Conclusion. This, of course, all having to do with the march 13 attack. Bizarre attack in palmer park. Carried out allegedly by the ford brothers on the district iii Police Station. Michael ford standing in the middle of the street. Firing a gun. While his brothers watch from a car. One of them malik ford videotaping the whole thing. The incident ending when another Police Officer mistakes detective jacai colson for the shooter. Its a case of friendly fire. Officer colson killed by a fellow officer. As we said all three facing serious charges. The states attorney laying them out this afternoon. There are about 55 counties against cedric ford. Against michael ford. Seconddegree murder, conspiracy to commit murder. The grand jury returned indictment in the case of elijah and malik ford also include conspiracy to commit murder. Brad the charge is a bit of a surprise for malik and elijah. Elijahs role in this apparently was to just ride along in the car. He was simply there. As for malik,
Tragedy. Jonathan it was a shootout and hours of negotiations followed after. Michelle and now we know one suspect is dead. Alison again, it started as a peaceful protest. Lets get to our Team Coverage now beginning with Marci Gonzalez. Marci its still blocked off as officers collect evidence and information on this ambush that claimed the lives of five of their colleagues. Today, heartbreak in dallas following the loss and chaos here overnight. [sirens] [gunfire] five Police Officers killed. Seven others along with two civilians injured. When a sniper positioned above a peaceful protest against Police Brutality starts shooting, targeting Police Officers. He said he was upset about the recent Police Shootings. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers. Massive master with no cover from the spray of bullets from above lives saving others. One seen here taking on the gunman. That officer killed in this final act of bravery. Among the victims, 43yearold
City try to piece themselves back together again. A crowd mourned at a multifaith vigil on friday. Never in our wildest dreams would we have imagined that five Police Officers would be dead this morning. This was a wellplanned, wellthought out, evil tragedy. The night before an otherwise peaceful protest in dallas became the single deadliest day for Law Enforcement since 9 11. Police say 25yearold Micah Xavier Johnson a former Army Reservist with no criminal record used rifle to shoot five officers in an ambush. Five were killed and two civilians were injured. Get them here a standoff lasted hours. When negotiations broke police used robot to plant an explosive. The suspect died in the blast. We are horrified over these events and we stand united with people. And the Police Department in dallas. Investigators searched johnsons home friday trying to get more information about why he attacked Police Officers and whether he acted alone. We are learning more about the victims. One was fred
Fortified areas in and around the district. Yesterdays attack has caused governments and cities around the world to reexamine how they protect their citizens. Scott taylor is live at Nationals Park with what he has found. Scott . Scott about an hour of the nationals take on the pirates and the team told me, you know, we are going to increase security. You might not notice it. But take a look over here. They put up barricades. That is usual. They got police van right there. Really acting like a barricade. All the way down the street you can see the same vehicle down there. Blocking that street, too. Just like france, thousands of people are out on the street tonight, all around the stadium. Its hard to watch as a 31yearold Delivery Driver uses a refrigeration truck he rented on monday to people, including ten children in france. Its alarming. You wonder can it happen around me . Scott Homeland Security expert at the American Military University Says the key to prevent an attack like we
While. It would be 7 00 or 8 00 tonight. We are monitoring the Development Story and well have much more details and keeping tabs on the situation at 5 00. Until then, live in arlington, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Abc7 and Jeff Goldberg first to break the story on twitter and online. For the latest updates as they happen go to wjla. Com and search olivera. Michelle metros Top Executive grilled on the hill today. Paul wiedefeld answering questions about the controversial shutdown. Jonathan he made the decision last month to take all the trains out of service for one full day. Emergency inspections finding frayed cables underground. Some of the tissues so bad that if they knew about it earlier the trains would have been halted a lot sooner. Brianne carter has wiedefelds explanation. He took the hot seat for sure. Brianne well, the hearing is still ongoing here on capitol hill. Just beyond these doors. That hearing again he said continuing this a meeting with the houe e