the decision comes one day after the board of supervisors announced a settlement with john geer's family. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live at fairfax county courthouse to explain. jeff? jeff: well scott i spoke with county attorney prosecutor ray morrow this afternoon who basically said it's a coincidence that his officers are moving forward with a decision to convene a grand jury one day after the county settled a wrongful death suit with the family of john geer for nearly $3 million. morrow says the evidence simply was not ready to move forward until today. morrow says his office was already leaning in this direction to go forward but it wasn't until today, this week rather, that the commonwealth's attorney from faquier county who is the special prosecutor reviewing this case presented morrow's office with an

the board of supervisors chair and i hope this may bring some measure of closure to the family of john geer. >> never going to be closure for th reporter: geer's family attorney mike leeberman believes the deal will help provide for his two daughters but says money will never heal the pain. >> could never be as satisfying resolution of this case because john is not with us. reporter: now this ends the civil case. the investigation into adam torres continues as well as the possibility of criminal charges. i spoke earlier today with done geer john geer's father, he remains very frustrated and pained with how fairfax police have handled the entire situation. he said to me i have spent over 500 nights lying in bed wondering why this happened. live in springfield, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. maureen: thank you, jeff. sirens sounded for a special reunion today in fort washington. maureen: that's 13-year-old marcus mccoy and his 9-year-old sister alleyah meeting the 911 operator and firefighter who saved their lives. on sunday marcus awoke to find his clinton home engulfed in flames. he and his sis

john geer's family will be getting nearly $3 million in this wrongful death lawsuit.they say that's not enough, but it's not more money that they want. it's justice. this lawsuit was settled yesterday with the fairfax county board of supervisors. geer was shot and killed by fairfax county police officer adam torres in august 2013 outside his springfield hope. officer torres at the time said he saw geer reach for his waist band and that's when he fired. his fellow officers who were there for the standoff said they did not see that. it took another hour to get inside geer's home but by then he was dead. his death has prompted a police review board and yesterday we caught up with geer's dad. >> adam torres is still on the police payroll and my money is still paying for his salary. so that's not the most pleasant thing to think about, but that's the way things are. >> reporter: john geer's dad and the rest of his family want to make sure nothing like this ever happens again in fairfax county. the shooting itself is still under investigation, but charges have not been file

tonight with news 4's shomari stone. >> reporter: jim and wendy, it's important to point out that john geer's father says that this settlement is just the beginning. he indicates that it relieves a lot of stress. >> it's another step in the right direction. >> reporter: a load has been lifted off of done geer. fairfax county will pate family of his son john geer nearly $3 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. >> tell us about this settlement. does it bring you a sense of closure? >> it's a step ladder towards closure. >> reporter: fairfax county police officer adam torres shot and killed john geer in his springfield townhouse during a standoff in 2013. four officers there say the father of two had his hands held up and posed no immediate threat, but officer torres told investigators he saw gere's hands drop to his waist. geer's family filed the wrongful death lawsuit and forced fairfax count toe release those details. >> this is after waiting for 17 months of absolutely nothing so it seems like things are going, you know a little better. >> reporter: board chairman says settling the civ

these are the images of a police standoff on august 29 2013 just moments before john geer was shot toth. four officers there say the fewer of two had his hands held up and posed no immediate threat. but officer adam torres told investigators he saw geer's hands drop to his waist, and he fired. it was the wrongful death lawsuit by geer's family that forced fairfax county to release those details. fairfax county's board chairman says settling the lawsuit was the right thing to do

coming up at 6, the family's lawyer explains why this settlement fulfills one of john geer's lifelong and you'll hear what the chairman bulova had to say when i asked her whether or not she thinks john geer was wrongly killed. >>> there was an emotional good-bye today to a university of mary washington student. grace mann died from

fairfax county officer killed john geer. the police department just settled the lawsuit with the payment of $3 million. don geer still wants justice for his son. >> it's a step up the ladder towards closure. that's still a long ways to go before we get there. >> mr. geer says he wants to see torres indicted. he also wants reforms for the police department to prevent another shooting like this one. >>> your taxes won't be going up if you live in arlington. they voted on the new budget yesterday and i does not raise property taxes. it fully funds the county's school system. the school board made cuts to keep the tax rates the same. the new spending plan also includes more economic development. >>> in the day ahead, a ground breaking ceremony will bring you more options for affordable housing in the district. it will create 140 affordable apartments for families on 14th street in the brentwood neighborhood in northwest. the concord, have lens ya buildings will be dedicated. the $32 million project is expected to be finished by n

here now is john geer's father don geer reacting to this news this afternoon. >> it's something i felt should have been done a long long time ago. but at least we're going in the right direction and it's one more step towards maybe a completion of this whole matter. reporter: here's the ray morrow's quote on this subject. it shouldn't take this long. i'm doing everything i can to get a just resolution to this. now, morrow has publicly expressed frustration with fairfax county attorney in this matter. the county attorney represents the police department and has not spoken publicly on this situation. morrow expects that a decision from the grand jury should come down at some point before the end of this summer. live in fairfax county, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. alison: today, congressman john conyers introduced a bill designed to end racial profiling in the u.s. it comes on the heels of several incidents, of course between white police officers and black suspects including one in baltimore. fraternal order of police in baltimore is holding a news conference right now in the freddie gray

taking place in a townhome behind me in springfield, fairfax county agreeing to pay the family of john geer $2.95 million to settle their wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family. now, this took place on august 29 2013. geer 46 years old father of two was shot standing in a doorway during a stand-off with police who had been called there for a dmes you can dispew. records show that adam torres shot him once in the chest killing him. he was not armed, records show. for more than a year and a half, rather, geer's family was seeking answers and information about the shooting but says it got nowhere. a civil suit was filed against the police department and the county. settlement talks in this case started in early march leading to today's final settlement of $2.95 million. >> never bring back the person who has just been killed. the best you can do is try to realize some of their dreams for their family and their kids and i think we've accomplished that. jeff: fairfax county board of supervisors chair who said this shooting did not have to happen saying "i am pleased that a fair settlement ha

they'll fire him but the county has now settled the wrongful death lawsuit. >> the lawyers for john geer's children says their mother agreed to the nearly $3 million settlement to avoid years of litigation and to insure the children could afford college. the chair of the county board of supervisors said she signed off because it was the right thing to do. >> it was a tragedy that should not have happened. >> officer adam torres shot and killed geer while he stood in front of his town house. he had an argument with his girlfriend who called police. torres said he saw the father of two move his hands towards his waste but none of the other officers, many of them closer saw that. >> then -- a quick motion, he brought his hands down near his waste and i pulled the trigger one time. >> it took police another hour to enter the house and geer was dead by then. >> it's unjustified. he had his hands up in the air. 40 minutes he was calmly talking with officer barnes. it was heading toward a conclusion in a peaceful way. he did nothing nothing to cause anyone to think that he was a threat to anyone

these are the images of a police standoff on august 29 2013 just moments before john geer was shot to death. four officers there say the fewer of two had his hands held up and posed no immediate threat. but officer adam torres told investigators he saw geer's hands drop to his waist, and he fired. it was the wrongful death lawsuit by geer's family that forced fairfax county to release those details. fairfax county's board chairman says settling the lawsuit was the right thing to do. >> giving the geer family closure and for us to be able to put this behind us and for them to be able to you know, find some closure in this case i think is important. >> reporter: the lawyer who handled the lawsuit for the geer family says the provide some relief after an 18-month battle for justice. >> the nightmare will never completely be over. i think they'll sleep a little better tonight. >> reporter: the lawyer says the $3 million will also help fulfill one of john geer's greatest dreams, that his daughters have a fully paid for college education. >> while nothing will ever replace john and there's

today, the board of supervisors announced a nearly $3 million settlement in the death of john geer. geer was shot and killed by a police officer after that officer responded to a domestic disturbance in august 2013. that officer is no longer on the force. we will have more on the settlement today coming up at 6:00. scott? scott: a developing story, alison tonight about the vaccines designed to keep us from getting measles, mumps and rubella. tonight, a massive study finds there is no definitive link between that m.m.r. vaccine and autism. kelly lynn is here to explain. kelly? reporter: even though multiple studies have indicated no link between the vaccine and autism some people continue to make the association. now a new study in the journal of the american medical association could help put that belief to rest. the researchers wanted to know if recipients of the m.m.r. vaccine had an increased risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder especially children who had an older sibling with autism. after studying more than 95,000 children who enrolled in a large health plan and foll

a grand jury will look at the police shooting death of john geer who was not armed when he was shot to death during a standoff and fairfax in 2013. the grand jury will decide whether officer adam torres should face criminal charges. yesterday, fairfax county agreed to pay the family almost $3 million to settle the civil suit. question stunted about the gyroctopter flight. the pilot flew 30 miles and restricted airspace, and tonight questions about who was tracking him and why no one try to stop him. tom roussey is live at the capital with the latest. tom? tom: exactly one week ago, the gyrocopter landed on the spot, close to the capital. tonight, some of the people who work there have serious questions about what happened and afterwards they spoke to the media. >> he is lucky to be alive. he should have been blown out of the air and could have been. tom: the house oversight committee chairman said that after a briefing with the secret service and the capitol police about the gyrocopter. >> it was me, i would have taken care of the problem. tom: the gave new details boat happened a week

torres shot and killed john geer during a stand-off at geer's home in springfield. yesterday, fairfax county agreed to pay geer's family almost $3 million to settle a civil lawsuit. long time congressman john conyers is citing the death of a baltimore man in his push to end racial profiling. >> that boy broke! maureen: freddie gray died after his spinal cord was severed while in police custody. and happening right now, dozens of people are rallying in baltimore in protest of his death and lack of answers so far. these are live pictures of that protest. gray's death was the late tsarnaev a string of confrontations between police and african-americans. >> ultimately they are tragic examples of the risk of racial profiling and the use of excessive force. maureen: congressman conyers and other democrats support legislation that bans all law enforcement from engaging in racial profiling. a united express flight from chicago to connecticut made an emergency landing after a passenger became seriously ill. the plane landed in buffalo, new york, amid reports its cabin lost p

determining whether to file murder charges against police officer adam torres who shot and killed john geer, an unarmed civilian standing in his doorway with his hands up. in that case the police department and the county was roundly criticized for not releasing information about the shooting. in this child pornography case we're told that if the officer is charged, his name and information will be released. in fairfax, peggy fox, wusa9. >> wusa9 is not using the name of the officer because he's not been charged, but sources do tell peggy charges are coming. >>> the storms that might be headed our way tonight already left a trail of construction out west. coming up dramatic video of a town completely leveled by a tornado. >> plus a group of local high schoolers get a big check just in the nick of time. >> you're watching your only local news at 7:00 >>> you're watching wusa9 news at 7:00 and a high school robotics team from loudoun county got a big check earlier today. >> it was to help replace their award winning robot that somebody made off with last weekend. ashworth tech company telo ga

officer adam torres shot john geer in 2013. during a standoff. others say he had his hands up. sussex county just agreed to pay $3 million to settle a wrongful death suit. the commonwealth there says he hopes the grand jury will reach a decision by tend of the summer. >>> in virginia a foster father has been locked up accused of killing his 1-year-old foster son. investigators say ka'ron mason suffered burns to his face his torso, and his neck all of this back in january. sheriff's deputies believe that david marcussen bathed ka'ron in scalding hot water. the boy died a month later. marcussen and his wife had been taking care of the child since july of last year. shortly after the baby was born. marcussen is being held now without bond. >>> she has been waiting for nearly two months. tomorrow president obama's nominee to lead the justice department will finally get a vote. loretta lynch is the president's pick to be the next attorney general. the senate will vote on her confirmation at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. she is expected to be confirmed. senate majority leader mitch mcconn

we talked to geer's father about the new developments. >> the money hasn't been the main thing. the main thing is, you know, to get closure and have some justice for john. >> don geer says he wants to see torres indicted. he also called for reforms in the police department to prevent this kind of shooting from happening again. >>> montgomery county police want possible victims to come forward after making an arrest in a sexual assault case that started online. police arrested warren giddings. he is accused of attacking a woman with learning disabilities. officers say back in february, he met the woman on an online dating site. he then went to her home in rockville, sexually assaulted a her and stole a tablet. police are asking others to come forward. >>> a teenage boy facing some serious charges this morning accused of attacking a metrobus driver with a taser. metro transit police say the 14-year-old was on a bus in january headed to ft. tauten when he tased the driver on the arm. video surveillance was used to find that teenager. >>> if you're making plans for the weekend tickets are available right now to go to the next wizards playoff game. it's fri

. >>> john geer was just outside the front door of his springfield home when fairfax police officer adam torres shot and killed him two years ago. no charges were filed. a grand jury decision could come by the end of the summer. yesterday's geer's family settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the county for nearly $3 million. >>> john hinckley, the man who shot president reagan, wants to go home and today his attorneys argued in court his mental illness has been in repolice station for decades and therefore, hinckley ought to be allowed to spend his days at his 89-year-old mom's home in williamsburg, virginia. as of now hinckley can spend 17 days at a time there. prosecutors said that's plenty for a violent criminal who has in the past lied about his whereabouts while out on supervised leave. hinckley fired six shots at the president in 1981 wounding him and three others. the motive? he wanted to impress acts -- actress jodie foster. today hinckley is 59 years old. >>> county official rush earn baker -- rushern baker spoke to neighbors in laurel. >> crime is at an all time low level in

torres shot john geer during a standoff.other officers said geer had his arms up when she was shot. $3 million was paid to the family. he hopes the grand jury will reach a decision by the end of the summer. >>> the senate passed a bill to fight human trafficking but took a month's long battle over abortion language to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. the bill expands law enforcement tools to target sex traffickers and creates a fund to help victims. lawmakers feuded bitterly in public for weeks. >>> the partisan battle led to a delay in confirming the next attorney general. loretta lynch has waited for 55 days for senate vote on her confirmation. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from the hill. do we expect this confirmation to happen soon? >> reporter: yeah the vote is supposed to happen this afternoon. since they worked out that human trafficking bill that you just talked about because senate majority leader mitch mcconnell had said that until that was worked out they wouldn't take a vote on her. now that that's work

geer's best friend who witnessed the shooting. when officer adam torrez fired the fatal shot after a dispute. >> there were nights that i would go to bed wondering why john was shot. >> reporter: police finally began releasing information like torrez name after the geer's filed a lawsuit and an investigation happened where the police department was forced to do so. >> firing and vetting the use of force, we can review all these things but what can we do after they occur. >> reporter: they're calling for accountability and federal charges against torrez. >> adam torrez the shooter is still on the police payroll. and my money is still paying for his salary. so that's not the most pleasant thing to think about. >> reporter: the shooting remains under a police administrative review and a criminal investigation at both the state and federal level. >>> prosecutors have yet to say whether they plan to file criminal charges against officer torrez. >>> now tomorrow, a prince george's county poli will go on trial to face misconduct charges. gary thomas is accused of hitting a handcuffed juvenile in custody. he will be in courtroom tomorrow morning when that trial

adam torres shot john geer.airfax county agreed to pay his family $3 million to settle the wrongful death lawsuit. the commonwealth hopes the grand jury reaches a decision by the end of this summer. >>> in news for your health, there's a link between your job and a form of dementia. having a more challenging job may prolong survival for people with front temporal dementia. this affects language and behavior, but not memory. researchers found those with more professional occupations survived about three years longer than manual workers. the study is published in the journal neurology. >>> two dogs in italy can sniff out prostate cancer. >> seriously? >> i know, listen, scientists in italy trained the dogs they're german shepherds and they can sniff out the difference from those diagnosed with the disease and those from healthy men. they smell the specific compound associated with this disease. >> i'm trying to figure out the practical application of this new discovery. >> well i mean they have such -- i mean the

attorney's plan to convene a special grand jury to hear evidence in the deadly police shooting of john geer shooting. geer was unarmed in his springfield home when police officer adam torres shot and killed him two years ago. no charges were filed. a grand jury decision on possible indictments could come by the d enof the summer. yesterday a wrongful death suit was settled against the county for nearly $3 million. >>> after some heavy rain the showers and storms are moving out a bit. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now. how is the rest of the evening looking? >> i think we're going to salvage a very nice evening, one last little batch of showers in montgomery county, moderate rain possible and also if you're headed between d.c. and baltimore, moderate downpours either side of 95 all the way up to baltimore down to laurel, maryland. let's move out and track this last little one here that's going to roll through eastern mont county and eventually into howard county, just moderate rain really. gilford about 5:14 and oakland mills about 5:15. let's talk about the futurecas

torres shot john geer during a standoff and other officers said he was shot.ax county agreed to pay geer's family $3 million to settle a wrongful death suit. the commonwealth's attorney says he hopes the grand jury will reach a decision by the end of the summer. >>> a big drug bust in maryland hagerstown police seized 112 bags of spice. it's a type of synthetic marijuana. you can see some of the pictures here. there was an increase in overdoses in washington county. we're told that the people who overdosed were as old as 50 and as young as 11 years old. >>> mgm is facing a discrimination lawsuit filed by several prince george's county businesses. the businesses claim that mgm purposely left out the bidding process to build the new casino at national harbor. mgm used at least one white owned company masking itself as a minority business. the allegations and the complaint they say are baseless and the company will vigorously defend the lawsuit. >>> in maryland four casinos are in trouble for allowing underaged customers inside. the closest casino to you here in

chairman of the board of supervisors said, "i hope this brings some measure of closure to the family of john geer. his long-time partner did not want to face years of litigation. as geer's father told me in february. >> there's no reason i should have had to go through the misery i have had to go through for this period of time. >> the family would still like officer torres charged in this case and he has been on desk duty since the geer killing and first by the county is now by the federal government. but so far no criminal charges. but tony, the uproar of the case has been so great that the county has pointed a commission it look at police procedures this and critics say that's long overdue. >> lisa stark for us, and thank you. and turning to the 2016 presidential campaign, democratic candidate, hilliary clinton, is facing new questions tonight over the practices of her family's charity with the clinton foundation. david schuster joins us now. >> reporter: it's a charity that helps people across the globe to boost their health and economic opportunities but documents suggest that most of the do

scott: coming up at 5:00 one day after fairfax county announced a settlement in the death of john geer prosecutors say they are not done investigating the case. find out what they're planning to do. alison: plus grab the kleenex. we'll look at why this spring's pollen is such a sneezer. scott: and right in time for bicycling season one popular company is pulling models off the road. what you need to know before you ride coming up tonight at 5:00. alison: all right. let's see how the ride is looking on the roadways. let's get a check on traffic with jamie sullivan. hi there. jamie: it's a slow one, alison. good way to put it. as you can see behind me, a live look shows you the beltway near good luck road and slow. yep, that's a good way. you know we've got the congestion for you on both the inner loop and outer loop. i want to focus on the inner loop and let's move to the maps. show you why you see extra congestion, getting closer to route 202, a disabled vehicle. this is half a lane blocked. it's just adding to our congestion. heading out of the d.c. area we're slow. northbound 295 and

he's the police officer who shot and killed unarmed john geer at his home as he took in his doorway with his arms up. in that case the police department and the county was strongly criticized for not releasing information. in this child pornography case we're told if there are charges, the officer's name and information will be released. reporting live in fairfax, peggy fox, wusa9. >>> d.c. police arrested a secret service officer. officer arthur baldwin was arrested early today in northeast on a felony charge of first degree attempted burglary and destruction of property. he was scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon. baldwin was assigned to the foreign missions branch. he has been placed on administrative leave. >>> a baltimore man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a drunk driving crash that kill an alexandria man. that accident happened last year along lee highway in rosslyn. prosecutors say ahman leo crashed his car into a jeep. he pled guilty to aggravated dui and manslaughter and after sentencing the victim's family announced they were filing a $20 million lawsuit. the

. >> reporter: john's fatal encounter after police were called to his home after a domestic dispute. photos show him talking to police. geer's attorney explained what happened next. >> it was five or 10 minutes after this shorter. his hands came down slightly to ear level. and that's when the bullet rang out. >> a bullet fired and hit in the chest. police waited an four before going in. they found him dead. after a year of no answers, the family filed suit. a judge ordered the country to release information. it showed them they could have been reaching for a gun. i have no doubt about that at all. i don't feel sorry at all. >> settling the case for $2.9 million. the chairman of the board says i hope this bricks some measure of closure. the long-term partner and the couple's two children did not want to face years of litigation. his father told me in february... >> there's no reason why i should have had to go through the misery i've gone through for this period of time. >> the family would like the officer charged in this case. he's been on death duty. both the county and the federal government have been investigating. no cr

my name is ted geer, i am the vice president of studies here at brookings. i am delighted to welcome commissioner johnosco and -- koskinen. i like to put reminders on my calendar. it is nice to have the commissioner here on april 8. you all have your one-week reminder of the deadline. we are delighted to have you here again today. as some of you know, i have a textbook i co-authored. i pulled it off of my shelf half of the book is devoted to taxes. bonus question if anyone can name the case. an 1899 supreme court decision and it there is a quote. it says, the power to tax is the one great power upon which the national fabric is based. it is as necessary to the prosperity to the nation as is the air we breathe to the natural man. it has not only the power to destroy, but also the power to be alive. that was an appropriate quotes to kick off today's event to the irs continues to be an essential part of government responsible for collecting tax revenue that amounts to 18% of our economy. commissioner koskinen manages employees and has a budget of $11 million, and i am sure you will hear it is streaking.