Local Police Departments. And a black trauma surgeon who treated some of the officers who were shot in dallas shared an emotional take on last weeks deadly shootings. Take a listen. I understand the anger and the frustration and distrust of Law Enforcement but theyre not the problem. The problem is the lack of on discussions about the impact of Race Relations in this country. And i think about testify day. And i was not able to save the cops when they came here that night. Clearly emotional there Holding Back Tears as much as possible. Five officers were killed in the dallas massacre another nine officers and two civilians were hurt. Protesters held an antigun rally at the white house today and demonstrators calling on legislation. They want law makers to reinstate the ban on assault require universal background checks and of course the no fl fly, no buy rul and traffic in philadelphia came to a stand still this morning meantime as dozens of demonstrators filled the streets outside of
Purple to spread awareness about suicide, people smiled and cheered, but what happeend that led to many students going home early isnt far from their minds. 06 52 22;12 its weird, its really just not the same environment that were used to. Were used to get really rowdy its just, its quiet. 06 55 10;03 it sucks that like hes not there hes missing out on homecoming and its like we get to go and were supposed to be having fun and celebrating. People participated in a moment of silence befoe purple balloons. Students say they hope their team is able to overcome the events of the morning. 06 52 34;00 hopefully theyre just going to push harder for him and were just going to do our best out there for him. A school rallying together to show their support and raise awareness to suicide after an incident hit so close to home. School Officials Say no other students were near the shooting, and no other students were in any way involved. Many parents did pick their kids up early after learning of t
Push southeast of the state drier air works its way in. Strong northwest winds are expected through the day at 15 25 mph. Highs remain in the 70s with lows in the 40s and 50s overnight. As a warm front approaches on monday highs heading near 80 with next chance for rain developing on tuesday. Our College Football forecast looks great. Clear to partly cloudy skies with dry and comfortable conditions should great those attending. Today mostly sunny, breezy and comfortable. Wind nw 1525. High 72 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 50 thanks joe. This morning, were working to get more information after a vehicle collided with a man in cedar rapids. We first told you about this last night at 10. Police responded to 1st avenue east and 22nd street sometime after 8 00 last night. Thats just north of the Cottage Grove Senior Living community. Officers shut down one lane of photographer at the scene found a car there with part of its windshield smashed in. Police at the scene said the driver
Nine. Good evening, scott sanbron is off tonight. Im karen fuller. More heavy precipitation rained down on eastern iowa tod. Today. Weatherfirst chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now to show us where a gunshot rang out today at a Cedar Rapids High School midwest, a gunshot triggered a lockdown. Police said a 15yearold boy tried to kill himself outside of the auditorium. He was rushed to university of iowa hospital with life threateninginjuries. Students were kept inside of the building until authorities assured there was no threat to the safety of the students. One note about this story, fox 28 news doesnt report on but in this case, we considered the impact on students and parents and the community wanting answers. And experts said, be sensitive about the way we cover it. Welcome back a young person attempts suicide it increases the risk for others. Many in the Jefferson Community responded the way they did at the homecoming game. Students both turned out to the varsity footba