NEW DETAILS THIS NOON ON 2 DEADLY CRASHES OVERNIGHT BY POLICE SAY ONE OF THOSE BEING
TREATED AS A MURDER CASE.
>> SAN ANTONIO POLICE NEED YOUR
HELP TRACKING DOWN AN ARMED
ROBBER DETAILS ON HOW HE
ATTACKED A DISABLED DRIVER
THAT’S NEW AT NOON.
>> AND STORM SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST MOVES OUR WAY RAIN CHANCES ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
WE’VE GOT THE LATEST COMING UP.
>> 2 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER 2 SEPARATE CRASHES OVERNIGHT, ONE OF THEM MAY HAVE STEMMED FROM A
SHOOTING FIRST RESPONDERS
CALLED TO THE 2 INCIDENTS IN 2
VERY DIFFERENT PARTS
OF TOWN. THE FIRST HAPPENED
JUST OF I 35 SOUTH NEAR INS LEE
BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THE SECOND WAS IN THE 1300
BLOCK OF O’CONNOR ON THE
NORTHEAST SIDE, OUR MAX MASSEY
WAS ON THE SCENE OF BOTH OF
THOSE SCENES THIS MORNING.
AND YES THE DETAILS.
>> THIS WAS THE SITUATION
AROUND 9 30 LAST NIGHT POLICE
PENDING THE ACCESS ROAD OF I 35
CELL THIS AREA IS SHUT DOWN
AFTER A
DEADLY WRECK. POLICE TELLING US
31 YEAR-OLD NORMA JEAN FLORES
WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN
HER SILVER HYUNDAI
THAT’S WHAT SHE DROVE OFF THE
ROAD UP THE CURB THROUGH THE
GRASS CLIPPING A TREE THEN
CRASHING HEADFIRST WE
CROSS WALK. INVESTIGATORS SAY
FLORES SUFFERED MASSIVE
INTERNAL INJURIES AFTER HITTING
THE STEERING WHEEL POLICE SAY
SHE WAS NOT WEARING HER SEAT
BELT SHE WAS TRANSPORTED FANCY.
BUT LATER DIED AT
THE HOSPITAL.
>> AND THIS IS THE SITUATION WE
SEE THIS MORNING STILL
FRAGMENTS OF THE VEHICLE
SCATTERED AROUND THE AREA LINES
IN THE GRASS
AND THEN BIG CHUNK THIS
HEADLIGHT FROM THE CRASH LAST
NIGHT ALL LEADING UP TO THE
CONCRETE PILLAR WHERE THAT
WOMAN CRAFT AND WE’RE HERE ON
THE SCENE OF THE SECOND CRASH
AS THE PEAS INVESTIGATING FROM
OVERNIGHT WHAT WE’RE SEEING
RIGHT NOW BROKEN PARTS A
CONCRETE BARRIER AND SKID MARKS
ON THE SIDEWALK JUST YARDS AWAY
FROM THE WATER BURGER RIGHT
HERE, A
NORTHEAST SIDE.
>> JUST BEFORE 12:30AM OFFICERS
RESPOND TO THE ECHO APARTMENTS
FOR A SHOOTING IN PROGRESS DOWN
THE STREET THEY FOUND THIS
SITUATION. A VEHICLE CRASHED
ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND
CONCRETE BARRIER WHEN THEY
FOUND THE WRECK INVESTIGATORS
SAY THEY DISCOVERED THE 19
YEAR-OLD SHOT NOW IDENTIFIED AS
IN HOFFMAN. HE WAS SHOT IN THE
UPPER TORSO
HE WAS PUT IN AN AMBULANCE AND
BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL IN
SERIOUS CONDITION WHERE HE
LATER DIED, SAPD LISTENING THE
SUSPECTS BEHIND THE SHOOTING AS
3 MEN. POLICE STILL WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE AND WHY EXACTLY THE MAN WAS SHOT AND
WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER. MAX
MASSEY KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR THE PEOPLE BEHIND AN ARMED ROBBERY THAT LEFT ONE
PERSON HURT. IT HAPPENED BACK
ON THE 14TH OF THIS MONTH IN
THE 2000 BLOCK OF SOUTH THAT’S
JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT TARGETED
A DISABLED PERSON AS THEY WERE
GETTING INTO
THEIR CAR. THE 2 GOT INTO A
FIGHT WITH THEM AND DEMANDED
THE KEYS TO
THE CAR. THE VICTIM WAS KNOCKED
TO THE GROUND POLICE SAY WHEN
THE SUSPECT DROVE OFF. HE RAN
OVER THE VICTIM.
IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN YOU
ARE ASKED TO CALL CRIME
STOPPERS AT 2 TO 4. STOP
THERE’S UP TO A $5,000 REWARD
FOR INFORMATION LEADING UP TO
AN ARREST.
>> IT’S A TERRIFYING TRAGEDY
ALL TOO
FAMILIAR US. YESTERDAY, ANOTHER
SHOOTING DURING A SERVICE AT A
CHURCH NEAR FORT WORTH ON
SUNDAY, LEAVING 2 PEOPLE DEAD
AND
3 MORE INJURED.
>> THE WEST FREEWAY CHURCH OF
CHRIST WAS LIVE STREAMING THE
SERVICE AS THE GUNMAN PULLED
OUT A LONG GUN AND FIRED
SEVERAL TIMES. ABC’S SERENA
MARSHALL HAS MORE.
>> A SUNDAY SERVICE
INTERRUPTED.
SEEN HERE IN THE SERVICE LIVE STREAM SEATED IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM OPENED FIRE AT IS
THREATENING. 1900 NOW LAS
VEGAS TRAIL. THE PANIC AT THE
WEST FREEWAY CHURCH OF CHRIST
NEAR
FORT WORTH LASTING JUST 6
SECONDS LEFT 2 PEOPLE DEAD AND
3 OTHERS INJURED. MEMBERS OF
THE CONGREGATION DUCKING FOR
COVER ONE MAN COVERING HIS WIFE
WITH HIS
OWN BODY.
>> OTHERS RETURNING FIRE TODAY
EVIL WALK BOLDLY
AMONG US.
>> WELL LET ME REMIND YOU GOOD
PEOPLE RAISED UP AND
STOPPED IT.
>> THE FORGOT WARS, THE SHOOTER
TAKEN OUT BY 2 OF THE
VOLUNTEERS ON THE PARISH
SECURITY FORCE THE CITIZENS WHO
ARE INSIDE THAT CHURCH.
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>> UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED 242 OTHER
THE RUSSIANS. >> CHURCH OFFICIALS AND TEXAS REPUBLICANS HAILING A NEW LAW
IN TEXAS THAT TOOK EFFECT IN
SEPTEMBER WHICH ALLOWS LICENSED
GUN OWNERS TO CARRY HANDGUNS
THAT ARE EITHER CONCEALED OR IN
A SHOULDER OR BELT HOLSTER IN
CHURCHES SYNAGOGUES AND OTHER
PLACES OF WORSHIP. BUT THE WEST
FREEWAY CHURCH OF CHRIST
SECURITY FORCES HAS EXISTED FOR
AT LEAST
10 YEARS, ONE OF THE CHURCH’S
MINISTERS TELLING THE NEW YORK
TIMES THEY ADDED THE TEAM
BECAUSE OF MASS SHOOTINGS IN
PUBLIC SPACES AND IT ISN’T THE
FIRST TIME A HOUSE OF WORSHIP
HAS
BEEN TARGETED.
>> AND 2017 THE SHOOTING AT
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS BAPTIST
CHURCH IN TEXAS LEFT
26 PEOPLE DEAD AT WEST FREEWAY
CHURCH ONE WOMAN SAID HER
MOTHER A LONGTIME MEMBER OF
THE CHURCH SAW THE SUSPECT AND
NOTICED SOMETHING WAS AMISS
GOOD SHOOTER WAS SITTING NEXT
TO MY MOTHER SHE KNEW.
>> FROM GROWING UP THE CHURCH
THAT THIS. SHE DIDN’T RECOGNIZE
THIS GENTLEMAN WAS STILL NO
MOTIVE HAS
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BEEN IDENTIFIED.
>> POLICE OFFICIALS AND THE FBI
IS NOW ASSISTING IN THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUED TO
SEARCH FOR
A MOTIVE. THE SPECIAL AGENT IN
CHARGE DESCRIBED THE SHOOTER AS
A TREE AND SEE IN PERSON WITH
ROOTS IN THE AREA. SERENA
MARSHALL, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> AROUND AMERICA ANOTHER RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY ON HIGH ALERT A STRING OF ATTACKS
TARGETING JEWISH PEOPLE OVER
THE WEEKEND. POLICE IN NEW YORK
SAY 37 YEAR-OLD GRAFTON THOMAS
WENT TO A RABBI’S HOME DURING A
HANUKKAH CELEBRATION SATURDAY
NIGHT STABBING 5 PEOPLE WITH A
MACHETE.
>> I READ IT
TO THE THE OTHER ROOM BECAUSE
IT TRIED TO SAVE MY LIFE I SAW
HIM RUNNING DOWN THIS WAY JUST
SWINGING IS IS WARD KNIFE, I
KNOW WHAT IT WAS BACK AND FORTH
THAT
THE PEOPLE.
>> THE SUSPECT THEN REPORTEDLY
FLEEING TO HARLEM
WHERE HE WAS LATER ARRESTED
COVERED IN BLOOD OVERNIGHT HIS
FAMILY RELEASING A STATEMENT
SAYING HE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
MENTAL ILLNESS. WHILE THE INTENTIONS ARE STILL IN QUESTION NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR
HAS LABELED THE ATTACK AN ACT
OF DOMESTIC TERROR.
OFFICIALS SAY IT HAPPENED
DURING A DISTURBING RASH OF
ANTI SEMITIC ATTACKS, 13 OF
THEM THIS MONTH IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
>> DAVID SEARS: THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SAYS IT COULD TAKE MORE THAN A
YEAR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED
THAT DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN
LOUISIANA, 5 PEOPLE KILLED
SATURDAY WHEN A SMALL PLANE
WENT DOWN AFTER LEAVING
LAFAYETTE
REGIONAL AIRPORT. INVESTIGATORS
SAY THERE WAS A DISTRESS CALL
AND THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER
WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THAT
FIERY CRASH THAT COULD MAKE IT
EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO
DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED
THE PLANE TO GO DOWN.
THE PLANE CRASHED NEAR A POST
OFFICE AND CAUGHT FIRE IN
SECONDS, LEAVING THE GROUND
WITH LITTERED WITH BURNING
WRECKAGE.
>> AROUND THE WORLD, THE US
REPORTEDLY SENDING A MESSAGE
VIA AIR STRIKES TO IRAQ
AND SYRIA. SECRETARY OF STATE
MIKE POMPEO SAYS THE US HAS
CARRIED OUT MILITARY STRIKES IN
BOTH COUNTRIES.
HE SAYS IT’S MEANT TO SHOW THAT
THE US WILL NOT TOLERATE
ACTIONS BY RANDE THAT
JEOPARDIZE
AMERICAN LIVES. THE STRIKES
TARGETED AN IRANIAN-BACKED
IRAQI MILITIA BLAMED FOR AN
ATTACK THAT KILLED AN AMERICAN
CONTRACTOR, IRAQ’S JOINT
OPERATIONS COMMAND SAYS THE
AMERICAN AIRSTRIKES KILLED FOR
MILITIA FIGHTERS.
>> DAVID SEARS: WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA SHOWING NO SIGNS OF LETTING UP OVER THE WEEKEND
10’S OF THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS
AND RESIDENTS WERE ORDERED TO
LEAVE THE POPULAR STATE OF
VICTORIA. MEANWHILE NEW YEAR’S
FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN CANCELED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY BUT
WILL STILL GO ON IN SYDNEY
ABC’S JULIA MACFARLANE HAS A
LOOK.
AUSTRALIA BUDDING. >> WILDFIRES IN THE BUSH HAVE BEEN RAGING SINCE
LATE AUGUST AND FOR 4 MONTHS
THE MIGHT OF THE AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENT AND ALL THE
RESOURCES THAT COME ONS
HELPLESS AGAINST THE FIRES.
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HELICOPTERS DEPLOYED ACROSS THE STREET, THE AWARD TO BUILDING GROSSE 5. BUT OFFICIALS HAVE
SAID FOR WEEKS THE FIRE IS TOO
BIG TO PUT OUT AND THAT THE
BEST HOPE WAS FOR RAIN AND
WEATHER CONDITIONS
TO EASE. HUNDREDS OF BUSH FIRES
HAVE DESTROYED AN AREA THE SIZE
♪
OF MARYLAND.
THAT HE 1000 TOURISTS IN THE
USUALLY PICTURESQUE SOUTHERN
STATE OF VICTORIA ORDERED TO
LEAVE OVER THE WEEKEND.
>> THE OTHER WAY THAT ANYBODY BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT DRIVE JUST GOT OUT. I’M GOING.
>> BY MONDAY AUTHORITIES WARNED THAT IT WAS TOO LATE EVACUATIONS DEEMED TOO
HAZARDOUS AS ROADS BECAME
BLOCKED.
>> WARNING THAT AID WOULD NOT
REACH SOME PEOPLE
IN NEED. AND THE LATEST
TRAGEDY A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
KILLED IN NEW SOUTH WALES AS
HEAVY WINDS BLEW A FIRE TRUCK
ON ITS SIDE TO COLLEAGUES BUDS.
>> AND MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE SIGNING A PTITION URGING SYDNEY TO
CANCEL ITS NEW YEAR’S EVE
FIREWORKS. THE MAN SAYING THE
DISPLAY WOULD GO AHEAD AS OF
THE FIREWORKS IN THE
COUNTRY CANCELED.
>> THE POLITICAL BACKLASH
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TO HOW
IT’S HANDLED THIS CRISIS HAS
BEEN STRONG THE PRIME MINISTER
CRITICIZED FOR HIS VACATION IN
HAWAII AS THE
FIRES RAGED AND SOME
DOWNPLAYING THE ROLE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE IN THE HEAT WAVE THAT