tackling him from behind. >> i did not hit the police officer. >> reporter: this man says he knows ryan dorm and that dorm a convicted felon was targeted by police for no apparent reason. >> they said he ran. that's all he did was ran. and that is no reason to get shot at. >> reporter: a few hours ago, the prince george's county state's attorney's office dropped all charges against ryan dorm. anita and derek. >>> well, 9 wants you to know that ever since we've been reporting on underage drinking, montgomery county today announced an important new initiative. the department of liquor control will distribute identification checking calendars to every licensed business in the county that sells alcohol. >> that is going to make it easier to quickly figure out the age of a purchaser. tonight our andrea mccarren shows us the harsh reality of some troubled lives that began with early alcohol use. [ sirens ] >> it looks like he's in custody. >> i drank to make myself feel better. that was my medication. . >> reporter: on a cold december night at a montgomery county police station, we met jim shackle

did not hit the police officer. >> reporter: this man who asked not to be identified says he knows ryan dorm and that dorm, a convicted felon, was targeted by police for no apparent reason. >> they say he ran. that's all he did was ran. that is no reason to get shot at. >> reporter: late yesterday the prince george's county state attorney's office dropped all charges against ryan dorm. >>> police are trying to determine if two people found shot to death just blocks apart are connected. christopher donald smith was found dead about 10:45 monday night in new carrollton. the ambulance crew handling the smith case spotted another victim less than a mile away. 23-year-old edward thompson, jr. prince george's county police believe he was gunned down while riding a bicycle. >>> opening statements could begin as early as today in the yeardley love murder trial but first prosecutors and defense attorneys must cut 13 more people from the jury pool. when they're finished they'll have 12 jurors and three alternates. former uva student george huguely is charged with murdering his ex- girlfriendyardley lo

through the gas station to get chips and a soda. >> this man says he knows the robbery suspect, ryan dorm, and says dorm was pulled up by officers for no reason. >> if you are trying to obey the line, what else are they lying about? why is he sitting in jail based off of lies? >> now we haven't seen the video, but sources tell us it plays like this. the confrontation happens outside this store. one of the suspects gets about a block away and according to sources, the video shows a police officer running up behind the suspect, tackling him, with a gun in his hand and using the gun to hit the suspect in the head and that's when the gun went off. that according to sources and just a few moments ago, the prince georges county state's attorneys office issued a statement saying they are dropping all the charges against the robbery suspect, ryan dorm. reporting live in brentwood. >> scott, thank you for that. lesli. >> nearly two years since the death of uva lacrosse player, yeardley love. we may be minutes away from opening statements in the murder trial of herrics boyfriend, george huguely v.

suspect walking, two officers approach, and then one of the officers strikes a suspect, 19-year-old ryan dorm in the head. you see a flash and the suspect goes down. dorm told his attorney the officer hit him with his gun and it went off. >> my client tells me he didn't commit any crimes, that he was assaulted. he was not resisting any type of arrest. he complied. he was hit with a gun in the back of the head, the gun went off, and he was beat in his back. >> the officer has been identified as a 13-year veteran of the force. it all started friday night, taylor said he saw two men enter this lowest prices gas station on rhode island avenue with masks on. fearing was a robbery. he and another i've investigated. they claim dorm ran out of the store, they caught up with him a few blocks away. dorm tried to grab his gun, but that video tells a different story. >> it was immediately determined by the police department this needed to go to the state's attorney's office. >> reporter: a friend of dorms who didn't want to be identified said he did nothing wrong. >> all he did was walk to the gas statio

an officer fired a shot with two suspected robbers, including 19-year-old ryan keith dorm, a convicted felon who was arrested that night and accused of trying to grab an officer's gun. no one was hit by the shot that was fired, but the confrontation was caught on surveillance video, which apparently tells a very different story. >> we have given that video. we presented that to the state's attorney office and they are reviewing it. i don't want to affect, that is a criminal information. i don't want to affect that at this time. >> one of the two officers involved has been named. corporal donald taylor, a 13 year veteran, who was assigned to a robbery suppression task force on the lookout for trouble. while the investigation against the police officers unfold, the prince georges county state's attorneys office has dropped charges against the robbery suspect. in brentwood, 9news now. >> in the span of one hour, two people were found shot to death blocks apart in prince georges county. tonight, police are investigating whether the two murders are connected. police say 16-year-old christop

officer fired a shot during a confrontation with two suspected robbers, including 19- year-old ryan keith dorm, a convicted felon, who was arrested that night and accused of trying to grab an officer's gun. no one was hit by the shot that was fired, but the confrontation was caught on surveillance video. which apparently tells a very different story. >> we have given that video. we presented that to the state's attorney office and they are reviewing it. i don't want to affect, that is a criminal investigation. i don't want to affect that investigation at this time. >> only one of the two officers involved has been named. corporal donald taylor, a 13- year-old veteran, who was assigned to a task force on the lookout for trouble. while the investigation against the police officers unfold, the prince georges county state's attorney office has dropped charges against the robbery suspect. in brentwood, scott broom, 9news now. >> two people were shot and killed in the span of an hour and prince georges county police tried to figure out if those two are connected. christopher donald smith was found d

this happened in brentwood last night. 19-year-old ryan keith dorn reached for a -- dorm has been charged with attempting disarm a police officer. >>> turning now to decision 2012, the gop presidential race has moved to nevada, the caucuses are underway in that state. >> reporter: caucus day in nevada, a chance for neighbors like these to put their mark on the gop nomination. it is the fifth contest in the presidential primary season and it's a chance for mitt romney to quiet critic who is think he can't connect with conservatives. >> mr. gingrich wants to fundamentally transform america, he wants to change us into something we may not recognize. >> reporter: it is also meant to deflect criticism from his comment earlier that the poor didn't need tax cuts. >> i think we need to be concerned about 100% of the american people. >> reporter: for newt gingrich a and -- to show his focus on caucus states. >> i want to thank you for coming out and with all the enthusiasm. i think that we have reason to be optimistic. >> showdown in the silver state, the first test out west for the gop candidate.