Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, parents dropping off tear kids at school targeted by criminals tonight. A Bay Area Police Department Says violent robbers are following people back to their homes. Good evening. Im natasha in for ama daetz. They say three masked men followed a parent home and tried to rob his home. Now we have learned this is connected to a similar robbery less tan a mile away on hebron court. That happened on october 8th. Alan wang is live tonight at San Leandro Police headquarters with the story. Reporter dan and natasha, these robberies are taking place in the morning after parents drop their kids off at school. They are not just targeting any parent. Police here believe they are racially profiling their victims. A guy with a mask and a gun had the gun to his head and said dont do anything foolish. This san leandro woman said they were robbed in their backyard. It happened after they dropped her sister off. My dad tried to grab th
San jose where neighbors are understandably upset. The residents here are very upset. Many of them know the boy who was shot. The nineyearold boy was asleep when the rifle discharged hitting the boy in the leg. Both are in serious condition at valley medical center. Smith is also under arrest there for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and for nengt discharge of a firearm arm. Did he have guns . No, not that i know of. I didnt even know he had anything he shot off. Neighbors said the 9yearolds name is alex. Its never a safe place anywhere. Anywhere in this world. Others say it will be tiff cult to forgive what happened. The fact that theres achild involved. Were around children all day. A pregnant daughter lives with them. Its really devastating. We were shocked, i was shocked when i heard what happened. Im sure his mom is really going through something terrible. Alexs prognosis is not known. You just took a dream away from a child. In san jose, david louis, abc 7
Is. Now at 11 00. Day turns into night off mat written county coast where fog and bad weather get in the way of finding a missing boater. Good evening im reggie. Dan and amma have the night off. Boater last seen this morning off the waters of the bay here. Search krau said missing man and 2 others on board a fishing boat. We are live in marin county tonight. Cornell. Reporter the fog has lifted here on point reyes tonight but earlier made the search very difficult. 3 men were on board the fishing boat. One was rescued. One did not survive. Search for third man will resume at day break. Search rescue time from marin couldnt return to base camp after difficult day of searching the rocky coast loin of the point here for missing boater. Unfortunately today fog conditions are extremely thick. We have 150 to 300 feet visibility. Reporter ground crew had a lot of listened to cover. More than 5 miles of coast line on the Point Reyes National sea shore. Looking for klou or evidence of somebody
They turned him away instead. Good evening. Its the strangest thing. Chris nguyen is live in san jose tonight with new details on what chris, is really a story you have to hear to believe. Reporter that man came here to county jail to try to turn himself in. He was redirected just blocks away. Here is the suspect, hugo castro. Authorities say he confessed to stabbing a woman he once dated. Authorities tell us it happened over the weekend. But the victims body was not determined. He stated he was aware of the location of a dead body. The Sheriffs Office maintains at no point did he mention he was responsible for the dead body. That is why they say they referred him to san jose pd, where he was taken into custody after providing a statement to them. Now, in a statement to us, the Sheriffs Office says, quote, if the initial findings are true, then, the custody deputies failed to meet expectations of the department and will take appropriate action to deal with the deputy, end quote. This i
The rifle discharges into the toe of 40yearold eric smith. The bullet pierced the floor and wounded the 9yearold boy asleep in his bed in a downstairs apartment. Both were rushed to Valley Medical Center where they are in serious condition. Residents say its normally a quiet complex. No one knew smith had any firearms. The nineyearold son scotty and the wounded boy are good friends. From a mothers point of view, its the hardest thing to go through. Seeing your son go through so much pain and not being able to grow up when he gets older. Its heartbreaking. Police arrested smith for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and for negligent discharge of a firearm. The sister in law is hoping for the best. Were all praying that everything is well. That hes okay and were asking for everybody to pray for him. Rosyl nrksz bonds saw alex all of the time. Everybody sees alex, you know, playing soccer or running with his scooter or swimming. And hes yeah, he was really playful. N