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
Developing right a busy start to the week for the trump administration. In the last 24 hours there has been major moves on the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare , and the president s new travel ban. This amidthe continued fallout from the president s twitter claims of illegal wiretaps. Abcs lana zak is there covering the latest. Immigration laws were the subject of a preplanned meeting in last night. But in light of the new ban dozens decided to speak out. And there were plenty of strong opinions. Tim barber has more. Native american groups protesting the Dakota Access their voices heard on the National Mall later today. Tribal leaders arrive today to begin four days of activities. It will culminate this friday with whats being called the native nations march on dc. Tribal members and supporters also plan to camp each day on the mall, with teepees, a ceremonial fire, cultural workshops and speakers. Breaking news in the midwest. Eileen has already told us about the Severe
Suspended over a very inappropriate facebook post. Just several hours after two teens died and a third was seriously injured in a crash, officer rob glover posted this on his personal page. Blank em, shouldnt have been driving that fast. Well sheriff troy berry calls that comment disgusting. Officer glover removed the post and apologized before being contacted by the department. Glover was suspended this morning pending further action. The Trump Administration unveiled its updated travel ban designed to keep out terrorists. The new ban is different in several ways from the one signed in january that caused confusion and protests at u. S. Airports and got bogged down in legal challenges. The new executive order from President Trump imposes a 90 day ban on visas for citizens from six muslimmajority countries traveling to the u. S. The updated executive order does not apply to current visa holders and it from the list of banned countries. Iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat i
The emergency workers speaking out this morning. You cant stop me no and the battle at bristol. The famous motor speedway transformed into a massive College Football stadium ready to host a record crowd. Its tennessee versus Virginia Tech. Were live at the track for a great gridiron pit stop. And good saturday morning, everyone. We want to thank you for joining us this weekend as there is our own rob marciano hey, rob surrounded by fans at the Bristol Motor Speedway in bristol, tennessee. Theyre expecting the largest College Football crowd ever, and can i say maybe a record in beer consumption. They have purchased over 500,000 a half million beers for this particular game. A half million beers . A half million beers. Im not sure that should be legal. Well, you know, its tennessee, everybody, but the raceway is going to be transformed into a football field as tennessee takes on Virginia Tech. Its going to be an epic game in more ways than one, as we just mentioned. And we can guarantee