. >>> other news: lynwood police officer brian dorian has been cleared. now what's next in the search to find the honey bee gunman who's apparently still out there. tom negovan has the latest from last week's shooting attacks. >> reporter: new developments today. a couple of the agencies on that task force looking for that gunman said they never stopped because they had doubts about brian dorian's doubts. gathered here at a local watering hole. along with brian for something that's still a little too somber to really be called party. they come and go all night. brian dorian's friends and family gathering for the celebration they knew was inevitable. >> it's not him. it's not his character. happy. >> i knew he's innocent. i knew he didn't do it. >> he's got the thousand yard stare like someone coming back from war. he hasn't been to war. >> reporter: it's been that kind of day. outside court today in joliet, emotions boil over, a scuffle between a dorian supporter and a news camera man. that photographer struck in the face. 37-year-old brian who's there to

friends and family of the officer have come to this local bar in lynnwood to show their support for brian dorian. he was charged friday after allegedly shooting three people, killing one, in what sounds like a quest to kill perfect strangers. tonight, his mom, sister and dozens of others gather in disbelief preparing to gather at his hearing tomorrow. they were wearing "free brian" t shirts and arm bands both sporting logos from the boston red sox, his favorite baseball team. they plan to wear it again, a show of solidarity as they proclaim his innocence over and over. fellow officers are doing their own detective work, they tell wgn. they say nothing in this case adds up, not the composites, timeline, not even the truck descriptions. in all of it, they claim endless tragedy, starting with the three victims who were shot last week. the second tragedy in all of

they had in their minds that brian dorian was the suspect and they spent all weekend putting the pieces together as mr. carlson said in a puzzle that wasn't going to fit. >> a relative believed to be dorian's father was arrested by joliet police, accused of hitting an nbc camera man. no word if there will be any charges filed against the man. now lawyers for brian dorian say there has been no discussion about a possible lawsuit that they could file against will county. they say they were various pieces of evidence however that should have made police realize that they did not have the right man. at the will county courthouse, julian crews, wgn news. >>> thank you so much. >>> the death of a two-year-old girl from south chicago has been ruled a homicide. angel hill spent sunday night with her mother on the 8400 block of south burly avenue as part of a court approved visit. the cook county medical examiner says that hill died from multiple injuries related to child abuse and blunt force trauma. dcsf is investigating the mother for possible neglect. original took the woman's children away

brian dorian is expected in court tomorrow afternoon. all the people here say they're going to go if they can to show brian that they're behind him 100%. >> julie unruh reporting. thanks, julie. >>> tonight, hopes and prayers for chicago hiker missing in the mountains of colorado. wgn's gaynor hall has the latest from the search from coworkers on the northwest side. >> reporter: hi, mark. coworkers say james nelson was very excited about this solo backpacking trip up the moupt of the holy cross. at 14,000 feet, that is one of colorado's most popular peaks but nelson didn't come back when he was supposed to and another day of searching so far has turned up no sign of him. >> james is well known, well liked and many people are praying and hoping for the best for him. >> reporter: it was a third day of searching, four dozen people on the air, a helicopter in the air searching for james nelson. it started out on october 23 which was supposed to be a five-day 25-mile trip. this youtube video shows the view from the top. when nelson's fiance pl

i feel horrible brian dorian went through this. i would apologize for any inconvenience he suffered, but at the same time he is a police officer. if he were in our shoes and he had a suspect under these circumstances he would have acted the same way. >> reporter: will county state attorney gassing says investigators found evidence on his computer that dorian himself was using it at the time the shooting took place. investigators say they were able to dig deep into his computer to verify his claim all along that he was home during the shooting spree. this evidence came to light about an hour after he pleaded not guilty to first degree murder. he was in court this afternoon with dozens of support rs as they watched, some people wearing matching t-shirts passionately insisting he was innocent. now it appears they were right all along. we spoke to his defense attorney a short while ago, he said he is relieved and at the same time concerned the suspect is still on the loose. >> well, i think he's a police officer and this is actually ju

we have learned that brian dorian is a lynnwood police officer. he is on leave. a news conference is expected to take place later this afternoon and at that time we will learn more about it and learn more about the motive and about his state of being. i'm live in joliet, muriel clair, wgn news. >>> thank you. and autopsy scheduled to determine what killed a 14 month old boy who was discovered floating in lake michigan. judy wang joins us live from the chicago police area 2 headquarters. latest on the case. >>> good afternoon. police have been questioning the boy's father here at area 2 since wednesday. prosecutors have not filed charges against him. investigators looking into whether dispute with the boy's mother may have led to this. family friends say the father was upset because the mother did not want to get back together with him. chicago police issued an endangered juvenile alert this week seeking public's help in locating the 14 month old boy. that is after the father had apparently made threats and refused to return the child to his mother. the sfather pi

the suspect, you mentioned, is brian dorian.dical leave from the lynnwood police department for a shoulder injury. it's expected to be quite a crowd in the courtroom today because his family and fellow police officers say they will stand behind him no matter what. our fox affiliate in chicago is reporting that brian dorian on his facebook page has posted that he got pulled over and ordered out at gunpoint because he matched, quote, this lunatic's description. i definitely don't like being on the other side of the gun barrels pointing at me, end quote. our chicago fox affiliate saying that's what was posted on his facebook page. his friends and family say they believe he had nothing to do with this, they'll be in court today. i'll watch it closely. of he was called the honeybee killer. again, the suspect -- the gunman -- because of questions about honeybees before he opened fire. back to you. jenna: odd case, harris. thank you. >> it is. jon: right now cracking down on distracted drivers. last spring the feds launched a pilot pro

the brian dorian case, that was the officer wrongly accused of going on a shooting rampage in illinoisit not been for the will county tech lab, he could have spent longer in jail. as you see it as a fun toy, for police it is the key to crack a case. nothing an iphone can't do; right? which explains their popularity. it turns out it's these guys who are really reaping the benefits. >> nice. >> reporter: in a room a little bigger than your average office. no windows, no clocks. they learned what the iphone can really do for police. >> i got my first image of an iphone and started going through it. i'm like wow i can't believe what is actually in here. >> reporter: detective josh fazio leads the tech lab. the iphones keeping him busy. leaving a wide clear footprint for police. >> everything you type on the keyboard on an iphone is logged. it's there. i can find it. >> reporter: two years ago he searched two phones. a year later six. >> this year i think i've done 50. >> reporter: the iphone stores a lot of data. >> it puts gps tags on all the pictures it takes. every time you hit the back

. >>> one of the victims picked lynnwood police officer brian dorian out of a line up. dorian appears at will county courthouse this afternoon and that's where wgn's jay miller is live with more. >>> hi, allison. yes, supporters are already starting to trickle in for that 1:30 bond hearing. they say this is a simple case of mistaken identity and say police have the wrong man. >> i just could not believe that this is the person that they picked for this. >> dorian is being held on a $2.5 million bond in connection with the violent two state shooting spree that left one man dead and two others wounded. police say dorian, a lynnwood police officer on medical leave since october of '09, drove to rural beecher, illinois, last tuesday and asked two men about honey bees before opening fire on them. rolando alonso a father of ten was killed. police say he then drove to lowell, indiana, just across the state line and shot another man after asking him about honey bees. last night supporters of dorian gathered at a lynn #w-d sports bar wearing t-shirts that read free brian. suppor

police arrested 37-year-old brian dorian over the weekend in illinois. he's suspected of shooting three men, including one fatally, in an interstate crime spree last tuesday. investigators pulled dorian over just hours after the shooting because his vehicle matched the witness description, but he was later released. he is currently on medical leave with an injured shoulder from the police department. >> astonishing story out of new york this morning. eight young suspects were arraigned yesterday, just a day after one of the most brutal hate crimes in recent history. police in new york say members of a gang known as the latin king goonees torture and had sodomized a 17-year-old recruit in an abandoned apartment in the bronx after learning he was gay. investigators say the gang then attacked and tortured a 30-year-old man believed to be involved with that teen, as well as another young boy over several hours. a ninth suspect is still at large. the time now, 5:13, 61 degrees on tv hill. well, denver's high-powered offense met the formidable baltimore defens