Wounded in the incident as he was with the firefighters coming to the door. Reporter we know the man who lives here and who is home at this hour owned his handgun legally. The commitment to having a grand jury review the case is an indication the prosecutors have made no decisions about which way they will go on this. They are moving forward cautiously and deliberately and promise a transparent investigation. For more on the emotional reactions to the death of firefighter, John Ulmschneider and the heroic efforts of his colleagues, here is my colleague, stephanie ramirez. Reporter we are hearing firefighter kevin swain is up and talking at the hospital and there were two other firefighters injured in this. The fire chief said they were more than fleeing the scene, they were trying to drag the body of the injured firefighter away from the gunfire. Hurt and devastation, its painful. Reporter the pain of what happens continues to bring firefighters to the boston area. It is one big sisterhood. I came to pay my respects. Valiant. There is no other way to describe this. This is and what we face every day. Reporter the fire chief went to a welfare check and it turned into a fatal shooting. It rocked the community. You dont just shoot someone that knocks at your door. All the red lights were flashing. Reporter anger and pain is what they describe, after online criticism of forceful entry. It is a measure that has saved many lives. A close friend said hes proud to call John Ulmschneider a brother. He was one of the most humble , caring and compassionate and honest man you would ever meet in your life. Reporter stephanie ramirez, wusa9. The viewing is tomorrow with the funeral, a heros sendoff ulmschneider leaves behind a wife and a 2yearold daughter. An Unexpected Development played out in a Fairfax County days county courtroom. Adam tauris pled guilty to killing 46yearold, john geer come who is not armed. Andrea mccarren was in the courtroom. What a shock. Reporter it was a shock. Torres pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. It was part of an agreement that carries a 12 month sentence. It came down to 40 minutes. Reporter a 40 minute encounter that ended his best friends life. Today, more than two years after the former Fairfax Police officer, adam tauris, shot and killed 46yearold john geer, its a struggle to keep his composure. It was a man exercising his constitutional right. He was a little stubborn that day an when he stood with his hands in the air after officers responded to a domestic call. His partner of 20 for years, the mother of his two daughters had just confirmed she was moving out. Mixed emotions. It could have been a more severe sentence, is what it amounts to. Reporter the guilty plea was designed to spare one of his teenage daughters from testifying at the trial. It was vehemently opposed by his mother, who wanted a life sentence. Its not a perfect resolution. He is accountable and is a felon and cant be a police officer. The case launched a firestorm because of the extraordinary stonewalling by Fairfax Police who refused to cooperate with state and federal prosecutors. Ive never seen anything anything like anything like that. Of never seen anyone act withhold information like that. I hope nothing like that ever happens again. It was dead wrong. Reporter in court, adam tauris said he was sorry for his actions and heartbroken for john geers children. Sentencing is on the 24th. Of the judge rejects the 12 month sentence, adam tauris can withdraw his plea and go to trial under a different judge. Live from fairfax, andrea mccarren, wusa9. The police chief issued a statement saying his thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends and added that the adult the action of one employee is not reflective of the honorable work with don day in day out by all the members of our department. We are following breaking news out of dc and you wont believe it. A frightening incident involving a gun that happened with the police roll call meeting. Garrett hank is with us live with the details on this. Reporter multiple Police Sources described the incident this way. The said in a standard saturday afternoon roll call meeting, and officer pointed an unloaded gun, an empty gun at the back of the head of another officer and did a drive fire, pulling the trigger until the gun clicked. There were no bullets and no one was hurt. The potential for something to go wrong was enormous and my sources say the officer said he was ordered to do this by a sergeant, who said it was part of a Training Exercise about situational awareness. The sergeant may have told this officer to leave the room, quietly unload the weapon and do this so called dry firing. It was to teach a lesson about situational awareness. I can tell you about the sergeant in the officer have been placed on administrative leave while Police Internal affairs dig into exactly what happened on saturday. This afternoon, the police chief, cathy lanier, said she has been briefed and is waiting for more details. Take a listen. There is seven different of those youve heard. I prefer to wait until i see the facts and actually see things that happen before i make judgment. Reporter i can tell you this has been quite a topic of conversation among rankand file Police Officers who have heard about it. Many say they are furious that if this was a Training Exercise, it was conducted in such a way that it put the health and safety of officers at risk. They say its entirely possible, even likely, that someone could have pulled their own weapon and exchanged fire with the weapon who had the unloaded weapon. Theres too many ways it could have gone wrong. These officers, like the mpd brass come are waiting on the report to determine what exactly happened here on saturday. Live, i dont even want to think about the worst that could have happened. The death of a transgender female at a Rockville Hotel is ruled a homicide. Investigators believe the victim who identified herself as Kiana Blakely was killed in a room at the red roof inn Early Saturday Morning on shady grove road. Detectives believe the 22year old may have been working as a prostitute at the time. The killer is still out there. If you know anything that could lead to arrest that could lead to an arrest, you could be eligible for 10,000. Commuters hope for a better ride home after a fire this morning morning, and insulator causing flames between the rosslyn and foggy bottom stations. Arlington fire responded and put out the fire around 6 00 this morning. The incident led to tracking and longer wait times. Fight for families has been trending on twitter all day in d. C. Thousands rally outside the Supreme Court building. They want the high court to uphold president obamas executive actions on immigration. The plan would allow more than 4 million undocumented immigrants with American Children to live and work in this country without being deported. Texas and 25 other states are suing the government, saying the president overstepped his legal authority. Her efforts to stop the president s illegal immigration plan go back to a fundamental principle. One person doesnt have the unilateral authority to change the law or make new laws. Coming up, wakes were the main questions justices are trying to answer and what happens if the vote remains a 4 4 split. Mara cannon more american troops will go to a rack. They said 270 troops will be advisers and trainers, and that brings the total number of americans in iraq to more than 4000. Theyre expected to play a role when iraqi forces hope to retake mosul from isis. There is no doubt it was a terror attack. Those words are from jerusalems commissioner following a bus explosion. 15 were injured and most of them were on a nearby bus and a car. The blast raises fears of more suicide attacks similar to those from a decade ago. We are just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5. Topper . It is some kind of warm. Guess what . It will be warm tomorrow. 80 downtown in mid80s downtown and fredericksburg. Will come back to tell you when the cold air warms rolls in and when the next chance of showers are. In houston, texas, rain is setting record levels and leading to devastating flooding. Ted cruz is in maryland. The candidates are getting ready for the primary in new york kids he came here from rocky married 27 years. Raised 6 kids. Including 5 boys. He had grandpa move in with us. Glenn we loved having him as part of the family. Its what you do. Kids in congress, dad will protect president obamas legacy. Hell fight for jobs and protect Social Security and medicare. Glenn ivey will never quit on you; and we should know, were his kids. Glenn im glenn ivey and i approve this message. A house in burtonsville is badly damaged after a fire. Sky nine was over the scene on mayflower drive, near bridge cheney road. A Fire Department spokesperson said everyone got out safely. It did suffered heavy damage. Won man is in the hospital with critical injuries after a bulldozer accident in brandywine. Sky 9 captured this video from the scene along dyson road. That man performed some sort of mechanical work on the bulldozer and a piece of equipment fell on him. We go to the campaign trail where the candidates are getting ready for tomorrows all important new york primary. Donald trump that with minority supporters including the apprentice star. He goes into the contest with a little biof ted cruz spent part of his afternoon in maryland and told supporters he is the parties best shot at beating democratic frontrunner, hillary clinton. We are here today because our country is in crisis. Because, we are bankrupting our kids and grandkids. Our Constitutional Rights are under assault. Because america has receded from leadership in the world and it has made the world a much more dangerous place. The senator also noted that today is tax day and he said if he is elected, taxpayers will be filing returns on a postcard. Carly fiorina is campaigning for ted cruz at tasty diner in bethesda ahead of marylands primary next week. She stayed for about an hour, taking pictures and signing autographs and even signing absentee notes for high school en and meet her. She said maryland is an important state in the election. Real and has an important primary on tuesday and im in support of ted cruz. Marylanders have a chance to elect a real conservative who will do what he says is going to do, beat hillary clinton. Early voting is under way for next tuesdays primary election. Check out the voters guide on the wusa9 app. Hillary clinton will be on the show with Stephen Colbert tonight, just after wusa9 at 11 00. Aide is pouring into ecuador to help from the killer earthquake. The death toll is 272 and is expected to rise. Rescuers are looking for possible advisors survivors as they sift through debris. Search dogs are helping find survivors and bodies. The u. S. Military joined in the earthquake relief effort in japan. 42 were killed there quakes rocked the country last thursday and sunday, two marine osprey aircraft are delivering aid to remote areas cut off by landslides and bridge damage. The u. S. Has Major Air Force common navy and marine bases in japan. Tracking beautiful skies and rising temperatures. It was quite the weekend, wasnt it . Spectacular. Today is more like june, but we will take it. Lets start with the 3 degree guarantee. We are sweating this a little bit. We went 80 today, which seemed reasonable. How did we do . We will let you know tonight at 11 00. A live look outside on the weather cam, right now, it is 84. That is not good. Winds out of the north at nine with two points in the 30s and that is dry air with relative humidity at 20 . It has been cool at night with dry air, cool nights. Tonight, in the 50s, a beautiful night. Bus stop temperatures are 50 68. That is a big range but that is what it will be between 60 between 6 00 and 9 00 a. M. Or cool air will move in on wednesday and thursday and when we say cooler, it will be average. Still a very pleasant change heading our way wednesday and thursday. Futurecast, if you want to walk the dog, temperatures in the 60s. 68 downtown and 64 in gaithersburg and 66 in Silver Spring. By morning, everyone is in the 50s, to around 60. 55 and la plata and sterling and leesburg and 54 in hagerstown. By 9 00, we are back in the 60s with a few clouds here and there and a very weak cold front will move through and the cool air will not spill in until tomorrow night and wednesday. By 1 00, take your lunch outside. Notice the arrows. The winds are northwesterly but we will be warm, 80 across the board. By 6 00, we are low to mid70s and perhaps 80 in fredericks for. 76 in cumberland and 72 in buoy and brockville and 75 in stafford. By 1030 tomorrow night, a wee bit cooler but nothing crazy with temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. For tonight, clear to partly cloudy and everyone in the 50s with wins northwesterly at 10 15. On the day planner, upper 50s at 7 00and the temps rise. 74 by 11 00 and 80 and full sunshine by 1 00 p. M. The next seven days, cooler on wednesday but average unpleasant tenure 70 with no 70 thursday. Showers maybe, but thursday will be showers possible on friday, but not heavy on the other good news, they might and before the game starts at 7 00. The nats in town on saturday and sunday with showers late on sunday and low 70s and sunshine on monday and gorgeous, highs around 70. Thank you. When its nice here, we are looking at a place where it is not so nice somewhere else. Severe and slowmoving storms through texas drenched part of the region. Houston is deluged by 16 inches of rain that fell in under 24 hours. And man through on a life vest to stay to save a stranded horse. Emergency evacuations are under way in schools and offices. Late details from houston. Get out of the car reporter drama unfolded in realtime this morning during a tv news live shot. Leave man to safety after his vehicle was trapped by fast rising floodwaters. Are you okay . Back im okay. I had no idea it would be so deep. No idea. That is a little baby. Reporter more than 1200 water rescues took played took place in houston with the mayor telling everyone in a safe place to stay put. The best advice i can give you is not leave your homes. Stay in your homes. Neighbors, check on neighbors. Reporter a violent Weather Service system spurred torrential rain and dangerous lightning that produced these widespread waterlogged scenes around southeast texas. Cbs news, houston, texas. Flash flood watch as have been issued through Tuesday Morning for houston, austin, san antonio and as far east as texarkana. Know youre budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. Know that at least the process of buying a new home can be clear and simple. Know your investments can make retirement closer than you think know. The one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, and services we offer. Because when you have insight, you know. Way in england. A British Airways plane apparently collided with a drone. It happened yesterday as the plane from geneva approached heathrow airport. The aircraft landed safely and there were no injuries. Investigators checked out the airbus a320 and determined it was safe to go to the next flight. This will be the first time a british plane has been hit by a drone, if confirmed. By some estimates, one and four women will be sexually assaulted in college. Its a number that a group wants to change. For 12 hours, they held an anti Sexual Assault rally outside. The goal is to draw attention to the problem and encourage more conversation on campuses. Campus Sexual Assault is happening. Its not that its more frequently, its that we are talking about it. Our work is doing good in the world. Among the speakers scheduled our two of bill cosbys accusers. To fall. The worlds leading Oil Producers failed to reach an agreement to freeze production. Aaa said, national, a gallon of regular glasses dash gas gas is 2. The highest price of the pump since last november. A woman will replace Andrew Jackson on the 20 bill, according to cbs news. Alexander hamiltons portrait will stay on the 10 bill. The former treasury secretary got a reprieve thanks to the play, hamilton, based on his life. It is just powerful. Is expected the announcement will be made later this week. Amazon is giving netflix competition with its own streaming service for customers who want to stream movies and shows. It will cost 9 a month and they can skip the 99 prime subscription fee. Amazon rolled it out after netflix moved its customers to a higher subscription rate. A Fast Food Restaurant where you can customize burgers and fell upon all the fries you can eat . Get ready for the mcdonalds of the future with kiosks to personalize your meal. You can host playgroups and Childrens Book readings and hang out in an interactive play room that will apparently feature tabletop video games and light boards. Will the, you are just going for it really, you are going for the and less fries. In case you in case you missed it, your taxes are due tonight at midnight. You can check out a list of tax day freebies on wusa9. Com. Unless you are doing them right now and cursing us and the irs. The cereal Bank Robber Strikes again in northern virginia. Yes. The search for missing Fairfax County firefighter intensifies today in the Shenandoah National park. Stephanie gailhard is live in virginia with the latest on the search efforts. Reporter the search and rescue teams are combing 10 square miles of the Shenandoah National park, right now, searching for nicole mittendorff. Today alone, they have spent nine hours looking for her. This is a difficult task because the terrain is rocky and steep. On the ground and the air, 100 people including state police, volunteers and dogs are searching for ni