students protested following the article and president theresa sullivan suspended all activities at greek associations. "the rolling stone" later apologized for discrepancies in the report. >>> a man is in critical condition after a police involved shooting in anne arundel county. a relative called police to do a check on the man's welfare but he reportedly pointed a rifle at them. an officer shot him once in the chest. he was taken to shock trauma in baltimore. neighbors are left wondering why police shot so quickly. >> kind of shocking that the officer shot so fast and acted so quickly. >> police say they have been called to the house in the past relating to incidents with the man. >>> this morning we're learning why a virginia couple who confessed to locking their children in a cage will serve no jail time. the couple has two daughters ages 3 and 4 years old, their son is just 17 months old. the commonwealth's attorney recommended leniency. william neely admits conditions in the home were awful, but he is defending his recommendation of a suspended sentence. >> -- the parents or the ca

president theresa sullivan suspended all social activities at greek organizations. the rolling stone later acknowledged and apologized for the discrepancies in the report. >>> a man is in critical condition after a police involved shooting in anne arundel county. the man's family called for a well check yesterday but he pointed a rifle and an officer shot him once in the chest. neighbors are left wondering why police shot so quickly. >> it shocked me that the officer shot so fast and acted so quickly. >> police say they have been called to the house in the past related to incidents with this same man. we placed a call this morning to fairfax police who tell us the man remains in critical condition. >>> this morning we're learning why a virginia couple who confessed to locking their children in a cage will serve no jail time. a mother and father from fredricksburg admitted keeping their kids locked up in a cage day and night. the couple have two daughters age 3 and 4 years old. their son is just 17 months old. the commonwealth's attorney recommended leniency. william

>> theresa sullivan. it is easy to say it besmirches her reputation. all they had to say is these are serious charges. >> it was a faculty member who spoke to the "rolling stone" writer and gave this victim at the time who she thought was a real victim's name to her. she was facilitating that conversation and story even more. then you wonder if the school is concerned about the safety of the student or did they just want this article to happen? >> the guys in the frat house pay to go to that school too. one of the things you pay for with these ridiculous costs is the college experience they talk about. i think they have a right to sue them. this article is the most viewed article in the history of the paper. 2.7 million views. they should compute the ad revenue from those views and multiply it by the number of members in the frat house and then start cutting checks. >> and everyone else has apologized. the reporter still hasn't apologized to the frat. she mentioned them by name. it is one of the dead -- dedications that you should have done something w

. >> uva president theresa sullivan issued a statement, irresponsible journalism adjustly damaged rep tapgss of innocent people and the university. last week the police department says there was no evidence to support criminal charges in this case. the article's author sabrina rubin erdely release add statement saying i did not go far enough to verify her story allowed my concern for jackie's well-being fear's retraumatizing her to take the place of more questioning and facts. mistakes i will not make again. >>> it's easter monday in washington. you know what that means. the white house easter egg roll is on. kids from all over the country are in town and they're being greeted by some familiar faces, dora the explorer snoopy and the angry birds are all there. not to mention the easter bunny himself, going to be on hand there today as well. the kids are also helping celebrate the first lady's let's move and fitness nutrition campaign. all told 35,000 parents and kids are participating today. eun. >>> gorgeous sunshine there at the white house. and all around the region. look at tempera

they held a rally yesterday and delivered a letter to uva president theresa sullivan asking to triple the enrollment of african-americans by 2020 and increase tenured faculty to 15 percent by 2020. >>> wednesday's child a 12-year-old with challenges but we think his whole life could be very different with a parent or parents who love him. barbara harris introduces us jeremiah. >> who is this? who is that? ernie? >> ernie. >> reporter: jeremiah recognized earn ernie by touch. he's blind, and speech lacking because of lack of attention paid to him as a younger child. 2 1/2 years ago, he finally was brought into foster care. where's the water? can you turn the water on? when finally placed into treatment foster care at 10 years old, his real personality began to come into focus. >> jeremiah is a very loving affectionate boy who, as you can see, loves to interact and engage with you, walk around hold your hand. ♪ >> he is visually impaired and also autistic. that of course brings challenges into when finding a home. we want to find a family that could be you know loving and patient and po

. >> uva president theresa aakeheresaeresa sullivan says it unjustly damaged reputations. last year the last week charlottesville police said there was no evidence to support the criminal charges. and also "rolling stone" issued an apology and retracted the story. managing editor said in a statement, quote we would like to apologize to our readers and to all of those who were damaged by our story and the ensueing fallout including members of the guy cam pa sigh phi kappa psi fraternity and administrators and students. we have more on the nbc washington app. >>>happening today, we expect a man to be formally charged. hong young heads to the courtroom. he's being a beingaccused in a series of shots that took place over a week in february and march. they found a semiautomatic happened gun and shell casings in his lincoln. they matched the shots fired sgintss. those shootings happened in an a run sdel anne arundel are howard and prince george's county. >>> zoo officials have even acted sweeping new measures for busy days like's ter monday easter monday, this is in part because

theresa sullivan said in a statement that the rolling stone article did nothing to combat sexual violence and may have damaged the cause to help young women. it is irresponsible journalism she said that unjustly damaged the reputations of many here on campus, including entire university of virginia community. >> word travels fast about this and now we have the follow-up from columbia, putting a real linchpin into the fact that this story was bogus. what's the reaction been on campus? >> well people are relieved that at least it has been retracted and been discredited. there may have been something that happened to the victim but it has been unsubstantiated here. it doesn't diminish the crimes against women, sexual crimes against women and a lot of groups are fearing that perhaps women will be more reluctant to come forward because they may be perceived as lying about it. so that is a big concern here on campus as we move forward. regardless, this will be a lesson taught in journalism classes across the country. >> charles hadlock reporting for us at uva. uva president theresa sum vanish y