it colson pulled up to the station. >> and then detective colson was arriving in an unmarked vehicle and found himself in the middle of a gun fight. he immediately engages with the shooter as he exits that vehicle. he is dressed in civilian clothes. he is not wearing body armor. >> reporter: the detective's parents listened publicly to details about their son's death. the chief says colson engaged the suspect allowing officers to neutralize the threat but it was also then when colson was critically shot. >> circumstantially, we believe the fired round that led to detective colson's death was fired by one of prince george's county police officers reacting to this. something that could have been prevented, could have been stopped. >> forensics will officially determine which of the six officers who fired rounds ultimately took the life of one of their own. >> they are now in a position of advantage but they don't know because of where they began exactly what they're facing and it is in this confusion we believe that the errant round struck detective colson. >> i went to that window and

. > funerals arrangements have 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 hishi hometown of pennsylvania on march 28. > a small sign honoring detective colson is now up onp the door to district 3 policelie station. the department posted this photo on twitter. you can see on the right doordor there's a bullet hole in the door. the read these who else the whoe nt face of gunfire to protect one o 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 learningearn 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 thee timing on that in just a few minutes. as we head to the break, here is a loo

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 to intervene in the shootout. >> truly like losing a brother and a sister. there's a whole range of emotions that we go through. but when we do remember ceremonies like this, it's very important for us to come out and participate. it helps with our healing process. >> one of the responding officers to the chaotic scene following the shooting. she says being a police officer's wife is now harder than ever. >> it's very scary. i don't want him out of my sight. i wish i could jump into a new career but i know that's not going to happen. this is where his heart is. >> know that we will never forget. wrap your arms around one another. together as a family and a community we will get through this. >> reporter: services for detective colson will happen over the next few days. the family has asked that his funeral remain priva reporting in prince george's county, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. >> to montgom

viewing was held for fallen prince 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 informat

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 skies. and here is a look at your current temperatures. 52 degrees right now in the nation's capital. we've got 45 at hagerstown, 46 at cumberland and 45 at winchester. the wind are pushing in from the north to the northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour but not bad. a