Still ongoing, police trying to figure out exactly what went on. What we know is this. They were initially called, police were, for a pedestrian struck. It was a chaotic scene. They found the mother of the young man struck by the vehicle on the ground screaming. Ak47 a gun, and there was a gun, an ak47 on the scene. Is darkcolored range rover the one that struck the young man who was carrying a gun, struck and killed him. We have been told that this had to do with a dispute over a girlfriend, harassment, and a planned confrontation. My sources are telling me that the story may be changing. It may be changing a little bit. They believe they man driving the range rover and the man with the gun did know each other, but a dispute. It will be quite a while before police can sort this out and get to the bottom of it. The bottom line, a young man instead a young man is dead. Police found an ak47 Assault Rifle on him. The Shopping Center is closed. It has been a terrible thing to watch as peop
The driver claims he and his daughter spotted the man who assaulted her last night riding in a car with his mother this morning. So they followed them while calling police. How the parking lot confrontation happened remains a mystery. Everybody involved is being questioned. Those who saw part of the incident or the horrifying aftermath tell us they are shaken. From what i understand, someone was trying to protect their daughters interest. And did it have to lead to death . No. Brad so what we know is the red s. U. V. Was headed in this direction. It hit the man with the gun just about right here. His vehicle was parked over on that part of the parking lot. So he had been coming in this direction. Now, a lot of questions tonight. Police want to know was that gun visible to the driver, the d. C. Firefighter . The driver who struck him. And additionally, police know that that man and his daughter had spotted this person. They were told by police not to follow the other car. But they conti
Reras last fall, little did they know that the tip they need it would be coming from one of their own. A person working with the Regional Task force recognized him in the morning. Undercover officers came here very early. Sixmonth ended a manhunt. Illegally enter the u. S. In 2015, was ordered to leave, did not, and then allegedly raped a girl in falls church. Is doing aas ice national crackdown, but ice says they have done nothing beyond routine arrests in Northern Virginia and this arrest was local, not federal, but contreras is the type of undocumented immigrant the president wants to target because they are believed to be a Public Safety threat. Committed other crimes during the manhunt, so they are still investigating and looking for information from the public. Live in falls church, tom roussey, abc 7 news. Jonathan breaking news into the newsroom. National security adviser Michael Flynn has resigned. The resignation comes amid a hading controversy flynn with the Russian Ambassad
Like that. He would go to work. Come home. Take care of himself and his pets. He was loving and caring. Its hard. I dont know. Q now this is a picture on 28yearold timothy sherod. He was found dead in his car in a quiet neighborhood in accokeek yesterday. As it stands right now police are still searching for his killer. They need leads. We will have more on the investigation in the 5 00 hour. You will hear more from the father grieving and pleading for help. He will tell us more about how special his son was to him. Stay tuned for that. Reporting live from the Prince Georges County police department, im q mccray. Back to you in the studio. That is heartbreaking. Thank you. Now developing at 4 00, a plea for police for a missing teen in fairfax. Lets get to Stephen Tschida with this. Stephen yeah, alison, 15 minutes ago we heard from Fairfax County police. They told us they believe this teenager, 17yearold venus romero irahata is in danger. They have realized she is acquainted with the
Hours ago. Right now the south bound lanes are blocked as the cleanup continues. Larry tonight, two crime fighters accused of committing crimes. The Prince Georges County Police Officers were indicted in separate cases this afternoon. Maryland bureau chief brad bell broke the story on twitter and is live in palmer park with the latest. Brad . Brad yeah, this agency is not proud of these charges. But they are proud of the fact they say that the cases show that they can police themselves. The case against Corporal William diaz has to do with his work on an antiprostitution squad. We have gone along on raids the squads have conducted. Its alleged that diaz was doing more than making arrests. He is accused of having relations with a prostitute while on duty. Thats not all. He was alerting at least one prostitute when the unit was going to be enforcing in certain areas. Presumably for her to avoid brad decorated 14year veteran corporate George Merkel is accused of assault against a homeless