pure panic after a fire breaks out at a local apartment building and not everyone escapes unscathed. a late-night shooting has a close knit community shaken as two teenagers recover from gunshot wounds. i'll have a live report coming up in just a few. the sports world remembers one of the faces of espn after stuart scott dies of cancer. a special honor he received right here in d.c. we begin tonight with a developing story. fire ripped through an apartment complex in alexandria and witnesses say they heard smoke detectors going off and screams. the people inside frantically tried to escape the two-alarm

fire and news4's derrick ward is live at the scene. what about the families who were inside? >> reporter: you know fortunately those people are being looked after at this point. we understand there were some injuries but not serious injuries. some injuries from burns and from smoke inhalation. but take a look behind me now. you can see this is the apartment where they believe this fire might have started and the investigative part of this started to find out what started this fire that displaced several families. it was about 3:00 without warning residents at this apartment building were faced with the unmistakable signs of a fire first the smell of smoke. >> i thought someone was cooking at first. >> reporter: it was clear his neighbors were in trouble. >> i heard people crying and yelling. >> the fire originated at the ground level and was extending up the side of the building. >> reporter: that meant people on the upper floors were in the path of the rising smoke and

flames. >> our firefighters immediately effected extinguishment and stretched a hose line and started getting up to the balconies on ladders to rescue occupants. >> reporter: three women were taken to the hospital with burns and smoke injuries. others were also treated for smoke inhalation. it's likely an early warning kept this from being much worse. did you hear smoke detectors going off? >> i heard a lot of them going off. >> reporter: the cause of this fire is just starting to be investigated and all six apartments were heavily damaged and 15 people displaced. again, we're at the morningside apartments off 390. the red cross is on scene to help those displaced families. we're told they will first get them dinner and go about business of finding a place for these people to stay for the next few days because taking a look at this apartment, all of the utilities are off and they are uninhabitable and will be for some time.

>> thank you. two teenagers walking to a synagogue last night when they got shot. both had to be rushed to the hospital. investigators say there's no connection between the shooting and the synagogue but neighbors in green belt are rightfully worried. >> i have never experienced anything like this before. i'm kind of in shock a little bit. >> reporter: gunfire so close to sarah's home in this close knit co-op community on ridge road is not the norm. >> i was inside last night. i heard some yelling and some shots. >> my husband heard three shots, pause, a gap and then five more additional gunshots. >> reporter: this woman who did not want us to show her face on camera say gunshots came out of nowhere and she did hear noise from a fight that broke out near her house and this synagogue before the shots were fired. >> extremely quiet. we hadn't heard any noise prior

to that. >> reporter: a party at the synagogue. one describes it as a hip-hop party. the two teens who were shot ages 16 and 19 are expected to survive their injuries but this shooting has shaken this community and it will change the way the synagogue does business with outside groups. the synagogue released a statement expressing regret over the incident saying it had no knowledge of or involvement in the event except that it had rented its facilities to an outside community group. it is now changing its policy of renting to outside groups. >> it's a nice neighborhood. nice synagogue. i know a lot of the people there. i just was real surprised. >> reporter: police say the shooting victims who were headed to the party at the synagogue could not tell them anything about the suspects. some scary moments today for a woman driving through rock creek park. she lost control of her car and

plunged into shallow water near georgetown. she was able to get out on her own and climb on the roof of her car until help arrived. all this happened just south of p street and police had to shut down part of rock creek parkway for a couple hours while crews pulled that car out. we had mild weather today but if you thought it was an anomaly, you were right. storm team 4's amelia segal joins us live in the weather center with what's coming next. >> good evening. look at the temperature right now. can you believe we are at 65 degrees at 6:00 p.m.? mostly cloudy skies. i'm tracking showers moving through the area. it's also a little bit breezy right now with winds at about 15 miles an hour. now, on storm team 4 radar i'm tracking this area of rain and then some showers back behind it. this rain pushes through the area moving toward the east and it clears the d.c. metro area by 9:00 10:00 p.m. after that our temperatures drop significantly. we're dealing with showers until about 10:00 p.m. and that's when we're at a temperature of 52.

by midnight we're at 47. 1:00 a.m. 45 degrees. no rain in the forecast for tomorrow. it is significantly cooler and blustery as well. i'll let you know how cool it will be on monday coming up in about ten minutes. >> thanks. stuart scott changed the way we talked about sports. catch phrases like cool is the other side of the pillow. i knew stu. he was a damn fine man. he would have his arm around you one minute asking how you're doing and next he would have you cracking up. he died this morning after struggling with cancer for the past seven years. he thought he had beat the disease but it came back twice. scott anchored on espn for more than 20 years and was a fixture on sports center. he accepted the perseverance award last year. >> when you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer.

you beat cancer by how you live why you live and in the manner in which you live. [ applause ] >> so live. live. fight like hell. and when you get too tired to fight, lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you. >> a few months ago stu was honored here in d.c. with the 2014 nfl players association georgetown lombardi award. his friend and fellow anchor accepted that award for him. stu was 49 years old. he had two teenage daughters. an emotional day in new york city as about 20,000 police officers said good-bye to an officer killed in the line of duty. wenjian liu's widow cried and clutched a picture of her late

husband. officer liu died in an ambush a couple months after they got married and his widow called him a hero at work and at home. >> his spirit will continue to look to us. he will keep an eye on us. >> some officers staged another show of disrespect to mayor bill de blasio turning his backs on him as he spokes. police union leaders accused the mayor of fostering an anti-police climate because he sympathized with demonstrators that protested deaths of unarmed men at the hands of police. today recovery teams pulled four more bodies out of the java sea and a u.s. navy helicopter brought them to shore. victims were on the airasia flight that crashed last week. search teams spotted a large object in the water and think it's part of the wreckage but bad weather prevented divers from staying in the water for long. today the indonesian government

said it's likely that weather caused the crash of flight 8501. all 162 people onboard are now presumed dead. next at 6:00 teenagers have limited rides but leaders in one local city want to give 16 year olds a right to vote. find out where and why. news4 viewers are helping you save on gas. a wild scene for one driver. a bobcat stuck in the grill of his car. how it got there and how the little guy is do trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪

a big dip in gas prices in maryland. drivers there are paying eight cents less than a week ago. aaa says the price for regular is now $2.41 a gallon and some people are paying less. like us on facebook and let us know where you're filling up in maryland. folks are weighing in with cheaper prices. gas was $2.37 in buoy at the exxon on route 301. another driver paid 2.11 in waldorf and that was the price at a costco. drivers have to watch out for deer in our area but in arizona, wild bobcats are a problem. a man heading for dinner friday night got quite a surprise when a bobcat somehow hitched a ride in the grill of his car. he spotted the small animal dart in front of the car and thought it scampered off. and then he noticed a crack. when he looked further, he spotted a wild bobcat nestled

between the radiator and the grill of his mazda. >> police came out. officer tried to help us. he tried to pull the grill out and nudge the bobcat out but he wasn't going anywhere. >> game and fish employees had to sedate the animal. it only weighed seven pounds and didn't have scratch on it. they'll release the bobcat back into the wild. still to come at 6:00 they are three of d.c.'s top movers and shakers. why mayor bowser, police chief were in the spotlight today. coldest

here in the nation's capital, three very powerful women run the government police and schools and today they all appeared together to tell the country about the challenges facing the district. d.c. mayor bowser police chief lanier and henderson went on "meet the press" and talked to chuck todd about tackling d.c.'s issues. >> how fitting for the nation's capital to have three women in charge who have gotten things done in this city for years and we're going to continue to focus on moving our city forward. washington has come a long way. we have improved our schools. driven down crime and we want

the whole world to know that we are a city on a move. >> coming up at 11:00, we'll take a closer look at the issues they're working on. school reform. d.c. statehood and the district's marijuana initiative. at 16 most teenagers can drive, work and pay taxes and now a city in maryland wants them to vote. on tuesday, the city council will hear public comments on a proposal to let 16 year olds vote in local elections to increase voter turnout and if it pass highs atville will allow teenagers to vote. >> hopefully people stepped outside today. >> high temperature was 65 degrees. dry most of the afternoon. plenty of clouds around. hopefully you soaked up the warmth because that's leaving and it isn't coming back any time soon. the coldest air in a year makes its way into the area wednesday and thursday.

so your weather headlines for tomorrow we'll ease into the cold. high temperatures tomorrow upper 30s. definitely colder temperatures and breezy as well. for tuesday, some snow is in the forecast. generally light snow. more on that in a moment. frigid. downright brutally cold on wednesday and thursday. temperatures right now are in the 50s and 60s. 64 is the temperature in washington. for tomorrow it's already here the cold is already here tomorrow morning. 7:00 a.m. temperature of 38 inside of the beltway. low 30s for those of you in the suburbs. when you factor in winds throughout the day, it will feel like temperatures are in the 20s. notice how our temperatures just kind of hang in upper 30s through the majority of the day. partly to mostly sunny skies. tomorrow evening, 7:00 p.m. a temperature of 30 degrees. you leave work later tomorrow you'll step outside and that cold is going to hit you in a big way. traveling for the most part just fine tomorrow. you'll need sunglasses. dry roads, outside exercise run

with gloves on. breezy and cold heading out and about. you'll be fine with a warm jacket and shades. future weather starting off on tuesday at 5:00 a.m. this is the day with snow in the forecast. notice it is snowing for that morning commute. 8:00 here we are. it's featuring snow around washington and areas to the north. notice that trend continues through the early afternoon hours. by the late afternoon and evening hours, we return to dry weather. snow is likely on tuesday. especially around the district and then up through parts of northern and western maryland. minor accumulation but it could slow the morning commute as far as totals an inch or less in the d.c. metro area. you hit gaithersburg and areas to the north. about a dusting to three inches. wednesday and thursday high temperatures don't even make it out of the 20s. thursday especially cold. a high of 24. when you factor in windchills throughout the day on thursday will range from zero to 15 degrees.

we'll try to see temperatures warm up friday on into next weekend. again, keeping a close cryeye on cold impacting the area wednesday and thursday.

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if the caps are going to make a run at the playoffs florida panthers or one of those teams will have to hold off. >> panthers are terrible. florida panthers historically have been terrible. they're not going make the playoffs or make a run. they'll crash and burn like every year. indoor hockey not as fun as outdoor hockey. we'll get through the rest of the nhl season today. capitals back on the ice today for the first time since the winter classic. no new year's day hangover. offensive explosion at the verizon center. hosting the florida panthers. first period. this game is scoreless. streaking after it and slams right into the goalie who came out to meet him and a great save there. take another look. on the ice for a few minutes. he did return to the game but

did not come back out for the third period. let's go to the second period. capitals on the power play. beautiful here. an assist today and make it three straight games with a goal and assist for him. brooks going between those legs of the defender. doesn't get much better than that. this game is tied at two. under a minute left. second period. panthers turn it over again. the third goal of the season. that's a career high in goals. third goal on the season. caps take 3-2 lead. they win 4-3. next game for washington capitals on the road in toronto this wednesday. let's move to the nfl now. the playoff picture starting to shape up around the league. last night we saw carolina and he colts and bengals squared off. both starting quarterbacks andrew luck andy dalton still

searching for their first playoff win. three straight playoff appearanceses for andrew luck taking on the bengals without a.j. green dealing with concussion issues. this is the running back punching it in from two yards out. colts up 7-0. let's skip ahead. two minutes left to go before halftime. stripped of the football here and huge play for the bengals. nelson recovers it. a field goal to make it a three-point game. in the third quarter, luck showing off the arm strength. hit from behind. falling down. still throws a strike. that's a 36-yard touchdown. unbelievable play from andrew luck who picks up his first career playoff win. colts down bengals 26-10. they'll head to denver next

week. >> the one magical play was andrew at his finest. maestro back there. he's unbelievable. he makes great decisions today. he made them all day long. it was a great game for him. >> you appreciate everyone and you don't take it for granted. at the same time onto next week. the playoffs is a different feeling. you have to move on and keep that journey alive. >> the ravens are still all smiles this evening. they head to new england saturday to take on the new england patriots. baltimore came through with the first playoff win in pittsburgh last night to get a chance to play the pats. the ravens won two seasons ago and won the super bowl that season. this team doesn't care who or where they play. they just want to win. >> it's the playoffs. so you know you're going for get the best shot from every

guy. i was going across the middle and troy tried to hit me and so i anticipate the same red carpet treatment across the middle in new england as well. >> we know the matchup nfl want to see. we got faith in ourselves and ravens nation and we're going to see if we can disrupt some people's plans. >> suggs referring to that peyton manning/tom brady matchup and also cowboys are in action right now. dallas getting beaten by detroit lions 17-7. that game is in the third quarter. over in college basketball bcu opened up conference play. looking for their 11th win this season. first half action. out to a ten-point lead for vcu. good ball movement working inside out to graham. he's going to knock down the three pointer.

14 points 7 boards. second half 14-0 run here. they started over and weber throwing it down. weber finished this contest with six steals on the day. an easy vcu goes on to win 75-58. >> interesting that a lot of nfl players comfortable speaking out against the league this year. >> they are. why not? >> that's the news for now. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪

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