. >> a deputy sheriff is using a taser in this video. that is what the police commission is considering in a review of lethal force policies. the union released a radio spot after getting results of a survey which shows 68% of those polled supports arming officer was tasers. only 14% of the 500 san francisco voters surveyed said they'd opposed the control devices. 18% were not sure. our informal survey found similar views. >> i think it's taking too long to get them armed. >> hope to cut down shootings and definitely. >> police union president says the poll validates a position that all officers should be carrying tasers when possible, to lethal force. >> right now, sfpd go from a baton to bullet. >> so far, two of the seven have come out against tasers. the main argument being that they can result in medical emergencies and sudden death. the chief proposed a narrower policy, only select officers should be equipped with them. >> i believe that to go in with caution, see how it would go and how you can make it better. >> one hurdle is the

. >> a deputy sheriff is using a taser in this video. that is what the police commission is considering in a review of lethal force policies. the union released a radio spot after getting results of a survey which shows 68% of those polled supports arming officer was tasers. only 14% of the 500 san francisco voters surveyed said they'd opposed the control devices. 18% were not sure. our informal survey found similar views. >> i think it's taking too long to get them armed. >> hope to cut down shootings and definitely. >> police union president says the poll validates a position that all officers should be carrying tasers when possible, to lethal force. >> right now, sfpd go from a baton to bullet. >> so far, two of the seven have come out against tasers. the main argument being that they can result in medical emergencies and sudden death. the chief proposed a narrower policy, only select officers should be equipped with them. >> i believe that to go in with caution, see how it would go and how you can make it better. >> one hurdle is the

. >> i want to talk about-what is your position on tasers and use of tasers by the police department? >> my position is we need one more level of use of force before the officers use their fire arm. i have been through the taser debate twice. initially i didn't think it was a good idea and saw how the debate is frame jd narrowed and the chief made the recommendation that only used in circumstances with they deal with someone in a knife, not if a officer is taken by the street and fighting with them. i'm not a police officer but i heard from the expert squz listened to everybody and if you could find me one more item whether it is a net, a shield, a magic wand that put our officers in a position where they are safe and the public is safe that they don't have to use the fire arm then we should have it. if that is a taser that could be the answer. chief suhr put forward in a way that ges to extremely well trains cit senior officers so don't have to worry about patterns of abuse. tasers have a camera and caept wait for the cameras by the way. i have asked for cameras for years. i learned-

taser. taser. >> lay her down. let her go. >> don't move.'s the effects. five seconds. >> we want the guys to be able to function under any circumstance. you don't want anybody going home any other way than from the way they came. >> i just finished being sprayed with o.c. in the eye. o.c. in the mouth. and getting washed off. then getting tased. all in a day's work. i love my job. >>> sert training is put into action on a nearly daily basis at bear county. a code two. a major disturbance. requires the team to rush to the special observation unit. an inmate has been throwing chairs and trash throughout the day room. when they arrive the inmate has returned to his cell. >> look, look at the door! but since it is arnulfo guerra, the matter is far from closed. guerra has been at the center of several disturbances and is prone to frequent mood swings. they reached the peak one month earlier when he attempted to hang himself. and while staff no longer consider guerra suicidal, they continue to keep him under close observation. [ speaking in spani

he said he thought his gun was his taser. he now faces trial. tonight, new video of that reserve deputy, and what it might show. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: a raid on a suspected drug house. >> what'd i do? >> everything. >> reporter: in police body camera video obtained by "the frontier news," you can see former tulsa county reserve deputy robert bates, as he talks to the handcuffed suspect, he is shushed by a fellow deputy. >> what are you moaning about? what's hurting? >> huh? >> what's hurting? >> stop. stop. >> reporter: at this point, bates appears to have drawn both his taser and his handgun. significant, because just three weeks later -- >> stop, stop, stop. stop right there. >> reporter: -- bates would shoot and kill 44-year-old eric harris during an undercover sting. [ gunshot ] >> oh, i shot him. i'm sorry. >> oh, god. oh, he shot me. >> reporter: bates says he confused his gun and his taser. >> first and foremost, let me apologize to the family of eric harris. >> reporter: attorneys for the harris family say bates, a w

officers, and every time we have been turned down. >> it would seem to me that if we do not have tasers for whatever reason, and people feel that the police will overuse them, or they do not agree with the use of them, and if the only choice is beanbags and bullets, what is the likelihood of seeing this again ? >> unfortunately, the odds are pretty good. again, you can only do so much. we are pushing time and distance, and in some of these situations, it's just not possible. if the individual makes the decision to come at you, and i don't know few remember this that several months ago at eight rural road station a similar officer shooting occurred, the subject had a knife and advanced on the officer, and the officer was in full retreat, tripped and fell in the bushes, and had to fire and kill the subject because there was literally nothing else he could do. in a situation like that, there was nothing that that officer had that could have stopped that individual sort of shooting him. >> i have a feeling we will seek more of you because this is a debate that will be starting up again. >>>

he said he thought his gun was his taser. he now faces trial.ew video sheds light on the incident. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: a raid on a suspected drug house. >> what do i do? >> everything. >> reporter: in police body camera video obtained by the frontier news, you can see former reserve deputy robert bates as he talks to the handcuffed suspect he is sured by a fellow deputy. >> what are you plooning about? what's hurting? what's hurting? >> reporter: at this point, bates appears to have drawn both his taser and his handgun significant because just three weeks later. >> stop right here. stop right here. >> reporter: bates would shoot and kill 44-year-old eric harris during an undercover sting. >> i'm sorry. oh, god! oh, he shot me. >> reporter: bates says he confused his gun and his taser. apologize to the family of eric harris. >> reporter: attorneys for the harris family say bates, a wealthy local businessman, was too cozy with the former sheriff stanley glance, lacked required training and that this latest video problems he

he had no problem at all taking the taser. >> the taser has minimal effect. tries again. >> that whole time in the video when i'm on the front of him by his head, my taser's deployed in his upper chest area. >> this time the taser subdues the suspect and myers is able to get the cuffs on him. >> it seemed like it took forever for my backup to get there. in reality, i believe he was there within a minute. >> more officers arrive on the scene, and the fight is over for the moment. >> i walked him outside and and placed him in my police car. and i turned around to get my paperwork started, and then he kicked out the window. we had to taser him again. take him out of the police car and then shackle his legs. >> davis is transported to a local hospital where he's found to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol. >> a lot of times drugs have an influence on people, specifically cocaine and pcp can give them superhuman strength with a big adrenaline jump. >> he's charged with multiple offenses, including battery on a police officer, attempted armed robbery and r

it would allow officers to carry tasers and require that all officers be trained in crisis intervention each patrol car would have a defibrillator. a recent poll shows that 60% of san francisco voters approve of the tasers. >>> the first and next generation of new dungeness crab cars. it is the fleet of the future. -- bart cars . it is the fleet of the future. they will have air conditioning, an electronic map on the train wall and larger seating. it needs a lot more testing before it is put into service. >> we do 29 tests on the test track and then we do an additional 16 on our train line. we will do it at various speeds. >>bart hopes to put the first cars into service in december or january. they hope to have all 775 and service in another five years. >>> take a look at these pictures. it was a great day out at the beach. look what we found this afternoon. dolphins are swimming and splashing in the water and they are enjoying the water and the weather just like the rest of us.>>were going to hear from our meteorologist, mark tamayo right now if you walk -- we are going to hear from ou

next one is about tasers. what is your position on tasers? >> i think the suggestion that tasers is the sole answer to the situation we faind ourselves in, i don't agree with at all. i've been in a number of community meetings where there are different opinions on tasers. i committed to a process that ensures the policy is thoroughly vetted from all the community groups. i'm interested in what d.o.j.'s recommendation is. they'll let us know on friday when they'll let us know. i will say this, the department has put forward a policy that would have the most highly trained officers be given a taser. the suggestion in the policy is that a taser cannot be used except for a situation where it would be the last resort prior to leith force. those are questions we ask whether we believe that's a part of the engineering use of force. those are conversations that we're in the middle of. >> okay. two more topics. independent investigations. ifts wondering if you support the call to attorney office har to perform a -- >> i'm not a part of the conversatio

where are the tasers people? come on. every police department in the nation has them but you people won't do it. [inaudible] please shooting. the man couldn't speak english, the officers were violating the 21 feet rule. greg you know about that. he had to get 21 feet away from the assault. we violated that. [inaudible] we screwed that up, we really screwed that up. have a good evening. >> thank you, next speaker. [applause] >> i was hoping we would get tasers and there is a possibility we might now but if we have cameras at the same time that makes it a lot better. as far as the man speaking about crazy people and shock treatments and stuff, they have given them to me and it's horrendous and i don't think they should allow that. tasers thank you please because this is like satans work and he's getting away with murder. we don't need guns used on homeless people on the street. it is a sad case what we are doing here. i was going to tell you are story but i'll tell you later because i wanted to speak for homeless people, pe

they are subjected to being tasered. and they are tasered. can be put in on terry confine think. and they are for extended periods of time. and i am talking about being in a solitary cell for 23 hours a day. seven days a week. you are talking about food restrictions. so you are hungry, you are subject to tasering, solitary confinement, shackling, four-point and five-point restraints, all of the things that you can do to adults. >> stop. can i breathe? [ crying ] >> i can't breath! >> sit back. just relax . john doe 11, was arrested at 17 for robbery in 2010. he was sentenced to 29 months as an adult. he had been in prison about two months when he claims an older manifold him in to the shower. >> he come in there after me and i started trying to fight him but i was slipping and sliding everywhere. and he got the best of me. >> you couldn't fight him off anymore? >> huh-uh. and and if i could, i know i would have. i was just competed. simple as that. he got me. >> were you crying out while he was ranking you as well? >> yeah. i mean, i was scre

was it reasonable for him to have legitimately mistaken the taser for the gun? or on the other hand was that unreasonable and therefore culpable negligence. that is really going to be the jury deciding is this man in good faith when he says i honestly sincerely reasonably thought i was reaching for the taser and not a gun. they are going to decide that. >> 74 which is an issue for some. the jury is on the older side. it appears many appear to be over 40. they are also all white. >> that is right. there is some racial dynamic in the case. maybe not that pronounced. the other thing is that the defense is insinuating this is interesting and a mistake. they are saying he didn't necessarily die from a causation standpoint from what happened with the weapon. he had heart problems. that is what he died from. a number of problems with that. my understanding of the medical evidence in the case does not support that. the medical report -- >> lists heart conditions. >> doesn't say it was the cause of death. number two, trying a case is like being a football coach. seriousl

where are the tasers people? come on. every police department in the nation has them but you people won't do it. [inaudible] please shooting. the man couldn't speak english, the officers were violating the 21 feet rule. greg you know about that. he had to get 21 feet away from the assault. we violated that. [inaudible] we screwed that up, we really screwed that up. have a good evening. >> thank you, next speaker. [applause] >> i was hoping we would get tasers and there is a possibility we might now but if we have cameras at the same time that makes it a lot better. as far as the man speaking about crazy people and shock treatments and stuff, they have given them to me and it's horrendous and i don't think they should allow that. tasers thank you please because this is like satans work and he's getting away with murder. we don't need guns used on homeless people on the street. it is a sad case what we are doing here. i was going to tell you are story but i'll tell you later because i wanted to speak for homeless people, pe

. >> tasers once again drawing a packed house in san francisco. many have questions sfpd's use of force policy ever since the death of mario woods, the man who allegedly stabbed a prn and was holding a knife when officers shot and killed him back in december. in figure police chief greg sur proposed a laser taser program that would only provide them to specially trained officers. >> it takes training. it's a lesser of the two evils. >> it is still the use of force. over 900 people have died from tasers. >> no decision was made at tonight's meeting. >> new at 11:00, an emotional homecoming for the family of a prisoner of war. his flag draped casket was carried off a plane at sfo tonight. he was declared missing in action 65 years ago. tonight the final chapter for this war veteran is being written. cheryl hurd joins us from sfo with the stories. it's alwaystional sight when you see that. >> it is indeed. it's the dream a bay area family dreamed of and tonight that dream became a reality. >> to bring him home and have closure for our family, it's ve

next one is about tasers. what is your position on tasers? >> i think the suggestion that tasers is the sole answer to the situation we faind ourselves in, i don't agree with at all. i've been in a number of community meetings where there are different opinions on tasers. i committed to a process that ensures the policy is thoroughly vetted from all the community groups. i'm interested in what d.o.j.'s recommendation is. they'll let us know on friday when they'll let us know. i will say this, the department has put forward a policy that would have the most highly trained officers be given a taser. the suggestion in the policy is that a taser cannot be used except for a situation where it would be the last resort prior to leith force. those are questions we ask whether we believe that's a part of the engineering use of force. those are conversations that we're in the middle of. >> okay. two more topics. independent investigations. ifts wondering if you support the call to attorney office har to perform a -- >> i'm not a part of the conversatio

where are the tasers people? come on. every police department in the nation has them but you people won't do it. [inaudible] please shooting. the man couldn't speak english, the officers were violating the 21 feet rule. greg you know about that. he had to get 21 feet away from the assault. we violated that. [inaudible] we screwed that up, we really screwed that up. have a good evening. >> thank you, next speaker. [applause] >> i was hoping we would get tasers and there is a possibility we might now but if we have cameras at the same time that makes it a lot better. as far as the man speaking about crazy people and shock treatments and stuff, they have given them to me and it's horrendous and i don't think they should allow that. tasers thank you please because this is like satans work and he's getting away with murder. we don't need guns used on homeless people on the street. it is a sad case what we are doing here. i was going to tell you are story but i'll tell you later because i wanted to speak for homeless people, pe

you might remember back in february a limited taser program that would only provide tasers to especially trained officers. >>> there is a glimmer of hope this morning that a strike by cal state university teachers can be avoided. teachers plan to walk off the job next wednesday in the first of five days of strikes. but yesterday the university and union representing all 23 campuses entered into a closed door high-level negotiating period. the hope is a deal can be reached by tomorrow. >>> a mystery this morning involving a beloved sign at yosemite national park. a $1,000 reward for any information about a missing hotel sign. it disappeared at the end of february, just days before the park was forced to change the name of the hotel. rangers think this vanishing act is more than just a coincidence. right now the park is in the middle of a trademark dispute. the company that used run yosemite's concessions wants the park to pay $54 million to use trademark names. >>> new this morning, a connecticut community that was shaken by a shooting is on edge, once again. a newtown middle schoolteache

in this case where are we when it comes to the police department is going to get tasers? >> has been an ongoing debate in san francisco for years. they should be armed with tasers with a nonlethal level so there some kind of continuing. they don't have to use deadly force in this case we had a meeting several days ago an ongoing debate. in years past these officers were allowed to use tasers given some exceptions but those turned out to be too much. ultimately they weren't giving these shot devices. >> where live in the mission area, henry thank you. semi-just in time for the giants home over. the bay area's most famous scooter that once wanted to hunter pets, is that with its rightful owner. they build a scooter and hunter donated the scooter to the make- a-wish donation. make-a-wish was keeping it for the winning bidder would burglars broke into the offices last week and stole it. the owner said she is grateful it was recovered.>>> my mother knows i love the giants and i love hunter pence and the giants. we are glad we got it back we think the police department. we will

since 2009, 11 taser relatedel deaths have been reported in maryland, four involved montgomery county police officers. >> ♪ >> this morning an update on ain story you saw first on fox5. fox 10 students facing charges in juvenile court after severalev fights broke out at h.d.t d. woodson high school tuesday.chod the violence was captured ontudo cell phone video.ho vid police say all the studentsdents arrested are female including iu one who is accused of punchingfg a police officer.a there were no reports ofre anyone receiving treatment orato being transported to the tthe hospital.hospit >>> the recent spike inthe violence in and around d.c. d schools has left many of you asking question abouts exactlyoa what's being done to make the te city and its schools safer.lsaf that's one of the issues we'll be talking about mayor muriel bowser.ow she'll join us today on good t day d.c. at 9:30. 9 she'll address the string of violence across the city amongia other topics that matter toat you. you. if you have a question for the mayor tweet us using #good #good d.c. d.c. d you can also post quest

that call for tasers, however, meeting with opposition from some officials at city hall who feel that while the stun gun may appear to be the answer, it may also be a step in the wrong direction. >> we probably need to put practices in place where we are not going to be using guns and i think the jumping to tasers is not where we're at yet. i think there's a lot of healing to do about the shootings that have happened already before we start moving on to tasers. there's other measure that is could be in place that could help with deescalation. >> reporter: as allen noted, the shooting follows the december shooting of mario woods with a knife and it also follows a previous one in the mission district. now, this was a controversial video that triggered the entire question about whether or not police should use force, how much force they should use and it also triggered a string of protests and calls for the chief to resign. now, at the same time it also follows the near fatal and unprovoked slashing of a california highway patrol officer by a homeless man at a homeless encampment near th

do you think police should have tasers some. >> absolutely. >> reporter: why is that? is that they can do their job less harmful to a human life. >> reporter: san francisco police are banned from carrying if you know stun guns and some like it that way. >> weapons will hurt and sometimes kill people. >> reporter: on kpix news sunday morning, the chief said that stun guns aren't a silver bullet. >> if someone is advancing on you with a knew, you won't use a taser? >> it depends on what the distance is, can you deploy that weapon? but, obviously f they are closing that distance rapidly, no, you're not. >> reporter: crisis intervenges team training is teaching officers noon lethal options such as slowing down, creating distance, and call for help but still, a fatal shooting happened and the community is divided. >> for them to do it again is painful. >> trying to keep people safe and doing their best. i don't think anybody wants to murder somebody. >> reporter: in the mission district, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> concord family is outraged and speaking out against the release

. >>> the san francisco police commission will be discussing the use of tasers at tonight's meeting. they submitted the policy to the commission on february 10, allowing officers to carry tasers and requiring that all officers are trained with crisis intervention. also the police cruisers would have to have defibrillators. many voters have approved for the tasers, but the commission has opposed to previous requests. >>> a boy survived, he was writing his bike near -- he was riding his bicycle near of intersection, it was in south san jose, a jeep hit the boy in trapped both he and his bike under the vehicle. fire crews were able to rescue the boy and he was not seriously hurt except for a broken ankle. >>> a hot month ahead, you would think any easy source of water would be considered california gold. >> why huge amounts of recycled water are not being used. >> reporter: in order to comply with the state laws, they were forced to build this sewage treatment plant, it is a lot of money for the 11,000 residents. >> our plan, it is more likely to be cleaner than the river water. >> repo

returned him to the courtroom. >> the taser gun is what stops trent in his tracks. >> we just had taser recertification class two days prior to that. so, all the training was fresh in my mind. >> after 13 years at the multnomah county sheriff's office, this is the first time morrissey o'donald uses any of the weapons on her belt. >> he didn't say anything. when we walked him back to the courtroom, he was completely silent. >> the judge orders him into custody, again. he increases trent's bail $500,000. >> under oregon law, what mr. trent did after he knew he was going into custody is no different than if he would have tried to escape from the oregon state pen. >> trent is convicted of possession of a false police officer i.d. card and is sentenced to probation. but for his bold escape, he gets ten months in the slammer. >> he might not have gone to prison but for the fact he tried to run from the courtroom. i think it just goes to show people that you need to follow authority and you need to show respect to the court. and when you don't do that, you can end up with a harsher sentence th

were called to k street at 12:30 after and encounter with a man police tried to stun him with a taser but pulled the prongs out and ran inside of a home. after a short standoff. the incident ended policefully and the man is in custody. >>> darby police led a major drug bust. lawmen served over 100 arrest warrants and it turns out they hit one house too many. gray hall is live at darby police. what are the details on this? >> reporter: police say that any time you have an operation of this size mistakes can happen. they did target the home of the wrong individual and have pol guidesed for that, thankfully nobody was hurt and dozens of alleged drug dealers are off the street and they feel the community is safer. >> we'll keep coming at you. if you think your gang is big my gang is bigger. >> this message to any person selling drugs in his community. his officer as long with other agencies arrested over 100 drug dealers after a six month investigation. >> we will not tolerate drug sales on our corners. dozens were hauled off to jail in a major drug bust called operation spring cleaning a

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the debate will center on arming patrol officers with tasers. the deadly shooting of mario woods re-ignited the pump. officers shotted withs when he refused to drop a knife. the chief has called for limited pilot program to test the tasers. the drawn believes that plan falls short. >> oakland rents in have risen so high there is now a represent freeze after midnight, they approve 90 day moratorium open rent increases. the moratorium does not apply to home built after 1983 or apply to increases based on the annual consumer price index. during the at this . days the city will develop a long-term plan to curb evictions and create sustainable housing. the race for 2016 heats up after the front runners fell short in wisconsin. who could have the remain now. >> ohio girl going blind becomes quit the sight for all of the world to see with a touching moment when she met pope trend isis. >> and comic amy schumer caught up in a real debate online, a magazine recover has us all thinkin >> incredible rescue from oklahoma, wildfires are bun right now and for

taser, taser, taser. >> that's when the associate producer on the shoot, jake hector, made a declarationth are asking me, hey, jake, when are you going to get tased? >> he's always wanted to get tased. every facility we would ves it, for whatever reason it didn't happen. but when we went to shoot fairfax, we were able to provide that dream of his. >> it's a weird thing somebody wanting to get tased. what's the philosophy around that? >> i don't know. i've gotten sprayed before. i eat a lot of the foods that are here and i just want the full experience without being locked up. >> a lot of times some of the people that i meet, we don't have much in common, we're from two different worlds. but while i'm in there, if can i kind of walk a mile in their shoes, whether it be eating what they eat, playing the games that they play. >> it's not your traditional game of monopoly. >> or even as far as getting tased, i don't mind doing it if it's going to bring me closer to them and let me know more about their stories and feeling what they're feeling. >> i'm nervous, i'm not going to lie. >> we use

where are the tasers people? come on.very police department in the nation has them but you people won't do it. [inaudible] please shooting. the man couldn't speak english, the officers were violating the 21 feet rule. greg you know about that. he had to get 21 feet away from the assault. we violated that. [inaudible] we screwed that up, we really screwed that up. have a good evening. >> thank you, next speaker. [applause] >> i was hoping we would get tasers and there is a possibility we might now but if we have cameras at the same time that makes it a lot better. as far as the man speaking about crazy people and shock treatments and stuff, they have given them to me and it's horrendous and i don't think they should allow that. tasers thank you please because this is like satans work and he's getting away with murder. we don't need guns used on homeless people on the street. it is a sad case what we are doing here. i was going to tell you are story but i'll tell you later because i wanted to speak for homeless people, peop

and that's when i see the glistening of the taser wires.oint i slammed on my brakes. >> detective weekly races around the front of the cruiser and is shocked by what he sees. >> get the [ bleep ] off him! the first thing i see is every officer's worst nightmare. i see the officer on his back. i see the suspect punching him very fast and violently to the face. >> without hesitation, he joins in the melee. >> my job at that point was to get the suspect to start fighting me, to get him off the officer. >> meanwhile, officer anderson is fighting for his life. >> i was basically only able to see shadows. i decided i was going to have to shoot him before i went unconscious, and that's when i shot mr. mallory. >> i didn't so much hear the first felt shot, i felt it. i felt it going through my chest. >> weekly mistakenly believes that he might have been shot. >> at that point, kind of freak out mode trying to figure out, okay, who just shot who. >> and then i pulled the trigger a second time, and then it seemed like right after that, he was just go

next one is about tasers. what is your position on tasers? >> i think the suggestion that tasers is the sole answer to the situation we faind ourselves in, i don't agree with at all. i've been in a number of community meetings where there are different opinions on tasers. i committed to a process that ensures the policy is thoroughly vetted from all the community groups. i'm interested in what d.o.j.'s recommendation is. they'll let us know on friday when they'll let us know. i will say this, the department has put forward a policy that would have the most highly trained officers be given a taser. the suggestion in the policy is that a taser cannot be used except for a situation where it would be the last resort prior to leith force. those are questions we ask whether we believe that's a part of the engineering use of force. those are conversations that we're in the middle of. >> okay. two more topics. independent investigations. ifts wondering if you support the call to attorney office har to perform a -- >> i'm not a part of the conversatio

. >> do you think police should have tasers? >> absolutely. >> why is that? >> because that way they can actually do their job less harmful to a human life. >> reporter: but san francisco police are banned from carrying stun guns and some like it that way. >> weapons will hurt and sometimes kill people. >> reporter: on kpix 5 news sunday morning, tony chaplain told phil matier that stun guns aren't a silver bullet. >> if somebody is advancing on you with a knife, you're not going to use a taser, right? >> well, it all depends on at one -- at what point that person is coming at you, what their distance is, can you deploy that weapon. obviously if they're closing that distance rapidly, no, you're not. >> reporter: crisis intervention train ing has been teaching officers non-lethal options. still, this fatal shooting happened, and it once again has the community divided. >> for them to do it again is shameful. >> but i think most of them are trying to keep people safe and doing their best. i don't think anybody wants to murder somebody. >> in the mission distric

police tasered the man, but managed to pull the taser prongs out and run into the home. no word if anyone is inside that home. but stay with "eyewitness news" for the latest. >> in other news, nine year old boy is in stable condition this noon after he was bitten by a pitbull mix early this morning. chopper three shows the emergency response along the 3200 block of diamond street, in strawberry mansion. police say the boy was waiting for a school bus when the dog bit him on the back. the dog is being held in quarantine for at least the next ten days. investigators haven't found the dog's owner yet. >> chopper three was also over this unattended truck along the 600 block of robbins avenue, about 7:15 this morning. this isn't far from a naval facility in lawncrest section of philadelphia. so, authorities want to know what was going on. they checked it out. driver returned. they've issued the all clear for now. >>> a philadelphia police source tells "eyewitness news", officers stormed the wrong house, taking in innocent family into custody. it happened early yesterday morni