vick lee is live in the city's alamo section. >> one of the apartments is right behind me across the street. you see that green building? chris, if you could zoom into that. and the other apartment is right next door to that build, the light brown one. alongside the main entrances. the discovery was made two and a half to three weeks ago. police are working closely with the medical examine other and, according to neighbors, a team of anthropologists. there is the possibility there may be even more bodies buried in those apartment buildings. from a child. the question is, whose child? we do know from the neighbors that there were tents pitched here. we can only assume that they were from the date in question. you'll see more tonight, the complete story on abc 7 news at 6:00. vick lee, abc 7 news. >> a missing persons case turned into a homicide and a daughter is on the run. mary osman is killed in her home. and arrest warrant is now out for her daughter. laura? >> reporter: hi, alma. i just spoke with his family member. she told me that the rest of the family is just finding out about

vick lee is in the news room now with that story. vick? >> this is the lawsuit filed by the attorney, john buris today saying he was violated by san francisco police. the new video he released disputes what he's saying. this has literally become a battle of frieze frames. >> this has all the indications of a murder. >> with that said, he filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of mario woods family. >> he was the best of me and he redeemed himself, he did. he redeemed himself. >> two videos released shortly after the shooting last week. a third video surfaced yesterday. >> you do not see him lunge at the officer, run at the officer with anything in his hand. >> the attorneys showed a series of freeze frames from the video to illustrate their point. >> during the town hall meeting after the shooting, the chief had his own series of freeze frames which says that he may have raised him arm with a knife before he was shot. buris charges that the chief came to his conclusions too soon before an investigation was even started. buris says

vick lee live at dugan's field in san francisco where vick lee spoke with his mother. this is a story you'll see only on abc 7. vick? >> larry, mario woods family left here just a little while ago en route back to the bayview where there will be a meeting tonight launched by community members. that's little consolation, of course, for the family members including wood's mother. >> reporter: his mother grieved. she said he suffered from mental health issueses, but he was starting to overcome them. >> he was supposed to start ups today. he had gotbten his uniform. >> police were looking for woods after he reportedly stabbed someone. they found him walking, police say, still carrying the knife. a cell phone video too graphic to show recorded his final moments. officers yelled drop the knife numerous times. they say he ignored numerous commands. >> he would not drop the knife. >> the video shows wood walking as one officer tries to block his way. >> one officer fires and the other officer fires. >> he says his officers tried everything before resorting to deadly force. oth

. >> we begin with vick lee who is live in the news room with that new video. vick? >> alma, by the way, here is the lawsuit filed today in federal court by the attorney. it's the latest cell video. the lawyers say it does show wrongful death. >>. >> it was all the indications of a murder. >> reporter: with that said, he filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of the family. sitting at the front, his brothers and their mother who said his son was getting his life back together after a troubled past. >> he was the best of me. and he redeemed himself. he did. he redeemed himself. >> two cell phone videos surfaced shortly after the shooting last week. a third surfaced today that says the 26-year-old was shot by officers without provocation. >> you do not see him lunge at the officers, run at the officer with anything in his hand. >> the attorneys showed a series of freeze frames from the video to illustrate their point. >> reporter: during his town hall meeting after the shooting, the chief had his own display of freeze frames which he says he may have raised his right arm with

vick lee is live now with the latest. >> police investigators are waiting for lab results.cally to annals that burning question, who is this child? a question that's especially important to cold case detectives. >> even if they don't identify the bones, they can say how old the bones are. and then go from there. >> joe tumey is a retired san francisco homicide cold case inspector. he's interested in the human bones found in a planter box. the disturbing discovery was made last movrnt. natassa told us she saw one of the bones! the piece that i saw was a section of what looked like a jawbone and the teeth definitely seemed similar to the molars. >> police put up crime tape to preserve not only the planter boxes, but the dirt around the building. tumey says the last time he can remember a similar police operation was two years ago in a house about a mile away. investigators tore up the basemented floor when cadaver dogs low kated bones in a house once occupied by a person of interest in the disappearance of kevin collins. the 10-year-old boy has been missing since 18984. but t

vick lee, abc 7 news. >> so far, they've raised about half of their goal, which is $50,000., we've set up a link on our web site. >>> thanks for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with alma and dan. >> let's not take it out on the wineries. >> napa valley and wine go hand-in-hand. but some say it's tiemt to put a cork in it. tonight, the clash of tourism and taste. >> backlash from the san bernardino shooting. tonight, how a cup of coffee is turning gesture into goodwill. >> and the soccer squabble pitting the 49ers against little kids tonight. southerlimy weather is on the way. i'll let you know when. we'll track it coming um. >> abc 7 news starts right now with live, breaking news. >> good evening. thank you for joining us. >> abc 7 news has learned that a babysitter has been pistol whipped in the head by a burglarer. >> yes, police say if burglarer kicked in the front door and ransacked the house. he then confronted a baby sitter and a young child. abc 7 news reporter tweeted this picture of the house. police told them the burglarer hit the babysitter with a

. >> here's vick lee. >> reporter: santa came early to city academy.nder garden to the eighth grade. >> what did you get? >> a doll. >> is that what you wanted? >> yes. >> reporter: samuel got a superhero. >> it's cool because i got the characters. >> reporter: this trip by santa was amazing and a surprise to these children. for most, the school is a refuge from the struggles of a district that copes with drugs and crime. this was the third christmas santa's visited to the academy. >> two years ago, we aired a story about these heartbreaking journals which sfunts wrote about the challenges and their young lives. >> gripping entries. >> my mom and dad were on drugs. when i was little. i was homeless. i was poor. living without my dad is like living without a heart. no emotions come through me without him. >>> the owner of this restaurant was deeply touched by our story. >> if we can make them smile one day, we did our job. >> christian huong runs the school. he says these toys are a blessing. >> some parents will take the toy that is we give and save th

vick lee joining us live now. >> reporter: larry, the videos have gone viral. and who have seen them believe the police shooting was not justified. but sources with knowledge tell us that they're seeing something different. >> i still can't blooeelieve wh saw. >> christian hernandez was waiting for a bus across the street from the shooting. he recorded woods final moments. officers yelling drop the knife numerous times. he appeared to ignore their commands. in the video, it shows an officer firing a bean bag gun. and then, seconds later, a barrage of shots. and woods falls to the ground. hernandez says he didn't see woods moving, threatening me towards the officer when he was shot. >> i didn't see him move rapidly. i saw him turn an started walking away. >> police have carefully analyzed at least two videos. this one was shot from a closer range. it's this video that police believe is revealing. the source says freezing four frames appears to show that woods may have raised his right arm with a knife before he was shot. and that the officer closest to him stepp

. >> abc 7 news reporter vick lee is live at the county hall of justice with more on what the response really is now, ben? >> well, dan, the biggest change happened six years ago after the mastz shooting. but law enforcement inen sills there's only one way. stop an active shooter. >> this is a call that they're prepared to deem. >> it's like sergeant yik watching for a unble. >> while most responders are looking for the law enforcement angen sills respond in deferent ways. ? nrnt. >> in >>. >> if columbine high school mass shooting in 1999 changed the way police responded to active shooters. >> that's something you're going to lock it down and wait for a s.w.a.t. team. >> now, instead of waying for s.w.a.t. team to mobilize, police go right in to take out the shooter. >> the lochker we let that situation go on, the greater innocence to the people. >> that i have the shootings, they say, are sadly happening thatting. >> well, a memberal con tern sill hearing started today. a guy charged with murder. >> a mass shooting at the christian college killed 16 opportunities and wounded three ho

abc 7 news reporter vick lee is outside city hall with more on the story. >>> vick? >> reporter: well, dan, a cup of things happened here. >> tazers, like this one fired by a deputy sheriff, will be a center piece of police kmigts's review. >> maybe we need other tools in our toolbox that are short of deadly force. >> over the years, san francisco police chiefs, including greg sur and now district attorney george socone have tried unsuccessfully to convince the police commission to approve them. >>> we are only one of two large law enforcement agencies in the country that do not have textaz. >> but cardiologist says research shows tazers, when improperly used, could also be lethal. he found a striking 600% increase in sudden death incidents the first year police used them. that spike eventually levelled off, but it was still high. about 40% more sudden dpet than before tazers were used. his conclusion? police were using their tazers too aump: >> perhaps lack of recognition of the risk. >> also finding a surprising increase of police shootings the first year they used

vick lee, abc 7 news. >> and turning back now to our weather as we take a live look from our emoryville cam. look at those clouds out there as another series of storms moved in. pg and e crews moved in restoring power to thousands affected with outages. >> reporter: the rain came down in sheets in freemont. water was flowing on to the streets and the east bay got a good soaking before the sun came up. workers were on alert as the transformers were waiting for the call to action. however, this storm didn't have staying power. they went untouch ds as the day of flooding went untouched. on a normal day, 50-60 employees are washing cars. today, less than 20. why pay for a wash when mother nature does the job for free. >> when it rains, i mean, definitely the amount of cars you can see is pretty low. >> christmas season and the rain can be a big boost to this business. curb side is an app that lets you order your grocery and items from stores and you guessed it, you can pick them up curable side. if it's raining, someone gets wet. it just doesn't have to be you. >> are you willing to take th

abc 7 news reporter vick lee is on the story and tweeted robin farmer was charged with nine more felonies debate of the year. things could get very heated between donald trump and ted cruz. >> hi, larry. this is a big presidential debate. senator ted cruz now has some momentum on his side. he's going to be standing right next to donald trump tonight who's going to be seeing his own views in the poles. >> it's a brand new republican race. senator ted cruz is seeing a surge in the poles, neck-in-neck with donald trump in isle way. >> now, that's a question of strength, but it's also a question of judgment. >> trump, whose lead is growing in the national polls now ahead at 38 pnt is also fighting back. >> you look at how he's dealt with the senate how he goes in there like a little bit of a maniac. >> cruz is now next to trump along with ben carson whose numbers have fallen sharply. >> this is a very fluid contest. if you look at some of the poll in terrorism, the numb we are one polling issue, donald trump plays to that. >> terrorism is expected to be a hot topic tonight. >> a total and com