a father kills his two children, his wife, the family dog, then himself. so far no suicide note. just lots of questions in a community struggling and searching for answers. i'm craig melvin. police believe 14-year-old charlie and 7-year-old emma line dalton were killed thursday. charlie was a junior volunteer firefighter for the squad that ended up responding for calls for help from the dalton home. darcy spepser starts us off tonight. >> reporter: at the mount arie fire station firefighters spring into action. here they are doing their jobs with heavy hearts. a junior firefighter, charlie dalton jr. was killed at the hands of his own family a

murder/suicide that left the whole family dead. >> charlie was a likable kid. he was enthusiastic about his duties. >> reporter: 38-year-old charles dalton jr. killed his wife jennifer and two kids, 14-year-old charlie and 7-year-old emmaline. each was shot once. they were found in their beds. the bodies found in their home friday evening. police say dalton took his own life, his body found on the floor next to the bed in the master bedroom. >> people in the neighborhood are trying to put the puzzle pieces together, figure out how this could have happened. >> reporter: police say he was a cabinet maker and a night shift maintenance worker. jennifer dalton worked at a vetd their hospital in damascus. there is no clear motive to the murder/suicide. >> it is a shock. the only reason my daughter got

to sleep last night becausehe was exhausted from crying. >> reporter: charlie's fellow junior firefighters were told about his death at a meeting at the fire station friday night. >> we are going to miss charlie. >> reporter: even the family dog did not survive. police say the dog was found shot dead inside his crate inside the dalton home. a suicide note was not left behind. in mount airy, maryland, darcy spencer, news 4. >> crisis teams will be at the schools when they are back in session tuesday. news 4 learned the probe into bribery charges into a district employee extends beyond the one man arrested so far. jim graham's chief of staff ted lohsa was arrested thursday. he is accused of accepting cash

and other gifts for promotg taxi cab interests. investigators are looking at a pattern of payoffs and favors. the councilman has cancelled a public bill that impacts taxis even though he said lohsa's actions had no inflins on the bill. tonight has been just about a complete washt. when is it going to stop, chuck? >> craig, tomorrow. i'm not going to promise you early or late, but tomorrow the rain will come to a tapering slowdown eventually probably in the relatively early morning hours. take a check of doppler, heavy rain across the metropolitan area. modete areas in prince george's county, charles county and the northern neck. here are locations, thurmont, maryland, .87 inches, front

royal over an inch, washington county over and inch and leesburg, virginia over an inch as well. the seven-day forecast is coming up. in addition to the rain, some of our neighbors to the south saw some stomps. a lightning strike killed a college student from maryland near where he was swimming. john sackett died in wrightsville ach, north carolina. witnesses say thaw saw him struggle and go under after the lightning strike. rescuers performed cpr but were not able to save him. >> najibullah zazi was close to pulling off an attack in new york according to police he grew up and worked as a coffee cart vendor. he was caught on tape buying

gallons of chemicals at a local beauty supply shop. >> new yorker who ran a coffee cart, a nice guy, a smart guy, an articulate guy, an engaging person. someone you would never suspect as a terrorist. those are the worst kind. >> counterterrorism officials call nazi a homegrown terror suspect. there was a massive emergency preparedness drill in northern virginia, simulating several simultaneous bombings. this drill in crystal city was a fake train explosion. six men have been charged with killing americans, one plot involved an attack on quantico,

virginia. mixups at fertility clinics. it is a nightmare becoming all too real for more american couples. yesterday an ohio woman gave birth to a baby mistakingly implanted using another woman's embryo. another clinic was shut down after it was claimed they lost the embryos of a hundred couples. >> reporter: a louisiana couple hoped invitro fertilization would be their future. >> they hoped this would be the siblings for their only child. >> reporter: instead, the embryos are missing. they are the second to file a lawsuit against a clinic forced to close its doors. the ceo pat quinnlan announced the internal audit and closure. >> we are deeply sorry for the

concerns, anxiety and fear this causes our patients. >> reporter: just how many patients involved is now the question. in july heather and duane say a pair of their frozen embryos disappeared. >> they were notified in august of 2008 that the two they still had there had bee slabeled and they didn't know which embryos were my clients and which were someone else's. >> reporter: the clinic is reportedly contacting 1,000 couples affected by labeling mixups. attorneys for the whitneys call the wrongly implanted embryos is the biggest fear. >> we want a momento say hello and goodbye. that will be hard. >> reporter: the baby will go back to its biological family who called the birth mother a

guardian angel. back in louisiana families search for their own piece of mind as couples, attorneys and a clinic begin to sort through the confusion. kristen dall gren, nbc news. still ahead, the man accused of running a ponzi scheme and fleeing to virginia has been injured in a prison fight. conan o'brien injured as well. a stunt goes bad on "the night show" set. the man who said "i do" four times on the same day. hakeem, top that? >> i don't know if i can top that. i can give you a run for your money. western kentucky celebrates with an official. the hokies defense has a challenge and the terps turn over a win to the scarl

accused super swipdleer r allen hanson is in the hospital. he got in a fight with an inmalt in texas. a local station is reporting that he will be back in jail tonight. he was involved in an alleged ponzi scheme. he was arrested in stafford county, virginia. a medical transport helicopter crashed in south carolina. investigators said the crew just dropped off a patient in charlston when the chopper went down. the planean into some bad weather and was trying to land at a nearby airport. when we come back, i have

been told that marriage can be tough and even the simplest situations, but what if you are sharing your vows with four other people? there is a guy who was brave enough to do it. also we'll tell you when the rain will stop. chuck bell is sitti

conan o'brien is recovering tonight. he hit his head in a stunt at "the tonight show." he was taken to the hospital. since that show was not finished we had to run a rerun last night. every day millions of brides walk down the aisle, but today

in south africa, four women said "i do" at the same ceremony and to the same man. each bride said her vows in turn and was honored with her own ring. polygamy is legal in south africa, simultaneous weddings are rare. the guy said he thought the joint ceremony would save money. they plan to live separately with the husband rotating between the houses. the guy seemed to be happy but all the women don't seem to be smiling except for one. >> they only need to smile 25% as much. >> that guy has 11 kids. >> that is just the tip of that iceberg. >> anyway, we saw a lot of rain tonight. >> it is going to continue to rain for most of the overnight hours. be ready if you are planning to take the dog on a late-night stroll you and the dog need

ponchos. the rain started mid to late afternoon. there is near tinley circle in northwest washington where the gutters are full as the rain continues to come down. temperature at ronald reagan washington national airport 60 with a light southeast wind. rain, just under an inch after reagan national, just over an inch at dulles international and .75 inches after thurgood marshall, bwi international airport. the rain is coming down and the temperatures are holding steady. upper 50s to 60s. 59 in fairfax, 59 in manassas, 61 in annapolis. now nearly an inch in the washington area, almost an inch at dulles airport. 1.21. culpepper, over .75 inches

and .67 many hagerstown. raining along the i-95 corridor. a break in the action in loudoun county. by and large, most of the area is going to continue to see rain in the overnight. be ready for that. the rain is now ending in far southwestern virginia. the rain will taper off early on our sunday morning, but nonetheless, you need to be ready for a cloudy and wet start. the earlier you get up, the wetter it is going to be. gradually tomorrow we will see an end to the rain showers. a saturday night soaker for certain across our area. one main area of low pressure coming through tomorrow. most of the rain will end by 8:00 to 10:00 tomorrow morning. there will be a chance for a scattered shower or two late tomorrow afternoon before things quiet done. another weather front coming

through on monday. could get another half an inch to inch before all is said and done. in the morning, cloudy and wet, the rain will taper off. cloudy most of the morning hours. the rain will be gone. a break in the action late morning to afternoon. low to mid 70s across the area. for tomorrow afternoon in the late afternoon areas still a mix of clouds and sunshine and can't rule out a passing shower. most of the rain on your sunday will occur early in the day. evening low in the 60s. seven-day forecast, most of the rain in the morning, most of the rain on monz, afternoon. tuesday and wednesday, with sunshine back temperatures fail to make 70 degrees. sounds like october. oh, those miami hurricanes were supposed to be so good.

when we come back, hakeem has hokie highlights for us.

the hurricanes brought so much hype with them. >> oh, ah. for the virginia tech fans they said, see, we told you we are that good. >> they are. >> i know. before today's game virginia tech's defensive coordinator bud foster challenged his yupt to start living up to the traditions of hokie defense. he posted a note in each players' locker. where tech has been and where they are now. in the last five years virginia tech has been ranked in the top seven in defense, this season 77th. that challenge is noteworthy

here is that note. at the bottom it reads you have the responsibility to uphold the tradition. first quarter, hokies on the doorstep. ryan williams gets the pitch and dives into the end zone for six. 7-0 hokies. williams 150 yards rushing and two tds. next possession, tirod taylor connecting with boykin. you've seen the offense. now see the defense. miami punting away. check out jacob sykes. matt reidy scoops it up and scores. the hokies' defense allowed 209 yards of offense. 11th ranked virginia tech knocks off miami 31-7. >> it is just a fact. you didn't hear about virginia tech this week. you heard a lot about miami. rightfully so. it should be that way. but like i say, i'm proud of our guys.

i'm proud of what we are all about at virginia tech. >> hokies playing some alabamaer ball. in college park turnovers torched the terps. maryland found themselves on the wrong side of the final score. the terps are 1-3 for the first time since 1997. the terps taking the field with a zell louis attitude but department start well. five second into the game chris turner throws and it is picked off by rutgers. the touchdown just like that. the scarlet knights have a 7-0 lead. second quarter, maryland trails 10-3. turner stloes and he slips a tackle. he is in. terms tied at 10. third quarter, terps up 13-10. deep in their own territory, chris turner sacked in the end zone by la flej from germantown.

knights take a 17-13 lead. fourth quarter, joe martinek takes the handoff, goes around the left end. terps missing tackles right and left. 61 yards for the td. ralph friedgen and the terps fall and are 1-3. navy hosting western kentucky. they don't want to cooperate. >> they don't want to be there. >> ricky dobs takes it 29 yards for the touchdown. navy takes the 7-0 lead. four rushes tds in the game. western kentucky answers. jakes fakes everyone out, rolls into t end zone untouched for the score. check this out. high five. high five the official. navy comes right back. ricky dobbs takes the head off again and delivers a perfect pass to cory finnerty for a

29-yard touchdown. navy had 473 yards told offense. they win it 38-22 i the final. elsewhere howard defeated georgetown 13-11. talking baseball, the red-hot atlanta braves are in town trying to improve their resume. they have won 13 of the last 16 games, maybe that 14 of the last 17. sorry. i gave it away. mauck in trouble. diaz hits a sopt chopper to third. pete orr charges. this is not what you are supposed to do. throws it into the ground. here comes escobar. the braves scored four runs in the inning. bottom five now. nats down 6-1. mike morse pinch-hitting with two on. good decision here. he delivers. deep and high to center for a three-run homer. nats cut the lead to two.

trying to mount a comeback but in the ninth, not so much. ron villone facing brian mccann. mccann is a professional hitter and gets professional results. to up thor delk. two-run homer. the braves beat the nationals 11-5. back in action tomorrow afternoon. the skins and lions 1:00. >> 1:00 kickoff. >> what's going to happen? >> the skins are going to do it. >> they must win. >> you are right. this is a must-win game. >> "snl" coming up. a brand new season coming up. >> your girl. >> my wife. >> i'm telling you. see you back here tomorrow. have a fantastic night.