At fbi headquarters. Reason being fbi director james comey said he did not want to add to any of the killers fame and glory. Did not want to encourage any other people to, quote, follow in his footsteps. The fbi revealed they had interviewed omar mateen three times spanning 2013 and 2014 for possible connections to islamic extremist, ultimately fbi agents determined he was not a threat and closed the case. Earlier today, we did get details from the fbi on to what that case was about. Apparently in may of 2013, the fbi was alerted by employees at a florida courthouse where omar mateen had worked as an employee security guard. The employees heard something, so they said something to the fbi. Apparently, mateen had been brags to employees that his family was connected to Islamic Extremist Group possibly isis odds with each other. Later in may of 2014 mateen game back under the watch when he was possible connected to a suicide bomber in syria. After that interview, fbi once again concluded
Response to what happened. Fox5s teisha lewis is life in manassas with the story. Teisha. Reporter tony and shawn, a lot of questions tonight. What i can tell you is that we have been here at the manassas campus, novas manassas campus since 7 00. We have seen these emergency boxes and these blue lit fans for students to access during emergencies. What we have not is a Security Officer amidst heightened awareness after two female students say they were sexually assaulted and raped by the same college professor. One incident happened inside that building. Thats the house man hall. 27 year old you receive that ream is charged with rain and sexually battery, among other charges. That ream has been an adjunct professor at he was fired on thursday, one week after the accusations surfaced. He was terminated. Police say the attacks happened recent as two weeks ago. Ive been having issues with a lot of manassas stuff. I havent gotten any remails. And i didnt get an alert about that as well. I w
Neighbors request and quickly made a phone call which was overheard by the neighbor. Hes like, um, hey, um, bring that piece. I got to take care of something. I understood very well what he said. Reporter the neighbor sent his children inside. Thats when this older model gray cadillac pulled up a man got out of the rear passenger seat with gun and pointed it at the man as he stood behind his fence. I was like, oh, lord, not my kids. I was scared because i was hoping it didnt have to go down like that. I thought he was going to shoot. He looked like he was aiming to shoot. The man got back in the cadillac and drove away with the gun. The man who was fighting then threaten the neighbor again. Obviously were concerned about it. Someone called someone to bring a gun over to settle a dispute that guy is not even involved in. Reporter the couple jumped in this mini van and fleeted the area. My kids are safe. I didnt feel safe at all. Wednesday Evening Police took a person of interest in cut
Right now a local dad shane after a violent confrontation outside his home. It started when two strangers started brawling in front of his garage. His children were just feet aw away. When he asked the couple to move, thats when it got scary with a gun. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. That dad tells us he thought for sure hautboy get shot. Only on fox, Dave Schratwieser spoke to that dad. Hes live at police headquarters. Dave . Reporter lucy, scary moments for that homeowner as he tried to break up that confrontation and trying to protect his children when a guy in a cadillac pulled up, got out with a weapon and pointed the gun right at him. Tonight his kids are safe and he says hes very lucky. It started with an argument and a fight between this couple in a rear alley off jackson street in the northeast. Thats when a neighbor came outside and asked the couple to move on. He spoke with fox 29 but asked us not to identify him. I told them, listen, take that swells. My kids a
So it looked like tornado came through. Looks like a war zone. Looks like there was a tornado actually. Every tree had had some kind of damage to it. High at least a dozen trees on my property alone. Reporter so many people thought it was tornado the National Weather service came out to green creek to investigate. Turns out they think it was micro burst like an air bomb that pulverized trees with hundred mile per hour winds. It was like boom somebody was shooting a cannonball or something thats how bad it was. You can hear trees breaking and fire sirens and all that kind of stuff cops and everything. Reporter and it was as bad as it sounded. Craig is lucky enough to have his own front end loader but most people dont but the cleanup can be overwhelming. A long grueling physical and expensive job. I dont know how many money it will cost me to clean this up. I already called insurance. They dont help with the clean cleanup. Line and crew crews are working as bad as they can back up. For a