accountable for what happened here that led to the friendly fire death of the officer jacai colson. second-degree murder charges were filed against the two brothers. earlier in morning, a commissioner, not a lawyer but someone reviewed by the court was no probable cause for the second-degree murder charges. late this afternoon state attorney angela alsobrooks saying she is not giving up. >> we reviewed the fact with the police department and we agree there was probable cause to file second-degree murder charges in this case. brad: second-degree murder charges, and handgun charges because the brothers helped transport michael here with a handgun in the car. state attorney alsobrooks pledging to go to a grand jury to seek indictments and said it's her office which will decide which charges to take to a grand jury and she says the case warrants serious charges. we will back with 5:00 with more on this and more on the video and what we are hearing about what it captured. at police headquarters, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. as the ri continues in the death of officer colso

then, off-duty officer las colinas a -- officer colson arrives. bringing dinner to his girlfriend. but he is hit by a lull -- bullet they believe was fired from the fellow officer in the heat of the shootout. much remains to be confirmed. through the day the police are gathering evidence, finding fragments. but they stress last night that the officer's death is the fault of the suspect. >> he engaged several prince george's county police officers in a gun fight for which they responded heroically. brad: back live now. what you are looking at is one of the crime scene investigator vans in the middle of the shooting scene. as we pull out a little bit to the left, you will see the front of a building, walkway, fence, and a front of a building. that is the district three headquarters. it's where the initial shots were fired. officer colson was hit just about another hundred yards or so down the hill. now we gave you an awful lot of detail in that story about the alleged suspects. how they were videotaping it and how it was a planned suicide by cop and the suspicion, the belief among the po

prince george's county officer jacai colson who was killed while responding to a shooting outside headquarters. scott: today's colson's family opening the viewing to his public and his father opening up about his son. maryland bureau chief brad bell is in capital beltsville. brad? brad: amazing that he has come out to talk to us. there is a lull in the funeral home at beltsville but earlier today was a big line. snaking its way through the parking lot. the line bu official viewing starting at 2:00 p.m. many people here to say they wanted to thank the colson family for their support. i paused for a moment because as i'm speaking here there are a group of officers. i read their badges. they are from the city of new york, nypd sending a contingent of five or six officers down here today. all of them want to pay their respects. as we said, jacai colson's father coming out and telling us what he wants the community, how he wants the community to remember his son. >> 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 and any

death of the prince george's county article jacai colson appeared in court today. the accused shooter michael ford is still in the hospital. as expected bond denied for malik and elijah, his two brothers. but shocking developments from the prosecutor and police chief. maryland bureau chief brad bell is in upper marlboro with a closer look at what happened. brad? brad: so the news has to do with the death of officer colson. we were the first to report very early on that police believed this was a case of friendly fire. that is that one officer's bullet killed another in the middle of the shoot-out. well, what was revealed today is that police are now admitting that the officer who fired did intentionally fire at the other officer. but it was because he at that time perceived a threat. police chief hank stawinski describing a chaotic situation. with a man they allege was michael ford, stand until front of the district iii station sunday afternoon at 4:30 firing 20 gunshots at officers, passing cars and ambulance. into the district iii station. in the shoot-out, an officer manage

colson. our amy aubert takes us inside the funeral. amy: across the street from the church, you can see the lines of the cars proceeding just behind me. down the road, a large flag waving proudly in honor of officer jacai colson. now just inside those doors at the first baptist church of glenarden, crowds of people, community members, friends and family packed the church with the best thing to say about officer colson. they call him hard-working, trust-worthy, loyal and say he had a smile that could light up the room. >> i ask that we all leave here with a jacai style heart. let's stop the separation and bring us altogether. it's not just one style of life matters. all life matters. especially american lives. let's all be one and not be se amy: colson's mother says he was special from day one. she says the family is at peace knowing he was a man of god. in prince george's county, amy aubert, abc7 news. scott: more and more americans are voicing their opinion about whether the president's pick to be the next supreme court justice should get hearings on the hill. michelle: we'll expla

: today would have been officer jacai colson's 29th birthday. but instead of celebrating his family is planning a funeral for the officer. shot in the confusion outside of prince george's county district iii police station. maryland bureau chief brad bell has been on top of the story since it happened on sunday. the man accused of starting this event is out of the hospital? brad: that is right. on the officer's berth day the suspect blamed for touching off the violence is out of bed and behind bars. michael ford, who allegedly opened fire on the division division station released -- opened fire on the district iii station released from the hospital and held wit facing a long list of the charges including second degree murder for the alleged role in friendly fire death of the officer colson in the ford caught on camera attack. ford's gun traced. originally sold legally in georgia. today would have before officer colson 29th birthday. the memorial for him at the police headquarters continues to grow. >> a neighbor stops by to thank the police for the sacrifice. it means a lot to us. wher