the killing of tech exec bob lee. plus another shooting on a bay area freeway. what we've learned about the latest incident that's turned deadly. calls are growing for senator dianne feinstein to resign and some requests are coming from barry politicians in her own party. pressure is building for her to step aside and how she responds. the news at noon starts now this is ktvu fox two news at noon. good afternoon.

i'm gasia mikaelian the end, we'll get straight to some breaking news here in san francisco, as police are about to speak publicly for the first time about an arrest made just hours ago for the killing of tech exec bob lee. the man arrested on suspicion of murder , was arrested at his emeryville home today. ktvu crime reporter henry lee live in the newsroom with these late developments. henry gasia, the sfpd, the d. a s office and mayor. london breed will hold a press conference at 12 30 this afternoon. we're expected to learn new details in this arrest obviously comes as a huge relief that we have some sound. of police on bullhorns, arresting the suspect in emeryville. take a listen. the suspect in this case was identified as 38 year old nema momeni. he's the founder of expanded located in emeryville. he's also a graduate of uc berkeley. he was booked in san francisco jail this morning on suspicion of murder in this case now, if you remember lee was killed in the early morning hours of april, 4th along main

street in the city's rincon hill neighborhood. video shows lease desperate final moments as he stumbles around with stab wounds, pleading for help before dying of his injuries. the killing stunned the bay area high tech community and made international headlines. lee was the founder of the cash app in a well known tech executive who recently moved out of san francisco for miami. we spoke to his former wife on the phone, who expressed relief that a suspect was arrested in the case. now i asked for that. that's where that suspect is concerned. he lived and worked in an upscale text based in emeryville, where he was arrested in the predawn hours this morning. well known bay area public relations. professional sam singer has an office next door to the suspect in emeryville and described meeting him. here's what sam had to say. we just moved into this space just earlier this year. and he was a very nice guy very welcoming. he should have his unit. we showed him our unit. so this is a shock to all of us. it's a shock to the building. these are people who live or

work in this building who are professionals. there are architects, their lawyers. they're artists, their public relations companies. now police are expected to speak in the next half an hour. we expect to learn more about this case, then we will bring that news conference to you live when it begins for now, henry lee live in the newsroom. ktvu fox two news, henry. thank you across the bay. the chp's investigating another freeway shooting in oakland. this one killed the driver who crashed into a light pole last night after exiting 5 80 at lakeshore avenue forced the closure of interstate 5 80 for several hours. ktvu dave dellinger reports from oakland. behind me is the intersection that was the focus of chp s investigation in this freeway shooting. we also have new video that shows the moments before the pickup truck crashed. in real time. nearby gas station video shows a green pickup truck hitting another car from behind before smashing into a light pole. slowing the video down. you can see the vehicles make impact on lake park avenue around 11 42 wednesday night street taped off and then seeing

that that wreckage over there is like i thought it was an accident, but there was a shooting. it's kind of scary ahead of the crash. chp says the driver of the truck was shot at while headed west on 5 80 park avenue. when police arrived, the driver was dead. a bullet hole could be seen in the windshield. the scene scary for people who live and travel in the area. bullets are flying around and people shoot indiscriminately, whomever they're shooting at. and. bullets hit what they want to. unfortunately those are the risks we take living in oakland , and we're just not again. we're just kind of surrendering to it. it's unclear if the driver died from the shooting the crash or a combination of both shocking that things are getting out of hand and society these days and i don't think anybody is immune to it. no matter where we live. the investigation forced the closure of a portion of the freeway until three a.m. we're told the driver of the other vehicle is okay their car severely damaged

by seven a.m. both cars were told from the scene. the person who died hasn't been identified . and right now there's no reports of any arrests or suspect description. do you have any information? call chp were in oakland. david link ktvu, fox two news. now to a developing story we're tracking out of sacramento, the state capital was evacuated this morning, california how we patrol notified the senate about a threat it considered to be credible involving the capital, roseville police say the person is believed to have fired shots at the kted to the threat at the capital. just a short time ago, roseville police released a photo of the person and vehicle they're looking for the suspect vehicle on your screen, described as a 2002 gold ford f 1 50 single cab truck with the california license plate six v 04299. vehicles registered to 30 year old jackson penny from hayward. his dmv photo matches the description of the suspect as

provided by witnesses. the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. if you see him you're asked to call 911. two democratic congress members, including bay area representative ro khanna, or calling on senator dianne feinstein to resign. senator feinstein was diagnosed with shingles and february she's been absent from congress ever since , saying her return was delayed due to complications. congressman connor posted on social media. it's time for senator feinstein to resign. we need to put the country ahead of personal loyalty. while she has had a lifetime of public service , it is obvious she can no longer fulfill her duties. it's significant because you usually don't see parties. it is in a way turn in on themselves this way by senses that the pressure is building for her to step aside and allow the governor to announce a replacement and she has been the reluctant warrior here for quite some time. it's interesting to me. i don't know what political agendas are work

that are going after senator feinstein in that way. i've never seen them go after the man who was sick in the senate in that way. senator feinstein's absence in the senate judiciary committee is complicated. president biden's efforts to confirm federal judges in the senate yesterday, senator feinstein released a statement saying, i understand that my absence could delay the important work of the judiciary committee. so i've asked leader schumer to ask the senate to allow another democratic senator to temporarily served until i'm able to resume my committee work. february senator feinstein and down she would not be running for re election in 2024. a federal appeals court has ruled that the abortion pill will remain available to people nationwide, but with significant restrictions as griff jenkins report, it's a partial win for the white house, but there's likely a much longer legal battle to follow. one a small sigh of relief for abortion activists nationwide. a widely used abortion pill will still be available for now. late

wednesday, a federal appeals court partially overruled a decision that would have pulled fda approval of mifepristone this week was an outrageous ruling by the texas judge, as is evident by the fact that it was overturned in a few days. kristen is part of a two drug regimen to terminate a pregnancy. it's been on the market for two decades and is also used to help with miscarriages. some pro life activists question its safety. it was fast tracked in a sham proceeding by the fda. under bill clinton court did impose some temporary restrictions on the abortion pill. women can no longer get it through the mail method popular during the pandemic. mailing of it means teenagers can, you know? take this drug without their parents, knowing in the court cut down the amount of time the pill can be dispensed from 10 weeks of pregnancy to seven in the 21st century america that makes no sense. why can't you get this pill near in a health clinic

without having to go through your doctor? several states and universities have begun stockpiling the drug. democrats think americans are on their side of the abortion debate in a recent poll shows a majority think the abortion pill should be legal. the republicans have realized their agenda, especially on the social issues is wildly unpopular. the justice department says they will seek emergency relief from the supreme court. in washington. griff jenkins fox news at noon, it's blue and gold day around the bay area's the warriors prepare to play in the first round of the nba playoffs. flag is now flying at city halls in san francisco, oakland and san jose. he lit up tonight in blue and gold. it's part of the teams blue and gold day celebration. san francisco mayor london breed former warriors star festus ezeli and the basketball teams from sf state and usf attended a warrior's rally this morning outside city hall. thank you to all of san francisco and the entire bay area for helping us celebrate the start of the playoffs with blue and gold day.

so we are super excited and super fortunate to be entering the playoffs for the ninth time in the last 11 years. you all know during that span, we've what we've been to the nba finals six times in the last eight years and brought home four championships. that's it. mayor breed also issued a proclamation officially declaring today blue and gold day in san francisco. now the schedule for the first four playoff games between the warriors and the sacramento kings is on your screen gay one saturday evening at golden one center game to his monday night . games three and four will be next thursday and sunday at chase center in san francisco. the nba will announce more of the schedule for the best of seven playoffs if additional games are needed. coming up at noon racist text message scandal at the antioch police department and now the fbi is involved by the city's mayor says the issue goes way beyond the accused officers. what changes could be coming to your monthly pg and e

bill. the proposal that could change the way our bills are structure. add a burial weather, lots of sunshine today and a bit of a warming trend as we head towards the we end

unfold. inside a louisville, kentucky bank earlier this week . the 911 calls from people

inside the bank capture the sound of gunfire amid pleas for help. we have an active shooter in our building employee of old national bank get here now hiding that shots fired quiet. here yet. those are some of the 911 calls released by the louisville police department. somewhere from inside. the bank also learned the gunman's mother called 911 warning about the attack. her call came too late. the shooting had already started . five people were killed. the community gathered wednesday night to remember the victims and offer support to those who were wounded, including two police officers. here at home. there is continued fallout from racist text messages exchanged between two dozen antioch's police officers. people who have seen them described them as shocking. despicable. their abhorrent there are admissions brutalizind

targeting black and brown members of the community in anti daca, and it's clear that this is deeply entrenched in the culture there. text messages revealed this week show at least 24 officers were involved in a chain in which they espoused racist views, admitted to targeting minorities and discussed attacking anti ox mayor. during public comment on tuesday night city council meeting when president accused the city council of doing a poor job, said he wanted to see the mayor's text messages. you want to go outside, let's go. i am sick and tired of being attacked by these people in this community, apologizing for the racism that is going on and that's community. let's get an audit of your text messages. thorpe said that racism and anti ox extends beyond the officers caught in the text message scandal. it's not just the police department that provides cover for people like this who are in these text messages, the residents in this community who

will put up a fight to protect the culture that exists in that department. we reached out to the attorney representing the officers. we have not yet heard back. the antioxidant council will hold a special meeting next week to review the police department, internal affairs and hiring process. some people's monthly, pg and e bills could increase because of a new state law. california's three major power companies, including pg and e filed a joint proposal with the state public utilities commission. right now, the bills are primarily based on the amount of electricity and gas customers use, but under a new proposal monthly bills would include a fixed charge based on household income levels. state public utilities commission is to make a final decision by july of 2024. well, we are right now in the middle mark tamayo one of those brief periods of bay area whether that you don't really need the a c or the heat. yeah, that's a good call. gasia. yeah. perfect conditions out there. especially in the afternoon hours. it's kind of mild temperatures in the sixties and even today if you spots could be right around 70 degrees, so, yeah, we're not talking about that wintertime chill, and we're not talking about the extreme

heat here in the bay area and said, we'll take it as far as the drought conditions. of course, every thursday. we always talked about the drought map, and over the past several weeks, we've been updating maps with some big smiles as you can see here. with the drought index you can see from six months ago, 23 months ago to the current picture and much better so for today, we are expecting this. mostly sunny skies went around 20 to 25 miles an hour and temperatures will be in the upper fifties to the upper sixties. here's a satellite with the main storm track is anchored up to our north. we have lots of clear skies over the central coast and over northern california, so we are in the clear and wind speeds. of course winds were a big deal. yesterday we had a wind advisory for parts of the region right now. winds not too bad, but we are expecting a bit of a breeze to would develop throughout the afternoon hours, half moon bay right now wins out of the northwest at about 14 miles an hour, checking out the current numbers out their fifties in san francisco right now. it is 64 in

santa rosa and san jose. check it in 60 degrees, a beautiful day, looking out toward the golden gate bridge with lots of blue sky there and no cloud cover and sites. temperatures will be trending up a little bit over the next few days, not a major heat up, but still, this will set the stage for at least warming up into the weekend. saturday should be the warmest day the warmest locations will be approaching the lower seventies over the weekend, so it is a mild forecast. what's interesting, though in the next week, though, it looks like a cooler pattern setting up that'll send up some more clouds and maybe some shower chances back into northern california. it's still a bit iffy, but if we do pick up anything at least into early next week, it should be not. it should not amount to much at all. here's the forecast models. he put this into motion and here we go into today. we're looking pretty good friday, just maybe some patchy morning fog but increase in sunshine and then the weekend. we're looking just fine as well for saturday. and then by maybe sunday will bring in a few extra clouds and

temperatures will be cooling off for the second half of the weekend. highest for today, looking good sixties warmest locations right around 70 degrees later on today, so mostly sunny it is breezy went around 15 to 25 miles an hour and look ahead will stick with this pattern into friday more sunshine for saturday and then into a sunday will cool things off a little bit more clouds by monday and then by monday night into tuesday, the slight chance of a few showers. back in the picture, but between now and then we're looking pretty good as we head towards the weekend. more about the alleged leaker of dozens of highly classified national security documents . i'm

document the ukraine war was taken into custody today by federal agents. investigators say they think the guardsmen 21 year old jack teixeira, who specializes in intelligence led the chat group where the documents were posted. reporter jennifer griffin has more from the pentagon. as the investigation into the recent high profile intelligence leaks ramps up the washington post spoke with a friend of the alleged leaker. the teenager who is under 18 years old says he met the man who he calls o g on the social media platform discord. he's in his early twenties and worked or works on a us military base, coinciding

with our earlier reporting that the leak came from outside. the pentagon yogis friend says he was motivated by frustration, not politics, claims that he has a russian operative or pro russian is categorically false as a sign of just anger. he just decided to post the full documents began last year. o g for sharing transcripts, then photos of the documents. lawmakers on capitol hill say the breach threatens national security. but president biden claimed thursday there was quote nothing of great consequence in the leaks. full blown investigation going on in here. no brooklyn fellas running the justice department. and they're waiting close. the question now is why has o g not been arrested by the fbi, the teen interviewed by the washington post says he hasn't been contacted by any federal authorities. and while discord says it's cooperating with law enforcement, we're told there could be hundreds of documents still waiting to be released. basically we're concerned everyone's concerned about that. and it's a challenge

, and it's a challenge that we have to overcome. the senate will have a senate wide classified briefing on the leaked documents on april 19th. at the pentagon. jennifer griffin, ktvu fox two news. former president donald trump is back in new york city to face questioning in a civil lawsuit. attorney general leticia james is suing the trump organization over alleged business fraud. the former president arrived at the offices of new york's attorney general for his second deposition. the lawsuit is unrelated to the felony criminal charges filed against former president trump by the manhattan district attorney, which led to the first arraignment of former of former president last week. a plaster county woman is sharing her story after her husband died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a winter snowstorm last month in the sierra, it's really hard to think about trying to start over when you don't want to. and you're without your soul mate. two weeks ago, jason kasam went outside the couple's home

to check on a generator. when he didn't return. his wife, melissa , went outside and found him unconscious in a pile of snow. as she reached to help him. she fell into the snow and couldn't get out. the couple's children were inside the house at the time, they came out to help. they came outside, and they crawled up that bank and did everything they could to try to help me. and try to help him and it was just so long. it felt like an eternity. i mean, 90 minutes is a long time and i don't know how long you know, i was in there before they heard me. melissa tried performing cpr and her husband, her nine year old daughter used the phones. esos feature to alert first responders, but it was too late . officials say that jason died after he was exposed to carbon monoxide produced by the generator. the state supreme court ruled that tesla workers can sue the company for damages over alleged racial discrimination at the fremont factory, the chronicle reports. the decision upholds a lower court ruling that said the

employees can sue rather than go to arbitration, but also allows them to seek an injunction against the electric carmaker to address discrimination in the workplace, which the plaintiff's attorneys say is a first in california. last week, tesla was ordered to pay nearly $3.2 million to a former employee in a racial harassment lawsuit. hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to this country illegally as children can now apply for health insurance president biden allowing participants to access government funded health insurance programs. significant pushback is expected from conservative leaders of states that have been critical of the administration's response to migrants who illegally enter the united states. but the federal government provides funding and guidelines for medicaid. the program is administered. by the states. we continue to follow a developing story out of san francisco. we're about to learn a lot more about an arrest in the killing of tech exec bob lee . the news conference by police , the mayor and d a. that's about to get underway will bring that to you live. plus a sit

down interview with alameda county district attorney pamela price as she marks 100 days in office. the chief prosecutor pushes back against her critics how she defends her position.

bob last week now the suspect was arrested this morning and is emeryville home. he has been identified as 38 year old nemo. momeni he is the founder of expand i t, located in emeryville and reportedly in acquaintance of bob lee stabbing happened last week and san francisco's rincon hill neighborhood. it's stand the bay area tech community made international headlines. a news conference with investigators and the district attorney is about to get underway. as soon as that happens, we will bring it to you live here during this newscast, the chp is investigating another deadly freeway shooting in the east bay . this one happened just before midnight on 5 80 near lakeshore avenue in oakland. the victim was able to exit the freeway but crashed his pickup truck into a car and light pole. he was pronounced dead at the scene. it was at least one bullet hole that shattered the front window of the pickup. westbound 5 80 was closed till three o'clock this morning as officers searched the area. no one has been arrested. no suspect information has been released to the peninsula, where palo alto

police have released a mug shot of a man arrested for a daytime sexual assault. 34 year old daniel khan drone imp. um, a was arrested in berkeley in connection to a sexual assault that happened inside a pedestrian tunnel sunday afternoon near california avenue. police say the woman? yes the police say the woman was walking her bike through that tunnel when the suspect walked past her. the man then attacked her from behind and sexually assaulted her. police say the victim was taken to the hospital , where she provided a detailed description of the man and his clothing. people live in oakland's redwood heights neighborhood packed a meeting to discuss concerns about public safety. they would say they're concerned about what they see as an escalation of property crimes. some say the police response to their calls for service is inadequate. last night's event gave people there to ask questions of an opd captain as well as the oakland inspector general, the person who leads the independent civilian oversight effort for the police department. a lot of them are talking about a lack of responses to their concerns if they have any break ins or

issues like that, and maybe saying that because they're in this particular area, they are not being serviced. the meeting was organized by district for council member johnny ramachandran janani ramachandran . she is advocating for an increased police presence and unarmed community ambassadors in business areas there to san francisco. supervisors want voters to have a say an increased police staffing. we are in the most competitive environment for law enforcement personnel in modern history. and addressing police understaffing will enable us to make a bigger difference and sooner to turn the tide on public safety challenges, inflicting myriad harms on our city and its neighborhoods. supervisors met dorsey and catherine stephanie announced a petition drive to get what they're calling the police department full staffing act on the march 2024 ballot. if approved by voters, the charter amendment would re establish minimum police staffing levels and mandates certain budgetary provisions over a five year period to achieve a fully staffed police force. pressure

is growing on san francisco mayor london breed to solve the homeless and fentanyl crisis in the downtown district board president aaron peskin plans to move the monthly question and answer session with the mayor from city hall to nearby united nations plaza. he says he wants to force a public discussion out in the open supervisor. peskin tells the chronicle he understands solving the issues are extremely tough, and says the city's chief executive must be held accountable. the mayor's meeting, maybe scheduled for may 23rd, possibly sooner. alameda county's new d a pamela prices marking 100 days as the county's top prosecutor. in that time, she has come under heavy criticism for her progressive policies and the way she's handled high profile cases. ktvu amberleigh sat down with the new d a to hear how she answers her critics. hi hi. how you doing? good good to see you, too. thanks for making the time price . alameda county's new district attorney met with me in her office in oakland. after three months on the job, price says she has been busy, including work on a plea deal with murder

suspect alonso log wood accused of three killings in oakland from 2008. one victim was a witness to a murder when we're assessing our ability to hold people accountable, something that prosecutors have done from the beginning of time is make plea deals. price was heavily criticized for the deal that would include log wood apologizing and a 15 year sentence. she says she's held to a different standard than her predecessor, former d a. nancy o'malley. no one before we came here, questioned miss. um alex plea deals, and i can tell you on good information that there were lots of cases that were were plea bargains were very similar to the ones that we entered into in this case and others. that no one had a problem with the judge rejected the deal, and the case is set to go to trial. people that are judging or assessing the value of the 15 years versus 75 years

. they are assuming that mr log wood is guilty. and none of us should assume that they don't do evaluate and making a plea bargain prices. that case has language for years, and that's the d a. she's focused on swift justice in the case of 23 month old jasper wu, killed by a stray bullet in 2021. she says her office is reviewing the case and has spoken with his family. we're working on getting justice for jasper. that's what i said to them. and you know what i think i can do is do my job. we have an obligation to administer justice fairly. transparently on tuesday, critics and the families of crime victims protested against price in front of the alameda county courthouse calling for her recall. they say her progressive policies are soft on crime. how concerned ark

what happened to chase up with dean across the bay came to alameda county 40. years ago, i was embraced by the people of this county. i've had a great legal career here and what i expect and hope that the public will do is trust my judgment. they elected me, not somebody, some critic that has an opinion. that person could not do this job. i can't price tells me that she has received death threats, she said. she expected the criticism and that much of it comes from people who supported her opponent and those who do not want change in oakland, amberleigh ktvu, fox two news to the south bay. now we're new at noon. san jose will soon have a large new housing emergency facility for people who are homeless. matt mayhem in another city leaders attended a groundbreaking this morning for the housing facility on brandon blain. it'll be san jose's largest emergency interim housing site, with 204 beds estimated to support as many as

16 612 people a year, the mayor said it will bring san jose closer to his goal of ending the era of encampments. the future home of a community that will provide shelter services and hope for hundreds of individuals currently experiencing homelessness and our community. the future home of 600 people each year, most of whom will be on their way to permanent housing. the brand of monterey housing facility will be three stories tall and have modular prefabricated apartment units city of oakland, still working close the wood street homeless encampment. since monday, crews have removed some 75 tons of debris from that site. city workers are helping to move people, pets and belongings to shelter programs. so far, 27 people have enrolled in the woods street cabin program, which can accommodate up to 100 people. and affordable housing project with 170 units is set to be built on wood street, which is city owned land. a judge has ruled a church in san jose has to pay $1.2 million in fines for

violating public health orders at the height of the pandemic. calvary chapel routinely held large, indoor unmasked services during the pandemic, despite health orders, preventing them the judge rejected the church's argument that the county's order violated its religious freedom, citing the church's egregious conduct. the church has previously avoided paying contempt of court fees and other legal battles over public health orders. let's go now to san francisco. we're about to hear from the district attorney and leaders of the san francisco police department, speaking on the arrest for the killing of bob lee to bob lee's murder, and i want to just take this opportunity before they come up and provide the details that they are able to share with the public to really thank the san francisco police department and the investigators who worked tirelessly to ensure that this case was handled appropriately and, in fact to be clear that every single case involving any

homicide or any violence is always. brought the same attention is brought to ensure that justice is served and working hand in hand with our district attorney has been the incredible work that they've done together to ensure that this canada case was handled appropriately. and meanwhile, we know that this has been a high profile case, and there have been a lot of speculation and a lot of things said about our city and crime in this city. but these two leaders have been extreme. only responsible in their handling of this case, and we appreciate their hard work. to ensure that bob lee's family receives justice and anything that happens to anyone in this city receives the same justice. so at this time, i would like to turn it over to bill scott to provide you all with an update.

thank you, mayor. and good morning, everybody. first of all, i'd like to express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of mr robert lee, known as bob lee. i'm going to be brief on the details. but here's the summary ending update on april 4th 2023 at approximately 2:30 a.m. san francisco police officers from southern station responded to the 300 block of main street for report of a stabbing. officers arrived on scene and located. and located the victim, later identified as 43 year old robert lee, suffering from an apparent stab wound. officers rendered eight and summon medics to the scene. mr lee was transported to zuckerberg san francisco general hospital with life threatening injuries despite efforts by first responders and medical personnel, mr lee died from his injuries. the san francisco police department homicide

detail responded and took over the investigation. homicide investigators developed information that identified the suspect. as 38 year old neema momeni emeryville, california. we can confirm that mr lee and mr momeni knew each other. however we will not be able to provide further details at this time regarding the evidence that confirms that information. this morning members of the san francisco police department's investigations bureau and tactical unit serves several search warrants and arrest and arrest warrant and san francisco and emeryville, california. mr momeni was taken into custody without incident and emeryville, california. he was transported to the san francisco county jail and booked on one charge of murder. california penal code section 1 87 8. i'd like to remind everybody that this is still an open and ongoing

investigation, and we will not be able to provide further details at this point. before i turn this over to our district attorney i want to assure everyone that our investigators have been working tirelessly. to make this arrest and bring this case to justice for the lee family and his loved ones. just as we would for every homicide that occurs in this city. i like to thank homicide investigators led by detective brett dettmer. and detective thomas make mcwilliams also lieutenant kelvin sanders and our entire homicide team who have worked not only in this case, but all of our open cases. you know, i said from the start that i have every confidence. and the men and women and the members that work homicide. they have an 85% clearance rate year today, and that is expected to go to 92% because we just saw the 1994 case. yesterday as well. we

never give up finding justice is justice for the victims in this city, and i want to make sure that everybody knows how hard the men and women and members of this department work. to keep this city safe. with that said just a reminder. we won't be able to provide any details in this case today. but this is an ongoing investigation. we still have work to do and our job is to provide the best evidence possible to this district attorney and her team. so we can bring this case in any other homicide, a crime in the city to justice. so with that i'd like to turn it over to our district attorney rug jenkins. we're not . we'll take questions after. so as you're aware, i am brooke jenkins, the district attorney here in san francisco, and i want to thank you first. all for being here. i also want to start off by first acknowledging the pain and anguish that mr lee's family and friends are currently experiencing. there is nothing

nothing worse than a parent having to bury their child. or a young child having to bury their parent. my prayers go out to them during this very difficult time. i too want to commend the san francisco police department for their work and identifying who committed this heinous crime . they worked around the clock to solve this case. while in some cases we do immediately have a suspect. that was not the situation here. as a result of their hard work. mr li's killer has been identified, arrested and now will be brought to justice. as a former prosecutor in our homicide unit. i have personally worked on cases. with the detectives that solved this case. they are dedicated to justice and have further demonstrated their commitment to ensuring that san franciscans do get justice when something like this happens. i am here today to

formally announced the charges against mr neema momeni for the murder of bobbly. the specific charges that we are filing today include murder in violation of penal code section 1 87, as well as a special allegations, also known as an enhancement. alleging that this murder was committed with a knife. ask for next steps as i know you all are eager to follow this case. mr momeni is expected to be arraigned in department 10 of the hall of justice tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.m. my office will be filing a motion to detain mr momeni without bail to ensure that he remains in custody during the pendency of this case due to the obvious and severe public safety risk that we believe that he poses to the public. i want to end by saying thank you to mr lee's family and the people of san francisco for being patient with law enforcement. during the course

of this investigation, i know that everyone has wanted answers since this tragedy happened. well nothing can heal the pain of mr lee's loss. thank you for putting your trust in the san francisco police department and now in my office to ensure that we seek justice in this case. i acknowledge and understand how the loss of a young, vibrant leader and innovator has rocked our city and even beyond since taking office last july, i've worked tirelessly to ensure that san franciscans not only feel safer but actually are safer. even one murder is too many. regardless of the facts. violent acts like this are jarring to us all. as you already heard, mr lee was murdered by somebody that he knew. while we're not going to release any additional facts at this time, i must point out that reckless and irresponsible statements like those contained in mr must tweet

that assumed incorrect circumstances about mr lee's death served to mislead the world in their perceptions of san francisco and also negatively impact the pursuit of justice for victims of crime as it spreads misinformation. at a time when the police are trying to solve a very difficult case. we all should and must do better. about not contributing to the spread of such misinformation without having actual facts underlie the statements that we make victims deserve that. and the residents of san francisco deserve that. while public safety continues to be a top concern and priority for every resident and business owner in san francisco. i will continue to work with mayor london breed and our police chief bill scott and other city leaders to ensure that public safety in our city continues to improve. dedicated the last eight years of my career to holding some of our cities, most

violent offenders accountable and as your district attorney, i promise. my office will continue the fight to enhance public safety and to hold mr li's killer as we do all others accountable. thank you. i'm gonna open up just a few questions and you go ahead. i have two questions. first of all. i just wanted to make sure that if we use assist the suspect. all right. you know, see us after because i have never met the mr momeni, so i can't confirm that in this press conference, but we appreciate the question the suspect in the case. what need did you have that? was there any security footage? that you saw this guy and then him. how did you find him? we followed the evidence and there is a lot of evidence and again. we there's still work

to be done on this case, so and there's still evidence that we need to locate, so we are very limited in what we need to say at this point and want to reemphasize. what has been said by me and the district attorney. at the end of the day. we want to make sure that we get justice for the families and mr lee and i really appreciate everybody's , um, enthusiasm to get information, but we have to put the case first. so we won't be able to go into details about any evidence today about the suspect in the victim's time together before the incident. and how long were you tracking the suspect? well the evidence shows that they knew each other, and that's about as much as i can say. you know, this case started over a week ago, and we've been working around the clock since then. so the things will come out as this case proceeds in the particularly when it gets to court, but at this point, that's about as much as i can say i will say this been on this round the clock

from the start, and i just want to make sure that the world knows that we have other homicides that we work just as hard on i understand and appreciate the interest in this case. that's not lost on any of us. but let's not forget that we have lost other lives in this city, and there's work to be done on those cases as well. can you say anything about the motive with this targeted killing with an altercation that erupted fight anything about that? you can't say anything about the motive at this point, we can we, but we do know that they knew each other. the evidences has told us that good morning. my name fred. former pastry leave. my question is, how would you respond to people who portrayed this death examiners to make services go out to be like a lawless and crime ridden place? did you say that? well what i will say to that is this is more about human nature and human behavior. then

it is about our city. you take this out of san francisco. they they knew each other. you put it in another city, and i'm going to name any other study because i don't want to do that to any other city, but just put it in any other city. i don't believe it would have changed the circumstances one bit. this is not about san francisco. it happened in san francisco. and that is unfortunate. it's even more of a tragedy that happened at all. but this speaks to more about human nature. facts show and research shows that most people who commit homicides know the people that they killed. the research shows that so you know , i do understand how people see and view things. i see it. i read it. i live here just like you know a lot of you all. but this has nothing to do with san francisco. this has to do with human nature. let me go right here and the question from the common cold. can you talk about book possessions mr lee had on police accountant. yeah i can't

talk about that because i don't have that information anyway. right now and in terms of what mr lee had on him that will come out and, um as far as the investigation that will come out as the investigation proceeds, so thank you. you said that there were two wards served one in emeryville and one here. is there any expectation of another arrest or anyone else involved in this that we should be aware of the case is not closed yet, but at this point we're focused on the person that we know is the suspect. so the case is not closed. it's an ongoing investigation. but this is right now this mr momeni is our focus and the single suspect in this case. let me just clarify. we serve two warrants to search warrants in san francisco and an arrest warrant and search warrant in emeryville. michael chief review. why was he arrested made now with their new evidence in the case. how early on? did the department know that mr well in any investigation

when we get to the point where we're comfortable that we have enough evidence to make the arrest and we're comfortable. this is where working with our district attorney's office really, really matters. you know , and just as an aside, you know, it's not too common where you have a district attorney who prosecuted homicides and the chief of police. who has worked homicide and we understand the nuances. with these investigations. we both do so we appreciate the work that our teams are respective teams do. but when we work together, and we communicate, we know at which point because we're taking advice from our prosecutors. when we're ready to proceed with an arrest when we have enough when they feel comfortable, and i'll let the d a speak to that. comfortable enough that we have a case that we can move forward with, and once that's done, we will make the rest and that's what happened in this case. let me just say this. the police arrest standard is probable cause when they hand the case over to my office, the standard

is beyond a reasonable doubt. and so we have to be remain in communication about when enough evidence has been mounted. not simply for an arrest in a case like this, but so that when the d a s office is handed a case that we have enough evidence to prosecute to our stand to charge and prosecute to our standard, which is higher than the police arrest standard. has been under surveillance. it sounds like early on that. that's fine. what i will say is this, uh we've said multiple times now that we're not going to discuss any other facts about this investigation. this is still an ongoing investigation. we are not at the end of the road. we are truly at the beginning of the road. my office has to again have sufficient evidence to be able to prosecute this case to a jury, which to do that his his department still has more work to do. and so at this time, we would ask that you respect that fact. we have a family who is

entitled to justice here in this case, and the only way that can be delivered to them is if we protect the integrity of this ongoing investigation. their chief scott from the washington post. people who have indicated that the motivation for the act was a personal entanglement between mr lee and a member of mr moments family. is that an area of focus in this investigation? did you have a comment on that? well, i don't have a comment in terms of confirming that or or not confirming that what i will say is ongoing investigation. we know they knew each other. we know that much and we've confirmed that and there's still some work to be done. so what i don't want to do is put out information that's going to come back and hot. hunt us or the prosecution of this case, so i understand how hard that is. i know everybody wants answers. but please be patient with us on this because we definitely we are where we are in terms of the arrest the following of charges there's still more work to be done, though. thank you. and

we're gonna just take a few more after this. chief with regard to what you just said that you treat every homicide case the same way. there was a murder back in june of this to your lesson a year ago. his name was samuel st pierre. his parents are from arizona. um you have the make up the vehicle where you know the person shot it was in the marina. his family just wants to hear you say that you're still you know, working as hard as possible. i mean, what do you say that has not been solved yet? and we are leanne. we are working as hard as we can on those cases and you know, sometimes evidence comes together. and sometimes, you know, we have evidence that we have to continue to develop. we have to continue to corroborate and every case is different, but we are working that case. i'm familiar with all cases. but we are working in that case. we don't we don't give up. i mentioned earlier in my

comments. you know, we just solved the case from 1994, you know, and look, let me be clear. every case is not solved. i wish that were the case. i wish that we can solve every case and we try our best. but we don't give up on these cases and if there's active evidence that we can follow. we continue to follow those cases. we saw cases this year from prior years. so what i would say to the public is we don't lose hope. please don't lose hope. if your case is still out there. we know some cases go dormant. we've actually invested resources and cold case investigations. we hire retired officers retired investigators to assist in these cases. we have a cold case unit. and we don't give up on these cases. so if the evidence takes us to an arrest, we definitely will make that arrest. but you know, with that case, we still have more work to do and we will do more work. thank you. you said you worked around the clock. about money in your budget. working.

get more done case where? well absolutely it does, you know? our members work 10 hours a day , and when you have a homicide investigator that basically is spending the night in his office that's done on overtime. and as you all probably might imagine, you know the onset and the first week or so of the case first couple of days. you're hot on leads you we. we worked very hard are folks worked very hard. so yes, you can't do that without the resources and i'm grateful. that the mayor put that to the board, and i'm grateful for the board for approving that, because otherwise we cannot do what we do most of our homicides, there is a pretty significant significant amount of overtime g nice and then when the trial's

come. we still have the other cases while we're working with the d a s on the trial, so just think about these homicide investigators still have other cases they have to deal with. so yes, to answer your question. those resources are absolutely vital. let's make no mistake about it absolutely vital. two more right here in the murder weapon recovered and so where can disclose. uh and again i the facts will come out. but we are confident in the evidence that we have found so far. and, um that's really limited to what i can say now because we do still have work to do on this case, even though we had enough to arrest in the file is the district attorney and i have said, we still have work to do. last one, right? question for the district attorney, please. you've spoken to listening into san francisco's police chief district attorney and mayor bringing us the news that we had earlier this morning there's been an arrest in the killing of bob lee last week in the middle

of the night of the rincon hill neighborhood. one man, a 38 year old man named nemo. momeni is now under arrest. he was taken into police custody at his home in emeryville. early this morning. he has been booked on one charge of murder and a special enhancement that the murder was committed with the knife. where the police you say there is still evidence the department needs to locate he has not revealed. more than to say that the two men knew each other. we don't know the nature of their relationship or what, if anything, they proceeded. the killing. we're staying on top of this story will have more for you coming up today on the four and certainly online at ktvu .com. in the ktvu news app. thank you for joining us today. pictionary is next. - [narrator] can you guess what this is? (audience applause) if you guessed carton of eggs then you'd be a great contestant on pictionary. our first celebrity captain you loved on reba and baby daddy. it's the witty and wild, melissa peterman.