In vernal heights park. The family calls the shooting unjustified the chief refused to answer questions until today good evening u and right now, police chief is standing before some Outreach Community members in somewhat of a town hall meeting addressing why officers shot and killed this man, a 28yearold on friday. Abc7 news joins us live now where the meeting is just getting underway. Carolyn . We talked to the chief earlier today as he prepared for a hot seat here in the mission district. Questions that he is facing tonight include exactly what were the circumstances leading up to the shooting death of the man . How many shots were fired . Did he have a gun or a taser . Officers when responded were just responding to a man with a gun call in the dark. San Francisco Police chief says based on what he knows about the tragedy at the park hes not secondguessing his officers they shot and killed a 28yearold last friday night. Some witnesses told us as many as 14 rounds were fired. Officers say he pointed a weapon at them. Friends insist it was a taser not a gun. Police should be trained to understand the difference between a pistol and a taser gun. I believe knowing what i know now that officers were acting in defense of their lives. Family, including his father and friends held a vigil at the park last night, remembering a young man, a Community Activist and practicing bowedist that wanted to be a probation officer but there are concerns about his Mental Health. And a former friend said he was violent. Injuring him with a taser this month. Witnesses said he was acting erratically. But its unclear if officers knew that at that time. It turbs out later he did have a history of mental illness. Just makes it more tragic. The supervisor, david campos says police have a special unit to deal with Mental Health issues. Its a new team that was created for that purpose. You know, one question is was that Team Involved in this incident . Did they call upon the team . Those questions and others will be asked at the Community Meeting tonight. In San Francisco, abc7 news. Tonight, san Francisco Police have in custody two people believed to be the gunmen in sunday nights shooting in San Francisco. Eight people wounded by gunshots while standing at turk and taylor streets. Police took a 5yearold Curtis Warren and a 4yearold into custody yesterday. Both suspects were San Francisco residents face charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault. And Petaluma Police just released photos of a man that robbed a bank just hours ago. Investigators say he walked in just before 2 00 this afternoon. Police say no weapon or vehicle was spotted rain moved through the bay area. There is more on the way. You can see there are sunlight there and its coming down and here is what it looked like today. Lots of umbrellas out and Spencer Christian is here now with the latest. Spencer . Heavier rain did occur earlier in the day. Now, with rain sort of scattered we have pockets you can see, of steady down pours. Much down in the south bay in and around san jose. let me give you a look and its just shifting eastward. Spring, steady down pours around parts of highway 280 now moving into the area of mount hamilton. Into tahoe, waiting for significant snow. Its on the way. It hasnt developed yet. Back to our rainfall totals most locations there received under a tenth inch. San francisco, 16 100ths having picked up a good drenching this afternoon. 15 100ths in oakland. Three tenths in mount st. Helena. At 7 00 this evening showing periods of showers and rain during overnight hours and starting at 5 00 in the morning heavier rainfall becoming better organized by 9 00 wide spread down pours, a chance of thunderstorms and maybe some small hail. Ill give you a look at the forecast later. Dan . Thank you very much. Despite rain, which we need, its not going to have a Significant Impact on the state wide drought. But its giving stopgap help at least to farms and nurseries. Abc News ReporterTiffany Wilson has the story. Hi there, dan. Rain just started up a couple minuting ao. Its not the soaking farmers are hoping for but if you own a market like the one behind me, the owner says this is better than nothing. Great clouds blanketed much of the county today, dampening fiel the rain left puddles in novato, creating a sense of optimism inside coopers public market. Good news. All of the everything we have here is sourced from within 30 miles. So that gets us to west marin and some of napa county. Dennis cooper buys lettuce from this farm. Their pond has water ask cooper says his prices are Holding Steady for now. If were into the year and there hasnt been a fair amount of water we night see it then. Nearby, you can count rain drops on roses says one store manager favorite things every time it rains she saves precious ground water reserves. We do not have city water. We have a well. So far, our tanks keep filling up. Customers targeted drought resistant plants. I passed up things that need more water. I dont want to have to use the water if i dont have to. Instead, she bought rosemary. Its beautiful and its a great plant. When every drop means difference of dollars and cents, folks in marin county told us rainy days leave them smiling. Always super happy officials took unusual measures to help save california sap monday. The fish got a truck ride to shorten their migration to the ocean. Were live tonight with the story. Laura . Its a large process rafting until early summer. That is unless there is a change in California Drought conditions. Something no one expects. The firgs of millions of baby chinook salmon for release into the delta. Bypassing this in cases over 200 miles habitat to get them away from stressors of high water temperatures, low river flows and increased exposure to predatory fish. Dangers are due to the drought. One makes arouing these tiny fish to travel on their own far too dangerous. Conditions in the river right now are not favorable to releasing these fish. So we have now decided were going to truck all of the states fall run chinook. This operation continues for two and a half months 240 truck runs, as many as 30 million fish from state and federal hatcheries. These fish will be 3yearolds in year 2016 theyll provide majority of what we catch in ocean and inland river in 2016 besides Drought Conditions immediate threats is the risk of being pulled into the Delta Cross Channel the gates there would normally be closed but open this year to allow water to be pumped for agriculture. In rio vista, abc7 news. And emeryville man that struck and killed a motorcyclist could be charged with manslaughter. Police say the 23yearold was driving under the influence when he hit the motorcycle after 1 00 this morning. Yans mini cooper slammed into a pole and burst into flames a motorcycle rider died at the scene. Investigators are still at the intersection, closed foremost of the day. There is a break in the case of a fatal hit and run in San Francisco meantime, police have found a car involved. Last thursday morning an 80yearold was in the crosswalk at visitation avenue heading towards bay shore bhfd a driver ran into her, made a uturn, before then speeding off. This is a picture of the car taken from a surveillance camera. The registered owners who did not report the car stolen are now talking with investigators. Well, Richmond Police started handing out flyers tonight in efforts to stem the rise in smart phone thefts. In three months number of those thefts have skyrocketed. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee is live now with the story. Vic . Well, Richmond Police officers just started fanning out into the neighborhood here. You can see bart Police Officers are still here. Theyre passing out these leaflets. One is in english, one, spanish the message is simple. Dont be distracted and maybe you can avoid becoming a victim. Richmond and bart police began passing out flyers in english and spanish at the beginning of the commute. Once witnessing the robbery of an iphone. He ran up and just took it. Nobody is being careful about, like, having phones in their pockets. Everybody thinks oh its not going to happen to me. Smart phone robberies are an epidemic on the streets. Take a look at the Surveillance Video of this woman being muged and robbed. Richmond Police Lieutenant says the robbers can pick victims easily. Usually theyll spot someone walking with a cell phone probably approach ready from the rear and grab a cell phone. These robberies of opportunity are also happening on public transportation. This one recorded by a Security Camera aboard a bus in San Francisco. As a individual rides, robbers snatch phones and run. Now, its happening at Richmond Bart station. A magnet for the thieves. There have been 18 robberies in or near the station. Richmond Police Believe theyre targeting hispanic bart riders the fear is that Law Enforcement will report folks then, that will lead to deportation. Police say they dmot report undocumented immigrants who are victims of crimes to federal authorities. So theyre making that special effort today, passing out cards to latino passengers hoping that victims will not be afraid to come forward. Vic lee, abc7 news. Still ahead tonight at 6 00 push to get every rape kit in california tested, got a little bit closer to reality today. Abc7 news i team follow up. How this storm is breathing new life into this years he ski season. Well take you live to mountains. What a gusher. A Traffic Accident sending water six stories into the air. More still to come. [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. Whats this . Its uverse live tv. With at t uverse. You can watch live tv from your device. Hey. Hey. Anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. So you wont miss a minute of ncaa march madness. Call now to get a uverse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. Guaranteed. A bill to test rape kits in california is becoming closer to becoming law. Last year, uncovering thousands of untested kits on Police Evidence room shelves. Dan noyes report that had story to you. The reports prompted Assembly WomanNancy Skinner to author a bill requiring police to send all kits to crime labs within five days and for labs to test within 30 days. The Sheriff Association contends is not realistic. There are a large, large number of these sexual evidence assaults kits on property shelves in Police Departments and other Law Enforcement facilities. That is what were trying to stop. The priorities should be set with local governments and with the crime labs based upon landscape of what their pending cases are, what time frames are available. The state assembly approved the bill today it will next be heard in mid april a law allows transgender students to join a sports team and use rest rooms that match their gender identity. There is a court order to force the secretary of state to put a measure to repeel it on the November Ballot the secretary of state found the group did not gather enough signatures but the group claims recs officials improperly threw out 17,000 signatures. If you thought ski season is wrapping up, think again. Two feet of snow headed to the region. We are live from cisco grove with a look at Current Conditions hi, dave. Well, you know its interesting. There is an old saying here if you dont like weather, wait five minutes and that will change. Its been raining and snowing. Heavy winds. Right now, you can see just clear, beautiful. Were at cisco grove now. About an hour ago, take a look at the snow coming down folks spreading into the rest stop year up there. The snow level about 7,000 feet. That meant theyre getting great snow. People enjoying it today. Looking forward to the weekend. People are just happy to get away from the area. Yeah. Its been dry. Were super happy about it. Its intense today i think its going to make a nice for tomorrow. Now theyre expecting to get a foot to two feet Higher Elevations every flake is just precious. That reservoir in the sky so important, especially in this drought year. It will be exciting and interesting to see how much snow falls, and it could be up a beautiful weekend for winter sports. Come on up, it should be beautiful thank you, dave. Theyve struggled. Yes. No kidding. Hope any theyll get more snow on the way. They will. Quite a bit of snow. Spring now the new winter. Ook . Okay. Were getting rain in the sierra. About to get snow. You can see a line of showers throughout the central valley. Just south of san jose, into monterey area, looks like this area just south of san jose and north of morgan hill getting heaviest rainfall. Some heavy down pours there. Looking west, look at those crowds. A large area of big dark clouds. Showers overnight. A chance of thunderstorms in a vigorous system. Here is a long trail of active weather out to sea moving towards the bay area. Were going to get a next wave of rainfall tomorrow morning. Lets start at 7 00 this evening. And at can point, well have pock writs of scattered showers but well see showers continuation and by 5 00 the start of rush hour, more wide spread rain. Some could be locally heavy. And by 9 00 a burst of activity wide spread, heavy rain covering much of the bay area. Thunderstorms mitched in there. Maybe small hail stones sweeping through later in the bay by. Mid to late afternoon, well see activity tapering off just a little bit but not ending. Trails of showers and periods of rain moving through into thursday night. And were projecting totals between 1 and 2 inches between half an inch and an inch. Were going to get a good soaking out of this. And finally well get some decent snowfall. Winter storm warning until thursday morning at 11 00. Winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour. Po doubt doubt travel delays are likely. Overnight tonight, showery conditions low temperatures on a narrow range from upper 40s to 50s, mainly. Tomorrow, showery, lighter and more widely scattered showers into afternoon. High temperatures upper 50s to low 60s tomorrow. Here is the accuweather forecast. Weve got a lot going on. Well have lingering showers thursday. Rain likely friday. Heavier rain coming saturday. Sunday, partly cloudy. More rain monday and tuesday. This is kind of a pattern we dont often see in spring. Were expecting it into winter but dont know what is normal anymore. Thank you. You can track rain with live doppler 7 hd. There is information how to down load it on abc7 news. Com apps. We want see your weather photos and videos. You can e mail them to us and you can post them on our abc7 News Facebook page or share them with us on twitter or instagram. Yes. Finally raining. Still ahead youve seen angry protests over shuttles in San Francisco. A poll shows perception is not always reality. Stay with us. Police say a suspected drunk driver is to blame for this giant geyser in the tender loin district this morning. Christian gonzales took this in an upper floor. You can see the water shooting six stories into the air and started around quarter to one. Witnesses say the man crashed into a taxi and then struck a firefighter, drenching the neighborhood. A poll shows people like the tech buses used by the Tech Industry the buses have come under fire fr stops and because passengers are seen as rich people who are driving up rents in the city. Despite that, 57 of the polls have a favorite vote of the shuttle. However, 72 support charging buss to recover costs of using those stops. Should mention the council chigsed the poll is funded by large local businesses. Hundreds of jobs from medical assistance to Nuclear Engineer available today. At and t, Postal Service and Clear Channel among employers at the job journal event. Cvs pharmacy took part as well, accepting april politics to fill positions for two new stores and in case you missed it, the next event takes place april 23rd in san jose. We have tee talz for you on abc7 news. Com. There is more head tonight at 6 00. Bay area crews are now headed to Washington State to help in the search efforts after that massive landslide. Also,nr the scientist that saide warned of the disaster decades ago. Plus, charity or eye sore . Why Community Leaders say some donation bins nay be doing more harm than good. San francisco hosts a meeting of the minds about virtual occurrency, bit coin. Investors betting big. But not on the occurrency itself. More still to come. Told ya you could do it. dad vo i want her to be safe. 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