Police officer shot and killed both gunmen. The bomb squad was called to the scene, a nearby businesses evacuated. In january, 12 people were killed by islamic gunmen in an attack on the paris office of a newspaper that satirized islam and depicted the prophet mohammed, considered blast pehmous by muslims. Kellye friday, Maryland Governor john delaney created a securities are. That will oversee government responses. Congressman delaney first proposed the legislation on abc seven news last week after we learned that an american hostage was killed in a u. S. Drone strike against al qaeda. From rockville, which is in delaneys district, the legislation would not change the longstanding policy not to negotiate with terrorists. Irrational republicans have push legislation through the house Congressional Republicans have pushed legislation through the house with a local versus federal conflict that raises many issues about the economy abortion rights, and religious liberties. Reporter house l
Tonight 7 on your side on your side taking a closer look at how they work. Fighting back against crime investigator. Jennifer donelan went to scottsdale, arizona, to meet face to face with one of the top makers of body cameras. Jennifer if the answer to this is to put cameras on the bodies of the men and women in blue the question of will they work might lie in the question of how they work. Welcome to taser. Jennifer yes, taser. The company known for the stun gun weapons has become one of the most sought after manufacturers in the nation for the police body cameras. The camera lens up here is a fish island and it is capturing a wide angle. It captures most of what my periphery is. So if i wear these glasses, and i have the, i am looking that way it is capturing everything im seeing on patrol. The saving of that begins when they click it in a certain mode. Jennifer some raises the question do officers have too much control over the devices . It takes two clicks to turn on. Once its rol
First, we will hear from the representative of the gray family. Who has remarks to make and then ill make these remarks and then well take a handful of questions. My name is richard. Im one of freddies two fathers. We are satisfied with todays charges. These charges are an important step in getting justice for freddie. We ask whoever comes to our city, a city that we love a city that we live in come in peace. And if you are not coming in peace, please dont come at all because this city needs to get back to work. The last thing that freddie would want is to see the hard working people of baltimore lose their jobs and businesses because of his death. You all know that would totally defeat the purpose of what we are trying to work towards. Remember, without justice, there is no peace. But let us have peace and the pursuit of justice. Thank you. Today is a momentous step on the road to justice for freddie. In losing freddie the gray family has been put through real hell. One can only imagi
Came abruptly and has all the signs that she was pushed out. She was named head of the 911 center by mayor vincent gray. She moved to unified communications. A number of recent events including the dispatching of units to a fire inside a metro station raised questions about the unified communications. Asked about the resignation meir bowser used the phrase they are moving in a different direction. Mayor bowser, we are moving in a different direction. We have had months to evaluate the safety cluster. We decided to move in a different direction. Sam this comes as the new fire chief took over yesterday. A number of these high profile issues have involved the fire the harmon and the office of unified communications. An acting director has taken over and place of director green. Jummy responding to rising tensions between Police Officers in the community. Mary shea wants to change what it means to assault a Police Officer. She is introducing a Police Reform bill. When it could mean for the
Reagan National Airport at 12 30 this afternoon. Just beyond the u. S. Airways jets forced to land on runway 11 it after the aircraft experienced hydraulic problems. It could be heard sputtering as it peeled away from the formation over the lincoln memorial. This was shot from Bradley Point north of reagan National Airport. Emergency crews rushed to the tarmac to assist once the plane did touch down. It caused delays for friday afternoon air travelers. Someone worked here the flights were delayed indefinitely at the time because of the world war ii plane stuck after an emergency landing. We got to see plane being pulled by several guys out of the runway. Suzanne the plane had to be towed off the runway and it was going to be brought back to the airport from which it left. Fortunately no one was injured. Reporting live at reagan National Airport suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. Alison okay. We have a Photo Gallery from todays flyover at wjla. Com. We invite you to share your photos. Post the