i'm jim vance. >> and i'm doreen gentzler and now to the developing story where we have just learned that one of the two women who was shot has died and the shooter still out there. police say that a man walked up to their home on ridge road drive and walked up to door and shot the two women who answered. jackie bensen is live on the scene with more on the victims and more about who the police are seeking. jack jackie? >> doreen, the woman who died of her injuries is a well known music teacher and he late father with was a oprominent judge, and this community is in shock. >> reporter: police officers with search dogs fanned out in the neighborhoods within minutes of the 911 call of a shooting inle a lin le alexandria. and that prompted a lockdown at two area schools. the man walked up to the door, and when they answered, he shot

them point blank. one woman was hit in the arm and he managed to run to the neighbor's house, and he called 911. the homeowner's daughter was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive the injuryies. her elderly mother was not physically harmed. >> this is very, very upsetting to this neighborhood, because nothing like this has ever happened. >> reporter: and while the neighborhood enjoys extremely low crime rate, two of alexandria's two high profile unsolved murdering, nancy dunning the wife of the sheriff at that time, and the shooting of ron ker kirby, a councilman took placeless than a mile away, and the police chief was asked if there could be a kconnection to this murder? >> well, that is a connection that occurs to us, and we are only a few hours into the investigation, so we will have to look to see to the similarity and whether or not we are dealing with a similar homicide. >> reporter: chief cook describes the suspect as a white man who is balding with gray

hair and a small beard. and now police at this point are not giving us a feeling that they want residents to be in a high state of alert, but what they say is that people should be careful as they should be in opening up the front door to someone they don't know. live in alexandria, jackie bensen, news4. >> and the ruth ann was a organ player at the st. catherine parish, and we just spoke to one of the pa rish ierrishierer ins shocked to learn of her death. >> shocked. that is my first emotion, and i'm saddened of the death of such a nice lady. just a beautiful woman who really did a lot for this parish. >> stay with news4 for the l latest on this double shooting in alexandria, and you can get more information by going to our

website nbcwashington.com. there is a manhunt in manassas for a man named earl mitchell. he is warned-- wanted for shooting an killing someone. he gave way in the prince william's parkway. he is now thought to be on foot. police want everybody in that area to be vigilant tonight. and we are waiting for the update on the search for the missing reservist kevin quick. they are waiting for a body that was located in gouchland, virginia. but we are told that it is quick's body. he disappeared after leaving his mother's home no charlottesville, monday night. his suv was spotted on surveillance in manassas saturday, and then tuesday, three siblings were arrested for the theft of quick's suv. today, a judge ordered those suspects held without bond. >> a story that has sparked outrage in the city. the family of 77-year-old medric

mills is demanding answers after mills died of a heart attack right across the street from a fire house. the family says that the workers at that station refused to help him. and now that family wants everyone involved to be fired. we have team 4 coverage. pat lawson muse spoke with the d.c. council chair. and we have mark segraves right outside in the parking lot. >> this is right where medric mills died right across the street from engine 26 on rhode island avenue here, where the family ran for help. the mayor and the chief have promised swift action and accountable, but the family says they want more than accountb, because they want to make sure this never happens again. >> we are calling for the naming and the firing of all of the d.c. fire and ems department

officials and employees involved in the tragedy who refused to provide care to my dad. >> reporter: medric mills' wife and son spoke publicly for the first time how much they loved him, and how much he didn't need to die. >> i have phone this man all of my adult life, and i loved him. for this city to take him away. >> it is extremely painful to think that my dad could still be with us if he had been given the proper care by firefighters. >> the family is calling on the mayor and d.c. council to change the law so that the government can be held liable in cases like this. and mills' wife also talked about her husband's relationship with the fire chief who says that he takes the death of mills personally, because the two were friends. >> i regret that this happened. and while they lost a father and a loved one, i lost a friend. >> yes, he knew him. when he wanted to know him.

>> reporter: now, there is going to be a candlelight vigil held in this parking lot this evening to honor mills, and also a call to action, and there has been a scholarship fund set up for mills' granddaughter. reporting live, mark segraves. and tonight, we are hearing from the d.c. council chair, and phil mendelsohn sat down with pat lawson muse for the "viewpoint" program, and what did he have to say about all of this? >> well, he says he is just as horrified as everybody else about what happened to medric mil mills. it is up to the board to decide the facts of the case, but i asked him if he beliefs that the family of med rric mills is rig that the city should be held responsible for the death. >> well, the fact is that the city is often sued and one does not have to go far into the

archives of newspapers to find large settlements of the district. but that is not the case here. i think that the issue is that the first responders who should have responded first, should have responded first. now i don't know all of the facts so i don't want to sound judgmental yet, but the situation as we know it is hor rib. >> and mendelsohn said that the people who need help should get help wherever they need it. i asked him if he thinks that the firefighters who failed to provide that help, and the fire station commander who gave them their orders not to help should be fired. >> as we know the story, i would say that people should be fired. as we know the story. maybe there is more to it, but if what we know is in fact what happened and there is not some excuse that we are not aware of, calling 911 should not be the only recourse that the citizen has. they ought to be able to knock on a firehouse door and say they need help and get help. >> you can watch the complete interview with chairman

mendelsohn about this on saturday morning at 9:00 on "viewpoint" and also some other reactions about the corruption in the police department, and the marijuana decriminalization bill that the council gutted. >> a whole lot of issues right now. thank you, pat. >> yes. >> and hundreds of thousands of people in the dark tonight, and crews are racing to remove the trees that are tangled up in the wires. they are trying to get the power restored after the snow and ice storm yesterday. the area hardest hit was in pennsylvania. more than 390,000 customers there are without power. it could be sunday before the areas that were hit the worst are restored and back here in the area, potomac edison is working to get the lights back on for more than 17,000 customers in fredrick and montgomery county. >> and you probably notice that if you drive there is a bumpy region here in our area. the potholes are everywhere. look at this one on 16th and taylor streets in the northwest. and ddot says it is more than u

busy as more than 3,000 potholes were filled last month, and already in the first six days of february, ta have filled 116 potholes. the city is urging rez dens to call 311 and use the social media to mention potholes so they can be filled. and a potential vulnerability at the airports as a member at the airport was hit by lightning. >> and a stroke prevention guidelines out for women. and her son died of an overdose last july. this is chris gordon and now she is here in annapolis asking the lawmakers to pass a good samaritan bill and spare other families that grief. warrenton, virginia, population, 9,000, and you may not know that the mayor of this town was behind a storied olympic team. i'm kristin wright, and i will have that story coming up. and on the cool side, future

weather over the next 24 to 36 hour, and the snow is trying to move back in. with we will talk about it in my forecast. and in sochi, the games have

the first day of competition is in the books for the winter olympics in sochi.

kicking off the games the snow boods competition to make its own olympic debut and the first ever team figure skating competition began and a big focus of the prime time coverage tonight. the opening sar mceremony takese tomorrow, and you will be able to watch it all right here on nbc4. and the u.s. olympic committee is working in sochi to address any security concerns in the games. this week, the russian authorities set a ban on liquids in carry-on luggage after police discovered a plot to put explosives inside of containers of toothpaste which includes all flights from the u.s. into rush sharks and they also said that deadly bombings at the new year of russia have underscored the security. >> and now after the gear arrived in sochi, the bobsled team had a chance to do a couple of runs down the sliding center today, and the luggage including the expensive runners for the

sled did not arrive on the flight to russia, and the jamaicans had to raise money to get to sochi, and now it is the first time in more than ta decade that they will compete in the olympics. >> and the original bobsled team in jamaica has a link here. >> and he helped to get them to the games. he talked to news4's kristin wright and remembered an olympic moment that launched a hit movie. >> reporter: the city of warrenton, and population 9,000. it is smalltown virginia, unl e unlikely place to find an olympic tale that is gold. >> i don't think that you could ever experience the emotion ever again. the flag bearer is dudley stokes. >> reporter: george fitch is the mayor of warrenton, and the 65-year-old former state department employee has stories and the one he perhaps tells best is about kacalgary, 1988.

that is him in the cowboy hat walking in opening ceremonies of the '88 winter games. >> the walk, itself, is magical. >> reporter: fitch lived in jamaica while working for the government and he fell in love with the country and the people. adventurer, he h organized the famed jamaican bobsled team that ip spired the blockbuster movie "cool runnings" and he spent his life savings, and the underdogs captivated the world. >> and about 35,000 people screaming to go jamaica. >> reporter: and fitch beat out another team in their race, but their team ended with a crash. >> and all you could see was his head banging on the wall. my worst nightmare. >> reporter: and miraculously, the bobsledders walked away from the crash. and now in sochi, a jamaican bobsled team is competing for the first time this this three

olympic games. >> i don't know if they can do as well, because the kids love it. >> reporter: and one of the mayor's proud moments is the aquatic center, and it is his legacy at home. >> it has been very rewarding. >> reporter: in warrenton, kristin wright, news4. and jim handly is in sochi with the olympics and follow him on facebook and twitter and read his blog. >>. tonight at 7:30, the special olympic zone e report will kick off live. join doug kammerer and dianna russini with a sneak peek of the opening ceremonies and we will tag along with two star athletes on the way to russia. and we invite you to the download the nbc washington.app, and then you will get all of the alerts of the games. >> is that you hooting in the background, doug? >> i loved that show. i loved the ozone show and we get to do it tonight and the next 17 days, and we get to host

the show, a nd i love this time of year. i love this time of year, but here, it is, well, on the cold side. winter is much below average, and 34 is the current number and the winds are out of the north at 6 miles per hour, and the temperatures today we are about 10 degrees bow low where they are or average this time of the year, and 28 inga gaithersburg, and 34 in manassas, and 34 in the river, and storm 4 radar with nothing to show right here. we are dry and going the stay that way for the next couple of days. the cloud cover, we relooking at t -- we are looking at the clouds, and they are going to continue to stream in, aped you folks in the haguerstown, and winchester, and tread rifredric will cool out faster, and it is going to be chilly. 21 in winchester, and 26 in the d.c. area, and downt a la plata coming in 23. and what about the next couple of days? chilly conditions for sure in morning. future cast showing at 7:00

a.m., the temperatures. tomorrow morning's rush no problems associated with the weather. and tomorrow evening, the same thing, just on the cool side. and tomorrow, it will be probably the nicest day of the next seven days so if you are out and about, don't worry about that, and then the cold stuff is going to move in, and saturday is a cold day, and a lot of you out there, stephanie out in leesburg, talking about what is going to happen in your way, and look at the snow coming in, and notice much of it to the south, and i think that everybody stands to see a good chance. over to huntingtown, and also, alex was talking about his chances of snow, but everybody has a chance in the day saturday to seet a least some snowfall. how much? well, we will talk about in in a second. 41 on the friday and 36 saturday. there's the chance of snow, and we will talk about it right now, as a matter of fact with the numbers coming in. a coating up to possibly an inch in some locations which goes for everybody. could we see more than an inch? yes, it is possible and maybe an 1 1/2 and a maybe up to 2

inches, but it is not going to be a big storm. same deal sunday with another chance of light snow, and the temperatures around 40 degrees, and then monday and tuesday and wednesday on the cold side with the highs in the 30s, but another chance of snow wednesday and thursday, and that storm we will watch again for the potential to see things getting bigger there, but still, we are way far out a wway from that on and so continue to watch us, and we will continue to keep you updated on the snow chances coming through the area. and you can hoot, and holler and cheer during my forecast think time at ul a. >> oh, during the forecast and i thought that you meant through the olympic show? >> and yes, you are the live audience. >> you give us a forecast to cheer about, and we will. >> all right. 85 on thursday. >> all right. what a good line. >> and the faa is now inspecting hundreds of airports nationwide after an air traffic controller at bwi is hit by lightning. >> i'm tracee wilkins coming up

news4, two years ago a man was charged with murder here in prince george's county and how did he end up shooting and

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religion are more just -- >> this morning, president obama athe national prayer breakfast here in washington. he told to bipartisan group that freedom of religion across the world is not only a right, but key to the national security. he says he is going to the vatican next month to visit pope francis. and loudoun county adopted a budget for the 2015 school year including an operating budget of $49 million which is $3 million less than the budget proposed by the school superintendent. among the areas that the school board members are hoping to improve is increased salaries for the employees an reduced class sizes for the students. there is a hearing on the budget next monday. sghoo and d.c. council member mural bowser beat out henry gray. and payor gray came in second with 34% in that straw poll.

and be busboys and poet's owner andy sha lal came in with 30% of the vote. the d.c. primary vote is april 31st, and early voting starts next month. the federal food and drug administration is expected to inspect hundreds of airport towers because of an lightning strike. the faa did issue lightning protection standards. and last year, an employee had his hand on a generator switch when he was shocked and he needs to have surgery to repair lipgerring nerve damage. >> every year, twice as many women die of strokes than breast cancer, making it the third-leading cause of death among women. and now the medical experts are

trying the prevent the deaths with the first-ever stroke guidelines designed specifically for women. and while men and women stair share a lot of the stroke risk factors, doctors say there are many unique to females including hormones and reproductive health and childbirth. and for instance, women with preeclampsia have twice the risk of stroke in pregnancy and they need to be screened for the high blood pressure. and women who have high blood pressure should be measured before they take birth control pills. and women who have migraines with aura, which is a change in the vision, should be aware. >> and most of those women don't see the increase of risk. >> women tend to live longer than men and therefore they have a higher lifetime risk for having a stroke. >> and a military dog captured by the taliban. nbc4 is learning more about that, and we will tell you about

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for a guy accused of murder. wendy? >> well, we have been updating you for a man wanted in a homicide in another state. he is wanted for killing a man in johnstown, pennsylvania, last month and now he has been spotted in manassas. he is considered armed an dangerous. jonathan of the police department is joining us now. why did he come the manassas? a connection of old girlfriend or family or anything at all? >> well, wendy, we are looking into that to see if he has any ties to the area here in manassas or prince william county. as of right now, we have not been able to determine one or if he was just passing through the area. >> reporter: how difficult to look for someone who is traveling on foot? how hard is that for the police department? >> wellk the area specifically where he is, there is a large wooded area nearby, and there is several homes and places where he could be hunkered down in,

and so right now, we are conducting a methodical search of the area and making sure that he is not hiding down there. >> reporter: and we are looking at the video of the helicopter there, and do you still have the helicopter up, and how long will you be looking for him? >> well, the helicopter is going to be look g fing for him in th area, and we hope the find him soon. >> reporter: and we have been hearing about the technology where they can use the infrared on the chop tpers that can can find people who are lost or criminals hiding, and are you using that technology? >> to my knowledge, yes, we currently have that in place, yes. >> reporter: and to the residents of manassas, can you tell me what area specifically, you are look for him and what should people do in that area if they come upon him? >> well, this area is very close to the city of manassas border off of the prince william parkway and kind of in the lake jackson area, and last seen

years ago, and this time according to the blades' ar are rest warrant, he shot three to five times and struck him in the back as he was trying to run away. >> it is disappointing that it happened and it is unfortunate situation where with we can only charge the crimes based on the evidence that we have. >> and blades is being held on a d.c. jail with charges of assault with intent to kill while armed. he is expected to stand trial. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins for news4. and new vid oeo has been released from the taliban about a captured dog. and police are looking for a robbery suspect that they say got away on a bicycle. the chance of snow means that the temperatures are on the cool side. look at the numbers over the next few days and we will stay chilly and average this time of the year is 46 degrees, but we won't go ck to do that more.

>> and the comedian billy crystal was his first guest on the first show, and he is going to return for the last show tonight, and we are expecting some surprise guests, and we invite you the watch jay leno's final tonight show right here on nbc4 at news4 at 11:00, and 22 years it has been. >> and he is not kidding this time? >> well, he is serious. >> and he is out of here. >> and one of the things that i admire about jay leno is that he was a class act in handling that and that was a tricky situation that he found himself in. >> and yes, and remember the heated competition to take johnny's seat all of those years ago. >> i sure do. >> and he won that, and now i would like to see him on one of the cross country rides out on the bike. >> yes. >> and he has a million of those stories. >> and talking about taking all of the cars ow. >> that would be fun. >> i'm in. >> and drive each one in his garage for a week or so. >> and tonight is the last show, and then jimmy fallon will move the show to new york, and

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on our broadcast tonight, the games begin, day one of competition here in sochi, and even before the opening ceremony there is a new worry about security. and tonight the tsa now has an advisory for all u.s. airlines headed here. knocked out. the big storm in the east has left hundreds of thousands without power heading into