Cook was sitting in her car in a lot at epiphany catholic school. She refused to leave even when confronted by a school administrator. So then officer Daniel Harmon wright was called into check on a suspicious vehicle. When he arrived, cook said she was waiting for a friend. She displayed her drivers license but apparently declined to hand it over to him. Harmonwright testified he reached for it but she rolled up her window, trapped his hand and began to drive. He says he fired because he felt his life was in danger. The former policeman kept firing after the car moved away from him. Special prosecutor jim fisher told the jury harmonwrights actions were unjustified and excessive. Defense Attorney Daniel hawes said he was doing his job in shooting a fleeing felon. Both sides agree cook had a metallic sunscreen sitting across the sun screen of her jeep wrangler. When she pulled away, it was still there. The defense said she was pulling onto the street essentially driving blind, so harmon
A crime was committed. That it was an unlawful shooting. He had no right to shoot this woman who was unarmed. His selfdefense plea was made up and did not hold up and the jury actually believed that. They did not buy his claim of selfdefense. The defense attorney got in his car and drove away. He told us earlier that he would only talk to us, depending on how he felt and i think he was very disappointed. However, as some spectators pointed out, it could have been a lot worse. He could have gotten murder one and that carries a twenty year to life sentence. So you know, if you look at it that way, he got off pretty well. Peggy, thank you. Daniel harmonwright found guilty. Well be following this in the sentencing phase. We have another guilty verdict this evening. This in the trial of anne arundel county, john leapold. Guilty of using his Police Detail to carry out his personal errands. He is not guilty on two counts. Break this all down. Deb. Late this afternoon, a judge found executive,
You must act. Reporter giffords came to happy hill with her husband capitol hill with her husband, retired astronaut mark kelly. A ban on large capacity magazines he said may have injured the gunman from taking his wifes life when he took six drives. When he tried to reload, he dropped the magazine and a woman grabbed it and it gave bystanders a time to tackle him. Reporter republican Lindsay Lindsey graham offered a counter example of a woman running out of bullets defending herself. Some Democratic Senators have introduced legislation to ban high capacity magazines and assault style weapons, expanding background checks also up for debate. My problem with background checks is youre never going to get criminals to go through universal back ground checks. Reporter Wayne Lapierre pressed the nras position. The criminals wont go to purchase the guns because there will be a background check. Well stop them from the original purchase. You miss that point completely and i think its basic. Se
What happened . What happened . Where can my babies be . Im a mother and i dont know how she could handle losing two babies like that. Reporter a volunteer firefighter from myersville was also injured here last night. By the time the fire crews got here the house was completely engulfed in flames. In fact, some of the neighbors think firefighters werent called until the house was up in flames because the parents were scrambling so desperately to save the children. We know Angela Lillard is part of the Carroll Creek Montessori School community in frederick. Weve been in touch with some of those folks. There is an outpouring of grief and support for this family including a fundraiser thats being planned already at a chickfila restaurant next tuesday in frederick. The family is real going to struggle to recover from this terrible tragedy where the two sisters died. Scott broom, wusa9. I have to ask you any talk about what was the cause of this . Reporter they have no idea what the cause w
They havent said exactly why, but its pretty clear. Theres been a considerable amount of pressure on the boy scouts. You may remember that barack obama and mitt romney during the campaigns said that the scouts could change the policy. There have been very public expulsions of scouts that have caused something of a blowback, but i should also say the individual organizations say this is the wrong thing to do. The scouts have been pulled in both directions. This may well end up being a compromise that nobody likes. Weve heard tonight from the Southern Baptist convex that theyre very disappointed. Others have said this doesnt go far enough,. Kind of like dont ask dont tell, a compromise like that . Well, that would be for others to decide, but its definitely a compromise. All the scouts will formally say is this is serious ly week in texas. Do you have a sense of the time frame . Yes, next week. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. Our Team Coverage continues in Montgomery County tonight. Jack