. >> reporter: both men are charged with killing judy salamon and police say the pair are well green officers. stephon lee and mario floyd are behind bars charged with the murder of judy salamon. >> the shooter has been in custody for a few months and the driver has been taken into custody. >> reporter: the dog walker was shot and killed july 24 on fern street. the lead investigator called judy salamon a brave woman who tried to document the suspects committing a crime. >> the suspects entered their vehicle and drove away, judy salamon followed them back to fern street where she was shot and killed and her phone taken. >> reporter: lee has previous convictions. >> the suspects are known to the police department. i can tell you that. and we are familiar with them and the activity they take part in. >> reporter: gang members? >> i am not going to say documented gang members but we have like neighborhood gangs and they are part of a neighborhood gang. >> reporter: one of her friends was relieved to hear of the arrest but not free of concern. >> there is two off the streets and the mace

when the suspects demanded judy judy salamon's phone she argued with them. at the news conference one of judy salamon's friends said she was involved in getting security it patrol their neighborhood. >> very sad to hear. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: because the killing happened during a robbery this is a capital case. the two suspects could face the death penalty. at 6:00 p.m. more about the two men. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 5:00 p.m. 18 people under arrest and meth, cocaine, heroin and weapons and cash seized. all of it in a major operation. authorities say the operation dismantled a drug trafficking ring and some of the suspects appeared in court. one is efren -- curio. some of the suspects involved face 20 years in prison if convicted. >>> breaking news out of southern california where a school bus crashed. these are live pictures. the fire department says 9 people had walking injuries. but four others suffered critical trauma injuries and were taken to the hospital. the crash happened 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. at this point we don't

judy salamon was shot to death last july. she was a beloved dog walker. well known in her community as a person who worked to make east oakland a safer place., kron 4's haaziq madyun has more on the men now accused of her murder. and new details about the circumstances of the crime. "we believe that miss solomon witnessed some kind of crime being committed by the two individuals" judy salamon gunned down 9- months ago in east oakland, now opd investigators say they found the two men responsible for her murder "mario floyd who was the driver of the suspect vehicle and stephon lee, aka feenee, who we believe is the person who shot miss solomon" opd sgt. mike gantt says salamon, a strong neighborhood watch participant, noticed the two men doing something illegal in her neighborhood and took out her cellphone camera ""she began to record their activitiesshot and killed and her phone taken" gantt says the two suspects were already in in custody for two separate crimes, when help from witnesses linked them to salamon's muder "from that one witnesses information

police say judy salamon was shot is kill after using her cell phone to record the two men committing a crime in her neighborhood. the two men are charged with a special iraq of committing a murder during the course of a robbery. >>> a area will continue anybody rating in the trial of a supervisor charged with peeping into a neighbor's window. supervisor efren carrillo testified yesterday that he was helping to have sex with the woman who he barely knew. he blamed a mix of arrogance and alcohol for the behavior but the 33-year-old denied ever peeping into her apartment and said he broke a window when he tried to knock on it and efren carrillo was arrested dressed only in underwear and socks. >> developing news from an east bay school district where parents are put on alert. someone is using a popular social networking site to make a frightening request of students. amy hollyfield is in pleasanton with more on this story. amy? >> parents say they don't fowl like their kids would fall for this but they are going for have a conversation with them. this is happening on instagram and the s

two suspects are now in custody, charged with the murder of 66-year-old judy salamon investigators say, the two men were allegedly committing a crime in east oakland last july when they noticed salamon following them, recording their actions with her cellphone camera. police say, that's when they shot her to death. and 49ers linebacker aldon smith's alleged bomb threat at l-a-x. will not result in the l-a county district attorney's office. has sent the case the city attorney's office. for a possible misdemeanor charge. two suspects have been charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a milpitas hotel in january. police found 19 year old jesus granados with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the executive inn. after an investigation, detectives identified two suspects in the shooting as loyce edward weaver and robert edward ebertowsk, granados' death was the first homicide in milpitas this year. merced river to the weather center. >>: kids and dogs i guess. >>: storm tracker 4 on this friday morning. as you can see it we have lightperiod of ts now. we was a moment. but- they were

he and a 22-year-old were arrested last week after shooting 66-year-old judy salamon after she recorded them in a cell phone committing a crime. floyd drove the get away car. not be arraigned until later this week. >>> parts of the south wake up to splintered homes and others looked for survivors after another day of deadly tornadoes. 11 people died yesterday and a number is expected to rise as crews make their way through the disaster zones. >> stunned by the devastation and bracing for more people who live in the path of deadly tornadoes in the south and lower midwest feel the fury of the first outbreak. >> a roaring freight train for 20 or 30 seconds and after that, it was calm. >> 20 people cross four states have been killed and the twisters leveled homes and ripped communities. >> this is where i grew up and all the houses are my family's houses. they are gone. you never think it will happen to you. until it does. keep news your prayers. >> arkansas was hardest hit and here is the storm path tearing through neighborhoods out of little rock and this woman rescued her parents from th

the victim, 66-year-old judy salamon used her phone to film them committing a crime. then she followed them in her car. minutes later, they turned open her. she was dead. >> it is really sad that it wound up costing her her life. this is just so horrible. she was very adamant about justice and things being right. >> after judy's murder, the neighborhood paid for private security guards and crime has gone down. >>> tonight, all the thieves running around stealing people's cell phones should be thanking the california state senate. in san francisco, two out of every three rob roys aboved a cell phone. in oakland, 75%. but today, the senate voted down a bill that would have required cell phone makers to install a kill switch so people could disable stolen phones. the bill's sponsor blames the influence of big corporations. >> unfortunately, the industry which, just stating a fact here, makes tens of billions of dollars annually replacing lost and stolen phones and makes $8 billion selling you and me insurance, just in case we get robbed. so if that in fact goes away, the

the victim was 66-year-old judy salamon. police say she used her cell phone to record the suspects committing a crime in her mention well park neighborhood and then followed them in her car and minutes later she was killed. >> it's really sad that it wound up costing her, her life. it's just so horrible. she was very adamant about justice and things being right. >> after salamon's murder, neighbors raised money to pay for private security guards and people say crime has gone down. >>> happening today, an 84-year- old man is due in court to face accusations that he tried to shoot and kill a doctor inside a daly city medical building. kpix 5 reporter joe vazquez went to find out what may have set him off. >> there is a bullet that was just a few feet from our office. >> reporter: shirley sneed took this photo of the bullet hole in the second floor hallway of the serramonte medical building where she works for a cardiologist. >> what happened? >> not good. >> reporter: one day after a single gunshot forced the s.w.a.t. team to

. >> the way judy salamon died it was difficult for people to understand. >> it appeared that she saw a crime and was trying to be a good samaritan and she was killed. >> she was a good lady and she should have called 911 in the situation. >> it is a difficult situation and trying to call the police and sometimes they don't respond quickly. >> opd is under staff. there is not enough officers to patrolling so that does mean it is up to the citizens to be the eyes and the ears. >> things like suspicious cars or car thefts and that sort of things, that's how we communicate. >> signs along the streets communicate a clear warning that neighbors are takinger into their own hands. >> i guess there is this type of fear among the people here, i think we have to step forward and, you know, if you witness something, tough come forward. >> i know a number of neighborhoods have hired private security guards and there is been some talk in the neighborhood to do something like that. >> they probably jump at the chance if there is somebody that was actually doing something to be kind of vigilant >> s

. >> the way judy salamon died it was difficult for people to understand. >> it appeared that she saw a crime and was trying to be a good samaritan and she was killed. >> she was a good lady and she should have called 911 in the situation. >> it is a difficult situation and trying to call the police and sometimes they don't respond quickly. >> opd is under staff. there is not enough officers to patrolling so that does mean it is up to the citizens to be the eyes and the ears. >> things like suspicious cars or car thefts and that sort of things, that's how we communicate. >> signs along the streets communicate a clear warning that neighbors are takinger into their own hands. >> i guess there is this type of fear among the people here, i think we have to step forward and, you know, if you witness something, tough come forward. >> i know a number of neighborhoods have hired private security guards and there is been some talk in the neighborhood to do something like that. >> they probably jump at the chance if there is somebody that was actually doing something to be kind of vigilant >> s

dock walker, the 22-year-old and 24-year-old have been arrested for the murder of a 66-year-old judy salamont and killed after she recordedded two men committing a crime if her neighborhood and are charmed with the special circumstance of committing a murder during the course of a robbery. >> a sonoma county supervisor championed with peeping into a neighbor's window. efren carrillo shipped to have sex with the woman he barely knew and blamed a mix of arrogance and alcohol for the behavior and the 33-year-old denied peeping into her apartment and the decision could turn on that. he claimed he broke a window screen to her bedroom and was arrested dressed only in underwear and socks. >> a san jose state football is identified as suffering second-degree burns in an apartment fire on wednesday night. he is from martinez and sedated at a hospital burn ward with been over 0 percent of -- over 20 percent of his body. he was sleeping in a back room when the fire broke out. the football coach says the injuries are limited to his skin and will probably be in the hospital for a while but it is not a ma

. >> reporter: when friends found out what judy salamon did right before her death, they weren't surprisedhe was very at amount about justice and things -- she was very adamant about justice and things being right. >> reporter: that's one of the reasons her fairfax neighbors were so shocked. now nine months after the murder they may finally know how it happened. police say judy saw something illegal going on so she took out her cell phone and started recording. then she followed the men here to fern street. when they noticed judy was on to them, police say mario floyd and stephon lee stopped, shot and killed the 66-year-old. >> i would say that she was a brave lady. i think she was a brave lady. uhm, i just think that she should have maybe called 911 in this situation. >> it's really sad that it, uhm, wound up costing her, her life. that's just so horrible. >> reporter: if you look for silver linings, judy's friend joel says here's one. ever since her death, neighbors have been paying a private security guard one of judy's goals. she tried protecting the neighborhood in her life's final mo

the victim was 66-year-old judy salamon. police say she used her cell phone to record the suspects committing a crime in the maxwell park neighborhood and followed them in her car. minutes later she was killed. >> it's really sad that it cost her, her life. that's so horrible. she was very adamant about justice and things being right. >> after salamon's murder, neighbors raised money to pay for private security guards and some tell kpix 5 crime has gone down. >>> the state senate has voted down a proposal to require a kill switch on smartphones. proponents say phones should come enabled with it so they can deter theft. it would let owners remotely lock and disable stolen phones. this comes as the rate of cell phone theft has soared to two out of every three robberies in san francisco and 75% in oakland. the bill sponsor mark leno blames corporate influence for the defeat. the senate will take it up again next week. >>> lots of bay area tech workers are about to get a big chunk of change. google, apple intel and adobe have ag

the victim was 66-year-old judy salamon. police say she used her cell phone to record the suspects committing a crime in her maxwell park neighborhood, followed them in her car and they killed her. >> it's sad that it wound up costing her, her life. that's just so horrible. she was very adamant about justice and things being right. >> after salamon's murder, neighbors raised money to pay for private security guards and some tell kpix 5 crime has gone down. >>> now to some developing news. authorities say they have arrested a big timex can drug cartel member operating right out of the silicon valley. they say he ran a multi-million dollar meth business much like a fortune 500 company. kpix 5's keit do live at the san jose federal courthouse now. kiet, this guy was a major drug distributor and he got busted. >> reporter: yeah. this was a huge operation two years in the making worth millions of dollars and they arrested 18 people. a lot of them will be arraigned here at federal court in downtown san jose, in particular this man