Block of fourth street. Ur s a teenager is in custody. Usdy the other suspect was shot and is at the hospital fox5s f Melanie Alnwick is at the scene. Good morning. Reporter good morning steve and allison. I dont think well get a whole lot more gk detail from Laurel Police until theyo really have finished up everything as far as theirngr investigation goes. Vest but what we can tell you isl you there was an alarm that wenthatw off inside the building here, the indus food and international market. L this is a really popular popul market thats known for south fs asian food, spices and halal h meat. The alarm alerted police to a breakin. Police came here and theye and y fouled found two suspects atound the building. One ran, the 15yearold ranyear and was caught and then insiden the business is where policeol located the second suspect. Spe. An officer fired one shoter fire striking the suspect. That one, 20yearold male mal taken to medstar in s condition can. We dont have details yet that
Metro says its been a worthwhile process. Meanwhile, on capitol hill u. S. Transportation secretary anthony foxx weighing in on the situation blaming local leaders for whats become of metros safety culture. I dont think its just resources. I think it is culture and i think it is a deliberate decision that is needed on the part of everyone involved in this to focus relentlessly on safety. Reporter one Metro Official with direct knowledge says mondays electrical cable meltdown at Mcpherson Square was eerily similar to the deadly Lenfant Plaza smoke incident last year. In fact, this official says of mondays smoke episode that if it happened later on during the height of morning rush, just a few hours later, it could have been another deadly incident. Metros also called in electrical engineers from other Commuter Rail systems and amtrak to help with their cable inspection effort. Again, we are expecting an update from Metro Officials at 6 00, about an hour from now, for whats going to happ
Now, police say this happened around 11 18. 11 there was an alarm at the a t building, the indus ius International Food market herete at fourth and montrose inos laurel. La its near the laurel plaza shopping center. Ng center. And basically the alarm went off. The police came and they found the two suspects. Spect one ran and was caught. Caugh that is the 15yearold. And then inside the business,e e that is where police locateded the second suspect, the 20yearold male. D the officer fired one shot, striking him. The 20yearold was taken too medstar hospital were told inn stable condition. Onti now, we dont have any details d at this point as to why thewhyhe officer felt the need to shoot. That is all still under investigation. We are told the officer is a 17 year veteran of the force f here in laurel and again, the first shooting in this cityhis since 2000 first0 first policeinvolved shooting inol also, the 15yearold, steveld,s and allison, was released tosed the custody of his parents a
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Which gun game from one of the officers and killed officer colson. What we want to tell you now ape show you picture and these are the ford brothers who are facing more than 21 charge force son soncy and Second Degree murder this is michael ford. He is the one that opened fire in front. District three station and in fact, they said he fired at two cars passing by as well as ambulance and then sitting in vehicles nearby, elijah ford and malik ford were recording it all on their cellphone cameras. Let me show you another photo. This is michael ford firing at this car passing by and this picture was frain one of his brothers cellphone cameras and there he is there firing toward the car and its unclear was before he fired into the front doors of district tree station or if he was moving down the block and firing elsewhere. Heres another photo we want to show you. This also came from one of the brothers cell phones. This was a car fired ought. Police want to hear from the people who may hav