alison: new information in the death of jacai colson. the officer who shot the off-duty detective mistook him outside the courthouse. brad bell has the latest on the story today. brad? brad: this shoot-out started sunday afternoon by 4:30. by 11:00 that night we were reporting this was a case likely police confirmed that on monday. and now they are telling us that in fact this death of officer jacai colson was not the result of an errant shot or a ricochet. for the first time publicly, prince george's county police are giving a thorough account of the friendly fire shooting death of officer jacai colson. chief hank stawinski revealing that the shot was noter vant but the officer who -- not errant but the officer who aim and fire believed the plain clothes narcotic detective was a threat. >> i believe that a police officer fired at an armed individual who they perceived to be a threat to them. i do not for a second believe that this was a police officer intentionally firing at another police officer. brad: police and prosecutors stressing

leon: officer jacai colson would have been 29 today. service andmorial funeral will follow. jacai colson will be laid to rest in his home state of pennsylvania. he died in a shootout sunday. there is more information about the memorial events on wjla.com. alison: switching gears now to the weather. the rain is leaving, skies are clearing, but the temperatures will be taking a dip. let's get the outlook from meteorologist brian van de graaff. always nice to see you. brian: nice to see you. let's talk about this. downtown.ow heading through the evening, once the of the cooler air will fill in. right now, comfortable. winchester, 54 leesburg. overnight towards dawn, 40's downtown, 30's in the suburbs. a cool start tomorrow. another nice day. highs back into the 60's. enjoy it because we are talking snow saturday evening. police right now, the are out to stop drunk driving. set upckpoints are through the region, including in college park. a renewed energy for shutting down dui in maryland last year. last year, montgomery county police officer noah leotta died after being struck

detective jacai colson died late last night. police say it all started when three brothers ambushed officers in a chaotic shootout outside the prince george's county police station. fox's marina marraco with more. >> he kept yelling, come out, confront me, i'm ready, i'm ready for you. i'm ready for you. rot report for nearly 10 minutes jeanette gray watched from her front door she says this man stood in the middle of the street facing prince george's district three station threatening officers. >> he reached, put his hand in his coat and i said oh my god he's going, you know, shoot or something. i came back in. i looked out here. i was looking out the window then i heard gunshots. like pow pow pow pow. i said oh my god they're shoot at each the. >> reporter: the chief believes michael ford used any target inside to get attention of officer. >> the ford brothers fired at this citizen's car. fired at this citizen's car. fired at an ambulance. fired randomly. >> reporter: closely behind investigators say michael ford's brother eli

as the prince george's county state attorney announced new charges in the death of officer jacai colson. today we have new about what happened in the moments before the bullet started flying. outside the district three headquarters. maryland bureau chief brad bell is there live with new developments today. brad? brad: new information on two front. charges of the suspect and the shoot-out itself which left the district iii police station riddled with bullet holes. this image a screen grab that the police say was taken from the videotape attack on the prince george's county district iii station that show michael ford gun in hand. the video taken by the brothers malik and elijah. multiple sources say malik and elijah can be heard laughing as michael shoot at police, laughing at attempted mass shooting and suicide by police. the laughter turning to crying as the brother is hit twice and falls to the ground. >> it defies l >> fire chief among those who have seen the video. an ambulance crew also comes under fire. >> i don't want to think about the what ifs but we could talk about more carnag

officer jacai colson was killed in a shootout this weekend. we just learned from court bookments that elijah and malik ford told their brother, michael, where to go to instigate the shootout. police say they then recorded it all three brothers face charges. >> iran state television says the country has gathered thousands of pieces of information from devices from detained u.s. sailors. it was taken from laptops, gps systems and maps. in january, iran briefly detained 10 navy sailors. an iranian general says international regulations allow it to >>> crews on metro are continuing to fix several problems for riders. this morning a red line train hit a deer causing delays. shortly after that, there was a brake problem on another line. on the yellow line, an elevator broke at the minnesota avenue station. all of this after major delays caused by a tunnel fire yesterday morning. crews worked through the night to make repairs near the mcpherson station before the morning rush began. >>> gray skies are brightening over the nation's capital.hén a few

law enforcement from around the country saluting prince george's county detective jacai colson. he was killed in a shootout earlier this month. you're looking at the live video from his funeral service in upper marlboro. it's the first baptist church of the service is scheduled to end at 12:30, between now and then we're told traffic may be slowed down or stopped on all of these roads, powder mill road, central of a news largo road, the bw parkway and even the beltway. news4 tracee wilkins is at the service right now. she will have more on how colson is being remembered tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a developing story. a fredericksburg police officer is off the job this morning. he shot a man in the leg during a routine traffic stop. blair refused to comply with police which led to an altercation. the officer has been with the fredericksburg police department since july of 2013. he is off the job now until the investigation is complete. >>> look live now we expect a couple it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy. b

colson. he tied one week ago today. officer colson was killed during a shoot-out with a suspect who police say wanted to provoke officers into killing him. the vigil will be at the district 3 police state station on barlow road in palmer park. it's also where the shooting happened. it begins at 4:15, but at 4:30 shooting began, there will be a moment of silence. michael ford and his two brothers elijah and malik are charged with planning being carrying out and recording take attack. >>> more drama on the campaign trail. another protester at a donald trump rally gets punched. this time in arizona. two protesters were being escorted from the event when a man started punching and kicking one of them. the man assaulted was not seriously hurt. last night he spoke to nbc news about the ordeal. >> this and that and he's stomping me. incredible scenes. i understand that people support donald trump, but do they support this kind of scene really? >> the protest goes on as the race for the white house h

word came from prince george's county police officer jacai colson was killed by friendly fire yesterday as he was responding to a gunman in landover. and colson drew up in delaware county. "action news" reporter, chad pradelli, is live in the satellite center. chad, there is a lot of grief down in maryland and here in the delaware valley. >> yeah, jim, listen to people talk about colson and you hear what a tremendous young man he was and how this was tragically a life lost too soon. >> jacai was the greatest grandson you could ever have. kind, courteous and just wonderful and i am going to miss him a lot. >> hugs of comfort did little to ease the pain of losing jacai colson too soon. >> when the phone rings at night you always fear something bad happened, and that's when she told me that he had been killed. [siren wailing] >> investigators say the 18-year-old was killed by friend killed by friendly fire in maryland. and they say the ambush was intended to be suicide by cop. and ford wounded but survived. and his two brothers allegedly filmed the attack and taken into custody. and colson

jacai colson was shot outside a prince georges county police washington, d.c. the suspected shooter was then police. his brother was arrested, as well. the motive for the shooting is still unknown. this week. >> deadly terror attacks in turkey and the ivory coast. alex marquardt has details on the two attacks and who was left behind. >> reporter: a bloody sunday on two continents. in turkey's capital, emergency services responding after an explosion ripped through an area next to a bus stop and government buildings. debris and bombed-out cars. the dead and wounded carried away. more than 30 people killed according to the authorities. the u.s. state department had warned of a potential attack. it was the fourth to hit turkey in just six months, which had been blamed on turkey's two main enemies, the kurds and isis. armed attackers stormed a beach popular with tourists in the ivory coast. as they opened fire, witnesses god a great. security forces quickly surrounded the area. evacuating the wounded to the government said 16 people were killed, in addition to six

jacai colson was shot outside a prince georges county police washington, d.c. the suspected shooter was then wounded in a shoot-out with police. well. the motive for the shooting is still unknown. the officer would have turned 29 this week. >> deadly terror attacks in turkey and the ivory coast. alex marquardt has details on the two attacks and who was left behind. >> reporter: a bloody sunday on two continents. in turkey's capital, emergency services responding after an explosion ripped through an area next to a bus stop and government buildings. debris and bombed-out cars. the dead and wounded carried away. according to the authorities. the u.s. state department had warned of a potential attack. it was the fourth to hit turkey in just six months, which had been blamed on turkey's two main enemies, the kurds and isis. armed attackers stormed a beach popular with tourists in the ivory coast. as they opened fire, witnesses said they shouted allahu akbar, god a great. security forces quickly surrounded the area. evacuating the wounded to safety. the government sa

amy: you can see behind me here a growing memorial show what is the officer jacai colson really meant to this community. today they spoke out about the 28. some opening up on camera for the first time. they call the police department a family. saying this is like losing a groar. the team describes colson as the most amazing man you could meet saying he would do anything to help anyone. >> he would be here in a minute swinging a hammer to help. he may not be good at it but he'd help. amy: he was young for the position when he started out with the narcotic enforcement division but quickly proved himself and made it a point to stand out. amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: abc7 is dedicated to follow the case to the conclusion. see what we have learned in the exclusive interview with officer jacai colson's grandparents right now on our website wjla.com. tough new drunk driving laws inspired by the death of a montgomery county police officer are a step closer to being reality. the house passed noah's law and now it goes to the senate. it will require all drivers convicted of a d. u.i. with a

and today the funeral procession for officer jacai colson, we'll somewhere have some closures at 7:30 this morning and the same set of closures at 12:30. inner loop of b with him parkway, portions of powder mill, central avenue and largo road. >>> and as she mentioned, the procession for one of prince george's county's fooins inest s remembered today. he was killed more than a week ago during a shoot-out. molette green live now in upper marlboro with more on the funeral services this morning. >> reporter: good morning. this final good-bye for prince george's county detective jacai colson is being called a celebration of his life.

we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. a/- one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i've seen the facts to indication any malice. during an exchange of gun fire attack. about the pain of knowing that one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: police must now resolve critical questions, including how and why this mistake was made an

the message the jacai colson's father has for the officer that fired the fatal shot. glenn:threateningicans: gofederal workers;ns over 60 votes to repeal obamacare. now they're refusing to even consider president obama's nominee for the supreme court. it disrespects the president and all of us -- and we won't put up with it. in congress, i'll protect president obama's legacy, defend obamacare, and stand up for social security and medicare. i'm glenn ivey and i approve this message. i'll take on republicans - for all of us. stronger is blasting without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. maureen: at this moment people are paying respects to the prince george's county police of

colson. c a viewing will be held at 9:00 9 this morning followed bywed b colson's funeral at 11:00 a.m.0a this is at the first baptistap church of glenarden. glenard both are opened to the public. b at yesterday's viewing inngn beltsville hundreds of friendsen family and fellow officers offir paid tribute to detective colson. he was killed earlier thiserhi month when he was hit byit friendly fire during an ambush shooting outside police pe headquarters.rs. detective colson's fathere spoke about his son outsidecohii the funeral home. h >> this is a hero inside here. . ever since he was born, neverev any trouble to us. he was the kind of kid and young man that any parentny p would be proud of, any brotherth would be proud of and any, you know -- he was just that type of young man.an >> detective colson will beve buried in his home state ofatof pennsylvania on >> now to the latest in belgium.be prosecutors say police have detained six people in connection with tuesday's tuesd deadly attack in br

and today the funeral procession for officer jacai colson, we'll somewhere have some closures at 7:30 this morning and the same set of closures at 12:30. inner loop of b with him parkway, portions of powder mill, central avenue and largo road. >>> and as she mentioned, the procession for one of prince george's county's fooins inest s remembered today. he was killed more than a week ago during a shoot-out. molette green live now in upper marlboro with more on the funeral services this morning. >> reporter: good morning. this final good-bye for prince george's county detective jacai colson is being called a celebration of his life. for this viewing and the funeral today of fellow officers and the general public. initially the public was not going to be allowed, but now the public is allowed. the church is prepared for some 2500 or more to attend this morning. at 7:30, that will be the arrival of the color guard. and then at 8:00 a.m. as melissa said, the procession. the casket will arrive coming up 202. and so therefore traffic will be impacted. the viewing will start at 9:00 and last u

funeral arrangements have been made for detective jacai colson. a viewing will be next thursday followed by a memorial service in upper marlboro. a funeral will be held in thehed home state -- in his home state of pennsylvania on monday, march 8. the family says all of the services will be private.riva > tonight, what appears to t be a stunning confession from the man suspected of killing ankill american teenager in aruba more than a decade ago. nationally hail way was on a a graduation trip when she disappeared. your ran vanned defer salutean apparentlyne admits to killing holloway. he also says he he's guilt.uilt he's currently in prison in pory for killing another woman.woma now to the troubled middle east, a edge ma or declaration from secretary of state john kerryrry about isis. he says the terror group is committing general side in iraq and so iry a. congress and human rights groupu have long sought this declaration from kerry. there is no question in my mindy that if succeed in establishing it's so-called chalfont it would seek to destroy w

colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. a/- one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i've seen the facts to indication any malice. >> reporter: colson was killed during an exchange of gun fire when police responded to the attack. one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: police must now resolve critical questions, including how and why this mistake was made and how tragedies like this can be prevented in the future. david? >> pierre thomas in washington tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> we turn next here to the dangerous weather on the move tonight. tornadoes and winter weather battering the upper midwest, turning deadly now. these swirling clouds, an ominous warning in western illinois. to

colson as theynst get ready to say their final goodbyes. stay with us. we're back in a moment. ♪ discover every way to easter at target. get a $10 target gift card when you spend $50 on groceries. see store for coupon. >> ♪ >> down in the news room within some of the top stories we're t working on this morning. just one week after ae to shoott at a police station in princeat george's county, hundredsioed gathered to remember officer jacai colson at a candlelightht vigil.vigi it was held outside districtsids three police station, thee po place where the 28-year-old 2ar officer was killed.il police say he was killed by friendly fire. fir colson will happen in the coming days.ays. >>> now to indiana where a community is mourning a losss mr of a sheriff's deputy killeduty in the line of duty. governor mike pence has ordered state flags to be to flown at half-staff to honor deputy carl coons.tys. police say he was killed in a shootout yesterday morning.ni police say he and anothere andt

michelle: outpouring of support for prince george's county officer jacai colson who was killed while responding to a shooting outside headquarters. scott: today's colson's family opening the viewing to his public and his father opening up about his son. maryland bureau chief brad bell is in capital beltsville. brad? brad: amazing that he has come out to talk to us. there is a lull in the funeral home at beltsville but earlier today was a big line. snaking its way through the parking lot. the line bu official viewing starting at 2:00 p.m. many people here to say they wanted to thank the colson family for their support. i paused for a moment because as i'm speaking here there are a group of officers. i read their badges. they are from the city of new york, nypd sending a contingent of five or six officers down here today. all of them want to pay their respects. as we said, jacai colson's father coming out and telling us what he wants the community, how he wants the community to remember his son. >> this is a hero inside here. ever since he was born, never any trouble to us. he was the

jacai colson was shot outside a prince georges county police station about ten miles east of washington, d.c. the suspected shooter was then wounded in a shoot-out with police. his brother was arrested, as well. the motive for the shooting is still unknown. the officer would have turned 29 this week. >> deadly terror attacks in turkey and the ivory coast. alex marquardt has details on the two attacks and who was left behind. >> reporter: a bloody sunday on two continents. in turkey's capital, emergency services responding after an explosion ripped through an area next to a bus stop and government buildings. debris and bombed-out cars. the dead and wounded carried away. more than 30 people killed according to the authorities. the u.s. state department had warned of a potential attack. in just six months, which had been blamed on turkey's two main enemies, the kurds and isis. armed attackers stormed a beach popular with tourists in the ivory coast. as they opened fire, witnesses said they shouted allahu akbar, god a great. security forces quickly surrounded the area. evacuating the wounde

we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. a/- one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i've seen the facts to indication any >> reporter: colson was killed during an exchange of gun fire when police responded to the attack. on monday, i asked the chief about the pain of knowing that one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: police mu

. >>> next, from maryland tonight, new details about a chaotic gun station. that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. a/- one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i've seen the facts to indication any malice. >> reporter: colson was killed during an exchange of gun fire attack. on monday, i asked the chief one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: police must n

officer jacai colson was killed in an ambush style attack. today flags will fly at half-staff in colson's honor. with more on the latest developments and investigation into the suspects, derrick ward is live outside of police headquarters. >> reporter: good morning. we are pretty close to police headquarters now. we're looking down palmer just around the bend, it's part of a crime scene this morning after the gunfight among police officers and at the least one of two suspects yesterday. malik and michael ford. now, one of the suspects we're told michael ford was found in a popeye's restaurant not far from here hiding in the bathroom. malik ford believed to have been the shooter was taken to prince george's county hospital where he's expected to survive. we don't have any word on charges yet. but police did search a house less than a mile from here on rider wood court. sources say that's where the two suspects lived. we don't know if they were renting, if they owned the house or what have you. still developing information. according to the pol

we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. police say one of colson's colleagues shot him, because he perceived a threat. apparently thinking colson was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i have seen the facts, to indicate any malice. >> reporter: colson, in plain clothes and an unmarked car, was killed during an exchange of gunfire when police responded to the attack. on monday, i asked the chief about the pain of knowing that one of his own officers may have mistakenly shot anothe

officer jacai colson just days from his 29th birthday died sunday from wounds suffered in what's being called an un provoke attack. and now, shock waves of sorrow are spreading from prince george's county maryland where colson served. >> the officers are devastated. >> two delaware county pennsylvania where he grew up. >> i'm getting calls from players now, older guys, younger guys, because he had that impact. >> 4:30 sunday prince george's county maryland police say he was one of two officers shot outside his lands over station some 10 miles northwest of washington dc. a witness described the shooter as is a man wearing all black. he also was eventually shot and wounded in a shoot-out with police. >> the community needs to know that one of your defenders has been lost. >> by 9:00 p.m. sunday, colson a four year veteran officer died at a near boy hospital. back in his hometown chichester high coach remembers jacai as a natural born hero and leader. >> we put him as is a starting quarterback as a sophomore, and it went great. it is because he had this quiet way there is leadership way,

jacai colson was shot outside a prince georges county police station about ten miles east of washington, d.c. the suspected shooter was then police. his brother was arrested, as well. the motive for the shooting is still unknown. the officer would have turned 29 this week. >> deadly terror attacks in turkey and the ivory coast. alex marquardt has details on the two attacks and who was left behind. >> reporter: a bloody sunday on two continents. in turkey's capital, emergency services responding after an explosion ripped through an area next to a bus stop and government buildings. debris and bombed-out cars. the dead and wounded carried away. more than 30 people killed according to the authorities. the u.s. state department had it was the fourth to hit turkey in just six months, which had been blamed on turkey's two main enemies, the kurds and isis. armed attackers stormed a beach popular with tourists in the ivory coast. as they opened fire, witnesses said they shouted allahu akbar, god a great. security forces quickly surrounded the area. evacuating the wounded to safety. the governmen

the dead officer jacai colson d, been a police officer for four years and would have turned 29 next week. >> the community needs to know that one of your defenders has been lost. >> jacai was important to his family. he's important 0 in this entire community. we have another mother tonight who is without her son. >> now, officials say the police had no contact with the suspect before he opened fire. he's currently in the hospital his brother was also breasted. >>> now to a frightening accident saturday in central florida at a shooting range which resulted in six people shot by a single bullet. investigate remembers say it happened while a 21-year-old man was load ago and teak shotgun when he accidentally fired the gun. bullet hit a concrete floor, then ricocheted hitting two adults and four children. all the injuries were minor. no one has been charged. >>> the president of turkey is promising to bring terrorism to its knees following a deadly attack in the capital of ankara. at least 34 people died in a car bombing yesterday, two of the dead are believed to be the bombers. police suspec

we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. a/* one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i've seen the facts to indication any malice. >> reporter: colson was killed during an exchange of gun fire when police responded to the attack. on monday, i asked the chief about the pain of knowing that one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: police must now res

we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were a/- one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. seen the facts to indication any malice. >> reporter: colson was killed during an exchange of gun fire when police responded to the attack. on monday, i asked the chief about the pain of knowing that one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: police must now resolve critical questions, including how and why this

we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly y re. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a a fellow officer who here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tgic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. a/- one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i've seen the facts to indication any malice. >> reporter: colson was killed during an exchange of gun fire when police responded to the attack. on monday, i asked the chief about the pain of knowing that one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: police must

we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. a/- one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i've seen the facts to indication any malice. >> reporter: colson was killed during an exchange of gun fire when police responded to the attack. on monday, i asked the chief about the pain of knowing that one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: police must now including how and

we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. a/* one of colson's fellow officer's shot him, thinking he was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i've seen the facts to indication any malice. >> reporter: colson was killed during an exchange of gun fire when police responded to the attack. on monday, i asked the chief about the pain of knowing that one of his officer's may have mistakenly shot another. >> you struck another defender down -- that's particularly devastating. >> reporter: p

officer jacai colson was kill in an ambush style attack outside district 3 headquarters. we've learned a third suspect has been taken into custody with the connection of the shooting. this as the community comes this young officer. we're live in palmer park where a growing 's county officerics,he alleged gunman in this case, michael ford, is to the hospital in the back of another police officer's cruiser but he later died. the gunman in this case was also wounded. >> even though a person has gone and has lived a short life, he's only 28, 29, coming on, we want them to always be remembered and that they have a legacy to pass on. >> i heard three or four and i said no, it's not coming from the tv and i got up and came out and that's when i saw, everywhere. john: sources telling us wound friendly fire. the four-year veteran would have turned 29 years old this coming thursday. he's now the fourth officer here in prince george's county to be killed in the line of duty since 2010. reporting live, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. jummy: thank you. and only on 7 this noon, exclusive ce

jacai colson grew up in boothwyn and went to chichester high school. officer colson died hours after a shootingout side of a police station in hyattsville less than 10 miles outside of d.c. tonight police say three brothers are in custody for the shooting. "action news" reporter katherine scott has more. >> reporter: before jacai colson was an undercover narcotics officer for prince george's county police, the boothwyn native was the quarterback for chichester high school. a class officer. and a member of their basketball squad. he was killed sunday in what authorities are calling an unprovoked attack just a few days shy of his 29th birthday. >> my heart just breaking for his family. >> reporter: chichester school board president ruth ann viaco has known colson's family for years. one son played football with him. >> which was the quarterback, he was liked by everyone. law a camp counselor. he was my youngest son's counselor. >> reporter: colson graduated in 2005 then went on to randolph macon college before later becoming a police officer like his gra

colson will be held in upper marlboro. mlb melanie alnwick joining usning u live there with the latest.ates mel. >> reporter: good morning.r: well, initially this funeraly if was going to prince george's county police say there's been so muchuc support from the community and the family agreed it should be opened to the public.ed t yesterday there was a large turnout at the funeral homeunerh where the first funeral beganerg and contingent of policef po officers across the region rio area tried honor the fallen detective and comfort his colleagues and family.gu 28-year-old jacai colson col jumped into action almost twoos weeks ago when a man startedta randomly shooting at carsg at c people and police officers outside the district threetricte station. out of uniform and not wearing a body armor tragically colsoncaln was killed by a fellow officer's bullet. bul colson's father spoke aboutpokeo his son outside the funeral home yesterday.rd >> this is a hero inside here. ever since he was born, never any trouble to us.o he was t

. >> reporter: so last mondayr: s night gary summers did for thesf officer who shot jacai colson what another officer did for him 27 years ago. >> i was there mainly to letet him know, one, that he's nothe n the only one that this hasha ever happened to so he didn'te ' feel like i did when it happened.ppened. and two, i wanted to tell himim my story so that he knew that that he could trust me. >> reporter: the policeor chief revealed thiste week the t officer who opened fire on o officer colson viewed him as aea threat and shot him intentionally during a chaotic gun battle outside the t district three station. s >> take your time.yo >> reporter: today garyod g summers works as a firearms fira instructor for the montgomeryfo county police and mark murphy is never far fror anm his mind. >> i wish that we -- we could be segment on the front porch talking -- sitting on the front porch talking about allinu the fun times we had togetherogt absolutely.ab he was an awesome police p officer and like i said, heand s was -- he was one of my heroes.heroes >> reporter: gary summersary says the off

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jacai colson was shot outside a prince georges county police station about ten miles east of washington, d.c. the suspected shooter was then wounded in a shoot-out with police. his brother was arrested, as well. the motive for the shooting is still unknown. the officer would have turned 29 this week. >> deadly terror attacks in turkey and the ivory coast. alex marquardt has details on the two attacks and who was left behind. >> reporter: a bloody sunday on two continents. in turkey's capital, emergency services responding after an explosion ripped through an area next to a bus stop and government buildings. debris and bombed-out cars. the dead and wounded carried away. more than 30 people killed according to the authorities. the u.s. state department had warned of a potential attack. it was the fourth to hit turkey in just six months, which had been blamed on turkey's two main enemies, the kurds and isis. armed attackers stormed a beach popular with tourists in the ivory coast. as they opened fire, witnesses said they shouted allahu akbar, god a great. security forces quickly surrounded

jacai colson was shot outside a prince george's county police station about ten miles east of washington, d.c. the suspected shooter was then wounded in a shootout with police. his brother was later arrested, as well. the motive for the shooting is still unknown. officer colson would have turned 29 this week. >>> deadly terror attacks in turkey and the african nation of ivory coast left dozens dead. abc's alex marquardt has details on the two attacks and who was left behind. >> reporter: a bloody sunday on two continents. in turkey's capital, emergency services responding after an explosion ripped through an area next to a bus stop and government buildings. debris and bombed-out cars. the dead and wounded carried away. more than 30 people killed according to the authorities. the u.s. state department had warned of a potential attack. it was the fourth to hit turkey in just six months, which had been blamed on turkey's two main enemies, the kurds and isis. it came just after news from west africa that armed attackers had stormed a beach popular with tourists in the ivory coast. as they op

friends, family and fellow officers contained a viewing for jacai colson in beltsvilleelts today. detective colson was killed earlier this month when he was s hit by friendly fire during a shooting outside the district three police station. sta his father about his son outside the funeral this is a hero inside here. ever since he was born, never any trouble to us. he was the kind of kid and youno man that any parent would be par proud of, any brother would be r proud of and any, you know, --n, he's just that type of young man. > a vug will also be held w tomorrow in upper marlboro followed by colson's funeral. he will be buried on monday in o his home state of pennsylvania. we have developing news tonightw from belgium. prosecutors say police have decontained six people in connection with tuesday's deadle attack in brussels. officers are continuing to to conduct raids in neighborhoods i where isis sympathizes may be hauled up. authorities say they are now now looking for a second man whoho escaped tuesday's acan that. the government release a sketch this evening. here it is.s. >>

the officer has been identified as jacai colson -- a 4- year veteran of the force. closer to home - hearts are heavy after the senseless death of a bay area deputy. at the sheriff's fallen heroes memorial in ybor city - flags remain lowered and there are flowers to honor the fallen. that now includes 30 year old deputy john kotfila. investigators say a man drove his suv the wrong way onto the selmon expressway.. and crashed into the deputy early saturday morning head on. both were killed. # the florida primary is just one day away. presidential candidates are pulling out all the stops to try to get your vote. a record number of you have already taken advantage of early and mail in voting... but as 10 news reporter jenny dean shows you, your choice 2016 is going to be a race to the finish line. sarah palin showed up at the plant city strawberry festival and it wasn't just for a piece of shortcake. palin told us she's been behind trump for awhile now, but this is her first trip to florida to campaign for him. 10 news political analyst lars hafner says there's a reason

colson. he was killed in a shootout with a suspect who police say wanted to provoke officers in to killing him. the vigil will be barlow road where the shooting happened. it begins a 4:15 this evening. at 4:30 which is the same time the shooting began last week, there is going to be a moment of silence. michael ford and his two brothers are charged with planning carrying out and recording that attack. >>> more drama this morning on the campaign trail. another protester at a donald trump rally gets punched. this time in the state of arizona. two protesters were being escorted from the event when a man started punching and kicking one of them. the man assaulted was not seriously hurt. last night he spoke to nbc news about the whole or dedeal. >> this and that and stomping me. incredible scenes. i understand that people support scene really? >> the protests go on as the race for the whus heats up. chris pollone has more from the campaign trail. >> reporter: in tucson, violence marred another don

sunday.tonight investigators in maryland say that officer jacai colson was killed by friendly fire.police say the unprovoked shootout with police started when a suspect opened fire on a police station -- in what's believed to be a suicide by cop plan. the alleged gunman, though, did not die. officer colson was just days away from his 29-th birthday.maryland's governor is ordering flags fly at half-staff in his memory. after being out of the public eye for two years - fitness guru richard simmons is speaking out about his lack of public appearances. appearances.the 67-year-old says he is at home and taking it easy.he suffered a knee injury and had to undergo knee replacement surgery. he was last seen in 20-13 at the over the weekend - a report surfaced that simmons was being held against his will in his los angeles mansion. simmons denies those claims. tonight a colerain township father is furious...after his fourteen-year-old daughter gets a tattoo...and it gets worse. worse.jerrod taulbee says the tattoo on his daughter's ankle includes the name of his ex-wife's boyfriend....the words "m

jacai colson was killed by friendly fire earlier this month. he'll be buried monday in his home state of pennsylvania. >>> and residents in the vienna area of fairfax county are on high alert tonight after black bears have turned up in their communities. so far there have been three sightings in the past week. no one has been hurt. police say if you see the bears don't panic but also don't get too close. >> we now turn to the brussels attack. prosecutors confirm one of the suicide bombers at the brussels airport was the suspected bomb maker in laugh november's terror attacks in paris. police in brussels conducted a number of raids today looking for any possible accomplices from tuesday's attack. >> the capital of europe was a war zone today. a brussels neighborhood sealed off by dozens of police. explosions heard, shots fired, three terror suspects arrested in various locations. the locals were rattled. >> two shots. two shots. the second shot was sniper shot. >> reporter: this to a raid police said they broke up another terror plot against fra

. >> yeah, officials say the shooting of officer jacai colson outside a prince georges, county, maryland police station colson was a four-year veteran of the force who would have turned 29 this coming week. we get more now from abc's gloria riviera. >> reporter: authorities are holding two suspects in connection with a police shooting in maryland. just before 5:00 p.m., shots erupted outside prince georges county police headquarters. >> it is my sad duty to come to the community this evening and to tell you that one of your defenders, jacai colson, a four-year veteran, a 29-year-old man, lost his life in defense of this county today. >> reporter: more than a dozen officers holding vigil in the aftermath, one suspect was apprehended near a local restaurant. a second suspect also later found. >> this is truly a dark day in prince georges county. an unwarranted, unprovoked attack on our police officers at a police station. >> this is an act of cowardice. a new low in executing defenders jacai was important to his family, he's important to this entire community. we have another mother tonigh

officer.officer *jacai colson* died sunday night.police say the gunman - wanted to die during a gun battle with police.the suspect fired at the first officer he saw outside a police station. police have not released the identities of the suspects - but they say one brother is the shooter ... one brother ran from the scene. it's was involved. the republican national committee is launching a obama's nominee for the supreme court. court.the president's pick hasn't even been announced. still - attack ads and petitions are already planned. those behind the campaign want the next president to choose a nominee - hoping the country elects a republican president in november. the risk of longer work hours. we'll tell you the health danger associated with working extra hours each week. tuesday looks great for those heading to the polls. highs will reach the low 70s with a mix of clouds and sun. tuesday night into wednesday morning, we'll see another front bring a chance for showers and storms. isolated severe weather is possible, with damaging winds being the greater threat. lows will fall into the l

the dead officer jacai colson had, been a police officer for four years and would have turned 29 next week. >> the community needs to know that one of your defenders has been lost. >> jacai was important to his family. he's important 0 in this entire community. who is without her son. >> now, officials say the police had no contact with the suspect before he opened fire. he's currently in the hospital with nonlife-threatening wounds. his brother was also breasted. >>> now to a frightening accident saturday in central florida at a shooting range which resulted in six people shot by a single bullet. investigate remembers say it happened while a 21-year-old man was load ago and teak shotgun when he accidentally fired the gun. bullet hit a concrete floor, then ricocheted hitting two adults and four children. all the injuries were minor. no one has been charged. >>> the president of turkey is promising to bring terrorism to its knees following a deadly attack in the capital of ankara. at least 34 people died in a car bombing yesterday, two of the dead are believed to be the bombers. police

ja right now people are gathering at a beltsville funeral home to pay respects to officer jacai colson. the detectiveive was shot by a fellow officer while another man started to shoot outside the district iii headquarters. brad bell outside the viewing after speaking today with officer colson's father. brad? brad: yeah, alison. it has been a very long, tough afternoon for the family. viewings often are. but they have seen hundreds of people. people from as far away as the nypd coming to pay their respects and what the family is telling us is say appreciate it. motorcycle escort. and a gauntlet of officers receive the family of detective jacai colson at the beltsville u a line forms before the scheduled 2:00 p.m. start time for the viewing. there are hugs and tears. officer colson's father says it helps. >> the outpouring of support and prayers, we can't say enough. >> they summon the courage to speak publicly about their loss for the first time. >> jacai is a hero. he died a hero. he was proud to work for the prince george's police department. >> it was when the plain clothed detectiv