but chief howard hall revealed it was actually a bb pistol. chief hall: "so you can see in this picture the weapon that our officers saw in the subject's hand and how it compares to the 9mm pistol" chief hall says officers told spencer to put down the gun, but he did not. so an officer tried and failed to tase him, twice. that's when spencer turned around, with the gun still in his hand. chief hall: this was a deadly force encounter, despite the fact that we know now that this handgun was an air gun then, two of the officers shot at spencer. chief hall: the preliminary that he was hit once in the hip area and once in the collarbone or shoulder. i can't, what, what can happen? my brother's dead, you know? i can't do nothing for him but find out. carl spencer says kionte is his brother. he says this doesn't like something his brother would do. he was a good person like i could honestly, i can't really say nothing bad about him kionte spencer was enrolled as a junior at hidden valley high school school, but was not in school this past week. there

a machete and a realistic looking bb pistol. a threat against sanborn high school. police say a senior made a threat against the pep rally, and parents were given the option of keeping their children home. two extra members of the police department were at the school during the rally and the case is closed in exeter where the perceived threat was made. is the balance between freedom of speech and whether people were placed in, you know, imminent fear and so that's what we investigated and we have found that we will not have any criminal charges on our end. since the investigation is still active, the young man's name and the exact threat are not being released at this time. the chief says the nature of the threat did prompt the fbi to briefly get involved. the portsmouth police department has a new way for citizens to connect with officers. they're bringing back police officer trading cards for the first time since 1996. 28 officers had their own personalized card. the sergeant says as long as officers aren't busy responding to a call anyone can come up and get a tr

. >> they were bb guns and airsoft pistol weapons are they not. >> i don't know. >> backyard where the reporter cynicism building . just half a mile from where darius was shot and killed.mi >> went to another home a police report listed for two of the boys in the latest case . >> it as we took pictures from public property but heard yelling to get lost in so much for finding about those guns in the hands ofof 10 -- 14 -year-olds not far from where they airsoft gun airsoft gun sparked a death made headlines. >> british broadcasting corporation all of that? >> is scaryn. >> the kids admitted to shooting , the police found the that the parents were there, but policee, did not arrest anybody but plan to talk to a juvenile prosecutor.. they see a steady stream of these cases withey replica guns used in crimes . pay-to-play said a group of teenagers made up a bogus storyag about how a 7 -year-old was shot now they are facing charges as matt wright explainshoho that the police say happened. >> the 17-year-old claiming that three men in the car shot a car shot at him near thissh pains under se

turns out the pistol was a bb gun. >> this was a deadly force encounter, despite the fact that we know now that this handthat we know now that this you saw what our officers saw in his hand. that is a potential deadly encounter. and at this point, our investigation in the case that our officers responded within their training. >> reporter: investigators say that two stun guns were deployed but they are still trying to figure fought they hit spencer. the officers are on administrative leave. someone called 911 reporting the armed man with a bandana over his face walking in a drug store parking lot. >>> an accused cop killer faced a judge accused opening fire on prince william police and his own family. the suspect is charged with killing his wife, then a rookie officer one day after she was sworn in. >> i just want to be clear, do we have officers involved in a shoot something in. >> we have three officers that have been shot. >> danner: ronald hamilton in s in jail held after being according to authorities three officers were shot responding to a 911 call reporting abuse. officer ashle

a parent found a pocket pistol while dropping her child off it was a bb gun and pulled the trigger. likely no one was hurt but detectives are running the serial number to see who it belongs to. >>> a soft area glitch is being blamed for a problem in the system that routes 911 calls to dispatchers. right now all calls are being answered at a backup center at the st. petersburg police department. no word on when the system will be back to normal. >>> a daring customer thwarted a robbery at a walgreens. a 26-year-old man tried to steal oxycodone from a pharmacy and the man nearby just took him down. he's facing attempted armed robbery charges. >>> new information act a sneaky bait and switch scam. a valrico man tells us he is thought was a customer switched his rolex for a fake right in front of him. now the victim is sharing his video in hopes someone recognizes the craigslist thief. >> reporter: many are probably asking why he's trying to sell this. he's done it several times before, until this time the heist was pulled off right under his nose. hoping to sell this rolex, he put up a

a period found a pistol while dropping a child off at rock crusher elementary school. the staff thought it was a bb gun but a custodian tried to unload the animal into the ground and it fired a shot. no one hurt and they believe someone could have dropped the gun by accident.>> it appears it was an accidental incident where somebody may have dropped out of their purse or pocket. it doesn't appear that was something intentionally placed there. >> police running the serial number and looking for fingerprints to determine who the gun belongs to.>>> the florida winners of the historic jackpot claim the reward today. florida's $528 million powerball winners have come forward. meet david kaltschmindd and maureen smith of melbourne beach. he's an electrical engineer and she's a homemaker and they are taking the money in a lump sum payment of $327 million. haven't figured out the division yet. >> we're not going to go party. >> we will still live the same lives basically. my talks about to fall apart but i do need a new vehicle. >> he's going to retire and that's what he really wants to do. >> the other tw

pistol similar to this one. this areas where the gun was found. a custodian picked it up thinking it was a bb gun. he came over here put his hand over the fence and fired a shot into the ground. >> there were no children vicinity when that happened. children were inside but the weapon did discharge on campus. truck >> reporter: luckily no one hurt and school staff notified the sheriff's office. >> we sent over detectives to look at surveillance video to see who may have left the gun set it down accidentally dropping off students. >> reporter: an accident they say could have turned out worse. it's a school. you don't need to bring your gun in a school.>> reporter: even though this man has a concealed permit to carry the authorities say they will turn the case over to the state's attorney's office for further review. >> what about the employee who fired the weapon? the sea face any disciplinary action?>> reporter: that is hard to say right now. i asked the school authorities investigation but remember, he thought it was a toy bb gun and was trying to shoot the pellets out. they say he should have co

pistol and purse and attempted to flee before being captured. >> reporter: his gun was a. b gun the is suspect appeared to not want-- bb gun and the suspect appeared to not want to harm her to leave the purse and take the child. >> the defendant said i will baby out of the car. >> reporter: the victim tells okay. >> i have the baby and my mom and we are healthy and safe and that's all we care about. >> reporter: and this is the notfirst time jose robles has been charged with carjacking he was sentenced to 6 years for that charge back in 2008 this newest charge may qualify him as a career criminal. susie steimle wbz news. >> thank you very much. for the update. terrifying moments on the orange line smoke pouring from a train forcing some passengers the train. now we are learning more about exactly what caused this. nicole jacobs is live at state nicole. >> reporter: chris it was anunfastened fixture due to to deterioration according to t and all the panic. with alarms sounding and commuters prying doors open panicked filled the platform. while smoke filled the air. >> there was a lot of smoke. people were kicking out th

investigators say john's weapon was a bb gun, made to look like a semiautomatic pistol. that case is still under investigation. >>> breaking tonight, in montgomery county, police and fire officials investigate a scary situation involving hazardous materials. >> thanks for joining us i'm lesli foster. >> and i'm adam longo. we have live on valleystream drive. we know russ dents were told to stay put, is everyone okay? >> reporter: the luckily, everyone is, but guys, it was a busy night here. emergency personnel from paramedics to bomb squad robots, because of an odor coming from this house. >> hazmat teams z go in, they did find a hazardous chemical, but it was an in second side -- insecticide, no explosives. just the in second side -- insecticide. >> reporter: a spokesman tells wusa rockville city police came to the house for a welfare check around 6:00 p.m. according to a spokesperson with the county police department, someone reportedly told police an individual made suicidal remarks on facebook. sources with the police say that individual was known to squat as this ad