Abc 7 news at 4 00 because we will bring you the News Conference as soon as it happens. You can see flowers out there for the fallen officer today. We will get you that News Conference as soon as it begins. Lets go to abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony live at the shooting scene. Reporter we are expecting the update from Hayward Police at any time. In the meantime here at the shooting scene in this neighborhood investigators have left the scene. This happened right behind me here in this quiet neighborhood where a veteran officer lost his life during a vehicle stop that was anything but routine. Witnesses say the shots came in rapid succession just after 3 00 a. M. One burst a brief pause and a longer burst of gun fire. I heard shots for sure. The shots were so rapid fire that it was war like almost. Bam bam, bam. Reporter when the shooting stopped a veteran Police Sergeant scott lunger lay wounded. This is a tragic day for the Police Department, family of the department and men and wom
Fantastic 4, only in theaters. We are following two big stories. One is a heartbreaking vigil for a fallen hero. The local officer shot and killed during a traffic stop. And crews are struggling to gain ground on a fire that is raging out of control and has been for hours sending people running for safety tonight. Good evening, everyone. Im larry beil in for dan ashley. Im ama daetz. We start with the breaking news out of napa county where a fastmoving fire has exploded and is threatening homes and forcing vac having evacuations. It is spreading to solano and yolo counties. Right now the fire burned more than 4,000 acres and it is still growing. With 5 containment it is out of control. There are 150 structures that are threatened and threatening mandatory evacuations. Residents have been told to get out. Campers at canyon creek have also been evacuated. Alan wang is live at the fire line with more. Reporter you can see the fire burning down the ridge toward us and the homes along this
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You can see the huge flames. Fires are affecting three counties napa and county. Amy . This is 6,000 acres and we are watching it grow. We have seen some flares. Can up over the hillside and now it is very smoky. It has been very busy. We are watching from pleasanton valley road. It is very smoky. And still. No wind. That is an advantage right now. Look at this video fire has already destroyed one build asking we have video of that happening, it was an outhouse or a shed. A home has been damaged. 100 are threatened. We have video of the fire we shot moments ago on the hillside we are standing in front of. Usually you see fire lie down overnight. Not this. It is still raining. Year, it was really picking up because of the winds. They were whipping it along. They are worried about that today. They have thrown a lost manpower at this. You will see the numbers go up. We dont physically put the numbers assign until they arrive but there were significant orders for resources to this incident
Cards that have been streaming in here all day. The police chief says they have lost a warrior, a leader a friend the day july 22nd became the end of watch for Sergeant Scott lunger. Scott loved this job. He did it eagerly. It is a tragedy that someone has done this. Reporter calling it a dark and devastating day, Hayward Police are dealing with a loss of one of their finest. They say Sergeant Scott lunger was shot and killed after he pulled over a pick Truck Driving erratically through a hayward neighborhood about 3 00 this morning. Partner down partner down. Police say the officers partner fired back into the suspects vehicle. A short time later the bulletriddled truck was found abandoned in east oakland. Based on information from the vehicle we have identified a person of interest. Tonight haywards police chief say they have arrested a suspect, 21yearold Mark Anthony Estrada, an oakland man they say has ties to a gang. They spent the day searching the suspects east oakland house. Ne