I'm Sarah Fergani with Kids
5 News Now Big developments.
Police say two people were abducted from
their home on San Antonio South Side.
This is the scene on Mission
Bell near Palo Alto Rd.
Police say around 6:00 this morning,
the suspects kicked in the door of the house,
took a man and a woman against their
will and forced them into a white SUV.
There were two teens and three
young children inside the home,
but they were not hurt.
Check out kens5.com for the latest updates.
A massive outage of the driver's
license system is affecting D PS:.
Offices all over Texas. D PS:.
Now canceling all appointments
for driver's license renewals
from 7:30 this morning until noon.
This will impact offices throughout
the state as well as online.
D PS:.
Says they're not working to find and
fix the issue as quickly as possible.
They will also contact impacted customers.
Residents are raising concerns over
fire hydrants and a lack of building
preparation after their apartments
burned down in a fire over the weekend.
Hundreds of people watched as the
enormous fire lit up the Anthony
at Canyon Springs Luxury Apartments
on Wilderness Oak Saturday night.
Some residents lost everything.
One man told Ken's 5 his dog died
in that fire and believes he might
be alive today if the building
had been better prepared.
My dog in a safe place where
I'm thinking coming back to see
him and I come back to nothing.
I heard also that they had been working
on the the water sprinklers and
what happened the water sprinklers,
someone forgot to turn them
on and everything is is gone.
It's just the most important thing is my dog.
A Battalion Chief told Ken's 5 that
they were addressing concerns with the
building's private sprinkler system.
The Bear County Fire Marshall's
office is investigating and still
no word on what caused the fire.
On the heels of recent attacks
on San Antonio police officers,
US Congressman Tony Gonzalez is introducing
a bill aimed at protecting officers,
and it's called the Curbing Offenses
on Policing Services, or COPS Act.
It would increase penalties for
individuals who assault first
responders and law enforcement officers
with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
Fines would be increased from 250,000
to 500,000, and jail time would
rise from five years to 25 years.
Just in the past two weeks,
there were five shootings across our
city that have involved SAPD officers.
The latest just yesterday on
the Southwest Side.
It started with an officer spotted a
man wanted for two felony warrants,
and according to SAPD Chief McManus,
that man ambushed his officer,
shooting him.
The officer was taken to the
hospital and the suspect ran.
Chief McManus once again reaffirmed
the importance of keeping violent
people off the street and the
need to protect officers.
There
are people on the street who
are violent, repeat offenders
who should be in jail, period
that they are.
They are ticking time bombs.
As we've seen in the last
couple several weeks,
the SWAT team eventually caught the suspect.
Police have not released his name.
Day two of Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton's impeachment trial resumes today.
The suspended A G pleaded not guilty
to all sixteen articles of impeachment
during the first day of trial on Tuesday.
The House managers and Paxton's
defense laid out their case in opening
statements and the first witnesses
were called to the stand. The
allegations in the articles revealed
that the state's top lawyer engaged
in conduct designed to advance
the economic interests and legal
positions of a friend and donor to
the detriment of innocent Texans.
And you will conclude what I've concluded
is the Paxtons have been defamed over
and over in the press and by the House.
State Senators refused to dismiss
any of the charges against Paxton.
In other news, another dog
attack is under investigation.
This time, a neighbor's dog lunged
at the man while he was sitting
outside smoking a cigarette.
And now that man has serious injuries
to his upper body, arms and torso.
Police say it happened in his own
backyard on the northeast side on
Heidelberg Street near Randolph Blvd.
A CS says the dogs were pit
bulls and reportedly belonged to
the man's next door neighbor.
Officials said the dogs escaped the fence
and the neighbors jumped in to help.
Animal Control Services now
has both dogs in custody.
Meanwhile,
new ACS data reveals just this
year alone there were at least 28
serious injury cases involving dogs.
You can report a threatening
animal by calling 210-207-6000.
An Idea of Public Schools Cafeteria manager
is accused of sexually assaulting a child,
according to online records.
Joe Morales was arrested on Tuesday.
Idea Public Schools confirms Morales
worked as a cafeteria manager at Idea
Ingram Hills near Callahan and Ingram Rd.
The school says they are aware the
employee was arrested off campus on
allegations of sex assault of a minor.
IDEA says it has started the
process for immediate termination.
Checking in for today's forecast.
Yeah. And hey there, Sarah.
Weather wise, they're going
to be pretty hot today, 101.
And they're mostly sunshine,
a small chance of rain,
mostly southeast of San
Antonio across the Texas coast.
Meteorologist Wine shop,
thank you very much.
And that is against five news now.
I'm Sarah Fugani.