Court. He was killed last month in a shootout near Police Headquarters in the case of friendly fire. We just learned the name of the officer who shot him. Im andrea roane and prince georges chief is outside the courthouse with more on what happened in court today and who the officer involved is. Reporter its such a tragedy for the Police Department and the name of the officer who fired on officer colson by accident was released as Court Proceedings unfolded. The incident was described was the officer intentionally firing at a target he thought was a threat during a chaotic gunfight outside the district 3 Police Station on march 13 but it turned out to be a fellow officer jacai colson who was killed. It came as the three brothers accused in this incident, michael ford and his brothers malik ford and elijah ford were arguing probable cause for them to be held on a seconddegree murder charge because they were not the ones who pulled the trigger because officer colsons death came out in te
Death. The officers and the chief are emotional, outraged, and asking for our help. Tell us more. Reporter michael ford allegedly walked towards the Police Station and immediately started shooting. His brothers did not, but police say what they did is just as horrific. That image is of one of the ford brothers on a video recording device taping this, his brother shooting a Prince Georges County police officer. Reporter by the time he arrived in front of the district 3 station, police say michael ford had a plan. He intended to die, and 15 minutes before the gunfire erupted, he recorded a last will and testment. His brothers watched and video taped as ford shot at Police Officers and passing cars. I heard fbi, and then the minutes. Reporter colson arrived in plain clothings, and colsons actions put the other officers in a position to stop ford, but ultimately they dont believe fords gun ended colsons life, another officer did. He says it doesnt change anything, and these men are the rea
And rubio ended his Campaign Last night. Abcs Marci Gonzalez joins us now from miami with the details on all the results. A big night and a big morning. Good morning, marci. Reporter hi, kendis and reena. Yeah, it is now a threeman race on the republican side. As you mentioned, dot coming away the winner of the biggest contest of the day here in florida. But that one loss that you mentioned could complicate his path to the nomination. Millions of americans in five votes. The frontrunners are celebrating big wins. This is another super tuesday. Were going to go forward. And were going to win. But more importantly, were going to win for the country. Were going to win, win, win. Reporter b b the night quickly claimed his first campaign. Senator marco rub losing his home state of florida to donald trump and bowing out. While it is not gods plan that i be president in 2016 or even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. Reporter but it wasnt a clean sweep for trump. Gover
Throughout our region. Ive been speaking to Administration Officials with the Bowser Administration in d. C. They said their goal is to keep d. C. Schools and the d. C. Government open on time. Federal employees, opm said theyll have a statement later tonight. The latest from metro headquarters, back to you. Heres an idea of just how many people this impacts. Metro is the second busiest Transit System in the entire country. Trains make between 730,000 and 740,000 trips on a typical weekday. The metro rail system serves the population of more than 4 million people. About 45 of the population inside the beltway uses some form of mass transit. And that means a lot of people need a new way to get to work of course tomorrow. News4s derrick ward will be joining us from Silver Spring where most commuters are just hearing about this news. Derrick . Indeed they just as befuddled or at sea i guess you would say as some government officials are over this. Now metro did put out a tweet so a couple
Fellow officer that killed colson who had driven into the middle of a chaotic gun fight that was being videotaped by the shooters two brothers. They had every opportunity to call 911. They had every opportunity to seek help. They did nothing. Reporter michael ford on a twisted and failed suicide by cop mission, shouting loudly and shooting at police and people nearby. Police say that colson drove up in an undercover car and after the shooting started, he fired back at michael ford. Detective colson arrived in a firefighter fight, and that lasted in a matter of a few minutes. We believe the emotion of the interaction the e strikes mr. Colson. Reporter fords two brothers who were shooting the video, were also arrested. This was unprovoked. Reporter the chief did not release information on which officer might have shot the shot that killed jacai colson. Colson was a 28yearold from pennsylvania, from a small town outside wilmington, delaware. He grew up the grandson of a Police Officer. Hi