Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6pm 20240622 : vimarsana

Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6pm 20240622

Were just about to drop that. Things have really settled down. That doesnt mean a few of you wont see a shower or storm. Im tracking this one shower near croften and buoy. Thats weakened considerably in the last 30 minutes. You can see this one here on the river between prince georges and anne arundel county. Not moving much. Maybe a slow drip to the south and southeast. Even some of the heavier storms in West Virginia near romney, these things have fizzled. Theyre moving to the south at 15. Once again the Shenandoah Valley had flood warnings last night and today. More heavy rain trying to move in to the new market area. Ill come back in a few minutes and well talk about the heat and humidity expected for the rest of the week. A rarely empaneled special grand jury is hearing testimony in the case of john gear, shot and killed right in his home by a fair fax county Police Officer. That happened nearly two years ago. This is what the gear family expected to happen in 2013. John gear says they were kept in limbo and given no information. When the Police Department refused to give him internal affairs reports. It took pressure from a United States senator and finally a judge in the familys civil suit ordered the release of the investigation. Im convinced if it wasnt for that civil suit i dont know if anything would have ever taken place. Reporter don geer says the most difficult part of his son johns shooting death by a fair fax county Police Officer was not knowing what happened for 17 months. Once i was able to finally read the report as to what the other officers had to say and all, that was a tremendous relief. Reporter john did have a gun in a holster but he never took it out or threatened the officers. It wasnt in his hands or on his belt or anything like that. Reporter don geer witnessed the shooting. He didnt know till a year and a half later that the officer who fired was adam torres, a special grand jury is now hearing evidence to decide whether to indict torres who remains on the police force on paid administrative leave. I hope that they find that theres sufficient evidence to put him up for trial. Reporter the day john geer was shot he had had an argument with his long time girlfriend who called police. She left with the kids and geer was the only one home. He stood in the hallway with hands up talking to police who tried to convince him to come outside. His hands were up. They were on the top of the screen. Reporter four Police Officers on the scene that day told investigators they saw geers hands up near his head. Officer torres said he pulled the trigger because he saw geer jerk his hands toward his waist. The attorney reopened his investigation and has subpoenaed at least 20 witnesses to testify before the special grand jury. Don geer says hes been asked to testify tomorrow. It would be a long process because that special grand jury is expected to hear the witnesses over this week and possibly in to next week. Then a simple majority of the panel will decide whether to indict officer torres. The Frederick County sheriff says tonight hes not sure if there is any place safe. Sheriff Chuck Jenkins was reacting to a brutal stabbing murder and assault inside a Korean Church sanctuary in a rural part of the county near sugar loaf mountain. Investigators say 30yearold song su kim admitted he stabbed two cooks at the anna prayer center. Chong wong park and his wife ko. Park died and ko was critically injured. I dont know what to make of it. I dont think people are safe anywhere anymore. Kim allegedly admitted to detectives that he stand park because he was agry and felt all koreans had mistreated and disrespected him and he stabbed ko when she tried to save her husband. The body of a second swimmer who went missing friday night off Cove Point Beach has been recovered. Daniel browns body was found saturday night and today crews recovered the body of his brother, douglas brown. He was the coowner of a popular restaurant known as coasta brava. Thats where we find Bruce Johnson tonight live with reaction. Such a tragic story. Youve got two brothers a father and ankle both killed in the same time same accident in the water. This is first street northwest in the bloomingdale area. Over there is the main thoroughfare. Back here is the restaurant. Hasnt been here that long, since november. Hes had an impact both on the Small Businesses here and the community. Heres what we know about how he died. Reporter thats doug brown on the right his younger brother daniel on the left. The two were inseparable according to friends. They were swimming this past friday near daniels home in the chesapeake bay. The teenage son tells his family members that the family members disappeared. He said his dads last words were i love you. Manager eddie lopez remembered his boss. Neighbors were dropping off flowers. He was the guy that would listen to you that would talk you through things. Whenever you called him, he was there. Boating, jet skiing, swimming. He loved to live life to the fullest. Joining us live is terry jenine quinn, president of the association. Flanks thanks for joining us. Doug was a great guy, an asset to our Business Community an extraordinary neighbor and for those of us who knew him well enough, a great friend. This has got to be a shock. He was an adventure type guy. They say he apparently grew tired and couldnt make it back to shore. What did the Community Think . Its just devastating news. To lose doug and his brother at the same time, he really was a family man. So we just cant even imagine what his family is going through right now. Thanks, i really appreciate it. Back to you guys. The restaurant is still open and according to the owners, its going to remain open. Its become a fixture in the community. Bruce johnson thank you so much. Coming up, it is back to the drawing board for the u. S. Olympic committees bid for the 2024 summer games. Also ahead a confederate statue in maryland is vandalized. A somber day in louisiana as separate Funeral Services were held for the two women killed in the lafayette Movie Theater shooting. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements d anis the leading state sponsor of terrorism. Separate Funeral Services were held today for the two women killed in the lafayette louisiana Movie Theater shooting. 33yearold Jillian Johnson and 21yearold mayci breaux were killed during john housers shooting spree. Jillian was a wife, entrepreneur and singer well known in the arts community. Jillian brings us all together in just a very special way as only she could. It was just an amazing reflection on her life. And breaux was a radiology student. She was remembered in a service in nearby franklin. The shooter had a Mental Illness but investigators are searching for a motive. Jurors are deciding whether colorado theater shooter james holmes should be sentenced to life in prison or death. Theyre being questioned about whether the shooting in lafayette may influence them. They polled them on whether they had read or seen anything about the shooting. 12 jurors raised their hands. The judge questioned them individually. The defense is concerned that some jurors might want to punish holmes for possibly inspiring a copycat shooting. A florida man faced with a charge of Second Degree murder over a road rage incident that turned deadly. Both robert doyle and gonzalez called 911 while they were on the road last thursday each reporting that the other was driving dangerously. Im going home with guns coming out. Were not going to follow him. Im going to follow him right to his home. Doyle eventually pulled in to his driveway. Gonzalez followed. And after a confrontation outside the vehicles, doyle shot gonzalez in the chest and killed him. Investigators say doyle then held Gonzalez Family at gunpoint until the cops got. There coming up, initial autopsy results are in for Bobbi Kristina brown. The comments of republican pres president obama weighing in on some of the remarks on the campaign trail. Obama sounded off on Mike Huckabee who said the iran nuclear deal, quote take the israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven. Its a reference to the holocaust where 6 million jews died at the hands of the nazis. Would be considered ridiculous if it werent so sad. When you get rhetoric like this, maybe it gets attention and maybe this has just never pushed mr. Trump out of the headlines. Huckabee, meantime, is not backing down. He says the president , ignoring repeated call by iranian leaders to wipe israel off the map. Reactions were mixed. Trumps campaign and Rick Santorum both said they didnt disagree with huckabee while jeb bush and Hillary Clinton spoke out against the comments. Montgomery county executives want police to find whoever was behind the vandalism of a controversial confederate statue. Im scott broom in rockville where despite what his feelings represent, the executive called the vandalism despicable. Ike leggett has said its a clear indication this confederate statue has struck a nerve. The director of Montgomery Countys Historical Society says racism, slavery, and segregation are all wrong but so is removing an artifact of a bygone time because of what it teaches about our history. Its an important historical artifact whether you support it, whether you find it offensive. In either event, its very important to the countys history. Reporter regardless of whether the statue stays or goes the county executive has promised to clean up the graffiti of this historical artifact. In Rockville Scott broom, wusa 9. That statue was erected in 1913 at a time when many county leaders were avowed segregationists with emotional and family ties to the old confederacy. The u. S. Olympic Committee Says its going to explore other cities to host the games. Bostons bids ran in to trouble after it was selected back in january and just today the boston mayor said he would not be pressured in to signing the host city contract, which puts the city on the hook for any cost overruns. Usoc with los angeles the likely choice to replace boston. The autopsy on Bobbi Kristina brown is complete and the Fulton County medical examiner said her body showed no obvious underlying cause of death and no significant injuries. Bobby brown released a Statement Today describing his daughter Bobbi Kristina as an angel. He said he feels completely numb following her death. The 22yearold was the only child of brown and whitney houston. She died yesterday in an atlanta hospice nearly six months after she was found face down in a bathtub. A Police Report describes her death as a drowning. We needed some rain and we got it. We did. We got a lot of it quick, about 1 to 2 inches in a short time. Flash flood warnings most of that has passed. Still a couple showers and storms. Even though weve got the yellow alert up, by the end of the newscast were going to pull that. Just about done with a big threat of strong to severe storms here. We had isolated severe weather. Doppler 9000, a lot quieter than it was. We still have bigger storms down to our south and west and a brand new shower. Sometimes they pop up, other times theyre diminishing. This brand new showers west of 29 Howard County near the Montgomery County border. Not moving up. Laurel is over here. Well see where this ends up. Theyve been drift ing in this part of the world. In the mountains theyre moving south southeast at 15 miles per hour. We were tracking a heavy storm with a lot of lightning approaching romney. That thing fell apart but new activity has popped up in the moore field area with a little lightning and thunder showing off there. In the Shenandoah Valley you guys got a lot of rain the last couple of days, a few flood warnings there. It gets strong, weakens, moving in to the park now. Heres shenandoah, a little bit more rain headed your way. After the big storms its a beautiful evening in washington. Michael and son weather camera. Temperature currently 84 degrees feeling like 88. Weve got calm winds. Well stay with the calm winds. Temps from the 70s to mid 80s now and enjoy it because the heat and the humidity are really going to be building here the next few days. Just a few evening storms. Thats it. Hot, fewer storms tomorrow. Back in the low 90s. Serious heat by midweek and im talking mid 90s likely wednesday and again thursday with a better chance for storms later thursday as a cold front approaches. For tonight isolated shower or storm. Tomorrow morning 70s low to mid 80s by lunchtime. Partly sunny warm humid start to the day. In the afternoon isolated storms. I dont think its going to be anywhere near as active as today. Heat, 88 to 93. We did get to 90s before the storms hit regan national. Tonight at 11 00 ill tell you how we did on our 3degree guarantee. Scattered storms late in the night but 96. A little front comes through so it will be a little drier and a little cooler. Still hot on friday with 93. A look at the coming weekend first few days of august, looks like the dog days are starting early. Saturday and sunday in the mid 90s, monday as well. So a lot of us starting to get a little excited. Calm now but very excited. Football is almost back. Thats right. Rg3, your washington quarterback. We caught up with him today at an event for military families and we got the opportunity to hear about his own. Coming up in sports well hear from him about being a dad. Every Auto Insurance policy has a number. But not every Insurance Company understands the life behind it. Those who have served our nation. Have earned the very best service in return. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. Get an Auto Insurance quote and see why 92 of our members plan to stay for life. For you nfl addicts football preseason is almost here. The burgundy and goal report to camp wednesday with their first practice thursday. Theyll be plenty of story lines to poll and wusa 9 will be there to do just that. Many people have their eye on robert ginriff iii this year. Can he bounce back from injuries and inconsistency . Preseason just around the corner. Rg3 surprised some military families today with a 7500 check for the Tragedy Assistance Program for survivors. It was an opportunity to talk about being a parent to 2monthold daughter reese ann. My parents always tell me you dont know love till you have a child. And thats truth. Because that child is 100 reliant on you. Someone elses kid is crying, it might be annoying. Youre like oh, come on. Someone get that kid a pacifier or something. But when your kid is crying, its like, doesnt bother you at all. Hes a different guy. You might not know much about team tennis but you know some of its stars, venus williams. Hingis will be in action tonight a day after winning doubles. The recent Australian Open and wimbledon champion was hayes. The castles will have two time regular season home games. Hingis enjoys making the transition from the confines of wimbledon to her fun home court. Here in the smith center and you have the billboards running the tv screen and everything, very crazy. But thats what i love about it because its a very american attitude to it. When you play football, when you go watch baseball or any other games, nba nhl. I love this kind of format. Another game, another format for you. Were talking about golf. Time for tigers tournament. Instead of taking place at Congressional Country Club golfers will play at Robert Trent Jones golf club. Woods will join justin rose, jimmy fowler, walker, and 13 winners from pga tour this weekend. Organizers are thrilled to have the tournament back at rtj which has been traditionally the course for the president s cup but not this year. Its really exciting for us because the president s cup was last year in 2005 but this was actually the first ever stroke play event coming to the golf club so its really kind of were sticking a flag in the ground on that aspect. Woods another person we got to see. Hows he going to do . Hes not been playing well and this is a chance for folks to get up close and personal with a former number 1. Usually hes the favor to win it. This year i dont think so. Maybe not. We just hope he makes the cut. Got to make the cut. That would be a good thing. Are we cutting some of this really intense rain out of the forecast . We still have a couple showers and storms out there. The stuff from earlier, thats pretty much diminished. Well drop the yellow alert. Few storms. Really hot come wednesday and thursday. And even this weekend mid 90s. The cbs evening pelley the government orders the maker of hundreds of thousands of defective vehicles to buy them back. Also tonight new video of the louisiana theater gunman as he prepares a massacre. And a First Responder tells us about her shocking discovery at the scene. I saw her full of blood. Pelley a sharp increase in teens using the morning after pill. And no reason to fret. Dr. Seuss helps kids answer. What kind of pe

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