peggy fox spoke to john geer's moments after sentencing. >> john geer's mother is furious and testified and told the judge it is insulting to suggest that murder is only worth one year in jail. she says her son will spend forever in her grave. where is the justice for john she asked. >> one year in jail? that's? insulting. >> sitting front of adam torres ann geer sentence for the murder is not justice. >> he was standing here with his hands up. he had been that way for 40 minutes and this guy was mad at his wife and he shot john. >> on august 29th 2013 her son john geer stood with his hand up in the doorway of his springdale home. a police negotiator was talking to him and suddenly without warning officer torres shot him. john geer's father witnessed the shooting. >> let's hope no one else has to go through what we have gone through. >> the police department refused to cooperate with state and federal prosecutors for more than a year. it took the judge and in a civil suit and a united states senator to break the silence. >> it is very difficult to convict the police officer. >> prosecut

john geer was shot and killed by torres, then a fairfax police officer in a standoff at geer's townhome in springfield in august of 2013. geer was unarm and had his arm hanging in doorway at the time that the one shot was fired. before trial in april attorneys reached a deal for a guilty plea of involuntary manslaughter and a 12 months jail sentence. >> i would lime -- like him to have gone to the penitentiary for some years so everyone can learn a lesson that the police are prosecution. >> adam torres is moving on with his life. that is the best thing that can happen and the geer family can work on trying to recover from this. jeff: adam torres' wife was in the courtroom in the hearing. following the hearing all she would say is, "i love my husband." one side of john geer's family was pushing for plea deal. while the other side was strongly against it. more on that part of the story coming up at 5:00. in fairfax county, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: ahead for us at 4:00, from self-help to just help. a fire walk fail at tony robins seminar. injuries that some couldn't walk away fr

the officer that vote john geer will serve a couple years. >> john geer's mother has held her tongue every since her son was killed by a fairfax police officer but today she left loose. >> if i shot somebody i wouldn't see the light of day. one year in jail? >> reporter: in court sitting right in front of adam torres ann geer says a 12 month sentence for the former cop involuntary manslaughter was not justice. >> it was murder. it was not involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter: on august 29th 2013 her son john geer stood with his hand up and a police negotiator was talking to him and suddenly without warning officer torres shot him. >> he was standing here with his hands up here. he had been that way for 40 minutes. and this guy was mad at his wife so he shot john. >> john geer's father witnessed the shooting. >> let's hope that no one else has to go through what we have gone through. >> reporter: the police department refused to cooperate with state and federal prosecutors for more than a year. it took the judge and a civil suit and a united states senator to break the silence. >> it

geer was unarmed. his arms hanging in the doorway. right before torres was to go on trial for second-degree murder in april, attorneys reached a deal for a guilty plea of involuntary manslaughter and sentence of 12 months in jail. >> one year in jail? is insulting. it was murder. >> because he has spent ten months in jail for good behavior he is set to be a free man next wednesday. >> made a decision that was difficult and a p family. he is comfortable with that. >> his estranged wife pushed for hit. harrington didn't want them force to testify. he agreed. >> i struggle with it. i hope i did the right thing. i think i did. >> the wife was in court holding the third child born in april. all she would say is i loved my husband and he missed the birth of our son. in fairfax county, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. >> the u.s. attorney's office says no charges will be filed against a police officer who fatally shot a man in northeast d.c. derek napper was armed with a large knife. and brass knuckles when he approached the officer's vehicle. offi

geer's family says the sentence is an insult.it was the result of a plea deal that prosecutors say was key to keeping geer's children often of the witness stand. >> if i went out and shot somebody, i would never see the light of day. >> it's pretty hard on those children and so i guess i could geer's opinion. >> geer's death led to new police training and policy changing in fairfax county. officers involved must have their names released within ten day. >>> heads up if in mclean and pass near the tyson or greensboro metro stations. seeing a lot of emergency vehicles and first responders between those stations, part of a quarterly drill conducted throughout the region and the green station closed until 2:00 in the afternoon. if you're signed up for the metro alerts they'll let you know when it reopens. metro is running free shuttle buses to replace the silver line service in that area. >>> the u.s. national whitewater center in charlotte has temporarily shut down water activities after a teen died from a brain eating amoeba. laure

adam torres was sentenced today to 12 shooting geer in 2013. since torres served ten months with good behavior he could be out in a couple of weeks. prosecutors say they made the deal because they didn't want geer's children to have to testify. >> if i went out and shot somebody i would never see the light of day. >> it would have been hard on the children. i guess i could say i put them ahead of anne geer's opinion. >> he is moving ahead with his life and that's the best thing that can happen. >> the death did lead to new police training and policy changes in fairfax county. now officers that are involved in incidents involving force must have their names released within ten days. >>> d.c. police arrested a teenager accused of sell telling his ex girlfriend he would shoot up her home and school. the 17-year-old was busted last nigh. officers searched his home after he allegedly sent text to his ex saying he would kill her and her family. they found an ak-47 and more than 100 rounds of ammunition. investigators tell us her courage in reporting

> geer's death led to new policy training and policy changes in fairfax county. officers involved in incidents involving force much now have names released within ten day. >>> pass along a heads up in mclean tomorrow and pass any where are near the tyson or greensboro stations, seeing a lot of emergencyi first responders between those two stations. all part of a quarterly drill they conduct throughout the region. the greensboro station will be closed until 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, and if you're signed up for metro alerts they'll let you know when it reopens. metro will run free shuttle buses between greensboro to replace the silver line service. >>> the u.s. national whitewater service in charlotte temporarily shut down water activities after a teen died from a brain-eating amoeba. lauren sykes died a few days after rafting at the center. doctors say her death was caused by the amoeba commonly found in warm bodies of water and can be fatal if it gets into a person's nose. the teen was in a raft with several others that turned over. >> this is a very common microo

adam torres was sentenced to one year behind bars of john geer. we talked to john geer's mother and father today. >> if i ot never see the light of day. one year in jail? that is insulting. >> it is a fiasco from the very beginning and let's hope that no one else has to go through what we have gone through on this whole thing. >> it did take involvement from a united states senator and a judge's order to break the silence on the police investigation. >>> fairfax county leaders set up a commission to recommend changes in police practices. >> late word from alexandria virginia that earl cook is retiring. began at a recruit and recruited back in 1979, worked his way up through the department and the alexandria native became the first african- american chief back in 2009. his retirement is effective october 1st. >>> here is a follow-up to a story we reported several months ago. walter fonroy washington next week. the former dell gate left amidst trouble and he was found in the united arab emirates. the exact date he is flying home is secret so the med

he shot and killed geer during a stand off in august of 2013 while geer wasn't armed. friday a judge sentenced him to a year in jail and three more years suspended. geer's mother called the sentence offensive. because he's served ten months behind bars already, torres was released today. >> new information about the man shot and killed by the d.c. police. it happened monday outside an apartment complex on var numb street northeast. sherman evans. police say they opened fire when evans who is 63 years old refused to put down the weapon. that weapon turned out to be a b.b. gun. investigators are looking into the possibility this could be a case of suicide by cop. >>> well, for the first time in what seems to be a long time we have a sunny afternoon with no no rain in sight. doug tracking the conditions. we are looking ahead to the fourth of july weekend. >> we are looking ahead for the weekend. looking very nice today. yesterday, a heat index of 95. remember, four years ago we were at 104 and the dere kcho came tt night. what a difference it was a few years back. we are

torres killed john geer in a standoff at geer's home in springfield three years ago. he was first charged with second-degree murder and then accepted a lesser charge in a plea deal. >> one year in jail is insulting. it was murder. it was not involuntary manslaughter. leon: torres will b next week because he has already spent some ten month information jail. he gets released -- spent some ten months in jail and is released on good behavior. tenants taking back their home. a group of neighbors were fed up with what was going on inside the building so they bought it. part of the inspiration came from here, "7 on your side." d.c. bureau chief sam ford has the story. sam? sam: we were here seven years ago when the residents of the building behind me called us complaining that the landlord was not providing heat. ultimately what happened was not a situation where a land lord want to cash in ran the tenants out but in this case the tenants ran the landlord out. >> this is my new place. i have been here since the beginning of june. sam: for a dozen others others s is homecomi

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next, we talk with vanderbilt university professor john geer about his book, "in defense of negativitybout the value of negative political advertising. >> bush and dukakis on crime. bush supports the death penalty for fist-degree murderers. dukakis not only opposes the death penalty, he allowed first-degree murderers to have weekend passes from prison. one was willie horton who murdered a boy in a robbery, stabbing him 19 times. despite a life sentence, horton received ten weekend passes. horton ned, kid -- fled, kidnapping a young couple, repeatedly stabbing the young man and repeatedly raping the young woman. >> i wrote it largely in a response to what was unfolding in the late 1990s and the turn of the century where we had the sudden rise of attack politics, and there was all this hand wringing about how horrible it was, it was undermining democracy, and i just thought, you know, that's overstated. that's not quite right that, in fact, attacks play a critical role in democracy, because the people who are out of power need to attack those in power. and that, those attacks check, they

counter-terrorism squad are geering up for a long july 4th weekend. isis will earn ten times the awards if they carry out attacks during the holy month. >> thanks very much. >>> we're going to move on to the other big story, that extreme weather, a tornado tearing through the midwest, touching down in iowa. and storms spreading from arizona to north carolina. ginger is in washington, has all the details for us. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, robin and good morning everyone. on a picture perfect morning it was far from it in places like iowa. more than 122 severe storm reports. storm chasers closing in on that beast. thankfully no one injured that we know of. what i did want to show you was the really big issue in raleigh, north carolina. the picture you see, hundreds of people evacuated from the red hat amphitheater at the raleigh road show. lightning and damaging winds, too. look at the pictures coming out of there, wind gusts at 55-plus mile per hour. a big cleanup effort as tens of thousands still without power. of course, that's wha