Norah. o donnell: all right, weijia jiang, thank you. and tonight, a 24-year-old man from southern california is-y facing murder charges in the killing of a little boy who was on his way to kindergarten. cbs jonathan vigliotti explains how police tracked him down. i m going to set provisional bail. reporter: marcus eriz faced a california judge via video link today in connection with the shooting death of six-year-old aiden leos on a california freeway. police say eriz, 24, fired the fatal shot from this white volkswagen that killed leos in his booster seat while on his way to kindergarten. 23-year-old wynne lee is facing charges as an accessory. the couple fled the scene of the shooting, sparking a two-week manhunt. we absolutely believe that she was the driver and that he t she was rolled down his window and extended his arm out of the car and fired a round from a gun. reporter: using footage from other drivers as well as surveillance cameras, police focused on this white v.w. sports wagon.
Won t get the diploma because he s violating dress code. the school saying in statements, the incident is not about the mexican flag. adding they strongly support our students expressions of their heritage, but go on to highlight the dress code allowing for decoration only on the graduation cap. he says he s not going to apologize because he doesn t believe he created the disruption. reporter: tonight, the school says it s re-evaluating its dress code policy and is working with lopez and his family so that he ll receive his diploma. whit? ike, thank you. now to california and the emotional final good-bye for aiden leos. the 6-year-old boy was shot and killed more than two weeks ago on a california freeway, an apparent act of road rage. today, his memorial, and the new efforts to catch his killer. here s abc s zohreen shah. reporter: tonight, even as the search for his killer continues, those who loved 6-year-old aiden leos, laying him to rest reporter: and hearing a
Cards. the men spent two decades in prison for crimes they submitted while teens. while incarcerated both men fought firefighters. living a quote upright life. how about this? a small plane makes emergency landing on california freeway. just watch. holy cow. oh [bleep], [bleep]. did you see that? it happened just north of los angeles. thankfully no one was hurt. the plane did not hit any cars. the california highway patrol says pilot and trainee on board unclear why they needed to make the emergency landing but wow that is freightening. actor matt leblanc is taking friends reunion irish fans online quick to say he looks like irish uncle played retired ladies man. he possessed certain granddad characteristics including wise cracks, sunday roasts and
Jillian: welcome back. a small plane makes an emergency landing on a california freeway. watch this. [bleep] jillian: it happened 35 miles north of los angeles, no one was injured, the plane did not hit any cars. california highway patrol to the pilot and trainee were on board. it is not clear why they needed to make that emergency landing. enough to the michigan firefight on vacation jumped into action when historic building caught fire. he can be seen with a hose line helping out as first responders arrived. the unnamed firefighter hooked up the hydrant to get the inferno under control. no one was injured, no word on the cause of the fire. expect to pay more dining out, restaurants across the country raised prices as soaring
Today. temperatures could be up to 110 degrees. and in oregon, you know, it s early for this time of year to be 92 in eugene. portland s going to be very warm. you kind of get the picture here. so eventually, some of this warmth will head to the east but it s going to take a while. today is still kind of cloudy, kind koofl coolish temperatures from boston to new york to hartford. and jonathan, all indications in about seven to ten days from now, a pretty big heat wave is heading nor the northeast so be careful what you are looking for. install your air conditioners, if you haven t already. sleet on june 1st, bill, should not be allowed and i will note that rain in tulsa where the president is heading today. still ahead. a small plane turns a busy-california freeway into a landing strip. thankfully, nobody was hurt. we will show you the video of the moment the plane touched down, coming up next. wondering what actually goes into your multivitamin? at new chapter, its innovation, organic ingredients, and fermentation.
Blinken has said we need to get to the bottom of it. this is our best possible shot of preventing this kind of pandemic happening again. and we must have the answers related to the wuhan lab and their relationship with the military within the chinese communist party. john: we will keep watching to see if they truly do want to get to the bottom of this. congresswoman, thank you, we appreciate it. thank you. gillian. gillian: the family of a 6-year-old killed in a road rage shooting in california is now offering $50,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. someone shot and killed aiden last week while he was writing in the backseat of his mother s car on a california freeway. chief correspondent jonathan hunt joins us from orange, california, with the details, hey, jonathan. gillian, good afternoon to you. behind me is the growing memorial for a tribute to
A new record for california in the coronavirus pandemic, one reason why optimism is growing. june 15 is the day california is set to reopen the economy but business owners are struggling. the factors to keep their doors open. in solano county, the only county in the red tier, what happened here when on june 15 covid-19 restrictions disappear? that s coming up. building a better bay area, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news . the signs say open but some stores are aying close to. whhe you e watching abc 7 news at 6:00.
dana: the manhunt intensifies for the suspect who shot and killed a 6-year-old in an apparent road rage attack on a california freeway. the child s family offering a 50,000 dollar reward for any information leading to his arrest. jonathan hunt is live in orange, california with the update. good morning, dana. you can see behind me the growing memorial for and tribute to 6-year-old aiden. the fact that we re standing right now in a non-descript overpass above the suburban southern california freeway speaks to the senselessness of the killing. aiden shot in the back, killed by a bullet that entered his mother s car through the trunk in some sort of road rage incident has his mom was driving 6-year-old aiden to school. the california highway patrol
We know the u.s. is condemning this already. word the european union is taking action tonight, as well? reporter: david, this is unprecedented, to have a commercial airliner brought down to have a journalist arrested? using this incredible ruse, even so, the eu has agreed tonight on new sanctions against belarus, including a ban on the use of eu air space and airports and i don t think too many people will be flying over belarus itself. david? just an extraordinary story. martha raddatz reporting in. martha, thank you. we move on tonight to the urgent manhunt after that 6-year-old boy was shot and killed in his mother s car, in a back seat on a california freeway. he was strapped into his booster seat on the way to kindergarten. tonight, you will hear from the mother. and police are now asking for the public s help. here s abc s kaylee hartung. reporter: tonight, an urgent search for clues after 6-year-old aiden leos was shot and killed in the back seat of his mother s car as she drove him to kindergarten. they took my son s life away.
Glad you are with us. when the pandemic hit the economy cratered, the unemployment rate peaked at 16% last april, now down to 8.3% leaving hundreds of thousands of people out of work and a lot of stores putting up now hiring signs. we spoke with a local expert about what it would take for the staffing shortage to improve. i m hearing from experts the economy needs time to recover. i m also hearing from business owners our bills are piling up. they don t have the time. more than 4 million workers nationwide who left the workforce during the pandemic haven t come back. in california that s half 1 million workers. so what some people are having to do, or business owners, reopening after the storm has settled. these raw pieces of meat which used to cost about two dollars per pound before they