at this point, that he takes aim at colson, down the sidewalk and pulls the trigger. colson was killed at a range of 85 yards. police officials called this a case of friendly fire. sources sait that passed from the time the gunman was hit and down on the ground at the time that krauss fired his shot at colson, the final shot. krauss is cleared of all possible charges in this case, colson's family says they are disappointed by that. again, the investigation is going to continue in this friendly fire incident inside the police department to see if there are sanctions that may occur beyond the criminal case that's been dismissed. reporting live in palmer park, scott broom, wusa9. >>> three brothers involved in the attack have been charged with offenses including second degree murder for creating the situation that caused colson's death and face trials in october. >>> the government released a formerly classified chapter of a congressional report on the 9/11 terror attacks. the pages question whether the saudi arabian government or senior officials knew hijacker's plot. l

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officer taylor cross mistakenly cross said he thought colson wal a threat.rosecutors said this was a tough case. >> officer colson was an an undercover officer and he was ws very very good at what he did. to some extent unfortunately, he was in the position where he was required to be able to look like he fit in to be in his undercover capacity. on a day where, you know there was an active shooting, you know we believe that may have factored into how he was perceived out there that day. >> investigators say michael ford the man accused of. his brothers are accused of watching and recording the shooting. officer cole son drove up as the other officers were e changing fires. all three are facing murder charges. businesses are dealing with power outage in she was section of dc it began around 4:30. you can see smoke coming out of a manhole at 14th and d streets. pepco tells us a glitch with the feted cable, repairs under wayep right now. there expected to be completed tomorrow. >> time too take it outside. let's take a look.ook. we talked 90 degree mark again t

we'll have more. >> danny colson is with us. formerly with fbi. i recall the attacks in paris in november. several attackers were recent refugees who came in the country pretending to be refugees and they had terrorism on their minds. it is a conduit for this kind of thing >> that is right. i enjoyed what steve rogers said. they have chosen this as an invasion. there is not enough intelligence from the local police officers to our intelligence agency. and there is a reason for that. and the attorney general guidelines that the fbi operates on does not allow for dissemination in most cases. an fbi agent can't tell a police officer we had an investigation on these guys and russian, and the boston marathon bombers, they couldn't tell it. and we are at war. let's talk to the local police cops. i want to echo it. we have to do something about it. the politicians pontificating and no one is changing anything. same thing in orlando. he was investigated a couple of times and ultimately cleared. he had drawn the attention of your old agency but they were n

an updat mistakenly shot officer jacai colson. he will not be facing charges. a suspect opened fire at the station last march and colson rushed to the scene in civilian clothing and an officer mistook him for the attacker. the grand jury did not invite the officer in the death. the suspect and his two brothers are being held without bond. tragic news tonight at j.e.b. s tuart high school. a student drowned at lake barcroft last night. he was a track star and captain of the football team for stop they say that jeremy was swimming behind a boat last night and try to make it to a nearby dock. moments later lifeguards say he was in distress and just disappear. alexandria dr. is charged with sexual battery involving a patient. the 75-year-old touched the male patient inappropriately during an exam. the police believe there may be other victims and they are urging anybody with information to contact them as soon as possible. big news in the sports world with captain kirk. redskins quarterback kirk cousins will play on the team this season, but he and the team failed

colson was wearing civilian clothes when he rushed to the scene. officer taylor krauss mistook him for an attacker and shot him. a grand jury declined to indict krauss. three brothers are being held without bond. an alexandria doctor is facing a charge he sexually assaulted a patient. police say fernandez touched a male patient inappropriately during an examine at h.i.b.p. medical services in the alexandria section of fairfax county. police think there may be other victims and they urge anyone with information to contact them. up next at 6:00 -- history or an eyesore. the race to save a church set to be demolished. the unorthodox plan a group has to put the building in storage. a break from the heatwave we hope. doug hill takes an in-depth look at the weekend ahead. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports, tommy terrific throws in the towel. detail on his latest appeal. curt -- kurt cousins staying under the woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and

police believe it was krauss who tragically fatally wounded colson in what was described as friendlyfire. it started on the afternoon of march 13, days before also 29th birthday. an exchange of gunfire caught on cell phone video by the suspects thomas three brothers named as the attackers still being held without bond, all three charged with second-degree murder. >> over seven weeks, they declined to return an indictment charging officer krauss, who had been taylor krauss, as the shooter in this case. they declined to return an indictment. john: officer krauss had been with the police force for the past six years and has been on administrative leave for four months now, waiting for the conclusion of this investigation. now the police department must conclude its own investigation before he can return to work, if that is what he desires. john gonzales, abc 7 news. melanie: police are once again coming under attack, this time in baltimore. authorities say a man fired at them in the parking lot of an obama complex on the west side of the city, using -- in the parking lot of an apartment

just days before officer colson's 29th birthday. an exchange of gunfire caught on cell phone video by the suspects. three brothers, michael, malik and elijah ford were named as the attackers. still being held without bond. all three charges with second-degree murder. >> over a seven-week period they have declined to return an indictment of charging officer taylor krauss who has been identified, officer taylor krauss as the shooter in this case. they have declined to return an indictment. john: officer krauss has been with the police force for six years has been on administrative leave for four months now waiting for the conclusion of this investigation. now the police department must conclude its own investigation before he can return to work if that is what he desires. in upper gonzalez, abc7 news. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a luxury golf cart being rolled out by mercedes. where is the fridge in this thing? you know there is one. we'll let you know next. michelle: that is a beauty. "7 on your side" tackling a commo

that resulted in the officer jacai colson's death. brad bell continues our coverage. brad: this is the district iii station that came under fire in march. yes, it is still very fresh, very raw. i want to show you something here. see this yellow line? this is a busy road. that evidence paint showing where the gunman was and where he was firing is still there. what happened in dallas hurts for th sheriff's deputies deal with a domestic situation. a windshield is shot out. they are clearly on high alert. one admits it's hard to be out here. at a routine traffic stop, a second prince george's county police officer arrives for backup. for safety. the head of the police union admits the dallas tragedy is on their mind. >> absolutely. it is hard to be out on the streets patrolling knowing that your safety is on the line every minute, every second of every hour of every hour of every day. brad: in prince george's county it has been four month since a gunman filmed by his brother targeted officers allegedly because he wanted to kill cops. the end result was the death of office

danny colson and what he had to say. we need to be so careful, particularly the leaders of our country before p we make statements. the people out there with the cameras, wanting to do something evil are are just waiting for one of our officials in the united states to make a statement to legitimize their evil actions. it is a horrible set of circumstances. as danny said when they are negative and done the wrong thing, they can and will and should be prosecuted. >> what you say has great weight. and that people should remember that. and so when we hear our legislatures coming out like they did with the two shootings that happened in the past week, are they speaking out of turn when we don't know the outcome of the investigation? >> it is so careless to do something like that and speak out of turn. they need to wait. i know they have seen the fims. i know the videos one picture is worth a 10000 words. i understand maybe they need te the facts deeper and talk to people, and get the investigation. it is not going to take a

we were speaking earlier with danny colson.ny, it's my understanding that these gunmen burst into the restaurant and just started shooting people indiscriminately, leaving two people dead. if they've got 20 hostages now, what is the point in trying to negotiate, trying to wait them out? haven't they already proved that essentially they just want to kill as many people as possible? >> no doubt. it goes back to what we said earlier. they just want to slow down the response so they can kill more people. one thing that's significant here. if in fact there are nine of them there, that's actually a better thing for the government to deal with. it could have been a disaster if they split up in small teams like they did in mumbai. this could have been even worse, because at least in this situation, that commander can put all of his resources, assets right there, isolate them, contain them, and try to rescue as many as it can. i know it sounds kind of sinister to put it in those terms, but it's almost like triage, jon. you look for the

officer jacai colson was killed in an district iii station in landover. maryland bureau chief brad bell live at police headquarters in palmer park tonight with reaction from there. brad? brad: take a look. you can see still the evidence tape marking the movements of the gunman that fired in the district iii station. it is still fresh for the police agency. so fresh last night the chief of police canceled the vacation, put on his uniform, went out on the streets to try and reassure his officers. it has been only four months since a gunman opened fire on the prince george's county police while his brother took video. the door still shows the bullet holes to memorial to fallen officer jacai colson. now what happened in dallas is reopening wounds. >> it's fresh and raw. brad: police union president admits officer on the street can't help but look over their shoulders. emotions. >> disbelief. disbelief and pain and suffering. understanding that police officers are doing their jobs protecting a peaceful protest. and were ma michiganly and violently attacked and

colson was undercover at the time and wearing plain clothes. officer krauss has been on administrative leave for the past four months but he can return when the investigation is finally concluded. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- fresh idea for paper. you will meet the working woman who is making a business out of a family secret. leon: then coming your way new at 6:00 -- two americans among those killed in france. one of them 11 years old. what his teacher said she told him when she saw him for the final time steve: finally the weekend is here. so much going on around the d.m.v. don't forget about the citi open. it starts tomorrow. afternoon temperatures will be in the lower 90's. a chance for a few thunderstorms. i think the pick day of the weekend is sunday. at least it will be dry. 93 degrees for daytime high. for tomorrow night, don't forget of course the craft beer festival at tysons. temperatures once again in the 90's. both saturday and sunday. if you have travel plans not to the delmarva beaches but west of the mountains, up

former fbi commander danny colson joins us now.rom what we know and reported at this point? >> if we're talking about this particular situation with the bailiff, clearly some officer didn't properly control his weapon. that's a terrible situation. it's basic police 101. or there was some other extenuating circumstances. but having a person in custody and get control of a weapon and killing people, that is a tragedy. >> so to remind everybody, this is a developing story, and we are waiting for more information to come in. governor rick snyder has already announced that the investigation into the shooting is under way, happening this afternoon. but as a former fbi hostage rescue team commander, what do you make of this story as it relates to everything that has been happening in this country this week and last? >> oh, my gosh. it's a crazy world we live in right now, and it's hard to understand how we got here. we live in a world of violence where people want to take other people's lives. what i would like to see here with regard to

danny colson is a former fbi assistant deputy director hostage rescue team commander and joins us on the phone. danny, the rapid action battalion force is on the scene. they apparently are in control of the situation or at least in command. they say they want to diffuse the situation and save lives, and they had intended to, and we believe they are already in contact with the attackers on the inside. so, describe from your vantage point what you expect to happen. >> first of all, that commander needs to get controlled of the mealedda. the media will compromise his operation. they'll film it and the people inside will watch it on television and that's happened to me. know that does happen. happens very often. these type of situations, where it's in a metropolitan area and the media can be helpful to law enforcement but in this case they're not. secondly we know their demands are to kill as many people as they can and historically in the last five years, the technique is to attack and then claim you want to negotiate while you consolidate -- while they consolidate this position so it m

officer colson was killed when a fellow officer mistook him for a suspect during that shootout. all three brothers have been indicted in officer colson's death. >>> a summer outing meant for escaping the heat has family. fairfax county rescue crews pulled a teen's body from lake barcroft this morning. 16-year-old jeremy munga was swimming with friends and never resurfaced. divers searched the water for hours. the teen's body was found just before 3:00 a.m. this morning. the medical examiner will have to determine what the official cause of death was. >>> and we are learning more about a police shootout this morning. it happened overnight in baltimore. one man is dead. what police say he did as they arrived on the scene. >>> and we've got new information just reased on el man: hey baby, how are you? woman: i have a surprise for you. man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their do

four months ago, a gunman opened fire outside of the district station in landover an officer jacai colsonas killed during the shootout. now the shooting in dallas has reopened those wounds. >> disbelief. andelief and pain suffering. understanding the police officers doing their jobs to protect a peaceful protest were maliciously and violently attacked. presidentthe union and police chiefs say they have been overwhelmed with calls of support for them and their officers. among those killed in dallas, a veteran, a father, a newlywed. they, people all across country laying flowers, lighting candles, standing in silence to honor their memories. roz plater continues our team coverage with a prayer vigil held tonight in northeast. roz: a northeast d.c. church held a p opportunity to have hope in a very violent week. [no audio] >> our hearts are broken our spirits are torn, bodies exhausted. for dozens gathered to pray peace and understanding after a very difficult 72 hours in america. men gunnedlack t down by police officers under questionable circumstances. one in louisiana, the next in minneso

let's bring in danny colson, former deputy assistant director with the fbi and also the fbi's former hostage rescue team commander. welcome, so nice to have you. especially when you're expertise is so needed right now. >> thank you. it's good to talk to you. sad day for dallas and the united states. we have, we mourn these officers. they did a magnificent job. trying to resolve a situation. we can't forget them or their families. >> i know you know the dallas area very, very well. you know a lot of these players. they're good friends of yours. right now k the fbi had a big team of agents in place there. fascinating thing about this is that what needs to be done now is to see who else may have been involved. even though the police chief is saying that the gunman act aed alone, we do know that there was a great deal of ammunition found inside his home, so we need to determine who helped him purchase this material, who may have transported him to that site indallas. these are question questions that they have, correct? >> absolutely. and there's a fertile ground of evidence. coming to l

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. >> officer colson was undercover officer and he was very very good what he did he was in a positionhere he was required to be able to look like he fit in to be in undercover capacity. and on the day where, you know, there was active shooting, you know we believe that may have factored into to how he was perceived out there that day. >> suspected shooter michael forward opened fire in the parking on the lot as his two brothers watched, officer coleir son who was not in uniform camee up on the seen as other officer were exchangeing shots, firstts, degree attempted murder and a other related charges, they are all expected to be back inerte court in october. >>> baltimore, a man shot and m kid by police. 9:30 last night. four plain clothes officer weree in an unmarked car when theyhe heard country shots, they traced it to a parking lot of af apartment clock when they arrived shoot out started no officer we're hut gunman taken to the hospital pronounced deadd the weapon that you see here baltimore police describe it an ar15 style weapon. several shell casings found at the seen. two offic

officer colson was killed after a fellow officer mistook him for a suspect indicted in his death. >>> a maryland home owner will face charges but not for murder after police say he shot and killed a prince george's county firefighter and wounded another during an emergency call in april. a grand jury indicted darrell lumpkin on multiple weapons charges. he was not supposed to have a gun because of a previous assault charge. police say that luch kin thought they were intruders. >>> d.c.'s lgbt community will honor the life of a transgender woman. 22-year-old dee dee dodds died on wednesday after she was shot on the neck on july 4th blocks away from her home on northeast. she's been on life support. her death has been ruled a homicide. d.c. police don't believe this was a hate crime but they are still investigating. >>> fda trials are under way in ohio for a rare illness known as batten disease. it can cause blindness, loss of motor skills and ability to speak. most diagnosed don't make it past their 12th birthday. one ohio family is clinical trials. >> just kept looking at mattie sayin

danny colson, a former deputy fbi assistant director is back with us, we hope he can hear us this timea,, i'm going to start with you. there's a hashtag now enough. the front page of newspapers saying again. americans and people around the world can't believe this continues to happen. what needs to change? >> one of the talking points here in the counterterrorism community and among politicos is we need to be resilient. i found that to be callous to the people who died yesterday in france. i find it calloused to the people who died in baghdad before that or around the world. it's not about resilience, the west is resilient. we need to fight back in a way that puts an end to this threat. we need to take the fight to them in a holistic way that ends the spread of this ideology. we have to discredit the ideology on the battle field, that's the starting point for ending this threat. we don't know a lot about the attacker yesterday. there are details i don't know about as i sit here, he has not claimed responsibility, i don't know his background but we have a caveat. given the spread of the

that comes for him from one of his mentors, a guy named chuck colson who died a few years ago. more infamous as one of nick since dirty tricks men who into prison, was born again, and came out as a house intellectual to christian right regime in jordan and like mike pence. this idea that all of these things are bungled up. when we talk about planned parenthood or you talk about same-sex marriage, all you talk about -- or the economy, you're talking about one common enemy. them is secularism. they won a god-led government. that is the only legitimate government. when they speak of business, they're not thinking of something separate from god, but what in mike pence's circles would be biblical capitalism. this idea that this idea is god-ordained. that is what made him a really popular man in the circles. everyone is obviously sort of saying this was meant to attract the evangelical base. i think it is working. in a significant way, that based is still wobbly for trump, but much less so with pence on board in with the idea -- a future with pence that some of these issues that may

danny colson joins us on the phone as we look at the video outside of the olympics shopping center iniche. it is early to say that it has

largest criminal justice reform advocacy organization founded by a convict excel and named chuck colsonwho started when he left prison. he was richard nixon's political adviser. he was convicted in a watergate related investigation. i had a chance meeting after a panel of the sonnet a 2011 with grover norquist and he and others yesterday may chat. my experience serving in office is a conservative speaker of the house, but also somebody who lived in addiction or 29 years before entering recovery but i would be able to speak into the debate. prison fellowship often hires people uses the voice of people that not only have an opinion on these matters, but criminal convictions. the addictions and other things we went through. we are not talking about those people. we are talking about ourselves. precedence values and principles debate. so it is a privilege and honor to be here, a privilege and honor to serve with so many with right on crime as a signer that i get the privilege of being as well is shot colston before he passed away. i am serving as a moderator. i've been invited to interject

serve with so many and right on crime is a signer than i get the privilege of being as well as chuck colson before he passed away. i've been invited to interject here and there. i will be moderating questions and my first is to go through introductions and the standard question for why their organization is here, not just them individually but why do the organizations care about this debate that is going on federally on criminal justice reform today. derek, right on crime. i know that we assume people in the room know what you are here for. you are the host of the event. tell us about what right on crime's interest is. >> thank you. well, i can't really add much to the texas specific reason beyond what mark so eloquently said. the reason, however, that we have made the segue into covering federal policy, as well, is think of it bit of trickle up policy reform. the success that we have experienced not only in texas but so many other states in the union, it just simply wasn't taken at the federal level so we made a concerted effort to get involved in the research and topic items that you are

danny colson is a former fbi director deputy assistant director and fbi hostage rescue team commander. are you surprised? >> a little bit, yes. we don't know, i didn't have any information as to what the elements was but i think we can take some confidence from the fact that they clearly did a very detailed investigation. the fbi is the best in the world at doing these things you combine the technology and the ability to assimilate information. james comey is probably the most respected man in washington dc and if he comes up with the idea, the conclusion that there was no criminality here then we got to go with that. i don't know of any organization in the world that can bring out a case like this and i don't know of a better person to be the front person and manage this thing then james comey so i'm very confident if he says it's not criminal then i have to go along with it, i have to believe it's true and we're lucky to have a man like that running the fbi, he's very independent and very capable. jon: absolutely and his reputation is above reproach. i was surprised somewhat that th

get up to the first-run became distraught out and they wind 3 to one of the giants to nine senses colsont pitch at 716. >>> we are heartbroken. there are no words to describe the atrocities that occurred to our city. this must stop. >>> 12 police officers shot. five of them dead after attackers open fire on police in dallas during a protest over a deadly police officer shooting. >> chief brown said two snipers were in elevated positions and opened fire ambushed officers. three people were taken into custody and one person died. he told police there were planted all around downtown dallas and he told them while he was targeting the cops. >> we just learned the suspect in the garage said he was upset over those police shootings. more specifically white police officers. that suspect was killed by an

honor to serve with so many and it is a signer than i get the privilege of being as well as chuck colson before he passed away. i'm going to invite to interject there. i will be moderating questions and my first is to go through introductions and the standard question for why their organization is here, not just them individually but why do the organizations care about this debate that is going on federally on criminal justice reform today. derek, right on crime. i know that we assume people in the room know what you are here for. you are the host of the event. tell us about what right on crime's interest is. >> thank you. well, i can't really add much to the texas specific reason beyond what mark so eloquently said. the reason, however, that we have made the segue into covering federal policy, as well, is think of it bit of trickle up policy reform. the success that we have experienced not only in texas but so many other states in the union, it just simply wasn't taken at the federal level so we made a concerted effort to get involved in the research and topic items that you are seeing

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