I wanted to take a moment and apologize for a picture that KTVU showed on the air for several seconds today about the young woman who was killed on a Bart train last night.
Here name was Nia Wilson.
She was 18 years old.On our noon newscast we briefly showed a picture taken from social media of her holding what appears to be a gun next to her head.
There is no excuse for that.
Repeat: No excuse!We NEVER should have used that picture.
It was a huge mistake on our part.We realized it instantly.
And that picture will NEVER appear on our air again.We had a lot of pictures to choose from and unfortunately that was one of the ones we used.
Again there was no excuse for that.
And my belief is that when you make a mistake you own up to it.
And that was our mistake.
A big mistake.Please know that everyone here at KTVU is mortified by what happened.
Also know that it was important enough for me to suggest to our News Director that I write this.
She said she was actually thinking the same thing.
And she agreed without hesitation.Nia was a beautiful young girl.
She had her whole life ahead of her.From me, and all of us at KTVU, I can’t say enough how sorry we are.