teenagers shot near a local synagogue. now neighbors are reacting to the violent in their close-knit community. >> a car thief hit an family in an area. thousands of officers say good-bye to a fallen hero but

something else threatens to up stage the ceremony. good evening i'm chris lawrence. get ready, a blast of arctic air is headed our way and storm team 4 amelia segel is here to show us what to expect. chris, it's hard to believe at 7:00 p.m. the temperature was 66 degrees. at this hour we're in the 40s and 50s. 54 is the temperature in washington. cold front moved through the area between 7 and 8:00 p.m. that brought with it some rain. that front has cleared the area and now our temperatures continue to tumble. by midnight or 1:00 a.m. temperature around 44. weir in the 30s by 45:00 a.m. it's blustery as well. winds tomorrow morning will be 10 to 20 miles an hour. when you factor in the winds, chris, stepping out the door 7:00 a.m. heading back to work it will feel like temperatures are in the 20s. tuesday, our attention turns to some snow. i'll let you know how much you could expect coming up in about

15 minutes. >> thanks. we want to turn now to breaking news. right now college park police are on the hunt for three armed men. they broke into a home a mile away from the university of maryland. the robbery happened on a home on pa toe mick avenue. the man inside the house said he gave up his belongings and feared for his life. they didn't hurt him. an alert was sent this evening to students notifying them about the crime. someone stole this customized van from a grandmother who is wheelchair bound. tonight she tells us they not only got her means of transportation they took her independence, too. last night that van was parked right outside her home in maryland. she needs it to get to a local hospital where she does volunteer work. she told news4 derrick ward the thieves left her feeling trapped in her own home. >> reporter: for the past ten years, joan had to use a wheelchair to get around. we could all envy the kind of

task that make up a typical week in her life. >> i go to holy cross to volunteer, tuesday, wednesday and thursday we would be watching our granddaughter, little granddaughter payton. then friday back to holy cross. >> reporter: she speaks of those things in the past tense now -- >> because our car was stolen. >> reporter: the white 2013 honda odyssey was customized for her use with a wheelchair ramp special seating and hand control. she only had it for about three months and it gave her a sense of freedom and mobility and usefulness. that's what was taken. >> i feel like i'm trapped. i know i'm not. i can go out in the front yard but i can't go anywhere. >> reporter: they believe the van was taken sometime between 11:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. palmers say vehicles like the one that was stolen to this spot are unique to each owner. another person in a wheelchair wouldn't necessarily be able to use it the same way she did. >> it's specific for this wheelchair. we have all our ramps in the back. >> reporter: fortunately palmer's family come to her side to help with errands and some of

the things she used to do on her own, but no one can replace the sense of independence that was taken away by a medical condition and restored by a vehicle. >> it's just really hard because it sort of re-enforces the whole disability thing. >> reporter: derrick ward news4. take a quick look. the van they stole was a 2013 honda odyssey. it's white with maryland tags 26465 h/t. we have new video tonight of a major fire in alexandria. you can see thesmoke pouring out of the apartments there. fire broke out near little river turnpike just off 395. investigators say it started on the first level and then spread to the upper floors which put a lot of residents in the path of the rising smoke and flames. >> so we got our firefighters immediately effected extinguishment stretched the hose line and started getting up to the balconies on ground ladders and to the upper floors to rescue the occupants. >> i heard people yelling and

crying. it was an intense feeling. >> 15 people can't go back in their homes tonight. paramedics rushed three women to the hospital. they were burned and suffering from smoke inhalation. another high-rise went up in flames in montgomery county because someone left food on the stove. this one broke out at the len next park apartment, close to the silver spring metro. they say a fire started in the 10th floor kitchen and cost $10,000 in damage but it could have been a lot worse. sprinklers put it out fairly quickly. some residents will have to be relocated. there has been an arrest in a part of dhak has seen a spike in crime. people were ducking for cover last november. tonight, investigators have charged a man from northeast with that shooting. he is also charged with carrying a firearm without a permit. last year murders, sex assaults and robberies were all up in ward 5, which prompted public safety meetings with police and some city leaders. out in maryland a double

shooting is forcing a local synagogue to change its policy. news4 discovered neighbors in greenbelt, are shocked, nervous and very afraid. >> i never experienced anything like this before. i'm kind of in shock a little bit. >> reporter: gunfire so close to sara o'brien's home in this close-knit co-op community on rich road is not the norm. >> i was inside last night and i heard some yelling and some shots. >> my husband heard three shots, pause, or gap, interval and then five more additional gunshots. >> reporter: this woman who did not want us to show her face on camera says gunshots seemed to come out of nowhere and she didn't hear noise from a fight that apparently 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: there was a party at the synagogue last night, one neighbor 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 mishkan torah synagogue released this statement expressing regret over the incident. saying it had no knowledge or or involvement in the event except 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. it's a nice synagogue. i know a lot of the people there. so i 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. new at 11:00 p.m. el nor holmes at the funeral for edward brook will be held mer. norton tweeted she spoke with his wife about the plans.

senator brook was the first blackman to be elected u.s. senator by popular vote. he was republican who represented massachusetts but he grew up in the district. senator burke died of natural causes on saturday at the age of 95. stuart scott changed the way we talked about sports. i knew stu as a guy who loved his kids always had a kind word for you and was just a fantastic person to know. just about everybody will tell you who knew stu will tell you the same thing. well he died this morning after he struggled with cancer for the past seven years. he thought he had beaten the disease but it came scott anchored on espn for more than 20 years. he was a fixture on "sportscenter." his legacy was cemented last summer when he accepted the jimmy v perseverance award.

>> when you die, that 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 ] [ applause ]. so live. live. fight like hell. and when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you. >> a few months ago, scott was honored here in d.c. with the 2014 nfl player's association georgetown lombardi award. his friend and fellow anchor jay heir harris had to accept the award for him. he was 49 years old and had two teenage daughters. today the nypd buried one of its own. they came to honor a fallen officer. but as we see, once again, there was controversy.

♪ >> reporter: on the streets of new york thousands of police officers paid tribute to a fallen brother wenjian liu. this was a show of solidarity representing departments from coast to coast. and a sign of solidarity for liu's grieving family. his young widow said he only wanted to serve his community. >> he is my hero. we can always count on him. >> reporter: his father's grief needed no translation. liu and his partner were eulogized by major bill de blasio. >> we lost the very best of us everything that we as new yorkers aspire to be. >> reporter: some officers turned their backs as the mayor spoke, believing he's been too

supportive of anti-police protesters but for the most part this dreary day was about a community supporting officers. >> yeah. i can't say no to that. thank you. >> reporter: and officers supporting each other. >> it can happen to any one so it brings us together. >> reporter: a fallen officer, being mourned by two families. ♪ >> reporter: brian moore, nbc news. well they didn't know liu personally but consider him part of the family. that's why police officers from across the country made the trip to brooklyn and standing among this group of officers from our county. jury selection starts tomorrow in the boston marathon bombing trial and it will likely be one of the most closely watched death penalty cases in careers. prosecutors say they have a handwritten confession from ja har tsarnaev as well as video of placing a backpack near where a little boy was killed. the bombs exploded near the

finish line two years ago. next at 11:00 p.m. homes blown to bits after a powerful storm rips through the south. more of these pictures ahead. the local yoga teacher fell to his death while hiking in mexico and now loved ones prepare to honor his memory. and news4 sits down with mayor muriel bowser about a controversial transportation issue that a lot of you are talking about. lots to get to tonight on this 2015 maiden voyage of "sports final." andrew luck didn't need any luck to pick up a playoff win against the bengals. while the cowboys corralled the lions in dallas. plus after another losing season we give the redskins their report card and they might be heading to the principal's office. all that and much more on "sports final" after the news here on nbc4. 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.

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are in charge of the district's government police and schools. today, they all appear together to tell the nation what it takes to run the nation's capitol. d.c. mayor, muriel bowser kathy lanerr and chi ya henderson went on in the "meet the press." and she spoke about the challenges she's ready to take on when it comes to transportation. she isn't putting the brake on the streetcar project, but it is not full steam ahead. >> i don't think expand is the word. i like the word right size. >> officials were testing a streetcar saturday when it crashed into a car. it's opening has been delayed until late january. critics question whether it's a practical way to move lots of people. >> but we shouldn't let that dominate our public transit

conversation. because we can get the buses going quicker, we can do a better job at letting people know when they arrive and that they have covered and protected shelter when they get to the stop. >> the money is there. the district received more than $12 million in federal grants to improve bus service in six areas and nearly 08% of that money hasn't been spent. >> as we grow we know that our needs change. >> the mayor is fully supporting the district's bid to host the olympics in 2025. >> i went out with our team in california to make the final pitch and we all have our fingers crossed for what the games could mean for washington. >> if it's anything like other host cities increased exposure along with massive traffic jams and soaring costs to build new stadiums. for all the tourists that come for the olympics other tourists who would have come otherwise may avoid the games. the mayor has a lot of things on her plate and tells us near the top of the list is selecting a

new chief to lead the d.c. fire department. look now in virginia a yoga teacher died while hiking in mexico. he'll be remembered tomorrow in silver spring. hari simran fell off a cliff and hit his head and they think the died instantly. they found his body friday in a ravine. what caused a woman to lose control of her car and end up in rock creek is still a mystery tonight. she ended up in a shallow part of the creek right around lunchtime. she got out on our own climbed on to the roof of her car and waited until help arrived. police had to shut down part of rock creek park way for a couple hours while they were pulling the car out of there. at 16 most teenagers can drive, work even pay taxes. and now a city of maryland wants them to vote. on tuesday, the hyatts city will hear comments to let 16-year-olds vote in local

election. the idea is to increase voter turnout. if it passes they will join the city of tacoma park to allow some teenagers to vote. a new crop of lawmakers are about to descend on d.c. this week the house welcomes 58 freshman most of them republicans and over in the senate 13 new lawmakers will be sworn in. the new members say they want to curb the partisan atmosphere in the nation's capitol. to do that, they'll have to work with president obama. and conveniently he just got back to town. the president and his family took an overnight flight from hawaii and they are now back in the white house, fresh off his vacation and mr. obama will hit the road this week preparing for state of the union on january 20th. new at 11:00 p.m. severe storms did some major damage in southern georgia. take a look at this. the storms demolished barns and mobile homes, literally ripping them off their most of the damage was caused by strong, straight-line winds including a church steeple that was sheered off.

it came crashing down to the ground. those were some very very powerful winds. >> uh-huh. >> and i guess now this deep freeze that part of the country is in is making its way our way. >> we're included in that. why not? we'll experience breezy and windy conditions tomorrow wednesday and thursday as well. some of the coldest air -- in fact the coldest air so far this season will arrive later in the week on wednesday and thursday. before that tomorrow blustery about 25 degrees colder than it was today. you'll still need that warmest winter jacket you have as you head back to work on monday and the kids head back to school. for tuesday, some snow is in the forecast this includes the d.c./metro area just down right frigid on wednesday and thursday. not only that like i said, we'll be dealing with windchill temperature. i'll talk about that little bit more in a moment. but first, your planner for tomorrow. 7:00 a.m. a temperature of 38 degrees. it's already a cold start. it's still breezy at 7:00 a.m.

the winz remain breezy throughout the entire day tomorrow. and notice for the majority of the day, temperatures kind of hang in the upper 30s. partly to mostly sunny skies, so some good news there, but when you factor in the winz it will feel like temperatures are in the 20s throughout the day. 7:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, it is cold. a temperature around 30 and windchill temperatures will only be around 20. your outlook for tomorrow as far as travel is concerned, not too bad. need the sun glass. make sure the kids have on their warm jacket at the bus stop tomorrow. outdoor exercise definitely want to find the gloves and the hat with the windchill factor. heading out and about, you should fine with the warmer jacket on. future weather, ahead to tuesday, here we are at 5:00 a.m. it's overcast already. snow moves in after that. 7:00 a.m. we're dealing with snow for that morning commute. we'll continue to track snow showers for the remainder of the morning hours. once we hit the midday and early afternoon hours, any snow we do see starts to leave the area.

by 5:00 p.m. the evening commute we're looking good. your headlines for tuesday, some snow is likely especially around washington and areas to the north and west. some minor accumulation for most. this could slow that morning commute as far as totals are concerned. here is what i'm thinking right now, areas far back to the west in west virginia far western maryland you get the most 1 to 3 inches. montgomery county louden county frederick county parts of prince william county dusting to 2 inches. most of the d.c. metro area gets under an inch. might not see any accumulation at all in those areas. i'll be posting that map on they facebook and twitter pages after the newscast. wednesday and thursday these are the cold days high on wednesday of 29. it's worse on thursday high of only 24. windy at times, especially on wednesday and early thursday that will put windchill temperatures at times especially on thursday chris, between zero and 15 degrees.

we'll try to defrost on friday with a high temperature of 36 degrees. >> burr. thanks a lot. after two years at national harbor the national children's museum is closed. there's not enough public transportation in the area and no affordable space to grow. they'll move the museum back to the district. right now, they have no location or any firm timetable. still ahead, no classic cooloff for the caps as they head thank you cable. for the slower

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as fantastic as that winter classic, was, you have to play the rest of the season indoors. >> here is the thing, it's good they had a few days off to get ready for the next game because they came out fresh. >> they have six players on their current roster that have scored in double digit goals this season. no other team has that many players to do so. this year it's been a total

team effort not just the top guys carrying the load. today the caps back at the verizon center taking on the panthers. alex ovechkin fresh off the winter classic indoor hockey it is. first period we're scoreless. ovechkin streaking after it and slams into the goalie. roberto came out to meet him. watch it again. big-time collision there. the goalie stayed down on the ice for a few minutes. he did return to the game but he didn't come back out for the third period. and the second period, kpal capitals on the power play. ol verb kin gets his 19th goal of the season. later in the period panthers on top, 2-1. brooks winds and fires, goes through the legs of a panther's player and that goal ties the game at 2-2. in the third, caps up 3-2. loose puck in front of net, orvi

lays it up for andre and he puts it home the youngster does. how about that? ovechkin having a great three-game stretch. he has now had a goal and assist in the last three-straight games. holtby with 29 saves. the caps win this and continue to stay hot. >> we play the same way. we play the same way every minute of the game. our team in the past i think, has had momentum waves and swings in the course of a game and now we don't seem to have that. very systematic almost becomes robotic. starting to see staples of our game lot of little things adding up to wins right now. nfl playoffs in dallas. chris, i know you're a lions fan, cover your eyes and ears. lions led by 14 points. fraurtd fourth quarter, cowboys within three. tony romo with all kinds of time. great protection here. fires one to terrance williams in the back of the end zone eight-yard touchdown strike. cowboys take a 24-20 lead. minute left in the game last

chance for matthew stafford. fourth down under pressure he gets sacked by demarcus lawrence loses the football cowboys recover, hugs for everybody. dallas wins this one over the lions, 24-20. marvin lewis and the bengals looking for their first playoff win since 1991. andrew luck had other plans. how about this -- he was just two and a half years old back in 1991. here he is a grown man throwing a nice pass there to donte moncrief. 36-yard touchdown. just an unbelievable play from quarterback luck there. he picks up his second playoff win. the colts, they downed the bengals, 26-10 is your final. first addition of sports final tonight, carol maloney will join me and we have a great show? store for you.

lot of kids heading back to class tomorrow should really bundle up. >> absolutely. high temperature of 39 but with breezy conditions temperatures feel like they're in the 20s. dusting to 2 inches possible on tuesday, chris. >> we see those teens coming down the pipe. that will see do it for us. "sports final" is next. have a great night.

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tonight on "sports final" -- big comeback in big d as the cowboys send the lions home with their tails between their legs. fresh off the winter classic, the capitals pounce on the panthers and continue their climb up the standings. >> highs are very high and our lows were very low. i think we're becoming more -- look out for us. you don't have to look that hard. >> incoming! >> "sports final" starts now. i sold it didn't i with the incoming? >> that was a great job by you. >> i'll do the whole half hour. "sports final" is back. good evening, everybody.