Two officers wounded. A suspect shot and killed. It appears he is down on the ground when the fatal shots are fired. That is one angle of the incident. I think that particular individual was also interviewed and he suggested in the course of the interview that was one partial view of the incident after the incident had already began. We, of course, will locate that individual and get his version of events and compile that with the other information we have. We have other additional witnesses who have come forward. We got more today on what went down in the moments before the shooting. Two d. C. Officers on the Crime Suppression Team responded to reports of gunfire. They tried to find the suspect. He took off running. The officers caught him and started to struggle. The video captures the point when the officer started firing. Only one officer opened fire. Body cam video likely will be crucial to determine whether the suspect who appears to be on t threat when he was shot. The suspects
Witnesses who have come forward. Like i said, we also have the Body Worn Camera that will be reviewed thoroughly. Then we will make it more clear what happened. Sam newsham said one of the officers who was shot has been released from the hospital. The other one had surgery last night and he is still in the hospital. But he said his prognosis is excellent. Last night was a violent light in the city. Newsham said the suppression teams recovered seven weapons in addition to the one they took here. We will have more about the suppression teams coming up on abc7 news at 6 00. Reporting live from northeast washington, back to you. Alison see you at 6 00. Thank you. Meanwhile, in Howard County a man is in Critical Condition after an officer shot him. This happened on fawn crossing in clarksville. The officer was getting dorseys car towed before discovering there were dorsey jumped in the car, allegedly drove after the officer and drove at the officer and the officer fired. Dorsey is still in
Video games in a first floor room with another person which we now know is a Family Member. When his mother heard what she thought was offensive language. When she confronted her son, the two got into a verbal argument which then turned physical. According to the sources, chase went downstairs where she grabbed a revolver and confronted her son again is that fair to say upstairs shooting him once in the chest. During an interview with police, chase indicated to them, she did not mean to fire and was lowering the pistol when it went off. Listen why detectives increased charge from second to firstdegree murder followed by a neighbor who was home when the shooting thomas. The investigators consulted with our secretarys office, and during the course of the dispute, there was evidence that may indicate that the suspect had in mind to engag activity instead of being in the heat of the moment. Meaning it may have been premeditated it may have been but thats still under investigation right now
Colleagues, and the wounded suspect. It was crazy that i witnessed the whole thing Darren Watson recorded the video. He said before this he saw the suspect walking down the street and police in an unmark car showing up to arrest him he was fidgeting as he was walking and looked back at me and looked back at the officer. Reporter he said the suspect tried to get away and ended up in a struggle with the two officer they told him to stop resisting . Reporter he heard five to seven shots. Police gave us this picture of the semiautomatic weapon. Thats when he started recording. He says the three gunshots in the video are from the officer shooting the suspect. When he was on his stomach, he was moving. They had to do what he had to do. I dont know if he had the gun on him or under him, glad that the Police Officers are fine and had to do what they had to do. Reporter watson has been interviewed about what he saw andhi this isnt the only video officers activated their body worn cameras before
Cpac drew protestors and pranksters. Scott broom is at the scene. Reporter well, the pranksters here, printed up and handed out little flags with president trumps name on it. Some unknowingly waved it. Small groups of protestors, in front of the Gaylord National convention center. But at this event, c pac members and protestors, toned it down enough to actually discuss issues like obama care. Heres an example of the exchanges. I dont think it should be repealed until there is a replacement plan in place. Sure. For some, it all came off like a refreshing breeze of civility. We all live in the United States together. And we all call this place home. And we love the United States. But i think thats Common Ground we can find with anyone. Pe never underestimate the trump speech left some speechless. Talking unity. Talked about putting america first. Talked about that a lot. I thought it was the most unifying thing ive ever experienced. Its like the kids hat says, hes going to make America G