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attacked over something he was wearing. >> access denied. now, a virginia family getting help from lawmakers in a fight to see their child's facebook page. >> plus, seeing red after a ticket from a red light camera. tonight, the iteam reveals which ones generate the most money and why you'll be seeing a lot more of them in the near future. first, tonight, a high school freshman murdered on the street. >> it's a story you saw here first on news 4 at 6 clk as breaking news. first, the victim may have been targeted for his shoes. >> doreen, there's going to be grief counselors here starting tomorrow morning. this, after one of their own, a freshman high school student, was murdered earlier today. a grandmother weeps at the loss of her 15-year-old grandson murdered in broad daylight near the intersection of kenton place and 28th avenue in hillcrest

heights. her nephew was headed to the bus stop before he was skilled. >> i was in the house, sleep, and her sister called me saying her son is laying on the ground. >> massey says the teen may have been killed over a pair of shoes. >> there's little rough boys over here, little jealous because he got things and they don't. >> police spent the evening collecting evidence. tonight, they're holding their cards close. they've got leads, they say, but won't let on as to what they are. . . >> reporter: now, this is the fifth student killed in prince george's county this school year alone. a school spokesperson telling us tonight the senseless acts of violence against our children are becoming all too familiar and far too common. we extend our deepest condole e condolences to family and friends during this very difficult time. tomorrow morning, tuesday, liable to be a very difficult day here.

live in suitland, erica gonzalez, news 4. >> investigators search a car at the scene of a fire just blocks from a town center. officers taking pictures of possible evidence. police believe someone killed a woman inside the water side apartments here and then satartd a fire early this morning. neighbors tell us they heard a loud argument. an autopsy should provide more answers tomorrow. >> new at 11:00, we've learned a man killed by police in alexandria is a former marine. the shooting started as a domestic violence and quickly spiralled out of control. shomari is live. sh shomari? >> reporter: right now, police are still processing evidence behind me. you can see their crime scene truck right there. and detectives are still walking around and they are walking around. duke street is open after being closed for seven hours.

>> how are you feeling? >> very numb. >> tammy tammy stelers is stunned. her brother, a former marine, died in a police-involved shooting. >> it's like i'm dreaming. i haven't woke up yet. >> the police chief tells us officers responded to a domestic call 2:00 this afternoon at this townhouse. >> there seemed to be some contention within the family there. and then the officers were con fro fronted by a gentle man and then we ended up with the shooting. >> police say the man had a gun and while it's unclear how many shots were fired, we counted at least a dozen evidence markers. he finished his service in 2007. she will never forget yesterday's conversation with him. >> i told him i loved him. he said he loved me and that's

the last time i heard from my brother. >> reporter: now, no police officers were hurt in the shooting. the officers involved in this shooting will be put on paid administrative leave. and that's standard procedure. live in alexandria, i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> tomorrow, conditions downright nasty, folks. here's storm 4 chief meteorologist. >> the rain is going to come down just during the afternoon. talking about lunchtime rain. and, with that, we could be seeing 30, 40 mile an hour wind. right now, talking about some cold numbers. 28 in frederick, 29 in martinsburg. temperatures are key when this precipitation moves in. hopefully, everything is going to be above that freezing mark. storm 4 team radar, nothing to show you in our region. but yuf can see just back to the west, a line of showers and thunderstorms making their way. i will show you when thal move in, when they move out and what comes in behind them, guys?

>> dozens gathered in annapolis tonight in support of transgender people. an annual lobby day included a rally for legislati that would ban discrimination bassed on gender, identity or sexual orientation. >> chris van holland is one of seven u.s. lawmakers in cuba tonight. they plan to meet with cuban officials. the potomac contractor has been in a prison since '09 now. he's currently serving a 15 year sentence. >> president obama is back in the white house tonight with a controversy over his private golf vacation has not been put to bed. the president's weekend in florida included a round of golf with tiger woods yesterday. when asked who won, the president gave no answer, just a smile. some press corps members criticized the president's lack

of action over the weekend. >> they're everywhere. those red light cameras generate millions in revenue each year. but some say the con tro vtrove cameras aren't doing their job. >> reporter: run that red light, odds are you'll get caught on camera. as more police departments opt for high-tech enforcement. >> we went from 54 traffic fatalities to 189. nineteen. >> that's dramatic. >> reporter: we found drivers in the washington region received $18 million in fines in just a one-year period. stralgt straight ahead, we'll show you which red lights near you are the biggest moneymakers. >> there is a role for red light cameras. they've proven to be effective.

>> hugh mccgee is a traffic engineer. he says red light cameras can make intersections safer by changing driver behavior. if they do their job, they should put themselves out of business. >> to be effective, you would see the income going down to a point where, perhaps, you're only covering the cost of the system and you're not really realizing a profit. >> some communities have eliminated their programs. fair fax, virginia in 2005 and buoy, maryland in 2007. >> we're going from 72 to 22 active right now. >> reporter: robert liberati doesn't ever see the program going away because the county has the highest number of traffic fatalities. >> with nearly 500 square miles, there's a lot of intersections here. >> reporter: liberati says the county is looking at mobile red light cameras. >> once it's achieved its goal and traffic is now compliant, it's time to move on. >> we're going to keep

expanding. >> reporter: d.c. police chief says the cameras are here to stay. even if the violations drop. >> for us, they'll probably never put themselves out of business because we have a lot of people that come here from all over. they're traveling in and out of the city. >> the news team wants to know which cameras rake in the most money. in 2011, it was the camera on ft. myers drive. the intersection of river road. this camera in prince george's county. over in alexandria, patrick and gibbon streets. and in d.c., this camera on south capitol near i street southwest brought in more money than any other in our region, $743,000. chief laneer insists it's not about the money by safety. she plans to expands to other areas like stop signs.

>> i can use my police officers more for crime. and i can increase safety for people in the community. it's win-win all the way around. >> for a list of red light cameras in our area and how much money they make, go to our web site, nbcwashington.com. our investigation continues tomorrow on "the today show" with a look at how the d.c. region compares to the rest of the country when it compares to red light cameras. >> and if you va a story for the news 4 iteam, call our tip line at 202-885-4444. >> d.c. police went unlimited access to private security cameras hoping to see video like this as it happens. the councilman wants to pass a bill to see realtime video feeds. right now, they can get access only to investigate a crime. the national capital aclu questions allowing police the

ability to track people for any reason. >> ahead, we've got a close encounter. a swarm of sharks just 50 feet offshore. we'll tell you where this video was shot. >> plus, a family desperate for answers after their son's sudden death. tonight, they're urging lawmakers to help make changes that could impact your privacy on facebook. >> see

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cell phone video caught about half a dozen sharks swimming dangerously close to shore in hawaii. scientists believe they were 6-8 foot long tiger sharks. the man who shot the video called authorities because swimmers were nearby. a boat was sent out to warn people. nobody was injured. >> a virginia family is turning their pain into something positive now. lawmakers are taking notice. as jim rosenfield reports, the move could create some major changes to privacy laws on facebook. >> his parents say 15-year-old eric rash of southern virginia's nodaway county gave no clue that something was troubling him. >> he did his homework. he kissed his mom good night that night. >> but before dawn the next morning, ricky rash had killed himself. including as matter of routine, a check of activity on social

media sites, like his facebook page. >> we didn't know who he had friended or defriended or who had friended him. >> but the rashes soon discovered they were locked out of eric's account. federal privacy laws shield even parents from accounts set up by children even as young as 13 after their death. so the family has turned to virginia lawmakers for help. >> a bill passed to the state senate and headed to the house for a final approve would give parents access to their child's account so they could look for clues as well as closure. >> we were horrified that the internet industry and the social media industry could take our rights away to even look for something. >> a facebook spokesman quoted in published reports saying these are tragic situations. and facebook always tries to be as helpful to families as possible, while still come plying with federal and state law. laws now evolving as activity in the digital world grows. jim rosenfield, news 4.

>> a mother is speaking out tonight after her 10-year-old was arrested for bringing a toy gun to school. it happened earlier this month here in douglas mcarthur elementary. a parent notified authorities after the boy showed off the toy gun on the bus. he was arrested the next day after police found the toy in his backpack. his mother wants to know why she wasn't notified until after the arrest. we're not showing the woman's face to protect her son's iet. >> you took it upon yourself to investigate my son without your knowledge because you knew monday afternoon. so why you didn't make a phone call monday afternoon. >> the charges have since been dropped and the 10-year-old is back in class at a different school. >> first lady michelle obama is revealing the unexpected inspiration for the hair style that everyone's been talking about. mrs. obama joked that this is her midlife crisis. she says she can't get a sports car and wouldn't be allowed to

bungee jump so she cut bangs, instead. she did it on her 49th birth day right before the presidential inauguration. >> really, bangs are so much cheaper than a sports car, too. >> cold out there, doug? >> it is cold. some areas already below freezing. that's kinds of what we're watching out for tomorrow. you want to know where it's really cold? north dakota and minnesota. take a look at this. blizzard conditions. a lot of you on my twitter and facebook page say guys, we really want to see winter. give us a big storm. you don't want to see this one. windchills overnight should be between 20 and 35 below zero. that same storm system, believe it or not, is heading our way. but we're only going to get a piece of it. our piece is just going to be the fact that we're going to see some rain from that storm and some much colder air in behind it. a high of 42 degrees at the airport, a low of 22 this morning. last night was bitterly cold across our region. a very cold morning this morning. good thing the kids didn't have

school. a lot of us didn't have to get up as early as we normally have to because of this holiday. 38 degrees, winds out of the south at about 8 miles an hour. it's the southerly component to the wind that will allow temperatures to warm up a little bit tomorrow. we're not only talking about the rain, but we're also talking about some pretty strong winds. 29 in martinsburg, 30 in frederick. frederick has come up 2 degrees in the last hour. temperatures should not drop too much more as we make our way through the night tonight because of the cloud cover moving in and because of those southerly winds. storm team 4 radar, nothing to show you right now. that's some good news for our morning rush. back towards the west, here's where that frontal boundary is. that's what we're talking about up towards north dakota. but now it's just rain from chicago through cincinnati and back down towards memphis. that's what is moving our way. it's a pretty strong front.

we're goirng to gng to get on tr side. but the rain will hold off until about 10:00. notice 10:00, we're dry around the metro area. if you live back towards the mountains, you'll see the rain in your neck of the woods around 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 in the morning. right around lunchtime tomorrow, you'll need the umbrellas at that time. by 5:00, the front already passed and that means we're going to be drying out for the afternoon rush. so both rush hours will be okay. afternoon rush, you'll have to deal with wet roadways, but not expecting rain to be falling. after that, cold and windy conditions move back in. so here's what to expect tomorrow. another small storm, total ranl fall upwards of a tenth to two tenths of an inch total. strong winds gusting to 35 miles per hour. so rush hours may be a-okay. tomorrow afternoon, cloudy and cool periods of rain between

10:00 a.m. and about 3:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. we'll see things drying out. 47-52 degrees, those temperatures will be late in the day and most will be quite chilly. 36 on wednesday, 38 on friday, coming in with a temperature of 39 degrees. if we're cold enough, that next system could start off as some sleet or snow before changing to rain on saturday. that saturday storm could have a little bit more rain associated with it than this storm does. high temperature on saturday around 40. sunday drying out and then another chance for rain coming up on monday. it looks like it's going to be a little bit of a stormy week but no big punches as far as the weather is concerned. coming up next in sports, with the all-star break behind them,

well, the wiz moving in the right direction. things are looking up. >> ten wins with wault. 15 total. they're all coming back after the all-star break. they're inspired. wizards are back in town and hoping to get back to their winning ways. the wiz kids won four of five before the all-star break and now have a chance to notch the most wins for a wizard's team. 26 is the number. the second half pushed off at practice tonight. how did it go, coach >> good. good. energized. our guys seem, you know, caged animals. very spirited practice today. i think they were excited to get back and i think, you know, taking four days to get away from it and relax and rest up i think was good, too. >> well, we're still hungry.

we still want to see what we can do. we came in here and got a good sweat in. got a good practice in. we're trying to pick up where we left off. >> be nice, wizards hope the nationals tomorrow. they only have a week to prepare for their first spring training game. dan heally talks to one national's player who got a ring this off-season. >> hello from lovely vierra florida. the second workout today. it's been a long off-season for the nationals. not only did they have to think about that ugly loss to the st. louis cardinals, but they had to travel. travel a lot. no more than four of these players got married in the off season, two of them in the starting pitching rotation. >> it was pretty incredible. got the whole marriage thing out of the way -- >> you can't say it like that. >> oh, i'm sorry. i got married. >> no, it was -- you know, it

was kind of a long time coming. but then i was fortunate enough to be on a uso trip. that was just incredible being able to get back to everyone who's out there sacrificing our lives for us, being away from their family and in the holiday time it was definitely awesome to go over there. >> you were looking forward to that trip so much that you left your wife on the honeymoon in hawaii. how did that go over? >> it was kind of planned beforehand. i didn't just get up and leave. we had other friends down there. so she was -- she was in good hands. >> high hopes for detweiller last season. he was 10-8 with a 3.40 e.r.a. detweiller is still learning how to pitch, actually, the last three or four starts of the season, he said, might have been some of his best. news 4 sports. >> thank you, dan. the racing presidents doing a little spring training of their own. they spent today, their president's day, at mt.

rushmore. checking out the sculptors, bear their likeness. you even see the new racing president made the trip. that's william howard taft, by the way, looking friendly today. he is on board this year to bring down his rival, teddy. it's the first of a three-day trip hitting all the major attractions. >> did the people in zsouth dakota have any clue who they were? >> they're stirring it up down there. the tryouts for racing presidents, of course, that's march 2nd. >> yeah, i i am. you're right. his costume slims him down a little bit. i believe you have to be at least 6 feet. look on nats.com, they'll tell you. 5'7", my producer is telling me.

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