Police. How did we get so fearful that we think deadly force is the way to stop some situation like that . Reporter and the Community Hearing responses like this from an officer. That the average citizen would run. If they believed that was a gun would run, but the Police Officer cant. Reporter this is new sheriff troy berrys idea of training. We here at Charles County Sheriffs Office are trying to learn from national incidents. These are automatic flight and fight take over our brains. Reporter the discussion was led by retired d. C. Metropolitan police veteran melanie smith, now a phd. Law enforcement agencies train more in terms of Firearms Training rather than how to deescalate conflict resolution. People purr really afraid if they got stopped are really afraid if they got stopped by the police that they might make the wrong move and all of a sudden something go wrong. Reporter pastor Benjamin Watkin says making conversations with people part of training can change that. Naacp chap
Some car windows just about 1 2 a mile from where we are now. This is the neighborhood where he lives in. A neighbor did tell us that he is known in the area for getting a little belligerent. He tends to heavily drink and use drugs. Again, this what is neighbors are saying, not police, and they say that he tends to also get naked when this happens. Now police tonight are continuing to look for him. Theyve been searching this area for the last hour and a half and so far no word on whether or not they tracked him down. Thats the very latest here. Were live in gaithersburg. Im ileana diaz, wusa9. Thank you. Also breaking out of virginia tonight charges against a Loudoun County county sheriffs deputy. 31yearold john gregory has been charged with assault after an arrest in june. Its not clear what happened during that arrest. Gregory has been served with a misdemeanor summons for simple assault. Gregory was placed on administrative leave in july. Hes been with the Sheriffs Office for 10 yea
Friends remember him. The 2014 american worked as a consultant at deloitte. Spoke twod the world, languages, and was a star hockey player per on saturday night he was shot and killed outside the shot howard metro station. His College Roommate was in the hospital moments after doctors try to save him. You cant describe that loss spirit you feel like everything has sunk out of you, especially someone who was so kind and was an innocent bystander. Hadriends say that shlonsky just left a party at a local bar when eight shots rang out. Witnesses say a burgundy chrysler 300 with maryland tags fled from the scene. A should have been a great day but it ended in tragedy. Reporter matt intern for u. S. Senator rob portman from ohio paired ohio. The senator released a statement saying that matt was a talented young man with a Bright Future who was taken from us to send. Tonight npd are offering a reward of up to 25,000 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of matts killers.
Effort to curb the violence in this neighborhood. He got out ofght, the cab right here, headed for a bar with friends to go to a party when he was gunned down in. At first, he did not know he was hit and then he collapsed. Hisis funeral on sunday, friends say he had the world in front of them. He was an honor student and worked as a consultant and was fluent in spanish. He served as a student ambassador. He worked for a u. S. Senator. His roommate this guide him described the moment with the bad news. You cant feel it describe the feeling. He was an innocent bystander. Few police are releasing a details. Its believed the bullet was intended for somebody else nearby. The police are searching for a chrysler burgundy. Are offering 25,000 for information leading to the arrest and convict and of the killers. Police are investigating a shooting near a facility for at risk women. Police would not confirm that the shooting happened there. A 21yearold male and a 20 rolled female were shot. Both
Adam torres makes his first appearance in Court Tomorrow morning. We reached out to his attorney for a comment but we did not hear back. Live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Torres is the first Fairfax County Police Officer ever to be indicted for policeinvolved shooting. Torres was fired two weeks ago for what the chief called an unnecessary use of force. Kimberly we want to head out to southeast washington for breaking news. Three more people have been shot, two of them are just kids. Juveniles. The scene is unfolding right now on Savannah Street, a block and a half away from the Congress Heights metro stop. Rich reese is live on the scene. What have you found out in the last 30 minutes . Rich yes, since we last talked to you we have learned that the two victims were two juvenile males, one adult female. You can see a lot of the police brass are here. Chief cathy lanier is here. Mayor bowser is here and a number of commanders are here. This was a shooting. We do