Gun was illegal. Garrett haake is live at the courthouse with the teens connection to the shooting and the fathers reaction to the charges. Garrett . Reporter a source close to this case says that teen has already had his first appearance here at superior court where he heard the charges against him, two counts of Child Cruelty and three charges related to illegal possession of a weapon and ammunition. The accidental shooting death of 3yearold dalis cox last month horrified the people who loved her. All of our children were standing there watching, her friends, parents. Its something that we shouldnt have to see. Reporter and drew condemnation from the mayor and police chief. That gun should have never been in a place where it could have been accidentally or otherwise used to put a little girl in danger. Reporter on monday Police Arrested a 17yearold connected to the case and charged him as a juvenile with Child Cruelty. A former mpd detective explains. As long as he did something that
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
Waiting room of people and they are very loud and disruptive and also blocking the sidewalk. Our motive is to disruptor deter patients from staying here or using our services. And that individuals choice. So we shouldnt make it more difficult for that person. We should be helping women, not judging them. Reporter the clinic workers say they are not against christmas caroling at all. We are a very religious based group. We have a Christmas Tree in our lobby. If they come back tomorrow and sing will they be allowed to stay . Absolutely. That is exactly what the protesters plan to do. Protesters plan to be back out here at noon. With their christmas caroling. Reporting live in falls church peggy fox wusa9. All right peggy. The falls church noise ordinance does say it is unlawful for any person to yell, shout, talk loudly, whistle, or sing on any public street or private property. So as to cause a noise disturbance as you heard him say that they were not doing that. Bruce . Wusa9 has learn
Turn signal. The Commonwealth Attorney explained to him that its not illegal to not use a turn signal and the case would have to be dismissed because torres did not have a reason to pull the person over. If he is that much of a hot head, he shouldnt have a weapon in his hands and maybe thats what the county doesnt want revealed, that this man maybe shouldnt have been there. Reporter county supervisors say they are making changes. Look back over how this was handled and what happened, we would have done things differently as far as communicating with the public and communicating with the family about things that had happened and we need to fix that and we are fixing that. Reporter in fairfax peggy fox, wusa9. The geer family is headed to court friday where they are hoping to get the internal Affairs Report on adam torres courthouse meltdown. Police in arlington are investing two attacks on women now. Its not clear if they are connected. The most recent one happened yesterday afternoon n
To use marijuana intelligently and responsibly. Good for everybody else, but i dont partake. The people wanted it and so i think they should be given what they want. Reporter in a faceoff with congress the mayor with backing of d. C. Leaders vowed not to back down yesterday. Mayor Muriel Bowser tweeted, i stand with d. C. Residents. Referring to the bill passed overwhelmingly by d. C. Voters in november. Im not sure theyd want to risk throwing the d. C. Mayor in jail. I dont think that will really come to a head. Reporter a statement was released today urging House Republicans to essentially back off saying local decisions should be made on the local level and that initiative 71 was voted by 70 of the voters. In northwest washington surae chinn, wusa9. We did reach out to the House Oversight committee and got no answer to the threat of prosecuting d. C. Leaders. Another type of marijuana is now legal for some rgviinia residents. It is now law. [ applause ] Governor Terry mcauliffe sign