>> reporter: news4 has learned the name of this detective who was shot and wounded this morning. we are not going to name him. d.c. police has a policy of not releasing names of crime victims is we are going to honor that request. but i can tell you that he's been an officer with d.c. police for more than 25 years. he was shot four times, yet he is expected to be okay. his fellow officers tell me they are not surprised. they say he is a very tough man. and we begin our sty tonight in the neighborhood where one suspect was arrested. >> we knew something seriously had happened. >> reporter: hampton buster was asleep when a group of men wanted in the shooting of the off duty police detective drove down a street and bailed out of their car. >> apply grandson was in the basement he come up and woke everybody up the police in the yard. >> reporter: onef suspects arrested here in hple d j steet? northeast. the others scattered in the

neighborhood and got away. >> he was distraught. he kept laying his head back and forth on the ground and oh my goodness something has rooeld happened to me. i'm going to be in trouble here. >> the men are wanted for shooting the officer in pennsylvania and southern avenues in southeas early this morning. the police say the guys were in niss nissan altima when they shot him a couple times he t drivewa >> s. >> rep tndt d h bn thhe dentoretts soce news4 he was shot four times but expected to be okay. >> we have a detve just out of surge. she was shot multiple times in this attempt carjacking. he is stable. >> d.c. public works crews were called in to mow and cut down debris to mow on hunt place looking for the weapon used in

the shooting. no gun was found. they did recover a set of car keys and placed them in an evidence bag. everyone re hin for th best for the officer. >> i know he's well, he's going to be okay. community is praying for him. so we know his going to be okay. >> reporter: so far d.c. police have not released the name of the suspect arrested earlier today but i am told he is from here in the d.c. area. and coming up on news4 at 6:00 i'm going to take you into the backyard of one of the neighbors there in the community who shows the damage caused by the suspects as they tried to get away from police. reporting live from d.c. police headquarters, darcy spencer news4. develop ptm t roads. a dump truck crash causing a misfor ride home. chopper 4 live over the scene near montrose road exit in rockville. the truck overturned and spilled its load all over the northbound

lanes around 3:00. they did lift hov restrictions to get traffic flowing again. and we've just learned three were hurt but all are expected to be okay. the delays as you can imagine are ugly folks. traffic backed up to about new hampshire avenue and on the inner loop into virginia near i-66. now check out the scene in parts of maryla after yesterday's heavy rains of the looks at the damage left behind. some roads undermined by swift moving water. a bridge even washed away and that is only part of the problem. a water main bre ad to a boil water advisory for thousands in an area thfrom ak keek to fort washington. >> lots of problems here in southern prince george's county. here on southern springfield road you can see it's closed. and you look right beyond the

sign, that's just how serious it is. if a car tried to derive down the road they would find themselves falling into what is now a 20 foot deep ditch. >> where you see the grass and all bent over that is where the water was rolling down through here. >> reporter: water was literally coming from everywhere in parts of southern prince george's county last night. >> i went outside and water from my backflow was coming out so i went in my basement to turn the water off. >> the intense flooding of nearby creeks washed away driveways like this one. >> i couldn't go any further than this. and the current was really strong. logs coming through. a boat or something came through. >> reporter: you c see just how jeopardized south springfield road is and you can also see the path of rushing water how it left a huge crevice on the side of the road and this is the end result, the bridge completely washed out and now this road is closed. department of public works crews

put signs up and actual concrete barriers to keep drivers from falling into the ditch in the road. and if that wasn't bad enough there was a 12 inch water main break that ran over night adding to the flooding water and decreasing water pressure in the area. >> we've isolatedai folksreacinerce thear aecse of the low pressure situation, contaminates can get into the pipes and so we have a boil water advisory in place for the next 36 to 48 hours. >> reporter: spokesn are stressing at this point they have not found contamination but still want folks to boil water and to be very careful just in case. to make sure you are included in all that you can go to wssc, they have a map and you can put in your address and see if your home was actually impacted and you are among the folks who need to boil water. they a expeg last midday

friday. more on how they are dealing with the water advisory in prince george's county. and the flooding aftermath is just limited to our suburbs in southern maryland. check out this bridge. flood waters washed away a huge chunk of the bridge. in fact you can see right through it. the baltimore area hasn't gotten that much rain in 80 years not since 1933. so much rain fell it turned a parking lot at bwi airport into a swimming pool. now travellers are coming home to find cars flooded with water, covered in mud and some cases no longer running. >> reporter: these are long term parking lots, where this all happened.

>> i got in and it started up and then it kind of choked and then i kept, you know, the battery was working but -- and then i looked in and there was water all in the foot areas of the backseat. >> reporter: the vetan which has logged 180,000 miles had to be towed away but keeping her fingers across e'n the country with emmy lou. >> if i lose it i'm going to be sad. >> reporter: a man just got back to find his brand new 3 month old car a mess. he didn't even want to talk about it.

a long-term parking lots are the shuttle ride away from the terminal. the shuttle drivers have been warning drivers their cars may be damaged. tow trucks have been busy and many cars moved to higher drier ground. >> back at bwi in the parking lot here. could the airport have been more helpful in this entire situation? what they are saying about the mess. reporting live at bwi, news4. comag up in our next half hour, erica gonzalez explains what is covered and not covered by insurance. >> a what a difference 24 hours makes out there but some communities still grmi inming grappling with the rainfall from last night. >> veronica johnson here to explain what is next. >> we've o seen our streams, skreex creeks and rivers all slowly recede. but last night that was up into

parts of new york. look this is long isnder where th g hammered this morning. they set all time record rainfall for the state of new york. this is the long isnd expressway. look at those cars. they are just sitting. in fact they were stranded. folks had to abandon them, get out and escape the water. how much did they get? well they shattered the rainfall record in 24 hours. 13.27 inches of rain and in a single hour they had between 5 and 6 inches of rain. take a look. here is where the system is now. the area of low pressure is the system. and it is moving away but they still have cloud cover up there. around here just a few clouds. for us not a big deal at all and i think we'll contie s the dry r vinin. so if you are dining out this evening your sun sets at 08505. gorgeous conditions ifoure out late. drops to mid 70s by then. fine fine weather and big changes this weekend.

we'll talk about it in a few minutes. thank you. w to potentially historic twopt developments out of virginia. f the first tee sex couples could possibly get married a week from today. that is because an appeals court denied the request to keep the ban on gay marriage. outside the courthouse with the latest on the ruling. >> reporter: tonight clerk of the prince william county clerk is asking the u.s. supreme court to issue an emergency stay essentially wanttho uphold the ban. if the high court refuses that theny as soon as next wednesda gay couples could come to courts like this and apply for marriage licenses. they have been toge 18 years, 4 years ago they married out of the state but come

wednesday these two ho tir marriage wl be recognized in the commonwealth. >> i never thought i would see this in my lifetime. never. >> reporter: but being a church pastor danny says today's decision by the court of appeals could mean that the couples he marries no longer have to leave virginia to say i do. >> my couples no longer have to go to maryland or into d.c. or delaware to have their marriages legally recognized in their home state. >> and on wednesy pastor danny and richard could apply for the same benefits heterosexual couples get. delegate bob marshall the author of the original amendment voted into law that bans same sex marriage has a different take of the ruling. >> they are acting like they are the supreme courov everybody. why not let the supreme court handle this decision. i just think they are in a race to get something up there.

going to play out locally within the courts here in northern virginia. live in manassas virginia i'm david culver news4. three months after being forced from theiros a shifting slope residents in fort washington hope a solution is finally near. they are asking the county to approve what is known as option 5. that would requit county to buy six homes that have been condemned and would require water sewer and drainage systems to be repaired in the neighborhood. new at 5: a trusted local

handy man with great recommendations. find ouw that trust was shattered in one community. plus if they gunned me down. it is a hashtag that is going viral. we'll explain both sides as the nation watches one city unravel after an unarmed teenager shot and killedpy police. hundreds more unaccompanied children have arrived in the d.c. area. where are they

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. protesters on the move in st. louis. a city that has seen two police involved shootings in the past few days. >> police in ferguson are now asking people to protest during daylight hours only. and this is coming after a second police involved shooting in that same town. police say it happened during dimensions last night. officers shot and critically wounded a man who pointed a gun at them. this all is coming after this weekend's fatal shooting of the michael brown. brown was shot and killed by an unidentified police officer and that shooting has stirred up a lot of racial tensions in the st. louis suburb. today there was this exchange between the state senator and the police chief.

>> i just wanted to know if i was going to be gassed again like i was on monday night. and i'm your state senator and i was gassed. >> i know. >> and we couldn't get out. and we were peacefully sitting. i just want to know if i'm going to be gassed again. >> i hope not. >> i really hope not either. >> along with the protest there is also backlash from social media about some of the way the media have covered the shooting. people are challenging the way michael brown has been portrayed in some news stories and a lot of people are now using the hashtag "if they gun me down." they are posting several photos of themselves. we are having a little technical problems here but basically the gist of the story is they post these photos, one dressed one way, one dressed up very well. here it is. here we go. and you can see the hashtag "if they gun me down." same person dressed in different ways and they are asking which one would the media use if this

happened to them. take a look at this one in particular. it's an american soldier. it is getting a lot of retweets. a casual look on one side on the left and on the right there he is in his uniform reading to some kids. even some local folks are getting involved in this viral effort that's gone nationwide. both of these photos are of curtis brown. he happens to be a member of the prince county board of education. in the suit on the left a lot more casual on the right. the bottom line is this hashtag is going around the world. thousands weighing in on the photos that are captured and then put out there when someone is involved in an incident. back to you guys. now to the latest on the crisis at the border. the news4 iteam has learned hundreds of addition unaccompanied minors have arrived just in the past few

weeks. 2800 children have been placed in foster homes in virginia since the start of 2014 in maryland that's more than 600 just for july. a spoke person for maryland says one reason the state's accepted so many of the children is the large salvadoren population. it hours to wring out yesterday. this time yesterday we were deep in it. >> we were many and really just wanting it over. now it is. so we have a pretty nice stretch of weather ahead of us for a while but big changes for the weekend coming. 84 is our temperature right now. yes a little bit of a breeze out of the northwest. the dry air coming in and sunshine again througho the area. the winds will subside when we get closer to sun set. we're at 84 degrees now. we drop ten degrees by 9:00. i think it's still comfortable at 74.

10:00, 72. and by tomorrow morning, a little cool. these are the numbers you would typically see around september, not august. and i'm talking latptbe 63 in in area. 56 in other areas. 58 sterling. warrenton 57 degrees. here is a look at future weather. the next two days we'll have just a few clouds late tomorrow but still mostly sunny. cool conditions tonight as high pressure moves in. here is a look at 6:00 early energy. the clouds i talked about around 3:00 tomorrow afternoon and more sunshine for the end of the week. more delightful weather as we wrap up the workweek. prince george's couy ou college park, 83.

84 into d.c. 82 around waldorf. culpeper getting to a high of 83. tomorrow afternoon absolutely beautiful. range in temperatures not too bad but still running a few degrees below averag so west winds at 5 to 10. that puts the storm team 4 impact for thursday, boom. none. plenty of sunshine and low humidity and it will stay for a couple of days. in fact here is look at your storm team 4 forecast, thursday 84 with sunshine. 82 a little cooler friday. and look at the mornings, for the next two, three mornings are going to be pretty cool. first half of the weekend is looking terrific. 87 the high on saturday. oops let's go back to that. 86 for a high temperature saturday. 91 sunday with a 30% chance of afternoon showers a storms. and it is on sunday, especially

during the afternoon when we could have a passing storm. the other thing about second hooft half of the weekend is the humidity is back with a little of the heat. monday is a northeastly w lyl. w tr coolest day right behind the warmest on monday. so a lot of folks have been asking about the meteor showers k. you view them tonight? i'll let you know. people in neighborhood are

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national slugger jayson werth is known for driving pitches out of pal park. he is in trouble with the law for driving over 105 miles per hour. charged with reckless driving last month. they clocked his porsche driving 105 in a 55 miles per hour zone. this is the copy of the stick werth received. he had a hearing for last week but the case was contued until november 12th. the nationals released a statement regarding the misdemeanor char saying quote the nationals have been in contact with jayson with regard to this for weeks. he's cooperating with the authorities as it is. as an ongoing legal matter the team has no further comment. werth was out of the lineup yesterday dealing with right shoulder inflammation. now at 5:00, handy man arrested. >> find out what a man who's family trusted is accused of

doing to one woman. >> flooding and your car. are you covered? i'm erica gonzalez and i'll have the answer coming up. i'm julie carey in richmond where the prosecution is beginning to wrap up its case against mcdonnell and presenting some jarring numbers. what they had to neighbors if

you hear something disturbing you should call us and we'll come out and check to make sure everything is okay. >> reporter: wheaten is charged with two felony, attempted rape and burglary. tonight he's being held without bail. there is one reason why people who live in this neighborhood tell us they feel they are becoming somewhat of an easy target. we'll have that single reason for you coming up tonight at 6:00. live in alexandria, kristen wright news4. >> thank you kristen. earlier this hour to you about the ruling by federal court in virginia that could mean an historic change on the pan on gay marriage. >> pete williams habe working t storan joins us now. pete, explain the ruling and tell us how early gay couples could start to marry in virginia. >> in july the c court of appeals struck down the ban on same sex marriage

many cars were left subme e subme in yesterday's flood waters. damage has drivers wondering what they will have to fork over to salvage their cars. >> so what is covered and what is not by your insurance? erica gonzales joins us to break it all down. >> the insurance information institute had to help us with this one. the good news is your her again as she walks down the

aisle. >> our sister station in new york has more on the special reunion. >> yonkers police captain has saved a lot of lives in his 45 years but it was this baby girl who he formed a lifelong connection with. >> a snapshot of he reeism, 20 years later a picture perfect friendship between two very unlikely people brought together by near tragedy. >> he saved the lives of more than a dozen people, including this two month old girl. >> this was then sergeant joseph varka featured on good cops of new york 20 years ago. now a captain he remembered finding her not breathing like it was yesterday. >> first got of the car you could see the limbs and legs everything just dangling. you could see there was no life there. >> after he delivered cpr the infant started brooelth