put in lockdown mode. julie ben zen is live with new details of what happened and who police are looking for mement jackie? >> well, pat, this is a strange story and took place at the home of a family who has been prominent and well respected in the alexandria community for decades. this is with what we know at this point. people in this quiet residential neighborhood who are alarmed to see the police officers descend on this area early this morning for two adult women who were shot when they answered the d r door. one woman was wounded to the arm and she managed to run to the neighbor's house and she dialed 911. the woman inside of the house is described critical condition, and that is the second person shot. we are told that there is believed to have been a third person in the house, an elderly woman, and a witness tells me that he saw that woman after the shooting, and she was physically

unharmed and several schools and two churches were placed on a lockdown briefly while the police searched for the sus is pekt. he is described at this point as a white man with gray hair and a short beard who was seen walking in the area by neighbors immediately after this shooting. now, coming up, we expect to hear from alexandria's police chief, and he is expected to answer the questions about why the lockdown was lifted and what level of concern that residents in this neighborhood should be having right now about this search for the suspect. live in alexandria, jackie bensen, news4. and the end of the school day is being interrupted by the search for a murder suspect. and scott macfarlane has more. >> and right to the chopper over manassas near prince williams parkway, and they are looking for earl patrick mitchell who is wanted for a homicide, and he is believed to be in our area. this is chopper 4 look foing fo

the area, and the police believe he is on foot in the area, and considered arm and dangerous. buses going to bennett elementary have been suspended and redirected and moved arn during this search, and the schools in the area have been notified. we will keep tracking the s search, and bring you details as we get them. scott macfarlane in the live desk. and also, news on the missing reservist says that a police source confirms that a body found near richmond is believed to be kevin quick who is the police reserve captain from nelson county whose vehicle was spotted in manassas, and three siblings were arrested in alexandria in connection with the disappearance and all three were held in court without bond, and more on the story as a it develop develops. >> a major stretch of i-95 north after a deadly wreck this mor g

morning. two people were killed when the car they were in collided with the tractor-trailer. the crash happened just before 10:00 this morning, and caused traffic problems throughout the day. the police have not identified the victims. a call for action now are the the family of the man who collapsed and died last week. just steps from a d.c. firehouse. medric mills' family says that the fire deparent employee who would not help should be fired, and ask d.c. leaders to change the law that protects the government from being sued in situations like this. a press conference was held in tront of the firehouse where the incident happened, and we have heard from mills' son and widow. they are planning a candlelight vigil tonight. mark see graves will have a full report at 5:00. and a deputy will spend six years in jail after he wasnught.

patterson was a 17-year veteran on the force when he shot 22-year-old julian dawkins in a dispute last may. the northern virginia reporter david culver was in the courtroom for sentencing, and he will join us on "news4 at 5:00." and police in hyattsville are looking for two men who broke into a house on adelphi road and one stayed upstairs and another stayed downstairs ransacking the house taking cell phone and laptops and other electron electronics, but nobody was injured. we could see some snow this weekend, but the question is will it be fit for the snow lovers or spectators? >> storm team 4 veronica johnson has the answer. >> well, nice to look at it, but not enough to look at and do anything with. and we are looking at storm s

center 4 with the guidance and the information coming in, and it is consistent with what we have been saying over the last couple of days, and this is not a big event over the weekend. watch this snow, and this is saturday. you can see it is pretty much going to cover a large portion of our viewing area, and so i do think that everybody will have some type of snow, and light, and maybe more than that, and little bit later, we will have a snowfall forecast for the aerre. the temperatures right now are in the 30s, and to gaithersburg in d.c. and still with a little bit of wind, and windchill temperatures brought down from 5 to 8 degrees so it feels like it is in the upper 20s and lower 30s and with we lose the wind tonight, and the worry for tomorrow morning that of black ice. and the temperatures are starting out in the 20s throughout the area, and a partly cloudy sky with more clouds expected late in the day, and with the weather headlines, black ice to worry about, and more on the weekend snow chances

with that snowfall forecast map coming up. >> all right. thank you, veronica. the recent snow this the area and the freezing and the thawing is taking a toll on the roads. you don't have to drive far to encounter a nuisance potholes. we found this one at 16th and taylor streets in northwest d.c., and some drivers with were able to swerve to avoid it, but others took their chances and hoped for the best for their cars. >> i come from silver spring everyday, and you have to zigzag and make sure that you don't blow out a tire or something. >> reporter: and ddot says they can get a pothole fixed within 7 72 hours of being notified, but you have to get in touch with them, and you can do so on the twitter account or call the city's 311 system. >> and the city is expanding. d.c. planners are looking for the 65,000 square foot expansion. and the plan is for adding education and rehearsal space, and the most notable difference

is three new pavilions and two of them alongside the existing building and the third on the potomac river. the center's chairman david rubenstein is donating $50 million as the project's lead gift. a traffic mess for some driver drivers today after a car skidded off of a maryland road into the creek. what we are learning about that vehicle tonight. and a maryland mother whose son died of an overdose shares her story with us. this is chris gordon in annapolis, and why she came here today hoping to save lives. >> and meet virginia's newest million nashgs

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road and belchfield is open after an accident that ended with a car in the creek. police tell us that the wrecked vehicle was stolen and the driver is not in police custody at the time. the police were called to the scene of the accident at 10:00 this morning, and they told us that the driver lost control of the vehicle and skidded off of the road, and there are no reports of any injuries. >> take a look at a this just released police surveillance video of a bank robber who rode a bike to the bank. they say that loudoun county sheriff's office say that he robbed a bank in sterling plaza at 12:45 tuesday afternoon, and the man walked into the bank with a cell phone to his ear and implied that he had a weapon and then demanded cash. he left the bank and got back on the bike and rode off. you should call the sheriff's office or crime stoppers if you recognize this guy. >> and meet virginia's newest powerball winner. she is megan mccormack from

alexandria, and she won $1 million after matching the first five numbers in the drawing saturday. today, she was presented with the winnings, and she says that reality has not set in yet. >> i'm still in belief that this is my story, and that i'm the main character here in this. this is happening to me. >> mccormack bought the ticket onup market in arlington, and she always plays the same numbers that she plays herself, and she starts with the number numbers of her son's birthday. and now, folks, the ice storm could be days before everybody has the lights back on. and important guidelines just released for women in an

there is steady progress in the works to restore power to tens of thousands of homes that lost power in the ice storm this week, but the utility companies say some folks could be without power until saturday. the heavy coating of trees and ice, and most of the outages are in maryland. frederick county has 16,000 outages and montgomery county, 1,500, and baltimore more than 17,000 customers who still don't have power.

and the majority of the outages are north of us, and the utility crews are from across the nation are scrambling to places like southeast pennsylvania to help people left without heat in the freezing temperatures. nbc's chris paloan is in berwin, pennsylvania, and a struggle there. a lot of folks without heat? >> absolutely, barbara. the local power company says that this winter storm knocked out more of the customers than any other winter event than super storm sandy to put it in perspective for you. and the crews are racing around the the clock to restore the power, but they are saying that for some, it could be the weekend before they see electricity again. >> reporter: 5,000 power men going street by street in pennsylvania in the delaware valley to bring the power back on to nearly 4,000 customers. they are working 16-hour shifts and some have come from as far away as can d and chicago. and the mayor says that they are

risking their lives to be there. >> and i have heard that they are called widowmakers when they are up there trying to take off the ice and the snow, because they could make one small mistake and be make a widow. >> reporter: the red cross has opened up several shelters to help people without heat. >> and we have three children and it is stuff tough on them, and you have to be concerned about the pikes being cold, and home yo homeowners insurance and stuff like that. >> reporter: and the scope of this tree and power damage caught some people in pennsylvania by surprise as the second storm in three days blew threw. >> i have been living here 12 or 13 year, and i have never seen this many trees fall in this one block. >> reporter: and not just the for the east, because snow is falling in alexandria, and

people are suffering from bone-chilling temperatures, and the snow is making a hess in dallas with spinouts and crashes, and all as winter keeps millions of americans in its kr cross heirairs. this is a scene that is playing out all over the area with the tree near the home. and forecasters are saying that there is probably not a major snowstorm, but it is going to be a few more inches of snow to add to the misery of the people in this area. i send it back to you. >> thank you, chris. they don't need anymore, major or minor. >> and exactly. more coming that way, and wind, too. >> so are we lucky? >> we have been on the southern fringes of the storms throughout the midwinter going that way,

and once again, we will see another little bit of snow out of the two systems that come through this weekend. and looking ottside, we have wind again, and we are talking about the windchill temperatures, and taking a little bit off of the air temperature where it is at 37 degrees and the weather headlines right now, and because, again, temperatures are dropped overnight, and there is the potential for the black ice and again, it is light snow for the weekend, and in terms of the conditions overnight, we have had the clouds around today, and we will see a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy night, and that one a area there from fredericksburg to come right back into the area. the potential for black ice, and any wet spots along the side of the road, watch out, folks, and be cautious, because 9:00 or 10:00 this evening, the temperature will be dropping at 31 degrees. we are at 37 now, and 9:00 or 10:00, and that is the situation throughout the area, and now, let me take you into the future

now with the forecast here by friday, and let me see if i can get the map to move a little bit back to the north. by saturday, the clouds are going to be on the increase, and we are talking about the snow moving into the area saturday. and around d.c. and annapolis and waldorf at 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., it is a chance for light snow throughout the area. and then you will see another system that is going to be on the move quickly that will deliver the snow as with well. and this is, folks, under an inch, and most of the areas from the border of pennsylvania down through the areas of leonardtown, and southern maryland and fredericksburg, and coating near charlottesville, and the northern neck and salisbury and ocean city. that is all we will get out of the system, areas no the north, more, and having to do some light cleanup, and the temperature tomorrow, we are dry with the 60% chance of snow for

mainly, i think, midday on through the afternoon, and even a chance on late sunday, and we will get into the early part of next week, and the temperatures will be be staying below average, and as far as the weekend goes, again, not a big deal at all. and there is another chance of snow late sunday after a temperature tops out sunday at 42 degrees, and a little system coming through this weekend, and when i return a couple of minutes, i will look at the trend this week, and another chance for snow. >> thank you, veronica. some big changes coming on the rails, and what amtrak unveiled today to improve train travel. and a farewell to jay leno. we will go live to los angeles to see wha

you are watching "news4 at 4." >> amtrak riders are about to get an upgrade with a new fleet of trains going into service tomorrow. the locomotives will run from boston the d.c. the new trains won't be faster, but amtrak says they will be more efficient and reliable, and news4 transportation reporter adam tuss was at union station to see what the d.c. riders

think. he will have that report at 5:00. and tonight marks a milestone in late night television. tonight, jay leno will turn over the lanes to jimmy fallon. he will premier after the olympics. we have stephanie in downtown burbank. >> well, after a brief departure in 2009, jay leno is stepping down from the "tonight show" for good. while jay has said publicly, it is not his deis igs to leave, he is doing it with dignity and grace and a few laughs. >> reporter: tonight not only marks leno's final show, but also the last one in the city that the show has called home since 1972 when johnny carson moved it here from new york. >> it was part of the, sort of the burbank landscape. >> reporter: and leno's first guest from the show in 1992 -- billy crystal. and returning for tonight's

finale. >> i did it for 22 years, and it was great and a lot of fun, but you get older. >> reporter: what are you doing? >> bringing it back to new york, man. >> reporter: and jimmy fallon will take it back to the big apple beginnings later this month. and while the 63-year-old leno returns to the standup roots. >> i liked to be a standup comedian and it is going to be fun to do that more. >> reporter: be but he is leaving on top. >> and the whole thing happened on the drive when he refused to stay in his child safety seat. and now in addition to billy crystal, garth brooks is going to perform tonight, and we understand some big celebrity surprises and big names stopping by here tonight to bid jay leno a final farewell, and pat? >> all right. stephanie stanton, thank you, stephanie, and don't forget that you can watch jay's final show

here tonight at news4 at 11:00. it is a banner breakout teen for lorde, and she won a grammy for her hit "royals." and the maryland jockey club says that she will perform an extended set at pimlico in the preakness, and she now joins the ranges of maroon 5, and bruno mars and mclemore who have performed at the big race. you can watch that race right here on nbc4. just into the newsroom, a first of the kind guidelines to prevent strokes in women. doreen gentzler is here with what women need to know. >> and here on the first day of olympic competition, team usa

good afternoon, i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. i'm pat lawson muse. right now, police are looking for a man in brad doc height heights. one woman was critically injured and one was shot in the arm. two schools and churches were locked down, but that has been lifted. we are expecting to hear from the police shortly. the man who died near a

firehouse, medric mills, and his family wants the workers fired. they are holding a candlelight vigilt the station tonight. we will have more on this at 5:00. and the kennedy yard is getting ready for a expansion. reh rehearsal space will be added underground and up top, you will see two new pavilions added. two on the side and one on the potomac river. and the new lottery winner is a mom who knows what to do with her winnings. she picks up her $1 hill sglsh $1 million check, and pay off her house and pay for college for her 14-year-old son. and now there are new factors that could help reduce a woman's chance of stroke.

we have doreen gentzler here with more on this story. >> pat and barbara, stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer each year. did you though that? the doctors say it could be because wepaying attention to the risk factors. today, doctors released the first ever guidelines to prevent stroke specifically in women. while men and women share the same risk factors for stroke including high blood pressure, women are uniquely impacted by a set of factors like hormones, and reproductive health, and pregnancy and childbirth and now in a new set of guidelines the medical experts are asking the women and doctors the take extra precautions, and those with high pressure before and during pr pregnancy with preeclampsia should be clescreened because t

are at higher risk. and women who are having headaches with visual change should stop smoking to reduce their risks. and they say that certain people with different heart beets -- heart beats and diabetes and depression and that is some of the symptoms. and next, doctors want to identify a score to identify how high your risk is. and we have done so many stories with women and heart disease, and so many years, it was studies done on the men, and believing it applied to everybody, but this is a study that applies to women and identifying markers for a risk of stroke. and now let's go to veronica

johnson with the weather. >> well, we have a few icy patches tonight and tomorrow is a dry day and then back to a little bit of the active weather for the weekend. and let's start with the evening here, and temperature is 31 at 9:00, and 29 by 11:00, and not expecting any widespread black ice in the area, and a few spots to slow down and be mindful of that. the high temperature with the chilly conditions are 38 to 41 degree, and we are going to see more clouds moving into the area late after a partly sunny day. and the average temperature is 35 to 46 degrees and the next seven days the temperatures are running below average. in just a couple of minutes, i will be back to tell you with temperatures this low, what are the chances of seeing snow in the next seven days and beyond. >> a special ceremony today to well come team usa to sochi, and the olympic anthem was played as the olympic flag was hoisted by the honor guard. and then the american flag went

up with the "star spang ld bled banner" sounding throughout the olympic village. they have 230 athletes, but only a handful showed up for the event. and the torch made its way through sew chishochsochi, and crowds trying to catch a glimpse. it has made the longest journey the history of the games. it took it to the north pole and europe's highest mountain and even out into space. >> and the athlete chosen to carry the flag and lead team usa into the stadium tomorrow says he is humbled by the honor. todd lodwick is the first american to conduct that feet -- feat, and he says that tomorrow is going to be one of the biggest moments of his life. >> i want to perform my best, but to be honored by the 230

athletes that are going to be walking behind me in the opening s ceremonies and me carrying the flag is something very humbling. >> lodwick competes in the nordic combined and he won a medal last time in vancouver with to a team competition, and he is hoping to earn the his first gold in sochi. and tonight, the olympians will be getting a send off, and secretary of state john kerry will drop the ceremonial puck, and he is expected to talk to the cap's team before the game. john carlson is playing for team usa, and alex ovechkin is doing the be playing for rush sharks and nick backstrom is on sweden's team, and martin e rat will be playing for the czech republic. our special olympic zone report kicks off live at 7:30, and an all-access look at the

sochi games. you can join doug kammerer and dianna russini with a sneak peek of the opening ceremony, and we will go with two athletes on the way to the olympics, and that is coming up tonight at 7:30 on the "olympic zone." and you can keep up with my partner jim handly as he blogs about the experiences behind the scenes in the winter games. you can follow jim on facebook or twitter or go the nbcwashington.com and search handly in sochi. it is an ongoing struggle. the daughter of martin luther king, and why she is dissociating herself from her

an ongoing dispute between dr. martin luther king's children played out again today. bernice king was at ebenezer baptist church, where her father was a minister, and she criticized her brothers for filing a lawsuit against her. and the courts want to force bernice to turn over the traveling bible and the nobel peace prize, and she says that she wants to sell them. >> with this historic plea, i believe negligent action of my brothers to usher in what is

perceived to be the latest round of a family conflict, but my reality is that if i willingly sold my father's bible and nobel prize, my conscience would haunt me for the rest of my life. >> bernice king said that her father would not want those items sold, and the king children have been in and out of court for a number of years over a variety of disputes involving their father's estate. 2013 was a record year for the hotel estate. it totaled over $6 billion in the year, and the city took in over $232,000 in room sales tax, and last year's presidential inaugural helped with that number, but it still achieved despite the government shutdown. today would have been ronald reagan's 103rd birthday.

today, a group in his home state of illinois placed a wreath outside of his statue at the airport which was named in his honor in 1988. the i-team is investigating a theft. >> have you done anything crazy that you don't know what to do anymore? well, that is what i am doing right now. >> and what facebook agreed to do after a grieving dad's appeal went viral. and we will look for icy spots and a little bit of snow coming into the area, and the snow is expected saturday and even a little bit sunday. and i will show you the timing of the snow, and moving in, and we will take a look at beyond

to help stop the -- sorry, the hunt is on for the person behind an unusual theft. elephant tusks were stolen are the the d.c.'s wilson building, the news4 reporter warns us how it could be the beginning of an international crime wave on the way. >> reporter: he is the most popular pachyderm in the nation's capital and seen by

millions at the museum of natural history, but we have discovered that a growing number of es perts are worrying that henry's gleaming white tusks could draw the wrong attention. >> anything that a museum or collector has that involves a rye noe horn or elephant ivory, you need to be aware. >> reporter: and dozens of museums have been hit by organized gangs stealing rhino horns. and a display case shattered in south africa, and in ireland, they tried to hide theirs by putting them in storage, but the thieves got them anyway. >> and what we are seeing now is large sophisticated and syndicated criminal networks. >> reporter: this is the director of the national fish and wildlife service. he says that in d.c., expert perts are warning that the city could be next. the two animal tusks were given

to the museum from ethiopia, and he says that the one tusk could go for as much as $500 an ounce on the black market. and having a rhino on the premise. >> reporter: and having a large rhino like this one is worth as much as half a million. >> and if you think about it f a rhino horn is worth more than the weight in gold, it is like stealing a gold bar. and people have been marketing this as a cure-all and wonder drug, and you can go to a party, and have a rhino cocktail. >> reporter: they say that more than 31,000 elephants and rhinos died for the ivory. it is illegal to transfer them overseas, so they disguise them

in the hall. this is what is pulled out of people's luggage. in the last decade, the federal government seized more than six tons of confiscated ivory, and then in november, they crushed it all into pebbles. >> we did it to send a message to the world. we need to reduce the demand in the products. and ash now wants the museums and the private collectors in the u.s. to treat animal displays the same way they would rare jewe or precious art. >> and we have very good security on all of the time, 24/7 watching all of the rare and irreplaceable objects. >> reporter: but what about henry whose tusks are so easy to access. >> and he says, don't bother, because they are made of fiberglass. if we mounted the real thing, it would be so heavy, it would topple over, and our real tusks are locked up, and no chance to

be stolen. and to stop this trade, the u.s. fish and wildlife department wants the justice department to prosecute this type of crime. if you have a tip for us, call the number on the screen. and police in wisconsin say they have recovered a very rare vi violin. it is 300 years old, and stolen from the concert master of the wisconsinmaster. he was assaulted with a stun gun and robbed. only one person is facing charges, but police say they found the violin in good condition. and facebook said yes after a grieving dad's appeal to mark zuckerberg was seen by thousands of people. and the social giant gave him the answer and the video he wanted. >> my son passed away january

28th. 2012. and we can't access his facebook account. all we want to do is to see his movi movie, and that is it. >> john berlin said he had been trying for months to see the lookback video of his 21-year-old son who died of natural causes. the videos are created by facebook users to show their top moments, and berlin said he is looking into other families who have lost lovedones. it is not only wrong, but a week too late. giant message boards around highways around atlanta are warning the motorists that a winter storm watch was in effect today and tomorrow burk the w-- national weather service had not issued the warning, and it was take then down by dawn. and city officials with were heavily criticized for the

snowstorm that crippled the atlanta area for days, but it is not clear what happened here. >> i think it is a combination of the communication, and te technical issues here, and so that the message from the old storm was not dumped, and the communication, and you know, someone was probably needed to be told, hey, make sure it is clear so that we don't have anymore issues around here. i'm pretty clear, too, on what we will get this weekend and i don't believe it is a big deal at all, folks. and looking for the snow to step into the area around 10:00 a.m. saturday. we have a long time here before we start to see the flakes around this area, but when it does, i am going to put it in the category of being conversational to sweepable, okay. does that make you feel better, pat? >> yes, it does. thank you. >> and all right. let e let's talk about the temperatures here for the early morning period. and 27 degrees and some of the outlying areas are going to be

lower, and there is going to be some ice around the area during the day, but late morning and into the 30s, the temperature at 36 degrees at 11:00 a.m. will start to push into the 40s, and chilly at 2:00 p.m. for your friday, and again down the line, the active pattern for february has not changed. and after this weekend's snow chance, we have another one coming into the area wednesday. right now, your countdown is 41 days until spring. all right. let me show you the storm team foreca forecast, and again, the high is 41, and then saturday, a 60% chance of snow right now, and the snow begins around 10:00 a.m., and ending around 5:00 p.m., and throughout the aer re with we are looking for the coating to about an inch. there is a slight chance for sunday, but i think that most of the flakes that we will get will occur saturday with the system moving up the coast and off of the coast and the high is 36. we push it to 42 on sunday, and notice the late and the lower chances that anything happen in

will be another system zipping through from west to east, and moving through us, and again, slight chance that we can pick up more snow, and then by the wednesday time period, look at the temperatures, and we will stay below average, and in the 30s and mostly for the high in the next temperature, and into the area right now, folk, in terms off that snow chance, it is not looking like a big storm right now, but the possibility as we hit 40 degrees of not only a few flakes of snow, but a few drops of rain as the temperature pushes to 40 next week this time. barbara and pat. >> thank you. up next, an emotional mother whose son died of a heroin overdose 1350eks out, and what she is asking for that could save other lives. it is a sport that is sweeping the winter games. i'm dianna russini, and i want to explain to you the simple rules of curling

in the news recently have been in the news because of allegedly beating inmates, but last week, a show of unity between the inmates and guards. a inmate was found lifeless in the bunk, and they sprang into action, and did chest compression compressions and mouth to mouth, and when the man started to breathe again, the crowded cell

block started to erupt and they shed tears. >> it is a moment when you have an inmate and a deputy sheriff to accomplish a life-saving goal at that. >> that inmate, a man in the 40s is expected to be just fine. >> and heroin deaths in our area are rising at an alarming rate. we have had 30 people die just since september. >> and some families are prompt ed to act, because of this. chris gordon spoke to one young mother. >> i did jake's eulogy, and i said that our son died of a heroin overdose, and i wanted the people there to hoe the truth. >> reporter: jacob patty died last july and i spoke to his mother and grandmother who came to annapolis from calvert county, and they said that he lit up a room when he walked in,

but he was addicted to pills when he crash on a four-wheeler. his heroin was laced with cocaine. he didn't do cocaine, because jake's drug of choice is pills. >> reporter: and every mother watching right now heartbroken and wondering how you got the strength and wondering why you decided to come on tv to tell your story? >> well, if i can save another family from the hell we are living, i will do what i have to do. >> reporter: this is the first christmas that the family has spent without him, and his birth a day coming up soon. his mother and grandmother visited their government offices for support of a immunity bill that will not harm someone if they help someone who is in

their midst overdosing. >> i believe it will save lives if people are not afraid to act. news 5:00 begins with breaking news. first at 5:00, two women shot when they answer a knock at the door. >> in the last 30 minutes, we have learned that that woman has died. that shooting has led to schools being shutdown in alexandria, and hunt for the gunman is under way. the police just wrapped up the conference of a shooting that happened at noon. >> and jackie bensen joining us live from the scene. >> wendy, moments ago the alexandria police chief confirmed grim news, one of the two victims, ruth adado who is a well respected music teacher died of her injuries. the scene was intense, and within minutes of the 911 call of the shooting on this drive here in alexandria, police were

searching for the gunman. the schools and the buildings nearby were on lockdown. the man knocked on the door, and two women were shot. one woman was shot in the arm, and managed to get to the neighbor's, but a second woman was shot, and she died, and then a third victim, who was described as the elderly mother was in the home, but she was not harmed. and the police chief had this update. >> officers located two female victims suffering from gunshot wounds. the victims were transported to a local hospital where one victim succumbed to the injuries and died. she has been identified as ruth ann adado, 59 years of age and city resident and the second victim is still at the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.

>> reporter: chief earl cook described the suspect. he is a white male with balding hair and some facial hair and possibly a small white beard. this area has an extremely low crime rate, and yet, the residents are concerned about this, because two of the most high-profile unsolved murders in alexandria history have occurred he here. the murder of nancy dunning who was the alexandria sheriff at the time, and the 2013 murder of the council of governance pl planner ron curry, and both of them happened in ajoining neighborhoods, and this has neighbors concerned about what is going on here, and we will have more on that at "news4 at 6:00." >> and we have more breaking news. a manhunt is ununder way in manassas. a murder suspect armed and dangerous. he has gotten away from the li