In custody. Police track down the man wanted for shooting an officer. The surprising place he was discovered. Hello again. Im jessica kartalija. Im don scott. Heres what people are talk talking about today. Breaking news. The search for the man accused of opening fire on a Howard County Police Officer is over. Wjz is live with complete coverage of the capture of stephon prather. Sky eye chopper 13 is over the area where officers found him. First we go to mike schuh with the latest on the manhunt and capture. Reporter good morning. This incident happened just abok away from here. Prather fled into the woods. Its believed he stayed there over night. He emerged from the woods at that tree line and Police Caught him right here. He was captured here, just 50 yards from yesterdays shoot out. At 8 30 this morning freddy pina was first to see him. He looked like the guy that they described on the news. He had two sticks in his hands. Face was covered. Prather was using those two sticks to try
Again this evening. Actually within the next half hour. That meeting is scheduled then. Live on capitol hill, danielle nottingham, matt back to you. Danielle, thank you very much. Earlier today the white house released a fact sheet on the deal. For starters it would permanently extend middle class tax cuts, extending credit for working families, raises 626 billion by ending tax cuts to the wealthiest 2 of the americans. Promote deficit reduction and strong fiscal growth and extend the farm bill through the end of the fiscal year, thus averting a sharp rise in milk prices. Stay with 9news throughout the night for the very latest on the fiscal cliff. Well have updates on our website, wusa9. Com and the latest tonight on 9 news at 6 00, 7 00, and 11 00. Samesex marriages got underway in earnest today, all across maryland. A wide cross of people are tieing the knot. Among them more than half a dozen couples who literally lined up to wed at a water front end on marylands eastern shores. Our
We have the forecast see if we can get that, that is gorgeous. And and we are waking up again to midand high level clouds, temperatures this morning and 44 degrees and 50 in san jose. And concord and livermore and chillier in santa rosa at 37 degrees. Well look at mps. Well talk about that in a bit. Were following a developing story of san jose unit. The police are investigating there assault incidents. Mining us is mike pelton. What can you tell us . This a big concern for the police as you have two Sexual Assaults and another in in the past that 12 hours. They took place here on the southern portion of campus, the first of which was here in front of the event center. It was around 6 55 last night at 9 21. Police say the suspect rode a bike behind them and touched them before riding of. He is described as a 20 to 30 year old whiteman with a black sweat shirt and mustache. Another around 1 00 outside of one of the halls. Two suspects one on a skateboard anotlong board attempted to touc
Remember, these are people who just moments before were enjoying bastille day, the equivalent of the fourth of july, fireworks by the sea and shots fired reportedly by the driver of the truck who got back behind the wheel going block after block hitting as many people as he could. French media now putting the number killed as high as 73. So weve just gotten these images of the aftermath. They come from video that we turned into still images and tried to take the color out because otherwise theyre simply too graphic to show you. Again, we are only showing this very sparingly. What we will be doing throughout the next few hours is bring you everything we know and everything we are learning minute by minute. All were hearing from authorities and intelligence sources and our team of experts. Cnns Becky Anderson is reporting developments from paris and jim sciutto is reporting out of washington. Becky, first of all, we go to you. Whats the latest . Reporter the latest, im afraid, is that th
Im john vause in los angeles. Im isha sesay. Were following breaking news out of nice, france, where at least 84 people are dead. 18 critically wounded in yet another brazen terror attack. Thousands gathered along the beach to celebrate the National Holiday, bastille deal, when a driver of a large truck plowed into the crowd. You can hear the gunshots captured in this amateur video. [ gunshots ] witnesses say the man drove about 2 kilometers more than a mile before he was shot and killed by police. A Law Enforcement source tells at fp that they found several fake rifles and an inactive grenade inside the truck and the Identity Card of a french tunisian man. Francois hollande said theyre under threat from islamic terrorism and that this is an incident that cant be ignored. He will travel to nice in the coming hours and the president plans to ask for a state of emergency. It was set to expire july 26th. Translator struck on the day of her National Holiday, the 14th of July Bastille day,