of prince george's county police detective jacai colson. he died after a gunman opened fire outside the district 3 police station. >> tonight three brothers are in custody. marina marraco is live in palmer park and we learned today that detective colson died from friendly fire. >> reporter: he did. and that makes this story that much more tragic, if that's even possible. one of his colleagues shooting detective colson, shooting him kritly here on -- critically and ultimately he died. the chief saying tonight that detective colson displayed extreme heroism because he basically walked upon that gun battle and when he saw what he did, mind you, he was off duty in an unmarked vehicle with no uniform and no body armor and yet still he engaged that suspect and the chief says it was that extreme heroism that allowed those officers to then neutralize the threat. >> he kept yelling come out and confront me. i'm ready for you. i'm ready for you. >> reporter: for nearly 10 nu her front door as she says this man stood in the middle of the street facing prince george's county district 3 police s

county detective jacai colson. a large choir there with beautiful music at baptist church of glenarden in upper marlboro. colson was killed earlier this month. his family says he will be greatly missed. officer colson will be buried in his home state of pennsylvania on monday. >> switching gears now, let's take a live look outside. not a bad picture. many people of course are going to be traveling this easter weekend. will they be able to enjoy some nice weather? that's the question we want to check in with gwen tolbart for the latest on that. >> we're going to do very well here. we're going to see a fair amount of sunshine and things aren't going to change much until about sunday night but let's take a look at where we were p today because we were above seasonal with temperatures into the low 70s and it was a very pleasant day with plenty of sunshine. the winds are starting to pick up tonight but other than that we've got partly to mostly clear skies. and here is a look at your current temperatures. 52 degrees right now in nation's capital. we've got 45 at hagerstown, 46 at

detective jacai colson just one week ago. alexandra limon is in palmer park with how detective colson was remembered tonight. >> reporter: one week after a shoot-out that happened here outside of the third district police station, hundreds of people gathered for a candle light vigil and at exactly 4:30, the moment the attack began, they held a moment of silence colson. somber moments outside of the prince george's county third district police station, the place where a 28-year-old undercover detective was culled. his family joined his law enforcement family with candles in their hands and tears in their eyes, they prayed. >> it's day to day. you hear this all the time, people saying things about he's the best guy in the world, but genuinely, the nice guy in the world. >> police say 22-year-old michael ford opened fire on passing cars outside of the station in an effort to lure officers into a gunfight. something he accomplished. and something that cost 28-year-old detective jacai colson his life. he was killed by friendly fire because he was mistaken for a suspect when he tried

been made for gentleman coy colson. a viewing for detective colson will be held next thursday in beltsville followed by a memorial service in marlboro. he will then be buried in his hometown of pennsylvania on march 28. > a small sign honoring detective colson is now up on station. the department posted this photo on twitter. you can see on the right door there's a bullet hole in the door. the read these who else the who went into -- who went into the face of gunfire to protect one and all on march 13, 2016. > still to come, the for example let icelanding, we think. almost, we're keeping a close eye on eagle cam at the national arboretum. how local schools are using this excitement as a learning persons. >> it's been a learning experience for some of the big kids, too. last night we were told it was just about over. it's taking a while. kind of like the theme for winter. we thought it was over. we'll have more details for the timing on that in just a few minutes. as we head to the break, here is thursday pictures you september us using hashtag fox5 tbt. thank you for sending them

george's county police officer gentleman key colson.key detective colson was killed by friendly fire outside of police headquarters. today the man's fire spoke about his son outside of the funeral home. >> this is a hero inside here ever since he was born never any trouble to us. he was the kind of kid and young man that any parent would be proud of, any brother would be proud of and any, you know, he's just that type of young > detective colson's funeral is planned for tomorrow in upper marlboro. he will be buried in his home state of pennsylvania. p > students are on alert at george mason university after a pair of sexual assaults, two students say they were raped in separate incidents on different days this week. some students are angry sayingyg university did not send alerts fast enough.ugh. something like that happened ipn would want to be alerted just st i know, i'm aware of my surrenderrings. > george mason interim police chief thomas longo says security alerts were sent out on the sexual assault cases when investigators had gathered enough information to alert the public. stu

detective jacai colson. his viewing and funeral will nol be open to the public. thursdays viewing is two to nine p.m. in beltsville.. friday's viewing and funeral will be held at first baptist church in glenn arden marlboro on. the viewing will start at 9:00 a.m. detective colson was killed earlier this month when he was hit by friendly fire during ann ambush shooting. > new at 11 a tow truck driver was arrested after they you ahey the man suspected in suspicious activity. they saw pierce improperly toe. a vehicle. he dropped off the vehicle and v fled the area. he was pulled over a short time later. he was also charged with dui. he is being held now withoutitho bond. when we come back what police discovered in a dorm room that led to the arrest of three george mason students. another hit for caulker after it published a sex tape of hawk hogan. possibly the end for that website.we > could it be dangerous to asko for input from social media. we have two words for you, boat tidal basin mack boat face. what > three george mason universita students were arrested after are dangerous discovery

conspiracy and attempted murder in the death of officer jacai colson. their brother lead to of the officer. police are looking for your help in. this incident happened back on march 3. this is surveillance video. a person of interest there investigators say he held a child's hand outside, walked with her for several steps before a chaperone noticed, yelled and scared him objection to the form a second man was seen talking to the first person of interest. police want to talk to them both. > the maryland house of delegates has approved a bill designed to help reduce drunken driving. the bill is being called noaa's law. it is being named after montgomery county police officer noaa lee oat a. in december he was killed by a suspected drunk driver. the bill would require convicted drunk drivers to have an ignition interlock placed on their vehicle. drivers will have to below into a device to determine whether they've had too much to drink. another super tuesday raise are coming in. marco rubio unexpectedly suspended his campaign tonight after losing his home state to donald trump. hillar