>>sandy sanchez/victim's aunt-- why must they shoot to kill. his life was just beginning at only 18 years old. now i have to bury my son. (crying) >> vicki:an east bay student, overseas for an internship, killed when islamic militants took over a bakery in bangladesh last week. today, her friends and others paid tribute to the student at a special vigil. kron four's terisa estacio. tells us what we are learning about the student and how this is causing some students to question their safety while abroad. (crying) >> reporter: kroll with more than 100 came here to pay their respects and talk to one another. >> i felt so connected to hard. to hear what everyone had to say about her. -- i felt connected to her >> reporter: father was outside the bay agreed during the 11th hour stand off hoping that his daughter would be scared. --sparred >>she was just sad. >> reporter: she came to berkeley in 2013 and wanted to major in economics. in briarcliff terisa asuncion kron 4 news. -- in berkeley, terisa and ss cl. estacio, kron4news >>hillary! hillary! h

. >> a heartbroken sandy sanchez breaks down and sobs while talking about the death of her 18-year-old son, anthony nunez. >> i come home to -- he's no longer with us. >> sanchez says she was out of town when she got a call that nunez had shot himself grazing his head with the bullet. >> for whatever reason, he was really sad. he was very depressed. i don't know why. >> sanchez told her family to call 911. >> san jose police chief eddie garcia says moments later two officers showed up. >>

. >> a heartbroken sandy sanchez breaks down and sobs while talking about the death of her 18-year-old son, anthony nunez. >> i have to bury my son. bury my son. >> she said she was out of town when she got a call this nunez had shot himself, grazing his head with the bullet. z>> for whatever rb, he was really add. he was very depressed. i don't know why. >> sanchez told her family to call 911. san jose police chief andy garcia says moments later, two officers showed up. >> officers began approaching the residence at which point, the subject e mernl frd the house with a handgun. >> garcia said the officers retreated and pleaded with nunez to drop the gun while he continued going in out of the house. zpl at one point, the suspect finally emerged and began pointing a weapon in a threatening manner. >> that's when officers fired at him, killing him, but she says he didn't have a gun. >> he took the gun out of his hands and went to go hide it somewhere. zpl police agree nunez was unarmed at some point, but says he had reacquired the gun near his body. the officers involved in the shooting

. >> my son is gone. [ crying ] >> reporter: her words, her emotion convey the hurt sandy sanchez isling. it was late on monday afternoon when san jose police were called to the house because someone inside was despondent. it was the 18-year-old nunez who had grazed his head when police say he pointed a handgun at his head. >> the officers were approaching on scene and the subject came out of the resident and the officers did not want to force a confrontation which is why they retreated and why in these instances quite frankly time is on our side and they wanted to slow it down and they did a good job of doing that. >> reporter: officers spent 14 minutes trying to convince him to give himself up. when nunez pointed the gun at officers, two officers with rifles across the street shot him and he died later at the hospital. >> why couldn't they taser him or do something and why have to shoot to kill? why? >> reporter: as they mourn, relatives of the popular young man are hearing from neighbors they believe nunez was not armed and the neighbors would not answer the door. >> how do me kno

sot sandy sanchez/victim's aunt --i do not understand why every time a has to be a tragic incident. >> steve: new at eight. the fifth of the july is typically the busiest day of the year for animal shelters. and, this year is no county animal services. >> steve: today, animal services says there were long lines all day. with people looking for or bringing in stray dogs and cats who got spooked by the independence day fireworks last night. >> steve: animal services says on an average day, the in-take of stray pets is 25. but today, 49 dogs and cats were brought in. return to >>sot- "32 dogs actually, and 17 cats. and, those numbers are down slightly from last year. last year, we brought feel that the reason for the reduced numbers is that we closed our night deposit boxes in february of this year, so that avenue of in-take for us was closed off. so, its not surprising to us that our numbers were slightly lower from last year. but still, it's a very big day for us." >> steve: if your pet ran away during the fireworks last night in contra costa county. contact animal services immediately

. >> a heartbroken sandy sanchez breaks down and sobs while talking about the death of her 18-year-old son, anthony nunez. >> i come home to -- he's no longer with us. >> sanchez says she was out of town when she got a call that nunez had shot himself grazing his head with the bullet. >> for whatever reason, he was really sad. he was very depressed. i don't know why. >> sanchez told her family to call 911. >> san jose police chief eddie garcia says moments later two officers showed up. >> officers ghabegan approachin the residence and the subject came out with a handgun. >> garcia says the officers retreated and pleaded with nunez to drop the gun while he continued going in and out of the house. >> at one point the subject finally emerged and began pointing the weapon in a threatening manner. >> that's when officers fired at nunez killing him. but sanchez says her son didn't have a gun at the time. >> he said he saw him with a gun in his hands. he put the gun out of his hands and went to hide it somewhere. >> police agree nunez was unarmed at some point but says he had reacquired the g