there was a stand off, maurice ainsworth was eventually arrested.s craig telless us, it situation could have been worst. >> reporter: police say maurice ainsworth was there for a medical scan and he overpowered his guard. >> the inmate was being cuffed up by the deputy and he took advantage and punched the deputy in a fight. he fled, they fought again, he managed to take her taser and tase the deputy, while the deputy was down he took her gun and fired a round. and then he fled. >> reporter: a three hour man hunt fired. he forced his way into a local pre-school. demanding keys to a car. he fled without the car was police approached. he entered another home taking hostages. finally at 4:30 he gave himself up. >> s.w.a.t. members were able to capture him inside the home. he was not expecting us to be there. he was surprised as well. they were ready for any time of confrontation. >> kidnapping and extortion with a trial set for january, new charges are expected within a couple of days. the deputy has been treated and release. >> one of the most tense m

and once again, maurice ainsworth is in custody in santa cruz. reporting live, rob fladeboe, kron 4 news powerhous >> and people are calling 911 from their cellphones as kate thompson reports. and with more cellphone users there no longer being overwhelmed. >> for the several years, the state's 911 the system could not keep up with millions of cell phone calls. 2007, 42 percent, nearly $5 million found themselves being put on hold or getting a busy signal. -5 million people, now, only 5%, or, 470,000 people. >> and the debate. , 911 cell phone calls were here to the chp office in vallejo. and often, they have to wait several minutes for the operators. >> initially, there were directed from a cellphone to a c h p. now, is to go directly to them which will save time. >> and if you use your cell phone to call at 911? your dispatcher will help you and how it used to work? dial 911, it will be gone to vallejo, to the chp office and the would answer it, i figure it out for you need to go in and transfer your call back to san francisco. >> the bay area,

this photograph, description, a 24 year-old maurice ainsworth. 6 ft., 7 in., 27 and to the have any better idea of where this gentleman might be? >> they think that he could be in a home in an english drive. i'm on the corner of prospect/burke and. and police have set up a command post at prospect and burton. and k-9 unit, and english drive is one block west of where i am. around the corner and a similar setup is around the other corner. police surrounding this particular corner are advising residents to evacuate. and i spoke with one michael white team and he said that this family got a reverse 911 call waiting. >> our research error reverse 911 call that was an armed, they dove-reverse 911 call and the the was a out, on >> and tested them out there for the 1.5 hours looking for this person. >> i have heard that there were shots fired. >> and we did know that there was one shot fired. and was a service weapon from a security guard but no injuries. this transpired it will:30 the deputy was taking the suspect to the hospital. and with the amount of equipment, and the police it looks as if t

maurice ainsworth kicked down the door at the day care. his 2 1/2-year-old son and dozens of other children inside. >> his boots still there. i'd rather have him. >> reporter: trying to escape authorities say the nearly 300-pound, 6'7" man wanted keys for a getaway car. he never got them. he took off on foot. >> he's known to us. >> reporter: serving time for a string of burglaries, he was being transported from santa cruz county jail to dominican hospital to get medical attention. it's located around the corner from the day care. authorities say the inmate was all alone, with just one female deputy, when he overpowered her. >> took the deputy's taser, tased her, then took the deputy's handgun, then fired in the direction of a bystander and fled into the area. >> reporter: immediately the hospital, along with nearby harbor high school, went on lockdown. >> everybody was pretty scared. but we were safe inside the hospital. so that was good. >> reporter: is it typical to have one deputy transporting one inmate? >> sometimes, yes. i'm not pre

that they are safe and everybody is safe and it's just the guy. >> reporter: again, the guy, maurice ainsworth was taken into custody about an hour ago. we saw him as he was being taken away. he appeared to be physically okay. investigators say ainsworth is scheduled to start a three-year state prison term soon. the sheriff's deputy is being treated for the taser shot as well as for a bike wound. live in santa cruz, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we are learning more tonight about an officer- involved shooting in napa. an officer has been stationed all day outside the home of the man killed yesterday, 16-year- old richard pockia. police describe him as possible suicidal. witnesses say he appeared compliant, though when he emerged from his home. it's what happened next that is under investigation. >> i heard a scream which i believe was him from the taser and then i heard the pop right away, loud, loud pop. sounded like an m80 going off. >> police are not saying what prompted the shooting. the investigation is being handled by the napa county sheriff's department. poccia reportedly had

we have a photograph, as the description, a 24 year-old maurice ainsworth. 6 ft., 7 in., and kron 4's rob fladeboe. what is happening, rob? >> imac the court and of burton, a prospect. it is been quite a scene-i am on the corner of burton and prospect. and with neighbors and the swat team member. moving in with a canine unit. and writer around the corner near english drive which is where the suspect was holding up for a while, i spoke with demand, three doors down and there were requested to stay. in and finally, the suspect may, may not be in that house. these swat team members are pour into all of these neighborhoods. through the school, and north of the dominican hospital the east side of the freeway. catherine? >> and we're looking and rob, we are thinking that he has used a taser:a female deputy? >> yes, he is ferry large, 6 ft., 7 in. to 7 5 lbs.. it- very large, and he was being transported to dominican hospital for a medical treatment. and he overpowered the deputy, got a hold of her service weapon. and we he did fire a shot, possibly at a security guard and somebody else. we

the incident came to an end in the past two hours as officers captured maurice ainsworth in a home in santa cruz could he had escaped around noon today after arriving at the hospital where he was scheduled to have an mri. they say that ainsworth attacked a deputy and shot her with her own taser. >> he punched her and fought with her. >> he stole the deputies handgun and nearby schools were put on lockdown. >>> now to the northbay where police shot and killed a man who may have been suicidal. two witnesses were questioning whether the shooting was justified. officers responded in east napa. a woman had called 911 worried that her husband would take his own life. police say they convinced him to, aside but said he became confrontational. witnesses tell ktvu a different story. >> i watched him come out of the house. he raised his arms up. >> police say one officer shot him with a taser while another filed a rifle. they say that he was a psychiatric nurse suffering from post-dramatic stress syndrome. >>> richard goldman, a philanthropist who spent his life in the bay area has died. jana k

over iran left >> the manhunt is now over, maurice ainsworth. he was a script by being transported for a medical procedure. ricky coverage beginning with kron 4's rob fladeboe was live in santa cruz. rob? >> correct, this has lasted over four hours. and with 25-30 minutes taken into custody. he was held up into a home on english drive for the amount of four hours. and dan, from the sheriff's department what can you tell us? to the of hostages? >> no. perhaps initially, he had. >> and he was taken to the hospital was over taken a deputy? >> yes, the deputy transported timber from the jail, to the end dominican hospital for an mri. and he was able to overpower the deputy, and fought and fled on foot of the perimeter of a hospital. and they fought again any took off the deputy's taser, had gone. and with a female by standard and fled into a neighborhood. >> and why did he choose this house on english avenue? >> i do not know why he chose this particular house. to the still love this taser? >> he had a fire arm. --did he still have that taser? am i

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. >> reporter: that guy, 24-year- old maurice ainsworth, has been taken into custody. we understand that he is being questioned right now. we don't know how long he'll be here. two schools nearby were in lockdown as well as a number of people who were evacuated in the neighborhood. they have all been told they can go home so looks as though as this situation is clearing up right now. we will have more details a little bit later. live in santa cruz, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it is not the news federal workers want to hear. president obama today proposed a two-year freeze of their pay and said more cuts could be in the future. ktvu's alabama spoke with -- allie rasmus spoke with people who would be affected here. she is live in san francisco with more. >> reporter: we are outside the federal building in san francisco and this is where members of the federal government employees union in san francisco typically meet. union members have one of their regularly scheduled meetings here tomorrow night and there's little doubt that president obama's proposal will b

. >> maurice ainsworth, an inmate with a history of violence towards police, also had a definite size advantage. he's 6 feet 7" and 275 pounds, nearly 150 pounds heavier. >> she's very committed to her job and i commend her for that. >> reporter: investigators say ainsworth had been getting an mri at dominican hospital when he punched the deputy in the face when she was trying to shackle him in the x-ray center. the fight continued outside where ainsworth bit the deputy and then grabbed her taser and tased her in her face. he took her gun and ran off. >> we're on lockdown. a man with a weapon came in. >> reporter: police said ainsworth ran to a nearby preschool where he put a gun to a teacher's head, demanding her keys. parents frantically went to pick up their kids. >> it did happen anywhere, any day. scary. >> the inmate broke into a house. the woman somehow escaped. after three hours, officers arrested ainsworth. now, he says the deputy will return to work when s's ready to go. he wants her to be 100%. nbc bay area news. >>> a traumatic high school hostage standoff is over in north

ainsworth was arrested this afternoon. we're now being told he was found inside of a home that was vacant. an army of law enforcement agents surrounded this neighborhood looking for maurice