The jury which found a former Culpeper Police officer guilty of manslaughter recommended a sentence today and hes looking at spending the next three years behind bars. Reporter im peggy fox in culpeper where a jury decided that a former Police Officer will spend the next 36 months behind bars. The jury did not find Harmon Wright acted with malice when he shot and killed Patricia Cook who was trespassing sitting in her jeep in a School Parking lot. He says she clamped her windows shut on his fingers and started driving away when he opened fire. He still feels he did the job he was hired to do and there was nothing else he could have done. So he feels victimized. Reporter the jury found harmonwright guilty of manslaughter and two lesser counts. The judge can run the sentences concurrently or consecutively. This is a sad day. A victim lost her life. A former Police Officer lost his career and liberty for a period of time. Hopefully the juncture that we are at, the town and community of cu
We will keep you in the note. Lets get storm watch coverage with adam caskey. You feel the chill in the year when he stepped out. There will be an afternoon snow event. Lets take a look at the numbers. 20 at reagan national. Dallas 13 degrees. For the most part we are in the teens. Dulles 13. Another coaching of snow especially on the side streets and the grass. It will be a quick hit and for the most part light. Around 1 inch i would say is the most likely scenario. It is possible a 30 chance for 1 inch and a half to 3 inches. That would be close to the mason dixie line. Partly cloudy conditions and finally warming above freezing over the weekend. Similar highs in the 30s. Lets go to jamie with the commute. Here we go, maryland. We do have a snag. Southbound interstate 95, a crash happened the last hour. Passed through to 100 prior to i 75. It was involving a truck hauling a trailer with a book. Initially everyone had been stopped. One label goodbye to the right. Trailer with a boat.
Delay. Some close because of the weather. All of that information on your screen. Lets get to the storm watch with adam caskey. Keeping a close look on this next little clipper that will pass through. It will hit right a wrong the rush hour drive home. Lets talk about the cold temperatures. Bristow 12 above. Montgomery village 14. This afternoon will feel a lot like the past couple of days. Mostly cloudy with the afternoons no time frame around 2 00 until 9 00. Another light coating of snow. The most likely scenario is around 1 inch. It is possible a about a 30 chance that we could see 1 inch to 3 inches. This weekend we will climb above the freezing for a change. Partly cloudy conditions. That is it for your forecast. Friday morning, love it as we start of quiet. No problems to report in the maryland virginia, or the district. 3953 schilling 10 across the 14th street bridge, this is pretty much what i see. Thank goodness we are off to a column start. No problems on 66. An artery comin
Shed. On a shed. But there are reports of people trapped in the debris and at least one death. These trucks and cars flying over the truck. It was unbelievable. Tornado sirens sounded warning residents to find cover fast. I was worried about everybody else, my family. The same system hit this factory. The deadly funnel cloud was part of a massive storm system pounding the southeast. Power is out for tens of thousands after a confirmed a tornado touched down. From the air you can see the damage, homes and businesses ripped apart in memphis. She was not letting go of our grandson. Her grandson. Storm cleanup is underway in alabama. Elsewhere in the state, strong winds tore down this church steeple. The good thing is no one was injured. It is no in nebraska and iowa. Omaha is digging out from up to 5 inches. In pennsylvania, there are wind gusts Strong Enough to blow over a state police helicopter. Parts of new york, dense fog. Just incredible stuff there. Closer to home, the Severe Weath
Had, actually Southern Maryland, Northern Neck of virginia. This narrow band there. Unloaded an inch to two inches of snow parts of the Northern Neck, into st. Marys county, lower eastern shore. Now locally were just getting lingering snow showers and flurries in areas in gray and white across Northern Virginia and into the nearby suburbs in maryland. Its going to be with us here perhaps for another hour or two. And then ending. Up to about an inch of snow generally. All these areas in the purple color, until 9 00. A Winter Weather advisory in effect. Its probably going to be expiring around dawn. And most locations, though, around the metro area only had about a dusting to maybe a quarter inch where temperature are only in the upper teens Prince Georges County. Montgomery, arlington, fairfax near 20 in the district. And later today, its going to be mid 20s by noon. Well have sunshine then. A gusty wind will swirl the snow, gusting to 30 miles per hour. The windchills will be in the te