. she also has lots of questions. >> what work were they doing, did they turn the gas off, you know, what was happening here? >> reporter: while the medical examiner has not determined the cause of death, bowman feels sure the lack of heat played a role. >> yes, i totally do. i believe that they had not interrupted her heat in her house my mother would still be here today. now to an arrest in the shooting death of an aspiring local rapper who died while filming a music video. news4's darcy spencer just spoke to a victim's friend. she's live now in seat pleasant with the story. darcy? >> reporter: yeah, well, that shooting happened here wednesday night right here in the parking lot of this discount store. as you say, i just spoke to several friends of the victim and they all tell me they believe that this was a horrible accident. let's go to the mug shot of the suspect. he is 21 years old, lafonzo iracks lives in northeast d.c.

21 years old. he is charged with murder. now, keaway ivory is the victim here. he is also 21 years old and lived in southeast d.c. he was shot and killed here wednesday night shooting that music video. he is an aspiring rap artist who raps about guns drugs, and violence and friends here minutes ago told me they believe that gun went off accidentally. >> he was a good person. he was a kind-hearted person. i mean, things happen at the end of the day. it was an accident. none of that was on purpose or intentionally. >> it is under investigation into the circumstances leading up to the shooting itself. what we can cop firm at this time was that the suspect, mr. iracks was in possession of a weapon at the time that mr. ivy was shot. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 6:00 you'll hear from more of his friends including friends who were here when that shooting happened. they tell us why they left the scene and there was no one here

when police got here that night. back to you. a man in his 80s is still in critical condition tonight after police say his friend hit him over the head with a liquor bottle. officers took david bud of northeast d.c. into custody yesterday. there was a dispute over money after a game of dominos wednesday evening. it happened near 12th and m streets northwest just a few blocks from logan circle. kids arrested in the district will no longer have to be in shackles when they go before a judge. the chief judge for the d.c. superior court issued an order now requiring judges in family court to make a case-by-case decision on whether those minors should be shackled. up until now, all juveniles were required to be in shackles during their hearings. two d.c. council members and the city's new attorney general support this change. >> it's a very important issue about how we treat our juveniles. this is a very important issue about the dignity, about, you know whether we further

humiliate and antagonize youth where it's not necessary. >> questions still remain about this policy including how to pay for added security personnel when prisoners of any age are not in restraints. heroin is hitting the suburbs hard but loudoun county is fighting back. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey looks at a new heroin hot team and a family that's closely watching its attack. >> reporter: 37-year-old jason latham is the face of the new heroin epidemic and its deadly consequences. the loudoun county contractor and devoted father of an 8-year-old boy died of a heroin overdose last september. >> i knew my brother dabbled in drugs from time to time. neve would i have imagined that he would die from it. >> reporter: jason was erica's big brother. she and her kids were there today as loudoun, fairfax county and state police, the dea, mental health and school reps announced a new heroin

operations team. the idea is to wage a comprehensive attack sharing information and resources. >> we try to not only just arrest our way out of it but to prevent it. >> reporter: in loudoun county last year 11 people died from heroin overdoses, double the previous year. jason was oun of them. >> there isn't a day that i don't cry or think about him or just feel incredible sadness ovechkin everything that's been lost. >> reporter: erika says in spite of her pain she's driven to talk about what happened to her family to try to remove stigma and silence associated with drug overdoses. >> it doesn't happen to just junkies that are found with a need until their arm. it happens to healthy 37-year-old guys that have a family and, you know, a job and hopes and dreams for the future. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 6:00, a glimmer of progress and the sheriff's promise about how his department will be going after heroin sellers who are dealing death. in leesburg virginia julie

carey, news4. we're getting a look at the deplorable conditions that police say three young children were living in in our area. you can see a makeshift gate along with stains on the floors and walls of this room in spotsylvania county. police say three chirp were confined to this room. their parents, scott suggs and brandy kangas pled guilty this week to felony child neglect. a judge ruled they will be on indefinite probation and only allowed supervised contact with their children. it's been a week since 5-year-old noah thomas was found dead in a septic tank. today his parents were arraigned on abuse and neglect charges. lauryn's law hasen chris lawrence has the details. paul thomas and his wife appeared via video today. ashley white faces a charge of serious injury to a child which carries more prison time. "the roanoke times" is reporting the couple asked the media not

be allowed to watch today's proceedings and for bond. the judge denied both requests. we're still not sure exactly how their son noah tied. autopsy results could take several more weeks. the couple also have a 6-month-old daughter. authorities took her out of the home and away from them the day after noah went missing. wendy? metro's red line is running much smoother tonight after that rough community this morning. there was smoke reported in the tunnel at glenmont and wheaton stations and the stations had to be shut down for about an hour. this is chopper 4 over the scene at 7:00 this morning. brake problems caused delays at other red line stations and that includes cleveland park. metro is now putting rail work on hold this weekend to accommodate all the cherry blossom crowds. the virginia teen killed flying a plane this week is now laid to rest. 16-year-old ryan mccaul was buried this afternoon in fredericksburg. it followed a fupneral at

spotswood baptist church. he died sunday piloting a single-engine plane. he crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport in orange. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. a retail gun store in the district of columbia. there hasn't been one for decades. but police chief cathy lanier told news4's tom sherwood that the city's relaxed gun laws have not been a problem and now she would not object to a well-regulated gun store opening here. >> reporter: the district had banned guns until the supreme court said it was unconstitutional. last year the city said they could license but couldn't ban continue seed/carry weapons. on wamu's politics hour chief cathy lanier said the court ruehlings have not inundated the city with more weapons. >> it's not this surge of people coming in that we're going to see thousands of concealed carry

permits. it's just not happening. >> reporter: since the courts have eased the law, 4,000 people have obtained permits for their homes in a city of 660,000. 21 individuals have been approved for concealed carry permits and 25 individuals have been denied. >> everybody anticipated this giant spike in registered firearms. we never saw that. >> reporter: in response to a question lanier suggested police would be okay with it if the city were to allow its first retail gun store in decades. there are none now. >> would bit okay with you if the city were to open a gun store, a retail gun store? >> if there was a, you know, regulated way for people to purchase in the district i don't have any issue with that. >> reporter: in the district tom sherwood news4. right now the work is on to find out why a pilot would want to crash the germanwings airline airplane into a mountainside but more evidence is mounting against the co-pilot. today a french policewoman said she found the second black box by accident while looking

through personal belongings of the victims. that black box confirms the pilot sped up several times before crashing the plane. amanda knox says she is going to devote her life to helping those who have been wrongly convicted. knox wrote a letter in today's "seattle times" thanking family friends, and lawyers for sticking by her during more than seven years of trials in italy. knox was cleared just last week of any involvement in the murder of her roommate meredith kercher back in 2007. in the letter she says she must now give back "i know how a wrongful conviction can destroy one's life. we best honor crime victims by ensuring that the actual perpetrators are brought to justice." developing right now, freedom for a man who spent 30 years on death row. his remarkable reunion with his family and the message he had for those who initially sentenced him to death. the eagles have landed. nesting in three locations in our area. ahead, you will meet d.c.'s real

bird man and find out why he thinks the eagles may be in a family way. and on storm team 4 radar, i'm continuing to track areas of rain. breezy conditions across the area now.

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storm team 4 tracking rain lightning, amend rumbles of thunder. amelia segal will have your friday nighttime line and your easter forecast straight ahead. they are rare majestic a symbol of our country, and now as these pictures suggest, they're also new parents. for the first time in years three bald eagle nests have been spotted in the d.c. area. and chris gordon takes a look. >> reporter: this is dan, the bird man. that's what they call him at the district the president of the environment. it was dan who took these

pictures of eagles nesting at the national arboretum and other nesting places at the d.c. police training facility and st. elizabeth's hospital. dan has been monitoring the eagles at the national arboretum for months. >> what we have is a pair of nesting eagles and at this point if they've moved beyond incubation we have a pair of brooding bald eagles which means they have young'ing lets. >> reporter: this photograph was taken yesterday from a helicopter that got special clearance from homeland security for the flyover. >> the male is bringing back to the nest. the female is almost always on there. sometimes they switch on and off. >> reporter: visitors to the arboretum are excited even the they are not allowed to get close enough to see the eagles. >> i think it's great news. i mean it's kind of sprying, too, this being such an urban area. >> reporter: the national arboretum is a 450-acre sanctuary but also an urban environment because the eagles can hear the sounds of the city.

>> we have not had eagles in d.c. nesting with eaglets for 70 years. and the progress that we're making in restoring our waterways, restoring our habitat is extraordinary. >> reporter: ahead on news4 at 6:00 we'll tell you why experts say the eagles have returned to our area and why they expect them to stay. reporting from the national arboretum, chris gordon news4. we just posted some pictures on our nbc washington facebook page. go there right now and share them. there's extra security in place at the national zoo. you can expect to have your purse and bag checked when you go there. community leaders want to prevent the violence that happened on family day last year. family day takes place the monday after easter. crowds are bigger all this week since so many kids are off for spring break. yesterday there were 26,000 people at the zoo. the fire is finally contained but production at a general electric facility in louisville will be halted through at least next week.

you can see the massive plumes of smoke after flames engulfed the building earlier today. people who live within two miles were told to stay inside because of all that smoke. this is a holiday for ge. a company spokesperson says there are no reported injuries. the louisville area is also experiencing some cases of flash nooding from the same cluster of storms hitting our area today. a fire truck and several cars wound up stranded in deep water and that area is expected to get even more rain through the evening. a man who spent nearly 30 years on death row is now free. oh family and friends welcoming anthony hinton as he walked out of that alabama courthouse earlier today. hinton had been accused of the murder of two fast food managers. it was 1985. but the only evidence tying him to that crime were some bullets found at the scene.

new testing shows they did not come from a gun that was found at hinton's home. >> for all those that say that we believe in justice, this is the case to start showing it because i shouldn't have sit on death row 30 years. everybody that played a part in send megato death row, you will answer to god. >> hin top is nowton is now 58 years old. he was just 28 at the time of his original conviction. right now christians in our area and around the world are observing good friday. this is the day when jesus christ suzwas crucified. in takoma park crowds braved the rain to mark the stags of the cross. roads were blocked as they walked up new hampshire avenue to university avenue playing along the way. stations of the cross re-enacts the journey jesus took as he carried his cross. pope francis led the passion of the lord service in st. peter's basilica presiding in somber prayers. during the service, the

vatican's official preacher gave a sermon about the persecution of christians and he referred to the recent deadly attack on the students in kenya. after the passion service, the pope led a stations of the cross procession around rome's coliseum. tonight people of the jewish faith are getting ready for the traditional passover dinner. this is video of preparations for the seder in jerusalem. they are boiling pots and dishes. everything that has touched bread products must be thoroughly cleaned. during the seder meal a special text is read describing the jewish people's suffering in egypt and their journey in the desert. the iranian nuclear deal is meeting with a shower of praise and criticism. iran's president just pledged his country will abide by the commitments in this deal and he also called on world powers to fulfill their promise to lift the sanctions spurred by tehran's nuclear program. the prospect of easing those sanctions led to a hero's welcome when the foreign

minister who negotiated that deal returned to tehran. meanwhile in israel there is unified opposition. >> the cabinet is united and strongly opposing the proposed deal. this deal would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world and would threaten the very survival of the state of israel. >> president obama is working the phones to reassure iran's neighbors and other foreign leaders who are concerned that this deal does not go far enough to curb iran's nuclear program. here at home a poet activist and for 40 years the heart and soul of howard university's african-american resource center. well tonight he's out of a job. he was one of 84 suddenly fired by howard university today. the university released a statement that says in part "the decision to reduce staff is never an easy one. eliminating these positions was necessary to ensure long-term financial stability for the university."

miller is about to be inducted into the washington hall of fame. the i-team has learned that lawyers have agreed to dismiss a $100,000 lawsuit against 2012 republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan. two d.c. area men filed the suit last month against the congressman and his chief of staff. they allege the chief of staff rear ended them while driving on 395 in the district. the men say they were injured. congressman ryan wasn't in the car, but it was his vehicle. court records don't specify why the lawsuit was dropped. hanging off the ledge pap local driver ends up in a precarious situation. homeowners in two local count counties are concerned about some rather funky-looking tap water. we have a new explanation from the utility company. and much cooler tomorrow. we're at 71 degrees right now.

areas of rain continuing to move through the region. winds will be increasing overnight tonight. so the road impact for the evening if you are going to be traveling dealing with damp wet roads, by tomorrow it will be dry but windy outside.

road conditions looking nearly perfect on sunday. the latest on storm team 4 radar, tracking some areas of rain up toward frederick and hagerstown down into southern maryland and more activity back to the west west of that i-81 corridor corridor. in southern maryland parts of charles and st. mary's county showing light rain here. continuing to impact route 301. also around the leonardtown area. heading out this evening, grab the umbrella keep it handy. my updated rain time line. scattered rain until about 10:00 p.m. the best chance for steady rain moving through the area will be from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. after that scattered showers. we've warmed up. manassas at 72 and the patuxent river coming in at 74. current wind gusting anywhere from about 20 to nearly 30 miles an hour in gaithersburg.

it's going to start to be the bigger focus for overnight. future weather, 8:00 a.m. wind speeds about 20 miles an hour across the area. that is windy. at noon still tracking winds from 20 to 30 miles an hour. a blustery cooler tay tomorrow but plenty of sunshine. washington warms to 58 degrees. gaithersburg only hits 53 culpeper only hits 59 degrees. on sunday a high temperature of 65. but it is a very cold start. 40 degrees at 7:00 a.m. outside of the beltway temperatures will be in the mid-30s. by noon we're around 60. sunday evening is nice with a temperature of 63 degrees. so again, looking at the weekend, it's stacking up to be sunday with the better weather day, warmer temperatures and we're not dealing with those winds. like i said it's a cold start to the day. let's walk you through sunday morning hour by hour 8:00 a.m. temperature of 40 chilly so

for the easter egg hunt, if you're doing it early make sure the kids are bundled up but with plenty of sunshine and the sun angle, our temperatures warm up quickly. 9:00 a.m. temperature of 45. low 50s by 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. we're pushing 60 degrees. also want to mention tomorrow morning tune in we have our tracking spring special. that airs at 9:30 in the morning. lot of great stories in there. i did a story about ice on the bay during the late winter that we saw this year. monday beautiful. high temperature of 67 degrees. looking great for the nationals home-opener. after a very april-like forecast. the chance of showers tuesday right on through friday. every day's not a complete washout but there is a chance of rain there. and temperatures for the most part are in the 60s, even 70 by friday wendy. >> thanks amelia. you never want your water to look weird, but a couple of counties two local ones are complaining their water looks kind of weird. >> new photos from water customers.

plus what wssc is saying about why the water looks like this. >> reporter: four homicides in just three weeks right here in fairfax county. i'm david culvert. coming up in my live report we go to police for answers in what seems to be a string of violent crimes. 'tis the season. we have a crucifixion controversy. a very realistic display that's getting a lot

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we just got a statement from sarah brady's family saying they are deeply saddened she passed away from pneumonia. she courageously stepped up an jim brady was shot to prevent others what enduring what their family has gone through and her work has saved countless lives. jim and sarah brady were together about 30 years. she had been battling pneumonia and we will get more information. jim, obviously, passed away back in august. sarah brady dead at the age of 73. more on this as we get it. at the live desk chris lawrence back to you. at 5:30 what's up with the water? residents of two local counties are concerned about the funny liquid coming out of their taps. we got a new explanation from the wssc tonight about what's causing the discoloration. >> four homicides in three weeks in fairfax county.

northern virginia bureau reporter david culvert is live with what they have in common. >> reporter: as you said these cases do share some similarities. all the victims are hispanic. in two cases, the victims' bodies were left in wooded areas behind neighborhoods. just in the past three weeks, homicide detectives have unraveled the yellow crime scene tape four separate times following thursday's annandale murder police arrested ubaldo jimenez for killing his roommates of sorts. >> they were essentially squatting in an unoccupied apartment. >> reporter: the suspect and victim said to be homeless. the first this recent string of homicides happened here on march 16th. police found the body of william leyva. they say he suffered trauma to the upper body. they've still investigating his death and say it's possibly gang related but no arrests yet. the next day they found

19-year-old milton angel's body. and then a week later they discovered santos vi lay ha. then thursday the murder in annandale. seems like an alarming trend. police don't think so. >> it's not historically speaking. we had ten had hads in fairfax county last year. at this time last year we had five. >> reporter: including four had hads in one po last year. what about the fact they're all of latino descent? >> there's nothing that's particular about these homicides that tie them to the hispanic community. it just happens to be again, happenstance that the victims are hispanic. >> reporter: no threat to the latino community, according to police. bureau chief julie carey asked police chief ed roesler about possible gang connections. >> we're still investigating gang activity in a few of the homicides but i don't have any conclusive answers for that at this moment. >> reporter: with ten homicides last year and eight in 2013 we

wondered just how successful fairfax county police are at solving those crimes. we'll walk you through that at 6:00. a close call for two people in arlington this afternoon. their vehicle crashed through a metal fence on a parking area and was left hanging over ledge on the second floor. this was at the carlton condominium high-rise along four mile run. firefighters were able to get them out safely. a prince william county man is in custody after place political analyst say he solicited an underaged boy for sex. his name is donald campbell. he's from dumfries. police say he responded to what he thought was a 12-year-old boy wanting sex on craigslist. that boy turned out to be an undercover officer. he was taken into custody earlier this week at a burger king where he arranged a meeting. a woman in fairfax county says a man tried to abduct her the other day as she was waiting for a bus. police say she was standing near lawyers road and glenbrooke

woods drive the oak hills area in a truck approached her. she tells police he got out and at one point grabbed her arm and tried to force her into the truck. she got away. police say he's reportedly driving an older model pickup with a ladder rack and a tan interior. if the water coming out of your faucet doesn't look quite right, you're not alone. customers across montgomery and prince george's counties have issues with their water. these are photos sent to us by a viewer in rockville. the sanitary commission says it is investigating. it believes the problem may be caused by sediment. the wssc says the water is tested every day for safety and there is no indication that there is a public health risk. if your water looks discolored they want you to call or e-mail them to report it. a new prince george's regional medical hospital is closer to reyalalityreality. tracee wilkins explains why. lost at sea for 66 day bus

alive. a sailor explains how he survived in bitter conditions and what he plans to do now. and temperatures across the metro are in the upper 60s and low 70s. washington now at 71 degrees. so walking the dog this evening, know that it's going to be mild right on through midnight. but you'll be dealing with scattered showers until 10:00 p.m. and then a steady rain. for those of you dining out everywhere temperatures generally in the mid to upper 60s this evening.

in kenya this friday there is a heavy grief as people mourn those students killed in the university shooting rampage. authorities are still collecting the bodies of the nearly 150 victims. guards now stand joultd side garis action university hospitals still treating the dozens of wounded. an aid worker described some of the injuries. >> some more than one gunshot, others from legs others they are head shots. >> the terror group al shabab which is linked to al qaeda is claiming responsibility for this

massacre of students and the students say that they were targeting christians. police believe they killed all of the gunmen that were involved. a philadelphia mother is now charged with trying to support isis. her name is keyana thomas. she's being held without bail. in court today prosecutors say she e-mailed an isis fighter saying sthepted to join them overseas. they say she also wanted to martyr herself. she reportedly responded that that would be a amazing, a girl could only wish. that was a quote. she bought plane tickets but was arrested before she could make that trip. president obama ignored reporters' questions about the nuclear deal with iran during an economic trip to utah today. they were trying to get the president's reaction to negative comments from congress and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the president was touring a solar installation at hill air force base where he introduced a new initiative to train veterans for jobs in the solar industry. >> as part of this we're

creating what we're calling a solar-ready vets program. it's going to train transitioning military personnel for careers in this growing industry. >> now that he's been to utah, the president has made an official stop in every state except south dakota. a woman appears to be making inroads tonight in a sport dominated by men. according to the "baltimore sun" the nfl has hired its first female referee. sarah thomas has been officiating college games for years and has worked camp and preseason games for big-league teams. and she is technically not the first woman to ref on an nfl field. in 2012 another woman worked one game when full-time refs were locked out in a contract dispute with the league. by now, you probably have seen the video. a new york city police detective verbally assaulting an uber driver. new tonight, the officer explains his actions in an interview with nbc news.

and coming up in my forecast i'll be letting you know exactly when the clouds clear out of the area tomorrow and how much warmer we'll be on sunday. >> reporter: just over there would be the front doors to the new regional medical center in prince george's county.

welcome back. a live look at union station where you can see windy conditions but the sun making an appearance. that's help us hit 71 degrees. however, there are scattered showers on storm team 4 radar and we'll continue to deal with rain at times this evening on into the overnight hours. most if not all of your day tomorrow is dry, but it is windy and it is chilly. blustery saturday in store. overall, next seven days a lot more warmth on the seven-day, cold temperatures. here's a look at storm team 4 radar right now. remember you can always download our storm team 4 weather app to get the radar right there and also forecast. tracking some rain moving toward luray, making its way through petersburg as well. showers continuing to impact parts of frederick and southern maryland. we're in a bit of a lull. chance of steady rain is between 10:00 p.m. tonight and 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. keeping a close eye on this rain here. you can see by the brighter colors on the radar, the

yellows, oranges, and reds. this will slowly push to our area ahe of a cold front. that's why it will be colder tomorrow. we won't hit 71 degrees tomorrow. we won't even make it into the 60s. 7:00 tonight, walking the dog this evening going for a jog for the most part not bad, all you need is your light rain gear if you're going to go within the next hour or two. scattered rain at 7:00 p.m. there down heavy rain toward 9:00 10:00. look at the temperatures 67 degrees. we could even go up a degree or two around 11:00 p.m. with a temperature of 68. at that point, i think steady rain could be impacting the area based on the latest radar and forecast models coming in. here's skycast 4. this is actually forecasting what the sky is going to look like throughout the day tomorrow. i'm starting you off at 6:00 a.m. also the temperature in washington and for those of you in the suburbs. you can see the suburbs at 6:00 a.m. in the 40s and you stay there for quite some time tomorrow. the threat of a shower is gone by 8:00 a.m. clouds start to break up.

we see full sunshine mostly sunny skies for the balance of the day tomorrow. noon though suburbs still in the upper 40s. washington at about 54. it's not until 1:00 when the suburbs hit 50 degrees. but look at the sunshine tomorrow afternoon. remember though it will be windy outside. so you definitely need that windbreaker. don't let the sun fool you before you head outside on your saturday. sunday our temperatures warm a little above average in fact. mid-60s for those of you in washington. 64 in martinsburg and la plata, plenty of sunshine on sunday by far the better of the two weekend days. winds will not be an issue. on monday a high temperature of 67 degrees, partly sunny skies, and then very april-like forecast tuesday through next friday with a chance of showers every day. it won't be raining the entire time. we'll continue to track the timing and update the timing here in storm team 4. also look at the temperatures in the 60s and even 70 next friday. >> thanks, amelia. it will be a good weekend to

embrace the cherry blossom festival. music and fireworks tomorrow. tomorrow evening on the southwest waterfront. not a lot of blooms to be found along the tidal basin. peak bloom isn't until next weekend. they're still a bit clinched and that has some tourists frustrated. >> i'm surprised there's still no cherry blossoms. >> you can definitely say it will be good i guess. >> plan your weekend with all the information we have on the nbc washington app. when you search cherry blossoms you will find nine events you don't want to miss and you'll find our favorite food and drink specials. right now, it's a family mall but prince george's county wants to transform the area in largo into a regional medical center and maryland regulators have brought that plan a step closer to reality. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins takes a look at the plans. >> some areas have shut down. >> whole combination of things.

>> i find myself going more toward annapolis. >> reporter: because not a lot of options here. >> you don't. >> reporter: restaurant row is all but empty and most of the businesses at the boulevard at the capital center are gone. this site has seen many changes over the years. >> this was the site of the capital center. and so the washington bullets played here the washington capitals played here. >> reporter: now there will be another change. >> right around here we'll be looking at the front door of the major entrance to the regional medical center. >> reporter: david i knew chi heads prince george's county economic development team. >> we've been waiting for this notice for 18 months. >> reporter: they're only one step away from ground breaking a new $700 million medical center that promises to change this area once again. >> this regional medical center when it comes to prince george's county and largo will truly transform this area into i think one of the more successful areas in the entire region. >> reporter: it will include housing, shopping and restaurants and will mean a fresh start for the space and

for residents like tatum, who want better health care options. >> a lot of times they'll send you over into the waldorf area southern maryland and we're right here. and in this community we probably could use another hospital. >> reporter: county officials are hoping to have a ground breaking for the center in the next year. they have one more hurd toll overcome and they're confident that's going to happen. coming up on news4 at 6:00 what all of this is going to mean for the property values of folk who is live in this area. in largo, tracee wilkins, news4. some green space has popped up amidst the development along north henry street in the braddock neighborhood of alexandra. the half acre park includes picnic tables seating areas, a ping-pong table, bocce ball court and horseshoe pits. for the time being you'll have to take your own equipment, though. parts of the park are lighted and will stay open till 10:00 at night starting in a few weeks, the first phase of what is envisioned to become a full-acre park in that area. a new york detective is

apologizing for that viral video that shows him verbally abusing an uber driver. earlier this week. >> the next time you do it again -- >> okay. >> okay what? you're going to let me [ bleep ] finish? >> detective patrick cherry says his emotions got the better of him when he stopped to find out why the driver had honked at him. that tirade was recorded by one of the passengers in the back seat and posted to youtube. >> have you seep the tape? >> yes. >> and what's going through your mind when you watch that tape? >> disgusted with myself. >> why? >> because, you know, people shouldn't be treated that way. >> cherry remains on desk duty. a civilian complaint review board is looking into this incident. and the whole boat had turned around and i was flying through the air, somersaulting and the ceiling was the floor and floor was the ceiling. >> boy does he have a story to tell. this is a sailor who was lost at sea for more than two months.

nbc's erica edwards shares this incredible story of how this man managed to survive despite the awful conditions. >> passenger inside. >> reporter: it is a story of survival determination, and the sheer will to live. rescued after more than two months at sea, 37-year-old louis jordan was found thursday adrift on the open ocean clinging to life on his capsized sailboat. >> i had gone many days with wet blankets and not a lot of food and trying to sleep at night in the cold. >> reporter: he was spotted by a german cargo ship and hoisted to safety by the woeg about 200 miles off the coast of north carolina. >> i feel blessed and i feel full of love and grateful to be with my family and people again. >> let's have a hug. >> reporter: reunited with his family jordan says he prayed every tay for rain and survived by catching fish and drinking rainwater while rationing his provisions. >> there comes a time when you wonder if they could still be

out there, surviving, you know. and i always prayed that somebody would find him and they did. >> reporter: missing since january, jordan was able to walk off the coast guard chopper in good condition with no signs of sunburn or dehydration. >> he had some shelter, had his boat to climb into. he had water. he had food. i mean it's just will. >> reporter: back on dry land he says he doesn't know if he'll ever sail again but plans to write a book about his ordeal. erica edwards, nbc news. back to the breaking news about the death of sarah brady. her family says she died at the age of 73 after she battled pneumonia and that she and jim bray day shared a life that was built on a romance that lasted 30 years. just in reaction from the brady campaign for gun violence founded by sarah and jim brady after he was shot in an assassination attempt on president reagan. the group says "there are

countless people walking around today who would not be were it not for sarah brady's remarkable resilience compassion and what she sauls said she enjoyed the most her hard work in the trenches with this organization which she continued right up to the very end. ". a 14-year-old girl and a 20-year-old ft. meade soldier arrested in a murder. >> the text messages that help investigators unravel a deadly stabbing. a church's easter message is turn

a church has a crucifixion displayed. the disflay is getting mixed reat-bats from those passing by. >> at first i thought it was weird, but it's okay. >> how do i feel about it? i think it's kind of creepy. >> you know, easter weekend, that's what it's all about is a reminder. >> the man portraying jesus has been doing this for three years, twice at the same church. a new mother in kentucky has quite a story to tell about how her new baby came into the world. she went into labor in downtown louisville yesterday, but she got stuck in traffic behind president obama's motorcade. cars were in gridlock.

but her little baby boy couldn't wait, not even for leader of the free world. luckily there was a nurse who was also stuck in that dplid grandkid lock. she helped deliver the baby and get the mother to the hospital. >> pretty much had to ride the emergency lane all the way down. she did say it was a story she'll neve forget. >> both mother and baby are healthy and doing just fine tonight. an eighth-grader in pennsylvania initially told detectives she was horried fen when he saw her 20-year-old boyfriend, who's a soldier at ft. meade, kill her mother. >> but as doug schimmel reports detectives say she dlooeted techs. the deleted texts tell a difference story. >> reporter: the shallow grave where cheryl sla vonnic was buried in lehigh county was part of a plot that prosecutors say 20-year-old caleb barnes and his 14-year-old girlfriend jamie sla slavonic had hatched. >> the plan involved luring them away to he could kill them for. >> detectives say jamie's mother

wanted her daughter to end the relationship with the army soldier. in deleted text messages between barnes and jamie that were recovered by hee light county's digital forensics lab, jamie texted to barnes "she threatened to throw me out of the house. i want her gone." another says "i'm going to go up to the bathroom while you do it okay? why don't we wait until we get into the car?" he responds "fine. then another text from jamie, jt just do it." he stabbed her in the neck in the car and they tried to clean up the blood and pushed the car down a remote road to a pond. police found the car and the grave and led them to a telling scene just hours after jamie allegedly witnessed her boyfriend kill her mother. >> there they found mr. barnes and miss slavonik undressed in an upstairs bedroom.

now at 6:00, a local family looking for answers about the death of their elderly mother. she was found wrapped in blankets in her home. her heat turned off. tonight the answers one d.c. council member is getting. fighting the heroin epidemic in virginia. new at 6:00 the county showing some signs of progress. getting ready to make your move, what hillary clinton did today that could lead to a presidential announcement this month. first at 6:00 rain and maybe storms moving through our area. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is tracking it all from the storm center. amelia everybody going to see rain around here tonight? >> everybody's going to see rain but there will be breaks in the activity. if you're heading out this evening, have your umbrella no you might not need to use it. here is the latest on storm team 4 radar, only tracking showers across the area. a very low thunderstorm threat. we could see a bit of heavier rain moving through later tonight. right now, that's just not the

case. some activity in southern maryland up into frederick county and back toward the luray area. this storm system will be moving through. this is all ahead of a cold front and that brings much cooler air for tomorrow. here's my latest rain time line. scattered rain until 10:00 tonight. then the best chance for steady rain will be from 10:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. there could be some heavier rain at times as well. some scattered showers until about 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. coming up temperatures tomorrow morning will be in the 40s and 50s. i'll let you know when the suburbs will make it out of the 50s. >> thanks amelia. a story we broke at 5:00. a family is looking for answers tonight after a 102-year-old woman was found dead in her home and she was huddled next to her radiator. her son says it happened after her gas heat was turned off. new at 6:00 news4's mark segraves with word that washington gas is now