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WTTG Fox 5 News At 5 February 12, 2013

Suffered from a Mental Illness for at least a year. Bob barnard is live in college park with more on this one. Bob. Reporter this is the house where it happened. Were a short walking distance from the university of maryland campus, a murder suicide this morning involving three of five students who lived here. Reporter Prince Georges County police say the suspect set four fires overnight before launching his murderous ramp age. This is a photo from inside and fly other small fires were set out back. And one of the roommates woke up to the flames and alerted another. They went downstairs to find out what was happening and to talk to the suspect. Reporter gile parker of Prince Georges County police say all three then went outside. As they did, one of the students noticed the suspect reaching into his wasteband for a gun. That student began to run away from the home. As he did, he heard gunshots and quickly realized he had been hit. Reporter the 22yearold student is expected to survive. The murder victim identified as 22yearold undergrad steven alex rain of silver spring. The suspect, devon green, was a 23yearold engineering grad student, an intern at nearby nasa goddard, a graduate of Morgan State University in baltimore. When i met him, he was a nice guy, you know, very well spoken and a january win, nice guy. Reporter family told investigators green was suffering from a Mental Illness for a year and was predescribed medication to treat it. And my thoughts are this is a great tragedy for the university of maryland entire community, and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and loved ones. Reporter police say they have recovered the apparent murder weapon, a legally per chased. 9millimeter handgun. A bag with a machete, fully loaded semi automatic weapon was found near green. Chip cobb said he hid inside his home next door after calling 9 heaven. Mostly, am 911. Mostly i responded to the First Responders and they were here almost immediately. Reporter the other suv had the rear window blown out. A firstfloor window also struck by a bullet. The kitchen window had a shot to it and if she was standing there, she would be gone. Reporter the University Officials say they will be holding a Memorial Service and vigil tonight. Two Police Officers are going to jail after pleading guilty to assault charges. Theyre accused of kidnapping two teenagers in an effort to teach them a lesson. Paul wagner is live with more from la plata. Paul. Reporter this is a plea, shawn, and the sentenceing that went on all day here in plaplata. Christopher perry and michael row will be going to jail for a year. They were sentenced to 10 years and all but the one year suspended and they will be on five years probation. The judge said as she was handing down the sentence that this is going to be a difficult sentenceing, and she said we cant afford to have the law abiding public fear the police, and youre going to pay for it dearly. She said i have to send a message because i believe that this is vigilantism and im going to go above the guidelines because you have lit violated the publics trust. Earlier in the day, the states attorney said to the judge that the Police Officers were basically bullies and what they did was, quote, thuggery. He asked a judge to send a message. The defense called the acts appropriate under the circumstances and saying a neighbor claimed three people were disrupting his party, punched holts in his wall and stole alcohol and one may have had a gun in a backpack. The officers denied striking either of the teens and the state said there is no evidence that alcohol was stolen from the party and no oneel to the Sheriffs Office about a gun. When questioned by investigators, christopher perry, one of the officers sentenced here today, denied he had been and denied he detained the teens. The two teens were detained in handcuffs by the offduty officers last memorial day weekend and driven around in a mark prince georgeed county cruiser. One slipped out of the handcuffs and got away. The other said he was beaten by one of the officers before being forced out of the car in a remote part of the county and abandoned. And after the sentenceing, we spoke briefly with one of the toons fathers, billy andierson. That is a billy anderson. That is a good thing, they could be taken off of the streets. The streets will be aer safer now. Nobodys above the law in charles county, anyway. Someone commit a crime, which this was, they were not acting as police, as evidence by the fact that they stranded a kid in the middle of nowhere, they need to pay the price. The judge, i think, fashioned the appropriate sentence. Reporter the officers were offduty at the time of the incident and used a marked car to didtain the men. The judge didnt immediately take them into custody. They will have to turn this wills into the county jail march 8 errorth, shawn. Back to you. Thank you. And a crane crew working around the roof of a church hurt when the crane collapsed against the steeple. At the time of the collapse, the building and grounds were filled with nearly 70 preschool students. Fox 5s John Henrehan is 92 the newsroom with more details. John. Reporter currently, Fairfax County Officials Say saint Likes Episcopal Church can not be acpied by anyone. It was filled with children and Staff Members today when a crane fell over under the churchs steeple nowadays, many steep wills continue hid contain hidden arrays of cell phonan 10as. They pumped them out of than 10as in the steeple at saint Likes Episcopal Church in the fort hunt second of Fairfax County. A twoman crew from the bmn Tower Company was hoisted to the steepel to examine it when the truck on which the crane is based tipped over. Jim perkins was operating the train from the truck. And i felt the crane move. It felt like the rear out rigger was compressing. Its the rear left leg that is supposed to stabilize the truck. Perkins felt the truck tipping over toward him. I got the guys as close to the roof as i could until i had to bail. Reporter the bucket carrying the two other workers swung wildly in the air. Preschoolteacher Meredith Preston watched from the playgroup o the north side of the church. And i happened to look there and saw the bucket swing. It seemed, slammed into the steepel and then went out of my sight. Reporter the bucket carrying the workers apparently landed hard on the churchs roofs, fouryearold Fiona Rossello was on the playground when the crane came down. It was loud. Reporter there were a total of 69 preschool students inside and outside the church building. All were ultimately evacuated to a parking lot and none was injured. The county officials were concerned the hard knock may have pushed the churchs steeple offkilter. Officials are asking the church to hire a certified engine ear to inspect the steeple and the roof for possible damage. That may take a day or two until the county inspector said saint lukes cant be repoke preoccupied. As of now, the crane is lying across the roof of the church. And that is some dramatic video, john. Thank goodness for the kids. And back to the breaking news at the top of the hour. The intense manhunt for the former Los Angeles Police officer accused of going on a killing spree continues right now. There are reports that Christopher Dorner may have gotten into a shootout with police. Joining us live is the owner of the grizzly manor cafe in big bear, california, where they believe chris dorner, the suspect may have been hold up. And thank you for joining us. We appreciate you taking this time to talk to us. Tell us exactly how your business is involved in this . Police were involved earlier . Reporter were a small judge were a small numbers Big Bear Lake. Thursday, this started up when he left his truck up here in big bear, started on fire and nobody knew where he was. There has been a couple hundred Police Officers up here searching the woods and the rental cabins that are empty, looking for him. Mr. Nordeen. Apparently at 1 15, somebody contacted the police and said he tied them up and stole their truck, and they untied themselves and actually contacted the police and theyre after him. From what i heard on the scanner, maybe he shot a couple more Police Officers. Mr. Nordeen, let he break in. We have reports of the let me break in for a second. From your perspective and being a business owner, we know police were doing doortodoor searches looking for this gentlemen. Tell us what other folks, other people who live in had area, how theyre reacting and how you think, if this is Christopher Dorner, he was able to hide up there . Well issue i dont believe that he is hiding in big bear. Where he left his trucks up in the woods, why where hes at, its down the hill about 10 miles on another mountain and people here have been frightened, everyones got their guns loaded. Its a Million Dollars reward and there is probably a lot of people trying to claim the million bucks. You guys there in big bear dont believe this is him . Are you saying the house where he was believed to be is not actually in big bear . And that house is hot it in big bear. Its about 15 miles down highway 38 and in a place called seven oaks. What sort of Police Activity you have seen or heard . Its 115time. I have seen at least 115 tomb. I have seen at least 25 Law Enforcement vehicles going by my restaurant at excessive speeds. Y that all going down there. We hope this ends without anyone else being hurt. Mr. James nordean, the owner of the grizzly bear cafe there. Thank you for talking to us this evening. Thank you, i hope everyone in d. C. Comes to Big Bear Lake. The guys gone and were a great resort town. All right, thank you. We appreciate it. Putting the Silver Lining on it as best we could and we will continue to stay on top of it. And gun violence is expected to be a topic at tonights stateoftheUnion Address. Find out who plans to bring attention to a local woman who lost her daughter in one of the deadliest shootings in  . Taking you back to the breaking news at top of the hour out of california tonight. Big bear lake. Were told that federal officers engaged in a shoot outwith a man who believe ised to a shootout with a man who is believed to be in a shootout with a Police Officer and two others after he was fired from the l. A. P. D. The shooting, were told, happened after the suspect we understand that two officers may have been shot today. A shootout with police happened after the suspect tried to burglarize the home tieinup the couple and taking their car. As officers responded to the house and tried to chase the suspect who is believed to be Christopher Dorner, were told that he opened fire. Were not sure on their conditions. Its believed that Christopher Dorner is barricaded in a cabin and that officers have the cabin surrounded. Were learning that schoolie in this schools in this area are on lockdown as the manhunt unfolds. Were staying on top of the situation here near big bear in california. Well bring you the latest details as theyre made available to us. A busy news night tonight. President obama will deliver the state of the Union Address state with a hotly contested election behind him and some rough battles ahead, it will be time for him to for four years. Tom fitzgerald has more. Reporter the Major Players here are going to remain the same with come the president takes the podium, he will look out on the president of the United States which, is controlled by republicans who have blocked his move for the last several years. He will also see a United States senate, which democrats control and both sides agree that the United States is the itself is mired in a recovery that is taking far too long and has left far too many people without work. The white house has been working on this speech for several weeks now and even the last 24 hours, the world encroached on what the president will talk about and late today, word came that he will sharply admonish north korea and the president will talk about International Sanctions in north koreas role in what was supposed to be negotiations through a party of six and to prevent such nuclear testing. The hallmark of the speech, though, will be the president s plans for a job. The president will talk about the sequestration and respects to the afghanistan situation with the troops and he will call for 34,000 american troops to come back to the United States, nearly having the number of total troops in the country right now. On the sequestration front, we talked to john delaney, a freshman in this body tonight experiencing his first state of the Union Address and republican virginia congressman rob whitman in terms of what to do to prevent sequestration. The members here need to remember what it takes to defend the nation and by any measure, we know its going to be catastrophic. Members need to keep that in mind. I know that back home, people are deeply concerned about this. Those working in the government for the Defense Sector and theyre going to be adversely affected by this, a 20 reduction in pay and the military families affected by the harry s. Truman staying in port. We have to keep in mind the affect on the civilian dod employees and military families. 99 of the American People understand that theyre both right and wrong. The forcing function needs to be the American People stepping forward saying we need a different path and approach to deal with our problems and this is not a shortterm issue. This is a longterm issue. The white house said it wants to end tax loopholes and increase revenues. Republicans have been stalking saying they want deeper cuts and entitlements to avoid this sequestration. Its estimated that 445,000 jobs in our area could be affected if this sequestration goes through march 1st. The president takes the podium at 9 00 p. M. , well be here. Thank you. I know you will have a full wrap on that after the speech. Breaking new, a bitterly divided senate panel voted to approve chuck hailel chuck hagels nomination to be secretary of defense. More on that one coming up later tonight. Stronger gun regulation is said to be among the topics in the president s state of the Union Address address. And a handful of victims are invited to attend. This week in d. C. , a larger group of more than 120 survivors of gun violence are urging lawmakers to get tough on goodbye control. That Group Includes a man who survived a mass shooting inside a colorado movie theatre last july during a midnight screening of the dark knight rises. 12 people died, 58 others hurt. Steven barton was hit with 28 shotgunbleets in his face, neck, chest, and arms during the attack. Steven, good to you have here. Thanks for having me. Youre an advisor for mayors against illegal guns. Quickly, tell us about that organization to stars us off here. Reporter its a Bipartisan Coalition of more than 850 mayors across the country representing 60 million americans. The organization advocates for commonsense gun reform that is supported by the american public. Youre lobbying congress for legislation, including getting assault weapons with high capacity magazines off of the streets. Critics of in thaidea say the bad guys that idea say the bad guys can and will get the fun. What do you say . That is an issue close to my heart, obviously. The shooter in aurora used an ar15 with a hundredround magazine. I have seen firsthand the devastation they can reach, the weapons, and theyre going to get themselves on perhaps a handgun, a less deadly weapon. The question here is how easily assault weapons allow dangerous people to kill and how quickly they allow them to kill. Survivors often tell me you never forget the moment it happens. Its always with you. What are some of the memories with that event that make you a stronger advocate for change now . I saw some things that i never wish on anyoneel. Just death, destruction, and chaos and i was lucky but 12 people werent, and that could just as easily have been me and that thought really motivates the work that im doing. I dont accept that we cant do anything when it comes to the gun laws to keep guns in the hands of dangerous people. Its untrue and so i believe that we can do a better job of controlling the guns and insuring that only lawabiding citizens can access them. And no doubt, youre trying to do something. Steven barton, the survivor of gun violence now, working with mayors against illegal guns. Thank you for sharing your stories with us. Thank you for having me. You get. And cracking down on smoking in certain areas. Where its illegal to light up now. The governor of virginias Transportation Plan hits a roadblock in the state legislature. Well have the details for you. . Council members inmont groomero county have unanimously passed a bill to ban smoke on countyowned or leased property. Its to include bus stops and shelters. But countyowned gulf courses can allow smoke. The director of health and

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