News 4 midday starts right now. A handful of activists gathering at Baltimore City hall with new demands. They want police to release 16 fellow protesters arrested for protesting this morning taken out of the building in plastic handcuffs hours ago. Police broke up an allnight sitin and charged the folks with trespassing as we said. They were part of a large group that disrupted a hearing about hiring a Permanent Police commissioner. Those protesters opposed a preliminary vote to keep kevin davis on the job and they want a say in the selection process. Thanks, molette. Developing right now, an announcement any moment about u. S. Troops in afghanistan. President obama is expected to say he plans to keep troops at current levels next year and 5,500 troops in 2017. Thats much higher than the 1,000 needed to protect embassies that many expected he would use. We are watching the white house where that announcement could happen any minute now. We will bring it to you live when it happens. To
Were working to figure out how more were arrested. They refused to leave the building. Earlier they could be heard shouting there from the upper gallery of a Conference Room when a City Council Committee voted o ken davis becomg a top cop. Voting that Police Change their tactics. Well stay on top of the developing stories. Thank you, mollet. Its not clear whether Syracuse Police arrested anywhere near the university however the campus is no longer on lockdown. Police say someone shot a and killed a man and then ran into the cemetery next door. Just hours ago they say there is no longer a threat. No one from the university was involved. D. C. Fire crews rescued one person. There was heavy smoke coming from burned food on the stoesh. One man was critically hurt. Today a man who ran over a d. C. Police officer with his car will be sentenced. Kevin burno will face pruzen. The officer is no longer able to perform patrol duties. You may have seen this video on social media. That officer hold
Says she wasnt acting alone. A massive operation that took millions of dollars of synthetic drugs off the street. The im adequate pain our region. If youre planning to use uber this weekend, well tell you why your ride might not show up. First at 11 00, Montgomery County police say a person shot behind a laundromat this afternoon is dead and now theyre trying to find the killer. A Good Samaritan who saw the whole shooting happen tried to chase the gunman. Hes still free tonight but jackie spoke to the man who tried to chase him down. Reporter jim, that new information is the victim has been identified by police as 21yearold Deandre Smith of gaithersburg. That good semayor tan you mentioned, he said what he saw made him so angry, he didnt even think about his own safety. All i heard was gunshots and looked to my right and saw somebody standing over a person, fired two more shots and i took pursuit. Blew my horn, you know, i stayed on my horn long enough to get his attention. When he loo
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