1 12 1 25president trump1 26 1 32brendon oneal lead inthe man who carried out the deadliest shooting in modern American History had an arsenal of weapons in his Las Vegas Hotel room and his home vicki as we learn vicki vicki as we learn more about what happened in las vegas we are hearing stories from bay area survivors. Many of whom just arrived back. Kron 4s j. R. Stone is following the story and spoke with a woman from the north bay about her experience. j. R. yes, ive talked with several survivors tonight from the bay area. One said that at one point she hid in a porta potty with another woman as a way to try and take cover. You can see the woman im talking about in the small box on your screen. Her name is katie cheetham. She is from novato and went to the three day Music Festival mainly to see Country Singer jason aldean. She was in this crowd. When gunshots ran out she and her girlfriend origionally thought they were firecrackers. Then quickly realized that was not the case. Eventually she took cover in that porta potty away from the stage but before that she took cover in the middle of the concert area as people around her were getting gunned down. I asked her what she most remembers most about last night. People screaming for their livesjust the gunshots it didnt stop. When the gunshots went off again and i turned around i saw a lady that got shot right in the forehead and i knew that this was actually real then i dropped down and buried my head under people. I could just feel the bullets passing right by my ear. j. R. i talked with katie and her friend in the last couple of hours. At that time they hadnt slept much at all. They eventually ended up at the tropicana resort. Ill talk more about that tonight at 10 oclock. Live at sfo, j. R. S tone kron 4 news. grant there were emotional embraces at all the big bay area airports today. As family members reunited with loved ones returning from las vegas. People absolutely shocked and distraught over what they had seen. Kron 4s Justine Waldman caught up with some of them as they arrived in oakland. Justine i could tell the people coming from there, because they looked exhausted, frightened. Some still crying as they got off the plane. Pkg the hugs, just a little bit tighter and a little longer for loved ones coming home from deadly concert in las vegas. Back in the bay area after what was supposed to be a fun weekend. That turned into the deadliest mass shooting in us history. Ricky rosas sot seeing the performer stop playing take cover and then we realized it was realsot it was crazy all of a sudden hearing fire crackers sot we realized after they were hitting the stage it was actual gunshotsnatsmany said the gun shots went on for what felt like forever. Jennifer stroh sot someone said go go go run and we did and we started taking cover behind anything we couldall of them saw a person shot, or a body on the ground. Danny dominguez sot there were a lot of people that got shot there was a guy with his arm, another with his head it was a nightmare a total nightmare sot kevin desai we ran all the way from mandalay bay to aria and we saw a guy shot in his chestit is something they will never forget. At first in the front row, then running for their lives. Nats i am shaking still we did not sleep much last night david fox Discovery Bay sot people were hit right by us, chest face handbut in the face of evil, some signs of good. And that is what they want to remember. Shellie seyer Discovery Baysot people were picking up bodies and putting them in their trucks and taking them to the hospital it was amazing to see justine a lot of people returning from vegas did not want to talk about what they saw at the concert. Some telling me they were not ready. Like woman from modesto, who showed me her bruised and scratched arms, she says she got from jumping over a fence trying to run away from the bullets. She tells me, she will never go to las vegas again. Live in oakland Justine Waldman kron 4 news. vicki in the midst of the shock and sadness connected to the Las Vegas Shooting massacre. There is a story of survival and hope that comes from a bay area woman desperately trying to make contact with her older brother who was working at the concert at the time of the shooting. vicki the woman says her brother told her that he has no idea about the condition of his coworkers because everyone scattered in Different Directions during the shooting grant tonight the wife of a San FranciscoPolice Officer is missing. Hasnt been heard from. After attending last nights festival with her husband. The couple from novato. Got seperated when the shooting started. As kron 4s Charles Clifford reports. The officer is okay. And now everyone hoping and praying his wife survived. Sotits just a horrible . According to San FranciscoPolice Officers Association President martin halloran, sfpd officer Vinnie Etcheber and his wife, stacee, were at the concert in las vegas when shots rang out sunday evening. Sothes a veteran sfpd officer and he immediately told his wife to run. He started to render aid to the wounded and evacuate them. In the confusion, officer etcheber lost track of his wife and she still hasnt been found. Complicating matters is the fact that stacee wasnt carrying a phone or id. Sotshe did not have a cell phone with her; she left it in a hotel room. She did not have identification on her; she gave it to vinnie when they entered the concert so we dont know where shes at. The most ideal outcome here, of course, is that stacie is safe somewhere and just hasnt been able to make contact. With 59 People Killed and hundreds wounded, many still in the hospital, its possible she could also be among the injured and unable to communicate. Halloran says several sfpd officers have gone to las vegas to help ofc. Etcheber search for his wife. They have also been reaching out to other Law Enforcement agencies for help. Sotive been in contact with other Association President s in Southern California and las vegas. Ive put the word out, i put stacees pictures out there. We are seeking any and all assistance in finding stacee. Win San Francisco, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. grant in the search for a motive. Investigators are quickly digging into the shootersbackground. vicki theyre hoping to piece together Stephen Paddocks movements over the past few days and months to get some sort of clue. Steve aveson is working that angle of our story in the news room. steve the shooter had no background connecting him to hate groups or past criminal activity and early claims of connection somehow to isis or any Terror Organization have been quickly discounted by the fbi. No easy conclusions for a motive in this shooting but we a learning some things, heres what we know so far. Stephen paddock lived 82 miles from las vegas in a 55 and older Retirement Community that the former accountant had moved to from florida several years ago. During this visit, the frequent gambler who regularly played 100 a hand games of poker he had checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel 4 days ago into his room on the 32nd floor. The shooter had a girlfriend from the philippines, and though some identification from that woman was found in the room, investigators say that she was out of the country at the time of the shooting. Though not a person of interest, authoritiesa are naturally interested in speaking to her and learning more about his thinking in recent weeks. Despite encountering a cache of weapons in the hotel room that police say suggested a well planned attack, the shooters brother, who lives in florida and had helped move him to nevada, said that his brother had no extensive history with guns. But investigators have tracked some of his purchases. Police found numerous automatic weapons both on site at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, and at the mesquite home of Stephen Paddock and from what we know so far, those weapons were all legally acquired. And paddock had no criminal history whatsoever. One additional detail gaining attention across the country is this the shooter was the son of a man formerly listed on the fbis most wanted list. Though estranged from his father who is now deceased, Benjamin Hoskins spent 8 years on the most wanted list for bank robbery. The man was described as pathological with suicidal tendencies. vicki our coverage of this tragic story continues online at kron4 dot com. There we have a timeline of the events that happened on the vegas strip. Photos from the scene. And bay area reaction. Allt hat on kron4 dot com. vicki coming up. The mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip has police here in the bay area on on high alert. Especially as the blue angels get ready to take to the skies. For fleet week. How they plan to keep you safe. grant plus. How bart plans to keep everyone safe in the wake of the shooting. vicki and after the break. We hear from a local expert on the challenges police face. During an active shooter situation. That story next. vicki within the last hour. We have learned that rock music icon tom petty is dead he was hospitalized tonight after going into cardiac arrest. According to tmz. The front man of tom petty and the heartbreakers was taken off life support there was a report that the 66 yearold had died earlier today. The Los Angeles PoliceDepartment Said those reports were not accurate. The group had just wrapped up a summer tour celebrating the bands 40th anniversary. vicki continuing our top story tonight. The massacre on the vegas strip. Left nearly 60 people dead. Including the gunman. And injuring hundreds more. The gunman has been identified as 64yearold Stephen Craig paddock. And from what we have learned. Paddock was a multi millionaire, living in mesquite, nevada. Earlier today we talked to doctor brenda wade. A clinical psychologist. She tells us why its hard to understand why anyone would do this. vicki again that was doctor brenda wade. A clinical psychologist. To see the complete interview log on to kron4 dot com. On to kron4 dot com. grant with all the chaos. Police faced a wildly difficult as they tried to get to the shooter. Despite their training for situations like this there wasnt much police could do until they got inside the hotel. Even then, it would be a difficult task to get at the gunman in his 32nd floor hotel room. So says a former bay area swat team member. Who spoke with kron fours rob fladeboe. We can go back to california 101 in San Francisco, we had a shooter way up a high rise, this is not new, we had to go up and get him. Former San Mateo County sheriffs deputies mark wyss, who spent eleven years with the swat team, says Las Vegas Police were faced with a near Impossible Task last night. Wyss says swat teams, especially those in big cites, train for just sucha scenario as this but sometimes just getting into the building can be achallenge, much less finding the shooter once they are inside. Bottom line, wyss says there wasnt much the swat team could do in this case. At least not after the shooting started. In los gatos rob fladeboe kron 4 news grant were already seeing various Law Enforcement agencies making changes because of the deadly shooting in las vegas. Bart police are increasing their visibility at bart stations throughout the bay area. Their officers are being asked to maintain a high level of vigilance during this period, while the Police Transit agency continues to monitor the situation in nevada. grant fleet week is here in the bay area. Meaning we can expect to see lots of men and women in uniform on the streets. Also jets soaring above us in the days ahead. vicki 2 shot but as kron4s Maureen Kelly reports while theres excitement about the annual air show. The events in las vegas are on many minds tonight. The spectacle of the blue angels shooting across the bay area sky. Or the massive ships sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge into the bay may be the highlight that draws the crowds. But theres more to fleet week than military might. Natsfor the past several years. Fleet week as also been about the armed forces and local Emergency Responders getting together to swap strategies. For how to help out the bay area during the next big natural diasaster. Like an earthquake. Its important for us to come with the community and to show them our capabilities to in the event of a mass casualty were to happen or some type catastrophic event were to happen were able to support them. Today, a Field Hospital was set up outside sf general. Local and state agenciesalong with the department of defense showed off what they can bring to the table when disaster strikes. So all this is to make sure were on the same playbook if we do have a disaster that were not sitting around trying to figure out what to do after the earthquake. We already know the resources we want to request we know how the resources are going to get here we know how to reduce harm in the citythe head of the Citys Department of Emergency Management says the city is more prepared for diaster with every fleet week. And last nights man made disaster in las vegas unscores the reason we need remain ready. Just knowing the tragedy that happened last night. And how overrun the hospitals are in las vegas right now its crucial that we continue to Work Together and exercise to make sure that we are better prepared. But just because the military says theyre going to come in and help out in the event the next big one doesnt mean you can skimp on your own disaster preparedness. Theyre saying they cannot rescue us better if were prepared Maureen Kelly kron4 news anchors now to our four zone forecast. As we take this live look outside at the embarcadero. Joining us now is chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Dry and gusty offshore winds will persist over portions of our region into tuesday, especially in the north and east bay hills mountains, with temperatures regionwide near or slightly below seasonal averages. Winds will weaken slightly by midweek with a warming trend likely late in the week along with continued dry weather conditions. vicki still ahead on kron4 new at nine. It just keeps getting worse for equifax consumers. The breach just got bigger. Well tell you just how many more people were affected. grant and well tell you how the Las Vegas Shooting is affecting the stock market. vicki and equifax says its massive data breach may have impacted more people than it initially thought. The Credit Reporting Agency says that private information for two and a half million more consumers may have been compromised. That brings the total number up to 145pointfive million people. Those revised numbers come from an investigation conducted by a Cybersecurity Company equifax hired to investigate the breach. Equifax is alerting the additional consumers by mail and update its online list of potential victims by next week. grant still ahead. The latest shooting brings up memories of past shootings. We hear from bay area natives who survived the massacre in San Francisco so many years ago. vicki plus. Its been nearly 24 hours since the vegas strip shooting. Well have the latest details on whats happening in the live report. grant and after the break. We continue to learn more information on the gunman. Well tell you just how many guns he had. vicki two breaking stories. Within the last hour. We have learned that rock music icon tom petty has died. He was hospitalized tonight after going into cardiac arrest. According to tmz. The front man of tom petty and the heart breakers was taken off life support there was a report that the 66 yearold had died earlier today. The Los Angeles PoliceDepartment Said those reports were not accurate. The group had just the group had just wrapped up a summer tour celebrating the bands 40th anniversary. grant our other big story tonight continuing our coverage of the deadly Las Vegas Shooting. 59 people dead and hundreds of others injured. vicki so many questions surrounding a motive tonight. We continue to learn more details on the gunman. 64 year old Stephen Paddocks. We now know he had a stockpile of weapons. vicki this was a well planned attack. He had a total of 42 guns. 23 of them were with him in the hotel. 19 more were found today in his home in mesquite nevada, northwest of vegas. Investigators have also been searching property he had in reno. Bomb making material was found in his car and one of his homes. He had a girlfriend who was in tokyo at the time. Its believed he acted alone. Kron fours Spencer Blake is live near the Las Vegas S