r all at nbc news, think about himself before anybody else. >> a teenager beaten to death. his family says he was just trying to help a friend. the attackers stab the teenager

then attack him with a hammer. today prince geory po announced they made three arrests in this case. his family says this is a senseless crime. and as darcy spencer shows us they still n >> reporter: gilbert greene stands at the sidewalk memorial where his grandson was stabbed to ds my best friend because we went -- i have 15 grandchildren, if you don mine me saying that. he was the one i bonded with. >> reporter: rashad clark was 18-years-old.a star on the baseball field. a good friend. a good brother. >> i jt want every to know that my little brother was a good person. you know he wasn't out here causing trouble for anybody. he's a very loving person. >> reporter: in fact relatives say he was defending a friend when he was killed. according to police clark and a group of his friends got in a fight with another group. and that's when he was stabbeded and attackeded with a hammer. according to relatives, rashad's friends decided to drive him to the hospital but unfortunately they ran out of gas and ended up at this nearby service station.

that's when they called 911. he died at the hospital. prince george' police have charged these three suspects with the murder. the youngest just 16 years old. and there could be more arrests. >> i will say the arrests have given me peace of mind. makes me feel better to know the police are out doing their job. >> i'm going to tell you that jesus loves you, too. >> reporter: dozens turned you out for a vigil friday night. graduated from bladensburg hurricane high school and had -- bladensburg high school and had plans to play basebal college. >> life is too short to be beefing with one anotherment. >> in river dale park darcy spencer, news4. >> clark's family set up a gofundme page to help with funeral expenses. to help go to nbcwashington.com on facebook. another family in maryland is trying to cope with the loss of their little girl. she was crossing the street with

her grandma when a van hit her. to dynasty mirage's mom and dad came back to the intersection in bowie. they placed teddy bears, balloons and cards at the intersection at 197 and old chapel road. the person driving the van did stop after they hit her saturday afternoon. y was only 2 years old. her great aunt brought a book to the memorial to remember a toddler who loved being read to. >> i know our grief later on -- you know really hard. but right now, i have the joy that she is in the presence of the lord. >> that has also set up a gofundme page to help pay for funeral expenses for the lile girlment to. help, go to nbcwashington. in potomac, two kids are recovering after they were hit by a car. it happened this afternoon on regency drive. paramedics rushe the kids to

children's hospital. police are trying to figure out what led up to the accident. two d.c. police officers had to go to the hospital aft in to each other in their crudesers around 5:30 this morning near south capital and i streets. inve are looking into what happened. we're told the officers are going to be okay. the wreck only involved two police cars and it's unclear if they were responding to a call at the time. now we know why a man collapsed while singing the national anthem. he had an allergic reaction to some medication. pe easton collapsed in front of thousands of high school students and their families. he's doing okay. he's doing a lot better and should be released from the hospital tonight. he was singing the anthem at the x xfin c saturday before the gamement when fans realized what happened they finished the star spangled right where he left off -- ♪ they heard a rumbling. house started shaking. that's how some families describe a minor earthquake that hit central virginia overnight. it's one of our top trending

stories on nbcwashington.com. the magnitude 2.8 quake rattled folks living near the town of louisa around 3:00 this morning. so far no injuries but a few cracks in walls and patios. the winds have certainly died down tonight. it's going to be a chilly start tomorrow morning. here is amealia with your out-the--- amelia with your out-the-door forecast. >> i'm already tracking temperatures in the 30s in spots. tomorrow morning you'll defi need the jacket. here's a look at the temperature in your neighborhood. washington comin in the 40s right now. 47. gaithers leesburg be though reporting temperatures in the upper 30s. 43 degrees in frederick. skycast 4 showing what the sky will look like tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. here the temperature, as well. around freezing for those of you in the suburbs, washington at 39 degrees. and plenty of clouds. as the sun comes up, still partly to mostly cl skies. here we are at 7:30. by 9:00 a.m. temperatures warm up quickly especially for those of you outside of the beltway.

already at 40 degrees. 41 in washington. once we hit 11:00 a.m. the suburbs and d.c. are pushing 50 degrees. and we'll start to notice more sunshine. chris, tomorrow warmer than today. i'll let you know how much warmer and how long the mild trend lasts coming up in my full forecast. new at 11:00 a hiker was walking along a trail in marya large tree fell over and crushed him testimony happen on the at lane an trail 70 miles out d.c. jason parish set out with hikers on friday. today, a gust of wind blew the tree over and killed him. a park ranger performed cpr. but it was too late. doctors are trying to figure out who shot two people in the district. it happened in southeast around 5:00 in the morning. one of the victims did not survive. office found david simmons' body near 23rd and hartford street and the other man around the corner. simmons died on the scene. paramedics rushed the other man to the hospital. ♪

this rally was outside the white house, but there were others like it all over the world sunday to mark four years since the revolution started in syria. activist say president bashar al assad and islamic state militants are equally responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in syria. secretary of s john kerr he's willing to speak with assad and broker an end to that civil war. tonight a man is in jail accused of shooting two police officers in ferguson, missouri. officials say he admits to firing his gun but says he wasn't aiming at the officers. nbc's ran allen has new details -- ron allen has new details about the suspect. [ gunfire ] [ screams ] [ bleep ] >> reporter: wit warning, the shots, at least three, rang out just after midnight early thursday morning. outside ferguson polic headquarte setti off a frantic scene. >> shots fired. officer down. >> reporter: today st. louis prosecutors say this local man, jeffrey williams age 20

allegedly fired those shots from a vehicle during what the prosecutor called "some kind of dispute. "authorities say williams has been chargeded with first-degree all is on the officers. so of he involved with the -- was he involved with the protests? >> yes. he is a demonstrator. he was out there earlier that evening as part of the demonstration. >> rep but you don think he was targeting the police? >> oh i wouldn't go that far. [ chanting] >> reporter: police called the incident an ambush as protesters gather after t resignation of ferguson's police chief to demand even more sweeping reforms. all stemming from a justice depa report that accuse the police and court of widespread discrimination. since the incident, an uneasy truce. police a protesters keeping their distance. with the community worried about more violence and confrontation. >> i'm asking all the protesters the wrong reason to stay out of our city.

tonight, a new twist in the case of a real estate heir accuse of more. robert durst is the focus of the hbo series "the jinx." on the last episode tonight he seems to confess. durst is suspected in the disappearance of his wife and the murder of his close friend susan berman. during the episode, the mike catches him whispering to himself, "what did i do? kill them all, of course." on sudden police arrested durst for berman's murder. for the millions of people with high cholesterol, a new class of drugs could be a medical breakthrough. and it might just cut the rick of heart attack and strokes -- risk of heart attacks and strokes. the new came out of a cardiologist conference in san o today. in participants who took the experimental drugs, they had half the risk of dying compared to people on typical statin drugs. they could harm thinking and memory functions. and the fda will decide by summer if they'll allow these drugs to go on the market. tonight former georgetown

coach john thompson jr. is recovering fro intestinal surgery. the university announced this weekend that he had the procedure within the past two weeks. the statement says he had corrective surgery for a benign twisted intestine. his recovery is going well although he won't be able to travel for those march madness games. thompson is a hall of famer who led the hoyas to the national title in 1984. selection sunday of course is here. did your favorite team make the big dance? dianna russini with reaction from some local teams. >> reporter: maryland vcu, georgetown and uva are also dancing. march madness officially begins. head coach mark turgeon had the entire team over at his house today to watch the selection show. terps' reaction -- not as exciting, you see there. that's because maryland was hoping for a higher seed after a 27-win season. maryland takes on valpariaso in

columbus, ohio friday. same number different story at georgetown. e hoyas getting the fourth seed in the south region. georgetown finished the season with 21 wins. thl play eastern shore washington in portland, oregon, thursday. lar in spores we'll tell you why -- sports we'll tell you where maryland didn't have a happy reaction when the announcement came down. back in te can't wait. thanks. a disgraced virginia lawmaker has been charged in a sex scandal. we are going to reveal the major development with the woman at th there's no such thing as a free ride. a dispute over that got a metro st whoa! . >> a racer survives a horrific crash. fine out how fast he was going

[ crashing sounds ] some seriously strong winds tore scaffolding right off a skyscraper today in portland oregon. that sent the heavy debris falling on to the streets below. witnesses were shocked and had to run for cover. luckily no one was hurt there. whoa! >> wow. that hot rod was going 280 miles per hour when it crashed. somehow, the driver walked away. larry dixon has s a three-time national hotrod association champion. but his car went airborne today in gainesville, florida, and ac split in half before crashing into a wall. emergency crews checked him out.

surprisingly dixon is okay. singer elton john says he'll never wear dole say and gabbana again and is telling others to boycott the line. he blasted them on instagram bee of what they said about same-sex marriage. they said they support traditional marriage and called children of nontraditional marriages "children of chemistry."r celebrities are already joining the boycott on twitter, using the ha #boycotta stabbing happened at the armory station. a woman stabbed a station manager with a kitchen knife, and news4's >> reporter: metro transit police want to find this woman. they say she stabbed a station manager at the stadium armory stop testimony happened at 11:45 in the morning. began with a bizarre request.

a woman asked a manager if she could ride for free. >> when the station manager declined she got into a physical altercation. actually began with her spitting on him. and then that escalated from there, and then she stabbed him. >> reporter: police believe the suspect used a kitchen knife. doctors combed the area around the station for part of the weapon which was eventually found. >> the handle of that weapon of that knife of recovered at the scene. the blied, unfortunately, ended up inside of the -- blade, unfortunately, up inside of the manager, that's part of the reason the injuries were serious. >> serious but not threatening. e are protocols for dealing with unruly passengers. they're told to call transit police. >> we don't want employees getting hurt for doing their job. >> repor this happened over five or six minutes. by midday the station was open. so is the case. take a look at that photo once more. metro desperately wants to find this woman. take a look at the distinctive switer. they hope it will help solve the case. at stadium armory derek ward,

news4. tonight, police investigating a case of vandalism at a school in silver spring. soe smashed the windows of several portable classrooms at highland view elementary. they think the suspects are children who iran away when the schoo ran away when the school alarms went off. no word on how much damage they caused. a virginia state lawmaker accused in a sex scandal with a minor has confirmed that she has begin birth to a baby boy. delegate joe morrissey told "the richmond times dispatch" he was there for the birth but did not admit to being the father. the minor is now 19. morrissey is 57. he's accused of having sex with her and exchanging explicit photos as well. he just completed a jail term last week but faces other charges related to that case. a game of musical chairs is breaking out in maryland. state delegate is running for the fourth district's congressional seat. today democrat jocelyn pena melnick said she'll run for the job representative donna edwards

is vacating. she represents parts of prince george and anne arundel counties. senator a mikulski is retiring and congresswoman edwards is running for her seat. the cherry blossom fest starts friday and this year reebok and adidas are getting in on the excitement. check out some of their new cherry blossom-themed sneakers. the reebok ventilators are available now. they're go going to set you back about $145. they partnered with wizards''s guard john wall for the high top version that cost $115. the so-called judge. wall 1 will be available on -- so-called jfm wall 1 will be available on friday. st. patrick's day isn't unl tuesday, but people were seeing g this afternoon. revelers made their way down constitution avenu for the parade. year's theme is irish heart in the nation's capital. man, they had a pretty nice day. a little windy, but nice day. now what's going to happen next?

>> tomorrow our temperature are actually going to be warm. highs in the mid 60s. we'll have plenty of clouds. i think despite that cloud cover you're still going to feel the warmth outside. it's not going to be the kind of cloud cover where it's completely overcast and socked in. where it feels chillier than it actually is. here are the other headlines. it's not only warmer and mile tomorrow -- and mild tomorrow, we'll keep the nice tempeday. that's an update to the forecast from earlier this morning. it's now looking like temperatures even warmer. show you you that on the seven day. and then cool air returns. it arrives wednesday morning. it sticks around wednesday, thursday friday. the best chance of showers for this workweek will be on friday. the current wind speed right now really not an issue. winds from calm in manassas to about 12 miles per hour in . continue to die down overnight tonight. really not going to notice them tomorrow. it will be a chilly start. 7:00 a.m. temperature around 39 degrees. we warm up quickly. by 10:00 a.m. at about 48

degrees. 1:00 beautiful, 60 degrees, even with plenty of cloud cover. mid 60s by 4:00 p.m. so as kids are getting on the school bus tomorrow, you're taking them to school at least a light jacket. but by recess they're going to love to get some fresh air. and dismissal, most of the same. take them to the playground. comfortable temperatures. again, highs tomor will be in the mid 60s. your after-work forecast great day tomorrow evening to maybe take a jog around the national mall. this is skycast 4. you see plenty of clouds around the evening hours evena the sun goes down. tracking mostly cloudy skies, but dry. p.m. mid 60s. you could almost grill tomorrow for dinner with a temperature of 64 degrees. 9:00 p.m., it's comfortable cool. temperature of 61. maybe taking the dog for a walk late tomorrow night. you're not going to feel that chill in the air like we're feeling tonight. st. patrick's tuesday, it's not gorgeous but we're not talking about any se weather in the forecast. i'm saying it's not bad.

a weak front moves through the area during the afternoon hours. that could set off a few sprinkles during the late afternoon and evening hours. more personally you're noticing the winds on st. paddy's day, especially later in the day. it's mild high temperature near 70 degrees. some spots south of d.c. could hit 70 on tuesday. again, it's breez later in the day. and we'll keep the winds around on wednesday. and wednesday this is the day our temperature on tuesday -- 66 on tuesday to 49 on wednesday. stays chilly thursday. high of only 52. spring starts on friday. temperature of 50 degrees. starts in the evening. best chance of rain is on friday. next weekend, chris, it's looking okay. temperatures for the most part normal. you know despite the wind that amelia mentioned, it was a pretty nice day to get out and do some good. a group of volunteers did just that cleaning up a park as part of their good deeds day service

project. the jewish federation of washington hosted events all over the dmv today. volunteers at the community center in d.c. served lunch to the homeless and wrote cards and letters for some of our troops overseas. still ahead, the madness is here. so as you get your bracket ready, we'll tell you where the why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with a conscience?

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a number four seed in that bracket -- i speak for terp nation when i say we got robbed. >> i know. you see the face right? they win the next two games -- >> of course. >> yeah. not good. >> it has been five years since maryland made an appearance in the ncaa tournament. now the terps are ready to go dancing, and it starts friday. they will play 13th seed

valpariaso. e crusaders went 28-5 this season winning both the regular season and the horizon league. if they win, they'll face the winners of west virginia and buffalo. the terps not too happy with the seed but are uting it as motivation -- using it as motivation. s forward. people haven't believed in us all year. and this is just one more thing to kind of use to get us going. >> we expect it to get -- while we were expected, it wasn't the biggest . really happy to be if. so i don't know if that came off with our facial expression. we're really happy to be in. >> happy but not too happy. >> should have been -- >> i know. the hoyas back in the tournament after missing last season. four seed taking on eastern washington thursda in portland oregon. they've got to travel out there. georgetown vaent advanced -- ha advanced past the weekend

in the last five tourism appearances. they could care less about the past. >> i don't thi abo it too much. ofe that's what the press is going to talk about. you know this time around you know we get another chance at it, and you knt plan on going home any time soon. >> we're motivated. we had the big east tournament. we had a tough list to xavier. i think since we get another chan to play in the big dance, all the guys are motivated and ready to try and make noise in the tournament. everything is exciting now. >> some other little shockers -- not a one seed for virginia as many expected. they get the two seed in the east region. the vcu rams will play ohio state on thursday. meantime, geore nit for the fifth time in history. the caps playing with at d -- attitude against the bruins. first period caps on the power play.

ove misses the power shot. they get it back. buckets work back to carlson. no problem. going to score. baxtrum with the rocket. capitals up 1-0. second period puck around the boards. tom wilson, he gets it. shot off of bruin to night schmidt. he shoots and scores. this one goes off of bruin. the shot deflects off the defender. it goes. schmidt's first goal of the season. braden holtby unreal. 32 saves. the 2-0 shutout over boston. hall of fame coach gary williams joins us in about two minutes on "sports final" to give us his take. he's not too happy, as well, e seeds. i think he agrees with you. a good guest. >> shon a three. >> i know. i agree.

plenty of clouds to start off the workweek. but mile-- it's mild. mid 60s. cold wednesday, thursday friday. best chance of rain on friday. >> i don't think anybody's going to mind when they see the temperatures in the mid 60s. >> it's going to be fabulous. that's going to do it for us. "sports final" is coming up next. wake up tomorrow at 4:26 in the mornin.

right now on "sports final," the madness returns to georgetown. >> players, copes, managers. natu everyoner everyone i wanted make sure we got back to the tournament. >> they insist there's no chip. >> the number be doesn't matter in front of your name. it's who you're playing for. the caps try to ruin the ns wee dancing like nobody's watching but we're glad you are. >> welcome to "sports final," i'm dianna russini. nexty to to me -- next to me is jason pugh. forward to ncaa tournamee filled out. >> she's the better dancer by