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porsche but it's what he did next that may have led officers to shoot him dead. a developing story that spans two crime scenes right now. the first, a gas station in tacoma park, the second scene, an intersection in adelfhi. darcy spencer joins us with more. >> reporter: the victim remains in critical condition tonight. he's undergoing surgery at a local hospital. the suspect was shot dead by police after they say he attacked an officer. it started here at the sunoco gas station on new hampshire avenue at 3:45 in the afternoon. a 19-year-old man tries to carjack a man with a porsche. and when the victim fought back, the suspect stabbed him with a steak knife.

>> police say the victim had been inside the gas station store when he came out, the suspect was in his porsche. >> he confronted the suspect, the fight began, the suspect grabbed something from the victim's hands. he then stabbed the victim multiple times. >> the suspect jumped in his red ford focus, rammed the porsche then took off, leading police on a chase. the tacoma park police chief says officers had lost sight of the suspect and then the car flipped and crashed here two miles from the gas station. police say the suspect jumped out and ran, a female officer tasered him, but it had no effect. the teenaged suspect attacked the officer. >> the suspect gained control and was on top of the officer, assaulting the officer, when a second officer pulled up, demanded the suspect stop and defend the life of the officer that was in danger, he then utilized deadly force. shooting multiple times.

>> the focus struck three occupied cars before crashing. those drivers were not hurt. back at the sunoco station, the stabbing victim suffered critical injuries. police say they'll be checking to see if the 19-year-old had been using drugs. >> what he's been through and what he did, just shows us he must have been on something. >> reporter: the police chief says that he will be reviewing this case obviously, but it does appear his officers followed proper policies and procedures. they are allowed to pursue suspects who are accused of committing felonies, the officer who fired his weapon, feared for the life and safety of his fellow officer, at this point, police have not yet identified the suspect in this case. reporting live from adelphi, darcy spencer, news 4. aaron back to you. >> thank you. three people, including two women were shot in southeast washington tonight. this happened about 7:00 on mississippi avenue near atlantic

avenue on south capital street. the victims were shot in the leg, all of them are expected to survive. now, to decision 2012. the remaining gop candidate squared off before iowa. newt gingrich faced some heat from fellow republicans on stage. he fired back, though. >> let's be candid. the only reason you didn't become a career politician, you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> wait a second. wait a second. >> the candidates sparred on health care, immigration, foreign policy, jobs and president obama's job performance. they face off again next thursday night in sioux city, iowa. nearly 100,000 wreaths now dot the landscape at arlington national cemetery. this was part of wreaths across america, a nationwide tradition

that began 20 years ago. the wreaths will be on display through january 28th. a battle over the symbols of christmas continue in louden county, tonight. a crucified skeleton dressed as santa claus was decapitated this morning in leesburg. the skeleton was decapitated earlier this week. citizens in leesburg say it's offensive, members of the atheist community in northern virginia put up other displays today, calling them a holiday greeting that is festive but not religious. >> we've never asked anyone to alter their christmas plans. we do christmas at our house. this is simply about the separation of church and state. >> i think these folks are trying to ruin the holiday spirit in the name of the first amendment, and they are just very disrespectful of the community. >> last week louden county supervisors debated not allowing

any displays at the courthouse but decided against that. one of the country's largest youth sports groups is the latest to zeal with child sex abuse allegations. the amateur athletic union says police are looking into allegations that its president and ceo abused young boys in the '80s. jay gray has more. >> the prestige jous amateur athletic union, one of the biggest sports in the nation has been rocked tonight by shocking allegations that bobby dodd the man who has led the organization for nearly two decades sexually abused aau athletes. >> that was his mo, was coming in in the middle of the night when you were asleep and trying to assault you. >> at least two men as teenagers played on the coach's team say he attacked them on road trips in the '80s. >> i was dead asleep, i don't

remember anything but waking up, he's trying to put his hand in my boxer shorts. i jumped up straight out of the bed, he's not there, but he's laying on the floor next to me, down by the bed. >> reporter: nbc news has been un able to reach dodd for confirmation on the allegations, but can confirm he has been replaced as president and ceo of the organization. the aau is taking the allegations seriously and cooperating with memphis police. the string of high profile public accusations over the last couple months, have empowered other potential victims to come forward, in the week after the penn state scandal broke, calls to a state child abuse hotline doubled, while reports to a national hotline have now flown by 54%. >> i believe this is the tip of the iceberg in reporting victim who is have not reported anything, primarily because of shame, now feel that they're no longer alone. >> comfort in numbers for the alleged victims. numbers that also drive the

concern for so many in the communities in aekted. jay gray, nbc news, state college pennsylvania. today a professioner from john's hopkins university was awarded the nobel prize in physics. adam weiss received the prize in stockholm. he helped to discover that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. each nobel prize is worth $1.5 million. still ahead here on news 4, a string of armed robberies in unexpected places. the man who's accused of targ targeting goodwill senders in maryland. how you can buy christmas trees online. a new twist at an old rivalry. how an army flag wound up at the navy memorial. a cold day outside today, tomorrow, promises much the same, but there's a little bit [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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a former goodwill employee is being held for a string of armed robberies at stores across baltimore county. he was taken into custody today, accused of holding up two goodwill stores on three occasions over the last month. all the robberies happened while customers were inside. it's believed he targeted those stores because he was familiar with the operations and knew where they kept the money.

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she's best known for her singing, but katy perry is putting aside her singing for some acting tonight she's hosting "saturday night live." she doesn't have to go far when looking for acting help, she's married to russell brandt. >> it's fun on the outside, and on the inside, it's a lot more hard work than i could ever imagine. it's nervewracking, i love a challenge, this is something new. it's challenging, but i'm up for it. >> tonight's musical guest is robin. snl starts in about 15 minutes on nbc 4. a few retailers are offering fresh christmas trees on the internet. sears, home depot and target just a few of the retailers selling christmas trees online. place your order on the net and in a few days the tree arrives

at your door. >> they'll mail it to you all right, but they won't put it in that stand and fill it with water. won't fix the lights when they go out. >> plastic is good to me. >> they can get you anything for nothing. >> what a great day, i saw a lot of trees on the roofs around town today. a lot of people getting out and taking advantage of the sunshine and getting the christmas trees ready to go. only two weeks, kids of all ages before santa comes. outside we go on a clear sky, and it's gotten very cold outside with a beautiful full moon. it's actually called the cold moon. came up just after 4:30 this afternoon, if you want to take a look at it, have you until about 8:00 in the morning when the moon sets, just about an hour after the sunrises.

right now with a clear sky out there, down to 34 degrees at national airport. winds down to the northwest at 7 miles per hour, they're dying off now, less and less wind as we go through the overnight hours. 27 already in upper monlt zbtgo county. down to 20 in huntingtown maryland, in the blue ridge, a lot of spots around the freezing mark. winchester, virginia, panhandle of west virginia, leesburg, virginia all down below freezing, down into the teens tomorrow morning. for the record today, 47 was our high. after a 37 degree start, since the year 2000, the latest first freeze we've had at national airport was december 22nd, 2001. this year looks like it's going to be the second latest first freeze in washington in the last ten years. how did we do that? only half of our average snowfall in the 2000 into 2001

winter. it will be freezing cold to start, highs tomorrow, only getting up in the upper 30s and low 40s. cold sunshine for sure, nowhere near as much wind as we had to deal with today. we'll be under the center of this area of high pressure, as that moves away, the clear skies and light winds will lead to a cold start tomorrow morning. that starts to work its way off the eastern seaboard. as it moves itself away, we're getting a hint of winter. any moisture and warm air will stay down to our south. tomorrow morning, clear skies, light breeze, wakeup temperature, upper teens to near 20 out west. for tomorrow afternoon, sunny and still cold out there, not much of a breeze, good day for the redskins and patriots kicking off, 1:00 tomorrow afternoon at fedex field, kickoff temperature right around 40 degrees, bundle up, it's going to be cold at fedex field. next chance for a raindrop doesn't look like it's going to

be until wednesday night or thursday. >> thanks, chuck. it's a real rags to riches story for a stray cat in italy. thomasino got taken if by a wealthy owner, the owner died last month and left the entire family fortune to the cat. under italian law, the cat is not entitled to inherit that money directly, but a nurse who worked with the owner is named as the executor of the will and has agreed to use the money to help thomasina and other unfortunate animals. ten years and

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amber theoharis is with us tonight. >> a lot of bragging rights on the line. we used today's army navy game to measure the heart of our country's soldiers. the 112th rivalry came down to the wire, and as has been tradition for the past decade, the fight song anchors away rang through fedex field at game's end. the commander in chief, barack obama supporting the young men who one day will be defending our country. navy up 7-0, on 3rd and 8 they go to aim ex-an der teach for the touchdown. in the third quarter, now tied

at 14 on second and goal, chris proctor keeps it and spins in for the touchdown. he fakes the handoff, and watch right at the goal line, the last minute spin, and navy retakes the lead, 21-14. fourth quarter, navy up 24-21. he struggled this year but not today, he gets it through the upright and the midshipmen up 27-21. same score under 5 minutes to play, army goes for it on fourth and seven. and trent steal man is sacked. warrick's father is a graduate of west point. makes the biggest play of the game, navy defeats army for the tenth straight time, the final afterward, a lot of respect from both sides. >> those guys kept fighting. it's not easy to lose. those guys, they show up every year, man, give us their best

and i'm just -- it's a great day, man. it's a great day for america, i'm proud of everybody. >> i couldn't ask for a better ending from them to come to our academy and work so marred, they mean a lot to our program. i wish them the best as they move on and serve our country. our country's in good hands with those seniors that will be leaving, going into the fleet, the marine corps. those are some great young men. >> some young men for all of us to be proud of. lynchburg virginia it was state title today. in charlottesville, south county falls 20-10. also in action at uva, centreville facing oscar smith, the wildcats were looking for their first title since 2000. in the second quarter, centreville down 21-2. mitch barrick -- they make it a 21-9 game.

same score now in the third quarter, centreville driving. he's intercepted by josh towson. this kid can run, he takes it 43 yards to the house for the score. oscar smith goes on to win 47-21. it's their second title in the last four years, congrats to the coach and the kids from centreville on an impressive 13-2 season. how about some pop warner super bowl highlights from florida. three local teams in ago, there's mickey mouse pumping up the little ones, junior peewee division. they fall to the ravens in double overtime. peewee division, leading the marshall heights bison, also ahead of d.c., they're the national champs, defeating the wildcats. love the hair. and in the junior midget division, thanks to three touchdowns from this kid, keith west. the white oak warriors are

national champs, they take down virginia beach mustangs, 34-30. way to represent the d.c. area. those kids are ballin' out there. to college hoops, in georgetown, visiting number three syracuse, the highest ranked owe poen engt the colonials have faced since losing to ucla back in 2007. unfortunately for gw, tonight's loss was more lopsided. jim boeheim's orange looking to get to a win over george washington. archbishop carroll product, bishop slows it down. second half, more of the same, mikech turns it over again. this time, deion waders finishes with the flush, the orange crush the colonials 85-50. also, georgetown wins today over howard.

also, some big boxing action at the d.c. convention center tonight. lamont peterson is in action right now, his brother anthony is a winner in the light heavyweight division. and in the heavyweight bought, brandywine maryland native wins by technical knockout in the second round. big day for college football. robert griffin, iii is your 2011 heisman trophy winner. congrats to him. >> over andrew luck. the favorite. >> that is our news for tonight. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple --

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