Manslaughter. Robert bates says the shooting, caught on video was an accident. Bates is a 73yearold former Insurance Company executive. As a reserve deputy, he serves as an unpaid volunteer with the sheriffs department. Omar villafranca is in tulsa. Reporter robert bates walked into the tulsa county jail just before 10 a. M. A half hour later, he was released after posting a 25000 bond. Bates did not speak but his attorney Clark Brewster said this about the manslaughter charges feel theyre urn warranted and shouldnt have been brought. Reporter bates was charged yesterday after an investigation into the shooting death of 44yearold eric harris. Its a lugar. Reporter on april 2 harris, a convicted felon was the target of a gun trafficking sting by tulsa county sheriffs deputies. As Police Closed in to arrest him, he ran. A deputys body camera captured the pursuit. Bates could be heard yelling, taser just before a shot was fired. gunshot bates says he thought he pulled his taser but fired
Clouds give way to shine toowmorr and how cool your morning commute will be. It appears investigators may have solved a series of Bank Robberies dubbed the black hat bandits. One of the men were arrested following the robbery of a wells fargo on connecticut avenue in d. C. Is now linked to eight other area robberies. 66yearold Thomas Anthony george is only charged in a single case, but according to a search warrant he confessed to others. Hes described as a career bank robber who lab convicted three time since 1980 has been convicted three times since 1988. 37yearold dewitt hall reportedly drove the getaway car. Right now Prince Georges County executive Rushern Baker is rolling out his plan to increase property taxes in his county by 15 . That money would fund 133 million increase in the School System budget. Hes hoping to bring School Performance to inside the top 10 in maryland and within just five years. Today baker told our Prince Georges County bureau chief scott broom taxpayer ou
it s lingering for days. the mugginess and humidity. good morning, everybody. straight at 9:00, great to have you with us with our cloudy air mass on top. temperature holding steady at 71. humidity, 90%. the wind isn t even stirring around. it is calm. west virginia is waking up in the 50s. but we have 70s here and over towards the coast. and it looks like that s where we re going to be today once again. cloudy skies. temps in the 70s. a little bit of rain is falling off to the west. just west of winchester, along route 50, towards cape and romney. it s coming down pretty good. it s also sneaking into southern allegheny county. unless you re there, we are pretty to go. clouds around. 77 for the high today in leesburg, hagerstown. d.c., la plata, 75 for a high for you. i have the 75-day forecast. no, not quite. i have the seven-day forecast ready to go. we ll talk about the ups and downs when we we dry out in just a little bit. looking forward to that. thanks, kim. all t
noon. courtney is watching the flooding season. you said that the severe stuff is mostly out of the way? welcome to december. severe thunderstorms, conditions are turning more december-like, unseasonably cool outside. let s go to the graphics and take a look at the storm camera. the active weather is far to the north and east right now. on the backside of that, in west virginia and western pennsylvania, dulles airport dropped 18 degrees in one hour earlier this morning because of the passage of this cold front. temperatures continue to slide into the lower 40 s. with some gusty winds. we will talk more about this. you know that the latest batch of wind and rain has knocked out power around the region with pepsico working without power, mostly in montgomery county. courtney robinson continues our team coverage. she is live in alexandria. it is still just a little bit windy out here. this storm system came and went but the remnants can still be felt. this storm was rele
it s 6:00 and we re going to be talking to shoppers searching for the hottest did he say on this black friday. and road closures as the city says farewell to the man who helped shape its landscape. abe pollin. and a young girl s find at a local jer ras i can park turns into an international honor. good morning, washington continues right now. and good morning, washington. welcome back. it is 6:00 on this friday morning. november 27, black friday. i m alison starling. doug is off today. let s get to your traffic and weather every 10 minutes. metro traffic is standing by. a lot of people moving around, trying to get to the malls. let s start with adam caskey. are you doing any shopping today? no. laziness. that s what i have on the docket. a look at live super doppler 7, lingering sprinkles out there. mainly into southern maryland, these are pushing off to the east rather slowly. most of this should be out of our viewing area and over to the eastern shore. so here s our fo