tonight a dekalb county police officer died in the line of duty serving theitizens of dekalb county. the officeconducted a traffic stop, the driver fled on foot, the offeder pur him and during that foot purr site, the suspect produced a handgun and shot the option. >> it happened in a grocery store parking lot near interstate 20 the officer had been with the force for less than two years. backup arrived and found the suspect who shot a canine office. the suspect was taken to the hospit and pronounced dead. >>> a new bombshell for the trump team. according to a "wall street journal" report, donald trump's inaugural committees also under a federal criminal ainvestigation foregedly misspending 107 million dollar. federal prosecutors in manhattan hether somegating of the committee's top donors gave money in return for access to president trump and his administration. in an intervie with fox news, white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders distanced president trump and the first head di fromhat committee. >> this didn't have anything to do with the president. the president was foc

dekalb county district attorney robert james. >> no one had any idea who did this when it happened. >s after rusty's death, police had been floundering, trying to untangle rusty's business relationships. suspicious that he had been gunned down by a professional hit man, they were looking for a money trail to lead to his killer. chasing the money trail, did it cost you a lot of investigative hours and time? >> it cost us thousands of investigative hours and time. >> as it turned out, this crime wouldn't be solved by following the money. it would be solved by following the shooter's minivan, a vehicle that had been caught on the parking lot security cameras. weeks after rusty had been shot, investigators track the van to this rental agency and then contacted the man who'd rented it the day before the shooting. his identity would blow the investigation wide open. the man told them not only that, yes, he was the person who had rented the minivan, what's more, he said he was andrea sneiderman's boss. rusty's widow worked for this guy. was he the person in the police artist sketch? did andr

the dekalb county officer has not been identified.is in critical condition this morning. >>> authorities are trying to figure out who is behind a string of bomb scares that caused chaos around the country. the e-mails were apparently sent from a spoofed address and warned the only way to stop the threat was to send a huge bitcoin payment. here is abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating this wave of fake bomb threats prompting scenes like this across the country. dozens of offices and schools evacuated. hundreds of students seen streaming out of classrooms, some put on lockdown. law enforcement officials describing the threats as not credible, calling them crude attempts at disruption and to extort money. these hoaxes are very frustrating to law enforcement officials. those responsible face felony charges and up to five years in prison. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> and police in indiana say a tip was the key in helping them prevent a planned school attack. the school in the f chmond, indiana was already l

. >> dekalb, 911. what's the exact location?i have the person of interest in that missing woman case is at this chevron gas station on asher dunwoody. >> the man is there? >> the van is here. the dog is heefr here, the red dog. and i saw the man's face. i've been watching the news and i know it's him. i know it's him. he's emptying the stuff out of his van, looking around like he's guilty as sin. i can go take him down if you want. >> no, sir. stay right there. >> here comes the cops. yes. yes. >> police are there? >> they've it got him now. two cruisers pulled up on him. >> gary hilton was under arrest. detectives swarmed over the filthy astro van and inventoried his possessions looking for any clue to meredith's fate. a gbi spokesman updated the media. >> it's a missing person's investigation right now and that's how we're pursuing it. an important key might be any knowledge that mr. hilton has. >> take me inside your situation room when you get the news atlanta's got him. >> we're very pleased that now we have this man, but w