kim dacey has the details. >> deputy police chief emerson davis answered questions that his boss declined to address last week. davis asked the justice department to investigate allegations of police misconduct related to the criminal indictment against county executive john leopold. deputy police chief emerson davis told council members he had direct knowledge of a dossier compiled against a former county employee who had filed a lawsuit against county executive john leopold and testified that he saw county police chief james teare reading it. still, no one seems to know who directed this action. >> that is the million-dollar question is, who knew what, at what level did they know it, and at what point did they know it? >> you do not know the answer to coming up, we'll take a last look at weather and traffic before you head out to start your day. he those? >> i don't know -- no one knows the answer to it. i mean, the people involved know the answer. >> right. >> but that's what we're trying to get to. >> lieutenant colonel davis' appearance before council is part of an inquiry into accus

emerson davis, accuses the police chief of basically cafing to illegal requestspy the county executive like looking up criminal information on employees, he goes as far as to say the department has never been so dysfunctional in his 35 year career. -- 35-year career. >> no one is going to be held accountable for the perfect storm that's been created here. (inaudible.) >> county executive john leopold is charged with misusing county resources accused of misusing the officers in charge of security detail by asking them to stand guard while he has sex in parking lots. officers say they complain to the chief but nothing changed. >>> fire officials in jefferson county, colorado, released 911 calls from the deadly fire. there is an investigation in to whether the emergency operators should have given the callers more information. more than 100 calls came in while the fire spread. there was confusion about what people in the fire's path should do. notifications were sent to the wrong people and others sent off. three people were killed in the rash of fires. >>> no word this morning on what ca

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you standby police chief emerson davis. >> reporter: he testified and urged a federal investigation. at his urging, they dropped davis' name from the ad. >> sometimes you have to make decisions that are contrary to the beliefs of the administration you work for. >> reporter: liepold plans to fight the charges in the court. he's expected to go on trial in september. >> and the ads will air on three radio stations in the baltimore area. >>> battling against bullying. one of the year's most talked about movies debuts in baltimore. we're there tonight for the premier of bully. the governor and the first lady watched the screening. the documentary follows five children who are bullied by classmates. after the movie, the crowd participated in a town hall meeting. >>> national and international leaders in baltimore, johns hopkins dedicates its new billion-dollar facility with the help of middle eastern royals and the mayor. we go inside the cutting edge new building. >> reporter: there were lots of dignitaries, but the real stars will be the patients they serve. a ribbon cutting opens the d

emerson davis agreed to appear and could provide information. >>> mitt romney's sounding confident on the trail, one day before voters in wisconsin and maryland head to the polls. republican leaders are lining up behind the former governor saying he should be president obama's challenger. his rivals aren't calling it quits yet. in the campaign 2012 report, daniel notingham reports for wjz from the white house. >> reporter: one day before the primary in wisconsin, mitt romney is holding a solid lead, taking on president obama's policies and sounding confident about the future. republican leaders have lined up behind romney in recent days and calling on chief rival, rick santorum, to dropout of the race. but the former senator insists romney knows he is still a viable challenger. the obama campaign appears to believe romney will be the gop nominee as well. over the weekend the president's team launched attacks against the republican front runners foreign policy and economic views. appearing on face the nation, vice president joe biden called romney out of touch. >> this is about the mid

deputy police chief emerson davis says' called on justice officials to investigate allegations of misconduct and wrong-doing within the debt. allegations that stem from the county executive's criminal indictment last month. leopold is accused of make police officers assigned to protect him use the state's criminal database to dig up dirt and making those officers drive him to sexual encounters. >> who knew what and who is going to be held accountable. this is the biggest black eye we've had in the department in 35 years. >> it gives a great deal of credence. >> reporter: the union president applauds the deputy chief have for speaking out after police chief teare refused to answer questions. he has ignored calls to resign and can only be fired by the county executive. >> the real bad guy is county executive john leopold. all of this focuses on the chief of police and as long as the focus remains on the chief the ext executive is not going to get rid of him. >> reporter: they are currently reviewing the request for investigation. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> the case against leopold

deputy chief emerson davis went on about the department. >> no one is going to be held accountable that a perfect storm has been create here. >> deputy chief davis was sworn in before all seven members fired questions. he says the county executive's administration kept files on certain employees, even looking at the criminal database without legal authority. >> a woman who claimed that the county executive approached her inappropriately in the line of the cafeteria at the reynolds center. >> davis has more to say one year after the chief held back. he told the council he could not talk since he testified before the grand jury in the leo polled case. he is charged with using members of the police department who are his security detail. officers say they complained several times, but nothing changed. council and john grasso felt the testimony was unfair. >> people lie on oath and don't tell the whole story. i'm not going to be the judge here. >> scott: davis said he told the chief his feelings. union members having taken a vote of no confidence. he believes it is a cry for help that begin

police chief emerson davis told council members he had direct ossier.ge of a dusty a he testified heief james teare reading it. no one seems to know who directed this action. >> that is the million-dollar question. >> you do not know the answer to those? >> people involved know the answer. >> the appearance is part of an inquiry. this comes one week after police chief james teare declined to answer most questions under oath. he allegedly directed his security detail to perform personal and political tasks including transporting him to a sexual on the view with a county employee. >> this is the biggest black eye we've had on the department in the 35 years i've been here, and no one's going to be held accountable for -- it's like a perfect storm has been created here. who's going to hold who accountable? the chief of police cannot do it under these circumstances. >> the debit reminded the council of a no-confidence vote against the chief. jerry walker introduce a resolution calling for the county executive to suspend the police chief. that will be voted on in two weeks. kim dacey, wbal

deputy police chief emerson davis has agreed to appear tonight and could provide new information. >> thank you. wjz is at tonight's meeting and we'll more on the story tonight at 11:00. >>> continuing to follow the breaking news. 7 people dead and 3 wounds after a shooting at a christian university. >> reporter: police responded to a mass shooting, swarming the campus of wacos university, a christian school. >> i don't know what's going on. i'm in terror. >> reporter: swat teams positioned themselves around the nursing school. >> a gunman came into the college and fired multiple shots. we do have fatalities. we additionally have victims who have suffered from gunshot wounds. >> reporter: officers carried out some of those victims, others were wheeled out, and more still onagernies. >> our priority is to take care of the injured. >> reporter: some escorted out with their hands up. the suspect was described at a korean man in his 40s. they stopped someone they believe is connect today the shooting. >> we believe we detained a possible suspect. >> reporter: oakland police are saying the

the county looking into allegations of wrongdoing by police chief james tear deputy police chief emerson davis reveals he has called the u.s. department of justice to -- >> takeover sight of the department and do an investigation from top to bottom. >> davis claims chief tear helped county executive john leopold access information of his political opponents and others, including -- >> the woman who claimed that the county executive approached her inappropriately in the line of the cafeteria at the center. >> he also faces charges of misconduct in office, using the database inappropriately and making police officers drive him to sexual encounters in public parking lots. >> i do not want to brake the law. >> the chief has refused to answer questions. now the council will vote on a resolution in two weeks, urging leopold to suspend him. the deputy chief says the public deserves answers. >> who knew what and who is going to be held accountable for it. this is the biggest black eye ton the department in the 35 years i have been here. >> he has not heard a response but is planning to follow up. >> l

you stand by people like anne arundel deputy police chief emerson davis. >> davis testified before the council when the chief would not and urged a federal investigation into the misconduct. at his urging the union drops davis' name from the ads. >> sometimes you have to make decisions that are contrary to the beliefs of the administration you work for. >> leopold denies doing anything improper and plans to fight the charges in court. he is expected to go on trial in september. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> -of radio stations in this area soon. others are taking a stance against bullying. one of this year's most talked about movies has debuted in baltimore city. the premier of bully played on the s silver screen in harbor east last night. the governor and first lady watched it along with local teens and their parents. the documentary follows some students, 5 of them, who were bullied by their class mates after the movie they participated in a town hall meeting on the subject. >>> a maryland feline has wound up in new jersey. she was found wondering around there. through a mirc

in a bombshell announcement, emerson davis says he called on justice officials to investigate allegations of misconduct and wrong doing with the department, the allegations that stem from the county's criminal indictment last month. leopold is accused of making police officers assigned to protect him use the state's criminal data base to dig up dirt on his enemies, and making them drive him to sexual encounters in public parking lots. >> this is the biggest black eye we have had in the department in the 35 years i've been here. >> reporter: the union president applauds him for speaking out after police chief teare refused to answer questions about the department's involvement in the scandal. >> i don't want to break the law. >> reporter: stare ignored calls to step down. >> the only bad guy is the county executive john leopold. all this focus is on the police chief, and as long as the focus is on the chief, the county executive won't get rid of him. >> reporter: the department of justice tells wjz it is currently looking at the department chief's request for an investigation. wjz eyewitne

. >> emerson davis testified he recently asked the justice department to investigate his own police departmentohn leopold was indicted last month on charges of misconduct in office. davis claims leopold got help from police chief james teare to investigate political enemies. he says the public deserves answers. >> who knew what what it's going to be held accountable for it? this is the biggest black eye we've had on the department in the 35 years i've been here. >> deputy chief davis is retiring later this year. in two weeks the council will vote on suspending chief tear. leopold has denied the charges and he is scheduled to go to trial this fall. >>> in campaign 2012, maryland and d.c. hold their presidential primaries today as does wisconsin. but for many local voters, there are many down ticket races that are important. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live in potomac with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the polls open here at 7:00 a.m. some hot races in maryland including here in the 6th congressional district. where republican representative roscoe bartlett see

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you stand by police chief emerson dave davis. >> davis testified against the county executive when tier wouldn't. >> sometimes you have to make decisions that are contrary to the beliefs of the administration that you work for. >> reporter: leopold denies doing anything improper and plans to fight the charges in court. >> reporter: and leopold's trial is expected to start in early september. reporting live, mike hellgren, weempleg eyewitness news -- wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. the ads will air on three radio stations in the baltimore area. >>> we have breaking news to tell you about realty now. -- right now. police on the scene of breaking news. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. captain mike perry has details. >> sorry, denise. we're actually in harford county. passenger this bank robbery occurred at a bank in forest hill. maryland state police and harford county sheriff's department just made an apprehension on at least one person that we know of, possibly a second, they were tracking these individuals from the forest hill area, down to south bel air, where near the wa

emerson street. looking for anything that might connect michael davis to four separate attacks that began tuesday night with the murder of gary. the house sits just off georgia avenue within blocks of four attacks. michael davis is accused of using a claw hammer to attack the woman last night and is a suspect in three other attacks, including the murder of dederix. now what we understand now, brian, is that michael davis will be in court tomorrow, although he was arrested last night. he didn't make what they call cutoff down at the central cell block. so, he's going to spend the night in jail and go before a judge tomorrow. what we know about the three surviving victims is that they are all still hospitalized and according to police reports, we understand that two of them were conscious when they were found by a metro bus driver and the other victim found by police. brian. >> paul wagner tonight. a news alert out of fairfax county. police need your help identifying this guy. just released surveillance video of the attempted bank robbery suspect. it happened at the bank of america on march 20. the video

davis. police spent much of the morning and early afternoon searching the house where he is said to live with his grand parents on emerson street where he and his brothers were raised. police chief cathy lanier says davis was arrested when police heard a woman screaming for help about 9:00 last night on gallatin street. they said davis had fled and was hiding nearby in an alley. the woman he allegedly hit in the head told me by telephone she is traumatized. wednesday night's victim says she's making progress and the pastor said church members are concerned about safety and usually walk female members to their cars after services. >> even though she lives right around the corner someone will always catch her and take her, but she's a very independent person. that night i saw her she walked out the door and before i could catch her to say who is taking you she was gone. >> right now we're thankful because we know that one of them ended with the death of a person and so all of us as family members, what we're going through, we know there's one family who will never see their loved one again. >> the one victim who was killed

davis. both of whom grew up in the emerson street house. the family said to have struggled with michael's problems for years. >> we think this is a case of somebody that its mentally ill. and somebody who acted out did not take his medication. >> right now michael davis is charged with last night's attack. that is very likely to change. reporting live, north west washington, jackie benson, news 4. >> the secret service has a new stricter code of conduct in the wake of the prostitution scandal involving agents in sclom be ye -- colombia. the agency specified its rules. officers are banned from binge drinking, visiting nonreputable establishments and from bringing foreign nationals become to their hotel rooms. agents were accused of bringing prostitutes to their hotels in cartagena earlier this month while preparing for the president's visit. new details in the corruption case against harry thomas jr. prosecutor recommending maximum prison sentence, 48 months. thomas former ward 5 council member will be sentenced in federal court next thursda

back in the sea on emerson street police searched the home of 19-year-old michael davis. neighbors tell us this photo is of davis. it appeared -- he is the younger brother of two nfl starts -- vernon davis of the san francisco forty-niners and dante davis of the miami dolphins. police arrested michael 39 after a chase. he is charged with attacking a 19-year-old woman with a hammer a few blocks from his home. >> recovered from the back spotted by the suspect was a claw hammer that is believed to be the weapon involved in this assault last night. >> that attack is similar to three others over the past 72 hours a in the same area. one victim, a denver tourist died from his injuries. investigators are investigating whether michael davis is linked to those attacks be in the family is stunned at the news. >> michael? oh my god. i have known him from a baby. i cannot believe it. it is unreal. >> a man who told us he is for the davis -- vernon daviss' does not believe the charges. we are live in northwest d.c. >> thank you very much. also new at 11:00, several key developments in

and the suspect has been identified as 19-year-old michael davis. 900 block of emerson. here's about what we know about ha happened in the past. the violent murder that happened this past tuesday at 6:00 p.m. involved a 66-year-old man gamed gary dedericks of colorado, he died from his injuries. wednesday at 3:00 a.m., a 53-year-old male was found unconscious in the roadway in the 4800 block of georgia avenue. he was suffering from head trauma and remains in critical condition. on wednesday evening, an adult female was assaulted while in the 5600 block of ninth street northwest. struck in the head by a blunt object and remains hospitalized. last night, undercover police patrolling petworth heard the screams of the latest victim, rushed to the scene, saw their suspect as he ran away. they say he dumped a bag that had a claw hammer inside with blood on it. he was captured a short distance away on illinois avenue. here's what the chief has to say about the linking this suspect to the three other incidents. >> we don't know yet, we don't have the links to say that this in fa

you can see it right there off of emerson avenue street and georgia avenue northwest. the davis family is the pride of this neighborhood with two of the suspects brother in the nfl, vernon davis, star athlete and tight end of the 49ers, another brother plays cornerback for the miami dolphins. they're used to making sports highlights, but now their younger brother is making headlines of a different kind. metropolitan police served a search warrant this morning and spent several hours at the home and around the neighborhood because the latest attack that happened last night and where mike davis was caught are only a couple blocks apart from here. myra young grew up with the davis brothers. >> we all played together. we all ran up these streets up and down together. >> those are good kids over there, good kids raised by a good grandmother. i can't make anything of it because i don't believe it. >> reporter: well, this morning 49ers tight end vernon davis tweeted out just got a disturbing call from back home in washington d.c. a good day gone bad. hopefully he wasn't involved. it is

>> reporter: police spent much of the day searching this house on emerson street looking for evidence that might connect michael davis to all four attacks. he is seen after his arrest last night, a picture obtained by the blog francispetworth.com. at a morning news conference police chief cathy lanier said davis was arrested last night after plainclothes services heard a woman cry out for help -- officers heard a woman cry out for help. >> they observed a subject a short distance away in the alley holding a dark colored bag. >> reporter: davis who fled the scene was hiding behind a porta-potty in the alley. police recovered a clawhammer from a bag he discarded before his arrest. people who live in the neighborhood and know his brother vernon who plays for the san francisco 49ers and vonn take who plays for the miami dolphins -- and vontae who plays for the miami dolphins were stunned. >> i just hope it don't hurt the family name. >> michael davis is formally charged in last night's attack, but police say in three other assaults all the victims were struck in the head walking alone. the suspect is due to appear in sup

davis the brother of two nfl players has been arrested. they are investigating if he is responsible for a murder tuesday on emerson street. jennifer donelan is in northwest with the latest. >> earlier today, we spoke with the family of the man murdered the tourist killed not far from where i am. they said that he loved to travel and when he did that he liked to stay among the locals. has his murder been solved? the part of the investigation is under way. >> michael? little michael? he was the one that? oh, my god. >> stunned to hear the 19-year- old man accused in the vicious attack is her neighbor, michael davis, the younger brother of two nfl players vernon and voante davis. >> that is unbelievable. >> burn in tweeted this morning "just got a disturbing call from back home in washington, d.c., a good day gone bad." >> he -- it appeared to be unprovoked. >> went undercover officers heard a woman screaming, they discovered she had been hit in the head. they sought davis who ran and dropped a bag with a hammer and side. >> 10-15 cops were in the area and had it locked of. >> apart davis is not charged with the other attack

emerson street. searching for clues that may link him to a string of ambush assaults in petworth. the suspect identified as 19-year-old michael davis. he's said to be mentally ill. arrested last night after yet another attack. and today i spoke to the victim by phone. >> i seen a shadow. so i turned around and it was a dude. i didn't say nothing. i turned around. after like a second he just struck me with something. >> reporter: the words of a 19-year-old assaulted last night on gallatin street in petworth by a man with a hammer. police say they heard her screams and that led to the arrest of davis and the search of his home where he lives with his grandparents. police believe davis may be linked to three other unprovoked attacks in the neighborhood, including the murder of a 66-year-old tourist three days ago in an alley in the 800 block of emerson street northwest. >> we don't have the links to say that this is in fact the same person. i can tell you i feel very much more comfortable now that this person is in custody. >> reporter: sources say the suspect davis is the younger brother of vernon davis, tight end for the san francis

emerson street. searching for clues that may link him to a string of ambush assaults in petworth. the suspect identified as 19-year-old michael davisto be mentally ill. arrested last night after yet another attack. and today i spoke to the victim by phone. >> i had just crossed and i seen a shadow following me and it kind of scared me. so i turned around. and it was -- i didn't say nothing. you just turned around. after like a second he just struck me with something. >> reporter: the words of a 19-year-old assaulted last night

police believe davis may be linked to three other unprovoked violent attacks in the neighborhood including the murder of a 66-year-old tourist three days ago in an alley in the 800 block of emerson street northwest. >> we don't have the lengths to say that this in fact is the same person. i can tell you i feel very much more comfortable now that this person is in custody. >> reporter: sources say that the suspect, davis, is the younger brother of vernon davis, tight end for the san francisco for the miami dolphins. vernon davis tweeted today, "just got disturbing call from back home in washington, d.c. a good day gone bad. hopefully, he wasn't involved." today on wtop radio the mayor said that suspect davis may have some mental problems. >> we think this is a case of someone who's mentally ill and someone who acted out, perhaps did not take his medication as he should have. >> reporter: so what impact did that attack last night have on that teenager? today i talked to her grandmother. >> right now she's scared and she's like traumatized. she said she don't want to go back outside. because this happened to her. >> reporter: as suspect davis was running away, police say he tossed