his name, the suspects, ricardo moreno. the students were 21-year-old eric otokawa and his girlfriend 20-year-old kristina pandula both shot execution-style. it was two days later on october 10 neighbors in the hillsdale area reported a man, moreno, walking with only shorts on carrying a gun. police found him walking near narvaez and felt he threatened them. one officer fired several shots killing him. the handgun they found on him matched the double homicide just two days earlier. >> we have subsequently been able to confirm that the firearm that ricardo moreno was holding was the weapon used to kill the two san jose state students. the district attorney reviewed that case yesterday and concluded that they would have filed murder charges against ricardo moreno if he was alive. >> reporter: as for the motive, police believe that one of the victims, otokawa, was selling marijuana and methamphetamines to moreno and at this point, that's the only connection that they have. since october 8 there have been two more homicides, th

. >> reporter: that man is ricardo moreno and they quickly linked him to the former san jose state students. >> we have been able to determine the firearm ricardo moreno was holding was what killed the two students. >> reporter: the and otoca wa lived in the same dorm and otoca wa was majoring in engineering. they suspect the killing may be connected to a drug deal. the slayings mark a rise in crime in san jose. so far this year, 37 murders, compare that to 20 all last year. police don't attribute the increase to fewer officers. the department is operating with 300 fewer officers than four years ago is definitely not helping. >> i'm here to tell you, we're at rock bottom. at 1100, as low as i ever want to see us go. >> reporter: police provided evidence and would have recommended murder charges if moreno was still alive. nbc bay area news. >>> it was a big day on capital hill, not because of the economy or jobs but progress stemming from san bruno. senator barbara boxer continued the fight to make gas lines saver. she described what happened in san bruno last year as an absolute horror. vic

the head. >> police announced a student at san jose state majoring in psychology, 23-year-old ricardo moreno was responsible for the murders. >> i'm just really shocked. i can't believe it was a student. i really thought it was someone outside. >> police said they kill moreno when he pointed a gun at an officer. it was the very gun that was used to kill the students. >> the officers did the appropriate thing. >> san jose state officials say between january and may of this year they lived in the same dorm campus village. >> we deal with the loss of the two lives, our campus remains safe. >> police say they now believe his motives to kill his friends involved drugs. >> in dealing or using them. we have evidence that shows that he knew eric and communicated with eric and they party together. >> people live near where the murder happened they are relieved that the killer is not on the loose. >> now i know more about the situation, it's not like people getting shot, innocent people. it's drug related. >> police believe that moreno only killed christy that she was eric's girlfriend and she was a v

the man police killed is a 23-year-old ricardo moreno. police say the weapon he used to threaten officer was the same gun that killed a former san jose state students. they were gunned down, execution style just two days before the officer-involved shooting. police believe motive there was drugs. >> either dealing or using with him z we have evidence that shows that he knew eric, that he communicated with eric. and that they partied together and likely either he used with him or bought from him, or, we're still working through details. and that is the tie. >> and officials confirmed they both lived in the same dorm, campus village from january to may of this year. and police believe christina was targeted because she was eric's girm friend. the university president is sending out an e mail expressing sympathy and reassuring students the campus is safe and though police did not know when they shot and killed ricardo moreno he was a suspect in this double homicide the police chief tells me that that shooting was absolutely justified and he

police today said a man with a handgun killed by police, ricardo moreno is the person investigators believed murdered two students on third street near the san jose state campus two days earlier. >>> we have subsequently been able to confirm that the firearm that ricardo moreno was holding was the weapon used to kill the two san jose state students. >> reporter: police say they have a possible motive. >> the victim at the third street address was selling narcotics. the person that was killed on hillsdale was a user and purchaser. >> reporter: back live on ross circle, they are looking for two men who killed the teenager. the only clues they were seen driving off in a white late model volkswagen jetta. >>> it appears in and out may be pulling out of their plans to open a restaurant in pleasanthill. the proposed restaurant would have been located on north main street. city officials tell ktvu the company did not give any specific reasons for possibly pulling out. near by homeowners have protested the plans saying it would cause heavy traffic and unwanted noise. the chain still plans to open a

linked to the students' deaths. >> we have subsequently been able to confirm that the firearm that ricardo moreno was holding was the weapon used to kill the two san jose state students. >> police later confirmed the district attorney would have pressed murder charges against moreno if he was still alive. >>> san jose suffered its 38th homicide this year when a teen was killed right in front of his mother's house. police say two hooded men walked up to 18-year-old hansel perez near cambrian park last night and shot him. no word of arrests. it's believed to be gang- related. >>> a battle at richmond city hall. not a political battle, an actual fistfight involving two rival gangs. despite several witnesses, there are a lot of unanswered questions tonight. ann notarangelo at city hall and ann, we're hearing that alleged gang members were getting paid by the city? >> reporter: yeah. it's a program that they are trying to implement to reduce gang violence but friday afternoon, there were several 911 calls that came in about a fight that was taking place on the third floor of the building behind me. it

they say 23-year-old ricardo moreno shot and killed two recent sjsu students on december 8. moreno was shot to death during a confrontation with police two days later. >>> word of a tanker fire. elizabeth has the latest. >> this is just coming in on our chp reports. a gas truck apparently in flames right now several other cars are also involved. so it sounds like all lanes are blocked right now southbound 101 rate there past the 80 split. so if you are coming off the bay bridge, again this is likely going to impact traffic for a while. in fact, chp just sent out an alert to tell drivers to avoid the area. it sounds like one person is trapped. this is going to be a big problem for the morning commute including the folks heading towards the bay bridge, so again this is traffic heading into san francisco. so we are going to watch this, again just coming in to the cbs 5 newsroom. elsewhere, the san mateo bridge if you're looking for an alternate this looks great all the way out of hayward towards the peninsula no issues here in either direction. and 880 is fine as well past the c

--ricardo moreno, de 23 aÑos de edad, fue baleado por un agente quien investigaba reportes de un sujetohillsdale" el lunes de la semana pasada. ---moreno, conoci a la pareja cuando los 3 estudiaban en la universidad y se cree que el doble asesinato estuvo relacionado con drogas. cu ---en lo que va del aÑo, ya han ocurrido 6 incidentes... take vo ...en los que agentes de la policia de san jos, han disparado en contra de alguna persona. ---hoy, el jefe de policia de esa ciudad, sali a defender las acciones de sus sub-alternos en una ola de violencia, que afecta a la ciudad y que se ha recrudecido. ---en total, ya se han cometido 38 asesinatos en la ciudad, esta es la cifra mas alta desde 1997. sot josé garcía dice: "hemos visto un incremento de violencia en contra de oficiales, ya sea, violencia fisica o violencia a nivel mortal." vo ---aunque a mediados de aÑo, el departamento se vio obligado a despedir a mas de 60 agentes por falta de presupuesto, la entidad policiaca, dice no tener pruebas que esto, haya causado un incremento de la delincuencia. cu ---en san francisco, esta noche se pr

. >> we have subsequently been able to confirm that the firearm that ricardo moreno was holding was used to kill two san jose state students. >> police confirmed that the district attorney would have pressed for murder charges against ricardo moreno had he survived an officervolved officer-involved shooting. >>> a killing has its roots in an ugly incident in reno that left a hells angels member dead. len ramirez has the back story. >>> reporter: it is common in a murder case for the suspect to be on the run or to take off but what's very unusual in this case is that the suspect vanished in the midst of thousands of people and now police aren't sure if he is dead or alive. the manhunt is for this man, 38- year-old steven ruiz a patch- wearing validated member of the san jose chapter of the hells angels. >> at this point, mr. ruiz is missing. >> reporter: ruiz was reportedly blamed for a security lapse around chapter president jeffrey jethro pettigrew who was murdered last month in nevada. police say ruiz was beaten up by fellow members of the club when he showed up at pettigrew's funeral

ricardo moreno was fatally shot by an officer after threatening police with a gun. tests have determined the same gun what used two days earlier in the y style killing of eric otokawa and his girlfriend kristina pandula. >> they were both shot in the back of the head. it was an extremely brutal crime scene. >> the motive is still unclear. moreno met otokawa while both lived in the same residence hall at san jose state. police say moreno had bought drugs from otokawa and they partied together. as for pandula, she was just a victim of circumstances. >>> we want to go back to the breaking news that we have been telling you about. there is a massive big rig fire that's just been put out but it shut down the southbound lanes of 101. >> the commute is a mess. anne makovec is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: you guys, it's very loud here. a lot of emergency vehicles, caltrans vehicles, tow trucks, and what not. we're expecting to get more information in about 10 minutes. but what i can tell now is a little different than what we reported. the latest i have h

it was 23-year-old ricardo moreno. officers ordered him to puts the gun down. instead, he cocked it and made a threatening move. they got a big break in the case. >> we have subsequently been able to confirm that the firearm that ricardo was holding was the weapon used to kill the two san jose state students. >> they went to san jose state, spent time together at this campus dorm. and that he sold meth and marijuana too and used the drugs with moreno. once more, christina, an aspiring nurse was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> she is his girlfriend and i think she got caught. i honestly think that is more a victim of circumstances. >> he was a good kid. a good guy. >> daniel was close friends with him and met the shooter several times. just said it's all shocking. >> i would be upset to have eric be the guy that was the bad guy in this. because he wasn't a bad guy. >> and given the the strength of the evidence, the da would have charged him with a double homicide. >>> thank you. >>> the chaos that erupted at a hell's angels funeral in san jose pitted an

it was 23-year-old ricardo moreno. officers ordered him to put the gun down.y say he cocked it, made a threatening move, that's when officers shot and killed him. the crime lab tested the gun and got their big break in the case. >> we have subsequently been able to confirm that the firearm that ricardo was holding was the weapon used to kill the two san jose state students. >> detectives say they went to san jose state, spent time together at this campus dorm, and he sold meth and marijuana and used the drugs with moreno. once more, christina, an aspiring nurse was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> she is his girlfriend and i think she got caught. i honestly think she is more a victim of circumstances. >> he was a good kid. a good guy. >> daniel was close friends and met the shooter several times. says it's all shocking. >> i would be upset to have eric be the guy who was the bad guy in this. because he wasn't a bad guy. >> and given the strength of the evidence, the district attorney says had moreno been captured alive, he would have faced a double hom

ricardo moreno was shot and killed on october 10 after threatening police. the same gun was use today with days earlier in the execution- style killings of eric otokawa and his girlfriend, kristina pandula. >> they were both shot in the back of the head. it was an extremely brutal crime scene. >> the motive is still unclear. moreno did meet otokawa while they both lived in the same residence hall and police say moreno had bought drugs from otokawa and they partied together. as for the woman, investigators say she was an unfortunate victim of circumstance. >>> san jose police chief chris morris defending the department's handling of a shooting at a funeral for a local hells angels leader. he says attendees including potential witnesses were all allowed to leave oak hill memorial park to prevent additional confrontations. police are still searching for the shooting suspect believed to be 38-year-old steven ruiz, this man. investigators believe other hells angels members blamed ruiz for failing to protect jethro pettigrew, who was murdered last month at a nevad

on october 10th an officer fatally shot 23-year-old ricardo moreno. police say he pointed his gun at officers and one of them fired killing him. they say that same gun was used two days earlier to kill eric kenso and cristina lynne at their apartment in san jose. police say otokawa sold drugs to moreno. all three had been in the same dorm at san jose state. >>> 32-year-old kumar was identified as shot and killed by officers. after tasers didn't stop him. >>> wildlife rescuers descended on wild parks today looking for an injured hawk. they say a $5,000 reward is being offered leading to the conviction of the person responsible. >>> and wild rescue is asking anyone who sees the bird to go to its website and report the location. you can navigate to the site under web links at ktvu.com. >>> it raced through the oakland hills, 20 years later ktvu investigates what's changed since the oakland hills ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplic

on october 10th an officer fatally shot 23-year-old ricardo moreno.olice say he pointed his gun at officers and one of them fired killing him. they say that same gun was used two days earlier to kill eric kenso and cristina lynne at their apartment in san jose. police say otokawa sold drugs to moreno. all three had been in the same dorm at san jose state. >>> 32-year-old kumar was identified as shot and killed by officers. after tasers didn't stop him. >>> wildlife rescuers descended on wild parks today looking for an injured hawk. they say a $5,000 reward is being offered leading to the conviction of the person responsible. >>> and wild rescue is asking anyone who sees the bird to go to its website and report the location. you can navigate to the site under web links at ktvu.com. >>> it raced through the oakland hills, 20 years later ktvu investigates what's changed since the oakland hills fires and why the hills are still at risk. >>> plus a plane that will never take flight. -- plus an aircraft interior that will never take flight. how it's helping

police shoteiñ 23-year-old ricardo moreno. he studied psychology at san jose state.lice say the weapon he used to threaten an officer was the same gun used to kill former san jose students kristina pandula and eric otokawa. they were gunned down execution-style two days before police shot more reno police say all three apparently knew each other from school. >> the connection that we have between the three individuals as we know at one point they were in the same dorm at san jose state. we believe based on the information we have that's how they met. >> police believe the motive for the killings was a drug deal gone bad between the two young men. investigators say k was a victim of circumstance. >>> this morning, sounds of apple workers will gather to pay tribute to steve jobs. the ceremony will take place at the company's cupertino headquarters. many apple stores will be closed interest 10 to 11:30 so employees can watch a webcast of the tribute. he died object 5th, after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. today's memorial will be rebroadcast later in the day s

they say her boyfriend was selling drugs to ricardo moreno, the man who eventually shot both of them.s killed by police on october 10th on hillside avenue. they found him after responding report to a man walking in the area with a gun and no clothing. >>> 5:19 right now. even though the summer is over, the fire danger hasn't gone away. starting today crews will be performing controlled burns across 800 acres of the big basin state park. it's slated to last for several days. officials say people shouldn't worry if they see smoke rising in the area. state and county fire agencies will be taking part in that burn. >>> the family of a man who died after oakland police arrested him will be getting a big payout from the city of oakland. oakland city leaders agreed to pay $1.7 million to the family of jerry amaro iii yesterday. he was arrested on suspicion of trying to buy drugs from undercover officers in east oakland back in 2000. the family's lawsuit claims officers used excessive force breaking five of his ribs and cutting his left lung. about a month later he died of pneumonia caused by

they say the suspect is 23-year- old ricardo moreno.tally shot by officers on october 10th. police say he pointed his gun at officers and one of the officers took aim and killed him. they say the same gun was used two days earlier in the execution-style killing of eric and christina. the three lived in the same dorm room together. police say the two men had a drug deal that went bad. and san jose police also identified kumer as the man shot and killed by officers this past sunday. police say they were investigating a report of a man acting suspiciously outside the parkside terrace apartments. police say two officers used their tasers before a third officer shot him after he refused to get out of a car. >>> 8:25. sal you've been increde -- incredibly busy delling -- telling everybody about the traffic mess he's had in san francisco and elsewhere. now we have a -- now we have a problem. it's always slow here. this morning it's still slow. we have fire crews in the second lane as well. traffic is backed up at least to the coliseum. even pe

. >>> san jose police say they have solved a double murder case. 23-year-old ricardo moreno they sayhot to death during a confrontation with police two days later. >>> and a second "occupy oakland" camp is set up this morning a few blocks from the original one. oakland officials say they support people's rights to protest. >>> we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. it is still a messy commute out there. southbound one within remains shut down at the 80 split. so -- 101 remains shut down at the 80 split so traffic is diverted to the central freeway. bay bridge people got the message they are avoiding the bay bridge tonight. it's delay-free approaching the pay gates and looks great all the way up to about treasure island. then do you start to slow. so again, you can use the bay bridge. you're just going to have to use detours. the 5th street on-ramp is backed up but fremont and ninth street exits are great option. south bay traffic out of downtown san jose, heavy in those northbound lanes of 280 out towards cupertino. that's traffic. here's