visitation services were held yesterday for jeffrey westerfield. hundreds turned out at the genesis convention center to honor westerfield for his 19 years of service. >> there are people taking care of us. the officers to not get the recognition that they need to keep ever to save so does the fire department. it was my way of saying thank you for protecting me with your life. >> westerfield's funeral procession begins at 11:15 this morning. he'll be buried at chapel lawn cemetery in schererville. officials are warning about possible traffic backups in the area. police expect to file charges against the man suspected of murdering officer westerfield. he's already being held on an unrelated charge. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. two police officers were hurt when they responded to a big fight at montrose beach. police say people were throwing bottles and debris at officers. one officer was cut, then treated and released at the hospital another was hit in the head but did not go to the hospital. nine people were arrested. prose

jeffrey westerfield was laid to rest yesterday... nine days after he was shot to death in his squad car. 12 hundred people attended westerfield's funeral. most of them, like westerfield, were first responders. >> we are family that they never wanted to be a part of, the survivors family. >> we are here for you now and forever. we grieve as a family we will he'll as a family and we moved forward as a family. >>westerfield died on his 47-th birthday. he and his fiancee had planned to marry next month. he leaves behind five children. a man who was mistakenly trapped inside the cook county jail for more than 30 hours, is now suing the county. farad polk was visiting his son at the jail over the fourth of july weekend, when he was given directions to the visiting area. but, he entered an unoccupied room for super maximum-security prisoners instead. the door closed behind him and polk wasn't found for 32 hours, when he set off the fire sprinklers. he says he was handcuffed and questioned before being released. >> your her won't believe it.

a visitation for westerfield will be sunday at the genesis convention center. his funeral is on monday. a judge wants more information about former mayor daley's health, before deciding whether daley has to testify about a controversial restaurant deal. the city is suing the park grill in millennium park, trying to terminate a long-term agreement the restaurant was granted while daley was in office. daley's attorneys say it would be a medical hardship if he were forced to take the stand. the former teacher and soccer coach at maine west high school who was fired following a hazing scandal last year, is now suing to get his job back. emilio rodriguez claims maine township high school district 207 failed to prove the claims against him and he should not have lost his job. members of the boys soccer team were accused of sexually abusing younger teammates during a hazing ritual. rodriguez was never charged with a crime. another coach was found not guilty of all charges. airstrikes between gaza and israel could escalate withthe israeli cabinet is authorizing its mil

westerfield had been on the gary police force for 19 years. he had four daughters, and he was engaged to be married. the wedding was less than two months away. >> i want them to look me in the eye and tell me why they killed my fiance. why they killed these girls' father and stepfather. he has for other kids. i want them to explain why. why? >>westerfield joined the gary police department in 1995 after he served in the u-s army during operation desert storm. he's the first gary officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty in 16 years. he was killed on his 47-th birthday. a possible tornado damaged a handful of homes in a rural area of central iowa. the severe storm blew apart one house, and tore the roof off another. other twisters were spotted around the area. the national weather service will determine which ones were true tornadoes, and how strong they were. no injuries have been reported. passengers at some airports overseas will be required turn on their electronics in order to board flights to the united states. the t-s-a says devic

that's the last time i saw him. >> sunday was officer westerfield's birthday. he had just turned 47. >> oscar pistorius is back in court on a day that could be dominated by arguments over controversial video footage in australia. it shows him reenacting. it is unclear if twhy the reenactment was done. he wants to reopen the state's case. >> with a $2 million deal on the line donald sterling heads there. why he is changed wife shelly had the right to sell the team for $2 billion. she had two doctors declare sterling mentally incapacitated to make the decision. he was banned for life after making comments for his relief. >> the world's number one tennis player keeping the spot on top. novak yodjokovic beating federe. excuse me. he lost last night by taking him back by 5 sets. nearly blowing the lead came back to grab his first nearly victory in nearly 18 months. he dedicated that win to his pregnant wife. >> great win. >> after last week's record close in the stock market, what can we expect this week? here to tell us with more on that adam shapiro. >> good morni

officer jeffrey westerfield was shot to death in his squad car sunday morning. police arrested three people soon after, but they released two of them. the remaining suspect is still being questioned. officers returned to the scene yesterday, to recover any surveillance video from the the suspect from last week's manhunt made his first court appearance. terence doddy is accused of killing two people in northern illinois, before he was caught in wisconsin last friday. doddy appeared in a rock county, wisconsin courtroom sitting in a wheelchair, with two black eyes. prosecutors are working to send him back to rockford, where he faces murder charges in the death of his friend, todd hansmeier. he's also suspected in the death of tonya bargman, who was found at a rest stop near paw paw, illinois last monday. a skydiver is in critical condition after a jump went wrong and he landed in a tree near the fox river. a group of friends took off from skydive chicago near ottawa, illinois yesterday. soon after jumping from the plane, other divers noticed that curtis kmiecek wa

westerfield's family is thankful a suspect is in custody. blount has a long wrap-sheet, including battery of law enforcement, strangulation, and drug possession. >> we miss our dad. he was a great police officer. i wish my dad was still here but knowing that he died protecting the people that he loved, people of this city makes me very proud to be his daughter. >>if convicted, he could be sentenced to up to years. prosecutors are deciding whether to pursue the death penalty in this case. 16 people are dead, dozens more wounded, at a u.n. refugee shelter in gaza... the latest casualties of the 17-day-old war between israel and hamas. palestinians took cover at this shelter in a former school. a rocket slammed into the playground... most of the victims were women and children. hamas claims that israel fired the errant rocket... israel says it may have been a *hamas rocket. the u.n. and the united states are trying to broker a humanitarian cease-fire, to give people a chance to evacuate the area. bad weather apparently brought down an air alger

the city of gary, police say they now have a person of interest in custody after officer jeffrey westerfield was found shot to death in his patrol car. he apparently was making a routine traffic stop, when someone shot him in the head. this happen just howard after another veteran was killed, this time in a shootout. the suspect in that shooting is hospitalized, facing a preliminary charge. a new video has surfaced of oscar pistorius, the video obtained by an australian broadcaster showing the double amputee runs without his prosthesis, with his right away stretched out and hand clenched as if holding a gun. he's currently on trial, as you know, for murder in south africa. pistorius claims he mistook her for an intruder. brian, what do we know about the video? >> it is committed about its his defense lawyers last year, it shows the paralympian reacting what happened when he shot his model girlfriend four times in his home in south africa. the video was leaked and aired on australia's channel 7. fox news does not have access to the video, but we watched it. it shows pistorius in his home runn

jeffery westerfield, a 19 year veteran was found shot in his squad car in gary.s his birthday. three people are held in connection with that shooting. >> in indianapolis, a 51-year-old officer died in a gunfight saturday night. the suspect was also shot by survived and expected to be charged with murder. >> two of the nation's biggest cities also dealing with serious gun violence this holiday weekend. >> some celebrations were cut short for fourth of july. it seems like the hot weather is heating things up out there. >> it's been an alarming start to summer in the city. in chicago, this was one of the worst weekends of gun violence this year. for new york, it's the fourth time in one month that more than a dozen people were shot over the weekend. as fireworks lit up the sky over chicago, violence broke out across the city. >> it has been a violent july 4 weekend here in chicago. >> several incidents are also involving police. >> over the fourth of july weekend. bullets flew hitting dozens of people, even killing a teenager. >> he was told multiple times drop the