last your...bart sent us a statement saying: ((fsc))"as a

. >>> tomorrow civil rights attorney john buries will hold a press conference outside to call attention -- burris will hold a press conference outside to call attention to the case. >>> a key piece of equipment is on hold. >> reporter: take a closer look at some of the bart stops like here at the embarcadero station. you'll notice they modified some of the gates. relabeling some of them, but also locking them down, making it harder for folks to get through without a ticket. there is new signage, new cameras, just fewer ways for folks to open cape. we are issuing warpings. >> reporter: carlos rojas says the new hand held ticket readers they ordered weren't up to snub. this cost bart somewhere between $15 to $20 million each year. last fall the board approved a crackdown. instead of cops, specially trained community service officer wills issue citations of up to $250. >> we're really trying to tackle what riders have told us that are problems making them feel unsafe in riding the system. it's affecting our bottom line. >> why didn't you pay the fare? >> i don't have enough money. >> reporter: there