2+ week, 1+ day ago (612+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A suspect is in custody for the on-campus shooting of legendary coach and current Laney College Athletic Director John Beam, Oakland police have confirmed. Beam remains in critical condition. The suspect was taken into custody early Friday morning around 3 a.m., and was in possession of a gun, a source told ABC7 News. Authorities had been searching for the suspect since he fled the scene after the shooting at noon on Thursday. The shooting happened at the fieldhouse on campus at East 8th Street and Fifth Avenue, just south of Lake Merritt. Sources told ABC7 News Reporter Anser Hassan that Beam was shot in the head. VIDEO: What to know about Laney College Athletic Director John Beam who was shot on Oakland campus In a press conference, acting Oakland Police Chief James Beere said shots fired were first reported just before noon....

2+ week, 2+ day ago (426+ words) BRENTWOOD, Calif. (KGO) -- More than 100 people filled a Brentwood City Council meeting Wednesday night to demand answers in the death of a 72-year-old woman following an interaction with police on September 26. Family, friends and community members came together for 72-year-old Yolanda Ramirez, rallying ahead of the meeting. "It just shows the support and love of the community," Ramirez's son Rich said. "We just want to know what happened to my mom," Ramirez's daughter said. EXCLUSIVE: New video shows interaction between Bay Area police, 72-year-old woman before her death "I guarantee you if this was someone in a Mercedes-Benz in a million-dollar home and this was a white woman, this would not have happened and we all know that. She deserved the same treatment," Melissa Nold, the attorney for the family, said. On September 26, Brentwood police responded to a call for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (639+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. -- A West Oakland elementary school and a preschool were placed on lockdown Wednesday and some children were sent home early in response to confirmed reports of federal immigration activity in the neighborhood. Administrators at Hoover Elementary School on Brockhurst Street and the nearby Harriet Tubman Preschool initiated their "secure school protocol" sometime between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. following reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were knocking on doors in the area. ICE agents were last seen near the intersection of 31st and Market streets, according to Oakland Unified School District officials. In addition to the lockdown, dozens of Oakland teachers and community members gathered on the sidewalks surrounding the Hoover campus in response to the ICE activity, which was reported by people calling the Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership rapid response hotline. "At this point, there has been no…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (1129+ words) LAS VEGAS -- Had Matthew Livelsberger not blown himself up in a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas on New Year's Day, he would likely be remembered for his lifetime of service as a decorated soldier. "I'm not aware that he was ever on the radar of law enforcement previously," Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill told ABC News."I would go so far as to say, from what I've been able to see of his military record, he'd be what you described as a military hero." A Green Beret with nearly two decades of service, Livelsberger devoted his life to the nation before he started the downward spiral that led to his end. That grave mental health crisis brought Livelsberger to the driveway of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, where he detonated an improvised explosive device as most of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (734+ words) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company's global aviation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least nine people and injuring 11, authorities said. The plane crashed at about 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Video showed flames on the plane's left wing and a trail of smoke. The plane then lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding in a huge fireball. Video also revealed portions of a building's shredded roof next to the end of the runway. The death toll had risen to at least nine on Wednesday morning, and four of those killed were not on the plane, officials said. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he expects the death toll to increase. Eleven people were…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (596+ words) CROWN POINT, Ind. -- One couple's relatives say while they are thrilled to welcome a happy, healthy baby, their experience was not one they want for any expectant parents. Breathing through her contractions, Mercedes Wells was wheeled out of Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital in Indiana on Sunday. Her family said the hospital staff had just discharged the mother of multiple children, telling her to go home and wait for her labor to progress. Cherise Thompson says she knew her sister-in-law had been admitted to the hospital, but did not expect what she would hear next. "Sunday morning, I woke up to frantic texts from my mother saying, 'Call me as soon as you wake up,'" Cherise said. "My mother was screaming like, 'Your brother just delivered his baby! Your brother just delivered the baby!' And I'm like, 'What are you…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (743+ words) BRENTWOOD, Calif. (KGO) -- There are new developments in the case of a 72-year-old Brentwood woman who died after an interaction with police. On Monday, for the first time, we're seeing video of police arriving at the woman's sister's home. She's the one who had called police for a family dispute. Yolanda Ramirez's sister Sylvia says she didn't want her sister to be arrested - she wanted accountability. A responding officer was explaining to Sylvia that she could make a citizen's arrest for allegations police did not personally witness, when the situation took a dramatic turn. PREVIOUS STORY: Investigation underway after 72-year-old East Bay woman dies after interaction with police Yolanda Ramirez's sister Sylvia talked to ABC7 News investigative reporter Melanie Woodrow through a window screen and didn't want to appear on camera. She showed Woodrow video of police arriving at her home…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (530+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Students at Skyline High School in Oakland where John Beam taught and coached football before moving to Laney walked out of class on Tuesday, calling for an end to gun violence. The protest comes after a 15-year-old Skyline student survived being shot on campus last Wednesday -- two juveniles are now in custody. Still shaken but empowered, more than 100 Skyline High School students walked out of class to demand change following Wednesday's shooting on campus. "Sad to be honest. To have to do this to have to protest for our safety - it shouldn't have to be this way," said Chionesu Mayfield, a senior at Skyline High School. Students shared the chaotic moments of uncertainty inside the high school as they were placed lockdown last week. "It was very scary not knowing what was going on," said Nayo Mayfield,…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago (1256+ words) "We were looking forward to seeing her grow," grandfather Jeffrey Kepner said. What started as a dream vacation soon thrust a tight-knit blended family into shock and anguish when one of their own, a beloved teenage girl, was discovered dead on a cruise ship earlier this month." Even more baffling and heartbreaking, her grandparents said in an interview with ABC News, the person authorities told the family is suspected of Anna Kepner's death: her stepbrother. " "We were all having a great time," grandmother Barbara Kepner recalled of the trip. "I couldn't fathom why anyone would wanna hurt my baby." " Her grandparents said 18-year-old Anna had her whole life ahead of her. She was an independent and "mighty" young woman, set to graduate high school in May and aspiring to join the Navy, the Kepners said. Those hopes came to a…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago (553+ words) Chicago police officer responding for crowd control apparently hit by vehicle, another officer tells ABC7 CHICAGO -- Someone fired shots at Customs and Border Patrol agents in Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security said. A responding Chicago police officer was injured during the incident, according to another CPD officer at the scene. The incident happened as federal agents launched several operations Saturday in the Little Village neighborhood as part of Operation Midway Blitz, possibly detaining at least two people. In a statement posted to X, DHS said agents were conducting operations near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood when the shooting happened. An angry crowd gathered after federal officer allegedly detained a young woman near 26th and Kedzie. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino was there. He could be seen in cellphone video with an apparent tear gas canister in his…...