Police in uniform and plain clothes were watching. Near the metro station today a mother was in mourning for her 15yearold son John Rufus Evans iii, police say stabbed to death yesterday by 18yearold javonte hall. I did know the boys name coming up in a conversation with him and his friends trying to attack my daughter a few weeks ago. Throwing juice cartons at her. Saying they were going to jump my son. Sam at a News Conference today the police said the public helped i. D. And close the case in ten hours and mayor bowser emphasized camera and media. There are cameras all over the system. Any incident like this will be caught on tape. The perpetrators of those incidents will be brought to justice. Sam Police Believe social media played a role. They fight, somebody records. They post, they want to get a lot of hits. A lot social media and they go back and forth. Even with this situation, you know, the young people are talking about retaliating on social media. John evans was a student a
For the behavior. They said he shouted, curses, and physically threenned them. In a letter, he apologized and blamed his behavior on an emergency medical procedure he had earlier in the day. It reets in part, quote, while i rested for several hours, i felt okay and determined not to miss the school board meeting. I should have followed my doctors orders. The school board spend hours discussing it, but will not say whether he will face discipline air action. The biggest breakthrough yet in the search for life on mars. It was made possible by the work done here in the bay area. Nasa announced today there is liquid water on the red planet. Skaud budman is live to show us the discovery and really the big thing is what does it mean . Jessica, scientists here tell us they have been searching for this one for a long time, and today, theyve got it. Proof of liquid water on the martian surface. They say that means some day exploring the red planet just got a little more plausible. Were about to
Guilty to promoting prison contraband and admitted giving hand tools to richard sweat and david matt. The two set off an intense nationwide manhunt. Happening today in a local courtroom, a teenager charged with stabbing a 9yearold boy to death in his bed is back in court today. We could find out whether hes deemed competent to stand trial. Defense attorneys for 18yearold William Schultz say Mental Illness played a role in the stabbing of the third grader. Today a jury is going to listen as two independent evaluators testify on their assessment of the teen. Schultz was a friend of the familys and was staying over at their Discovery Bay house on the night of the stabbing. The teen has pleaded not guilty. Police in pet lialuma, man reported report di poured gas and then doused a nearby building in gas and tried to set it on fire. For is some reason the gasoline did not ignite. The man took off before police arrived. Just four days after pope francis canon iced junipero serra, the saint va
And why this officers fate may be changing. News4 midday starts right now. We start off with breaking news. The u. S. Justice department is now investigating the Chicago Police department, specifically its use of force. The civil rights probe will look at policies and practices and study complaints against Chicago Police and discipline taken against its rank and file. Attorney general Loretta Lynch made the announcement within the hour. She said the federal government decided they had to step in after a preliminary review. We will examine a number of issues related to the Chicago Police departments use of force including its use of deadly force, racial, ethnic and other disparities in its use of force and its accountsibility mechanisms, such as disciplinary actions and handling of allegations of misconduct. A Chicago Police officer is charged with murder after shooting teenager Laquan Mcdonald 16 times. There is no timeline for the Justice Department review. Rahm emanuel now says the c
Time of year but still conditions perhaps not ideal. Avon chillier the star this morning than it was yesterday but not complaining as wayne said we know it can be a lot worse. Well check in with a. J. Colby taking a look at the forecast for today and maybe into the weekend what you are seeing. Hi there. We could be blizzard right now outside if that is a word but a few light snowflakes showing up on storm fox Doppler Radar this morning especially out audis up around ashtabula but other than that things are fairly quiet look at our camera showing a lot of clouds around any breaks in the overcast will certainly be a bonus. 28 currently hopkins and youngstown. Windchill readings in the teens currently. Brunswick 27 madonna 25 barberton 26. Mentor checks and 29 right now rotating around lowpressure and that little system works its way through and the next one to the going to dive in and eventually bring and some snow. Well detail all of that the eight day forecast coming up. Back to you gu