Caster. The army recognized soldiers in combat after it was discovered his award originally went to the wrong person. David culver introduces us to this war hero who finally received his silver star. Took nearly seven kekd rb decades but today ralph is wearing his silver star. One of the main things they live to this moment to receive it. The reasonablk÷ orwt n this humble ceremony dates back to world war ii, september 22, 1944. As forces withdrew he got orders to hold the line. He organized a plan that ultimately pushed German Forces into retreat. We stopped a counterattack and set up a defense at that point. But he was never recognized for their daring actions. In fact initially the silver star for that heroism was awarded to someone else. 70 years ago they awarded the metal to the wrong guy and its taken this long to get it rectified. With the help of senator mark warnerss office that wrong is righted. Alongside him his wife of 69 years. They met as he was recovering from war wound
Deer and protect them at the same type. Were running into some redskins fans at super bowl central and redskin Ryan Kerrigan his autograph hand get a workout. Well hear from him coming up. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. Tonight, at 11 00, youre looking live at our storm team 4 weather deck camera. Ice is the issue out there tonight. But by this time tomorrow the wind chills could be down in the Single Digits. A wind advisory has just been issued. Im doreen gentzler. Im jim vance. Telling us that the gusts could approach 50 Miles Per Hour tomorrow. Thats a lot of wind and its going to be cold as well . Thats really the case here. Were talking about temperatures that will only be in the mid30s mid30s. You add that with a to 30 40mileperhour wind and your wind chill could be in the teens. But this is off of the clipper system that continues to move in through the area. Overnight maybe another stray shower or two, but thats really about it. Its all about the cold and the wind behind this stor
Information. Students showing support for a virginia coed attacked by a police dog. The police chief admitted his officers crossed the line but some people are demanding more. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. There is new information tonight about a confrontation with the police that took the life of an unarmed man in virginia. Good evening, im jim vance. Im doreen gentzler. Fairfax county police just tonight released 11,000 pages of documents related to the case. News 4s jackie bensens been poring over the paperwork and shows us what shes uncovered. Reporter hundreds and hundreds of pages of documents from the august 29th shooting of john gere reveal the two people closest to him were adam torres who is identified as firing the fatal shot and another severe Rodney Barnes ha has hostage negotiation training and was speaking directly to gere. In an interview after the shooting with detectives officer Rodney Barnes say he and officer torres encountered gone gere in the doorway of the house on
Tracking these developments all day long. Its been every day a little bit more information. Theres even more connected to this. The first link is a case in 2005 when police say a man sexually assaulted a woman in fairfax. Dna from that case linked to dna found when investigators found the body of Morgan Harrington in a remote farm area in albemarle county, but now Virginia State police say forensic evidence from both cases goes back to Jesse Matthew. They call this a significant break. Todays shocking twist is that 20yearold Morgan Harrington and 18yearold Hannah Graham may have both encountered this man on the nights they breathed their last breaths. 32yearold Jesse Matthew is behind bars charged with abducting graham 16 days ago. This new break disintegrates hope for the grahams but could provide relief for the harringtons. 20yearold Morgan Harrington disappeared in 2009 after a concert on the uva campus. Her body was found months later on a farm 10 miles away. Today Virginia State p
Extra Police Officers as well as hired private security. There was a gym packed full of passionate fans. There were two what turned out to be thrilling basketball games on the court, but tonight was about more than just basketball. It was great to get back to normal today. Reporter because the last few days have been anything but normal. Its been a little weird, but were really pulling together as a community. Rteeporthr atsafter two students were shot at a Frederick High School basketball game wednesday night. Today was the first day back to school for students and tonight the first basketball game since the shooting. It has not been easy. Theyre going to be rattled. Nobody ever expects to be in a situation like that. Thats a tough thing to go through. Its hard but you want to encourage him to move forward and try not to be scared to go to school. Reporter if they were scared, frederick high didnt show it. Instead they put their pride on display. Today we wore black and gold and were