Live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. A somber mood tonight as hundreds gather to remember officer Michael Johnson who was shot and killed in the line of duty. And through tears the family of his killer apologized for what happened. Good evening im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Michael johnson was shot and killed on tuesday night while responding to a call. Janet is live at city hall with details on both vigils. Janet . Vets have people honoring him and paying respect across the city. A ceremony was held at city hall where officers lined up Holding White roses and earlier this evening another ceremony along center road where officer johnson died. Among those in the crowd to pay their respects was a suspects family member. Dozens of people turned out for a vigil to honor fallen officer Michael Johnson a few steps from where he was killed. The citys Council Members mayor and police chief were in attendance. They shared a few words. Amber shook hands with officers. She is
Power. Our reporter is in the Oakland Hills with a big problem facing one problem. Matt . The big problem is the winds just picked up and this tree is down. The family inside is okay. They can walk out but they cannot drive out. This is one of many big messes caused bit winds. The winds howled. Most trees would beach. Some, however, did break. I was praying hope that they would not smash on our house. Or knit of us. There are some are close to the house. This crashed into the fence in the horse barn bringing down power lanes, too, and the family did not want to talk on camera but are okay. Neighbors are still in the dark. They describe the frightening sounds from last night. We could hear the trees scraping against the house. It sounded like ghosts running around the house. In berkeley the winds made a mess at the campus with trees and debris blown into the middle of telegraph avenue. Parking under a large tree overnight ended up being costly, a huge branch covered the car with obvious
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