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and sadness on a virginia college campus as students are honoring a young woman who may have been murdered by her own roommate. plus what sparked this apartment fire that left dozens of people homeless and the concert that took over the national mall. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. first, at 6:00 she was in the student senate she was well-known on campus. she was trying to make it a safer place for students but tonight her roommate is in jail, accused of killing the college junior in her bedroom. chris's classmates are shocked. and they are saying as derrick ward reports, they're making sure she's not forgotten. >> reporter: by all appearances, this neighborhood near the campus of mary washington is an idyllic place.

this neighbor, who at any timedidn't want to go on camera, remembers when the coeds moved in. >> i told them what my name was. i was their neighbor. >> reporter: but the peace is a sark contrast to what happened. grace rebecca mann is dead. and this student is in jail on a first degree murder charge. >> this is vein. it this is a quiet neighborhood. >> reporter: they toured the campus on a bright sunny saturday. there's sadness. they're planning a memorial and grief counselor are already among them as a town and campus community rye po make try to make sense of what happened here. there will be a walk in memory

of the slain student and they expect to have a larger memorial sometime during the week. >> our darcy spencer will be attending that vigil tonight on the mary washington campus. look for her story at 11:00. and we'll push any new updates out on nbc washington.com. ♪ i'll be there for you ♪ the national mall is packed and they are jamming out tonight at a preconcert and rally to celebrate earth day. acts like usher have been entertaining the crowd, also major policymakers from around the world speak about the importance of fighting climate change and poverty. >> our climate provides the water we drink, the land we live on. rampant waste and extreme weather make it hard to grow food. this affects us all but it

affects the world's poor much more than you and me. ? you still have time to join the crowd and catch some music. the concert lasts until about 9:00. let's take a live look at the national mall. a beautiful day and beautiful view. this is one of the warmest weekends i can remember since probably last year. >> you're exactly right. this is the warmest weekend since late september. and today's high of 84 makes it the warmest day so far this year. it's still going to be nice outside, just a few clouds in the area. dry. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. washington now at 80 dee dees. here's your hourly forecast through the evening hours. 9:00 when the concert's wrapping up low 70s. midnight we're still in the upper 60s, walking the dog, going for a late-day run, the weather's still looking nice. tomorrow morning temperatures in the 50s, upper 50s in washington. some heavy rain and the chance

of severe weather in the forecast. he completed his mission, and now the man who landed his gyro craft on the lawn of the wap capitol is headed home. he will have to wear an ankle monitor until he comes back for his next court appearance. he made the protest and his wife call the him a patriot. an apartment fire forced more than two dozen people out of their homes at the oaks on livingston terrace. the fire started on one of the balconies in an air conditioning unit. five apartments were damaged, and the red cross is helping those families with temporary housing. over in alexandria there's been a deadly crash and alcohol may be to blame. a bmw hit a curb and crashed into a fire hydrant and telephone pole.

the passenger died in the crash. paramedics rushed the driver to the hospital. they don't think they were going too fast but they are looking into whether he was drinking. in missouri a man was shot and body cameras caught the entire incident. the officers say the suspect charged at them with a knife, and they had to shoot him. officers were called to the scene when a mother called 911 and said her son was walking around the house with knives and a samurai sword. a little later here on news 4, an ohio police officer's dramatic arrest after double murder suspect was also captured on a body camera. find out how he got the camera that wasn't even issued by his department. all right, raptors, this one had us all sweating. >> the wizards, they didn't win a single game against toronto

during the regular season but that did not stop the fellas from taking care of business today. a great defensive performance highlighted by paul pierce putting on a show. pierce's first playoff game as a wizard and he did not disappoint. under a minute left, wizards up 3. vasquez hits a huge three and ties the game at 82. the fans, you see them going absolutely nuts. but in o.t. that's when paul pierce took over, knocking down the three pointer. the wizards take game one, 93-86. coming up later in the show you'll hear from head coach randy whitman. plus carol maloney is in new york. she'll have an update on the capitals capitals. thanks jason. up next at 6:00 a shocking scene on the highway. a cage full of puppies strapped

to the top of a speeding mini van. coming up the frantic 911 calls and the driver's explanation.

a many van, a cage on the roof with several puppies in it. ? an ohio family learned the hard way, this is not how you take your dogs on vacation. four puppies in a cage, strapped to the top of a mini van, cruising down the highway. and when other drivers saw them the calls started pouring into 911. turns out a family of six was headed to pennsylvania some 300 miles away. the family said they didn't have any room in the mini slap. they willingly handed over the puppies to police. >> i didn't see any injuries. they would not leave each other. they were huddled together. they were scared. they did have a tarp that covered three sides of the cage. but they're still experiencing a lot of wind. a lot of noise. >> the family said they weren't aware it was illegal to transport puppies like that wouldn't have done it if they knew. >> tonight, a rookie officer is being praised for holding back. up next, the dramatic video of a

police officer who split-second decision not to shoot the murder suspect who was

in ohio body cam footage shows a rookie police officer facing down a double murder suspect and using great restraint. a relative actually gave him the body camera after seeing all the unrest in ferguson. and as nbc reports, the chief

hopes to have all his officers outfitted soon. >> get your hands up! get your hands up! get your hands up right now! [ bleep ]. >> reporter: a tense stand ofroff between officer and suspect. the rookie officer's body camera captures him backing up gun raised but not firing at michael wilcox a suspect in a double murder. >> back up! [ bleep ] back the [ bleep ] up. >> reporter: wilcox surrendered feet from officer kidder. >> law enforcement officers at all costs need to make life and death split second decisions. >> for him to make the judgment call that he did shows great restraint and maturity. >> reporter: officer kidder's

actions are being called as a positive example of policing. some of the other encounters have been captured on police body cameras. others like in ferguson missouri have not. something many protesters and police bosses would like to see changed. officer jesse kidder's body camera was given to him by a relative. the other officers would like to have one. the chief is now seeking funding to equip all of them with one. tonight they are feeling the wrath of a planeful of passengers. a plane had to be diverted because of bad weather. passengers said the airline told them you could get off the plane but you'll forfeit your seat. so some stayed on board and ended up waiting on the tarmac for more than since hours. >> eventually the plane moved to a gate and was canceled.

united got a bus and drove the passengers to denver nearly two hours. if you're counting that's 12 hours for a trip that normally takes less than two. i think we've all got a story similar to that to tell. it was beautiful today, our high 84. it was the warmest day so far this year. it is cooler tomorrow but seasonable 65 66 degrees. tomorrow not bad at all. as we get into the later hours of the day, chance of showers enters the forecast into tomorrow night and monday morning. heavy rain is likely and hen storms are possible late in the day on monday depending on how much sun we get. they could be strong to severe. we're going to keep a close eye on monday the entire day. then as we look to the end of the upcoming week temperatures are going to be feeling cooler. maybe today you're saying it's too warm for me i want more spring.

don't worry, temperatures will be trending downward overall. travel looks good. exercising cooler. if you have plans for your sunday evening, you could be dealing with rain moving into the area. right now we're in the upper 70s and low 80s. 80 is the temperature in washington. for tomorrow night's start, 57 degrees. it's breezy tomorrow afternoon with a high of 66. rain moves in tomorrow evening. future weather keeping us dry by 5:00. about a 30% chance of showers inside of the beltway at that point. by 5:00 rain likely everywhere. even some reds. that's heavy rain. if you travel early to work on monday know you'll be dealing with some heavy rain. we likely get a break around the midday hours. and depending on how much sun we get, that could determine how severe the storms are. more sun stronger storms.

we could have isolated flash flooding. around the midday hours, the weather having a low impact on your day. can you head out for your lunch monday afternoon and evening. showers in the forecast potentially strong to severe. a high on monday of 73. like i said chris, we're going to trend downward. 70 on tuesday, of 66 wednesday. >> more on the wizard's big play off win and carol maloney with a look at the caps game.

the wizards went shopping for veteran leadership in offseason just for moments like this. >> they're so glad paul pierce is on this wizards team. you don't score over 25,000 points in a hall of fame career by being afraid of big moments. today paul pierce showed everyone just how valuable playoff experience can truly be.

the truth not only talked a big game before this series started. he went out and backed it up. taking pressure off of guys like john wall, making his second play off appearance. paul pierce showing off the old man game right there, the fade-away. the wisz ards a two-point lead. a few plays later, the wizards miss, get it back working the ball around pierce it's a big-time three. the wizards led by as much as 15. bradley beal tough fall there, but he gets that to go. he had 16 points in this game. the wizards lead it by five. under a minute left. it's a three-point game. vasquez ties it up. we're knotted up at 82 and headed to overtime. in o.t. more from the veteran pierce a three ball there. he was 4-7 from behind the arc.

then he had a double-double. wizards take the game in toronto. they lead the series 1-0 over the raptors. this one the final, 93-86. >> toronto hates paul he made it known, he accepted it. he accepted the challenge and led us. >> i didn't want to come back to toronto to be in this environment. it's a tough environment to play in tough place to win in. but you got to love these type of moments, these type of buildings that are excited about their team, and i think it's something that drives me. >> game two between the wizards and raptors this tuesday in toronto. it's been a great sports weekend so far in the district here. and for d.c. sports fans it started last night with the capitals. besides the victory with the islanders, the biggest story had to be the health of braden

holtby. >> the mask is back on. the goaltender looked like his healthy self on the eve of game three. >> obviously, not practicing for two days and not doing much. i wanted to get out there and get the blood flowing, get my eyesight back. >> holtby started feeling safe before game one. two and a half days later the worst is over but still a bit shocked at the unfortunate timing. >> playoff time you'd like to play with three limbs if you could, but the biggest thing is making sure you're not a detriment to your team. i probably would have been last night. >> it was almost harder because he had a little more substance to his practice which is pretty cool. >> with the way he was practicing and the determined look in his eye, braden holtby

left little doubt he'd be back in the net. it's a little more stressful watching from off the ice. news 4 sports. don't forget to check out our pre-game show at 11:30 tomorrow before the game. caps versus islanders, game three. should be a good one. carol maloney will be on that. the nationals hosting the phillies. pups at the park day. nationals won three vats games. jordan zimmerman getting the start on the mound. freddie gallon advice vest bloops this one. this got the dogs barking. bryce harper long els run of his career 452 feet fourth home run of the season for

bryce. we're tied at three. top of the seventh. man on third for brady sizemore. he takes this ball to first. ryan zimmerman is there. the phils take the lead and the game as well 5-3 is your final over the nats. what a great sports weekend. >> oh, yeah. this is great time of year. hockey basketball and both local teams in playoffs. that's going to do it for us.

on this saturday night, a matter of life and debt. dramatic body cam footage showing a murder suspect charging at an officer and his split-second decision. nightmare flight. travelers stranded on the tarmac for hours as conditions worsen on board. passengers told they could get off, but there was a catch. a mother's warning. after losing her son to isis. tonight her insights and her message to other parents. triggering debate. the controversial bills allowing students to carry guns on some college campuses. is it protecting a right or the wrong cause? and stealing the show. a young dancer who's making moves and defying the odds. this is