to show off its new railcar bus another problem leaves the transit agency embarrassed. his real name was lenny robinson, but a lot of folks here knew him by his alter ego, batman. >> all afternoon, we have seen condolences coming in on our facebook pages, twitter pages, for a man who worked to bring so much cheer to sick kids in our area. >> he died in an accident over the weekend and news4's pat collins has been following up on his story. >> reporter: our batman is dead. not the batman in the movies, not the batman on television, but lenny robinson, our batman. and he had his own special power. he spent two deck kids a dressing up as batman, driving a specially made batmobile, cheering up hundreds of sick kids in hospitals. lenny robinson, our batman, killed in a bizarre accident as

he was run over by the bat car when it was struck on a highway near hagerstown. police say the batmobile broke down, he went out to checked engine and the bat car was hit. lenny robinson had a successful cleaning business. he sold it years ago so he could be batman and visit sick children. not long ago, i saw him work his imagine knick a hospital outside of baltimore. >> do batman a favor, get better. and to the media thought and to the world, you must ask yourself, self, did i make a difference today? and that answer better be yes. >> reporter: he was on his way to another hospital one time when he was pulled over by the cops who trouble running the bat tags. >> got no tags, batman on it and dressed like batman. >> reporter: it was an odd encounter, but in the end, it

was all good. now, lenny robinson put thousands and thousands of miles on that special batmobile going from hospital to hospital visiting sick children. an inside look at his special powers coming up at 5:00. this was a shocking homicide and robbery. folks will remember what used to be the clarion hotel in oxon hill and the night that a gunman went into the hotel and held a gun to the clerk's face and then shot and killed another worker. today, we heard opening arguments in this case. deon dre wheels is accused of being the gunman in that robbery and murder. he is charged with murder, armed robbery, assault and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime and conspiracy to commit robbery. this all happened back in october of 2013. 27-year-old jesse chavez, who was a manager at the clarion hotel, was shot and killed when he tried to stop the gunman on his way out of the hotel. they struggled until that gunman

shot and killed him at point-blank range. today the jury was selected in this case and we heard opening arguments. on news4 at 5:00, a look back at this unbelievable crime and just how violent it was what surveillance video caught. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news4 we have been going through court documents released on that stabbing in northeast d.c. last week. the man killed, eric smith, play is mistakenly, accidentally, knocked a little girl with his bag as he was getting off a bus on h street. witnesses say smith got into an argument with the girl's mother and then got into a fight with another man who was trying to break the two up. police say that's when hector felix moved in with a knife. court documents say smith tried to get away but was hit by a car on 8th street and police say that's when felix stabbed smith. felix is charged with murder and he is -- has been denied bond.

back to you. >> thanks, wendy. about 40 people walked from baltimore to washington today as a show of force against street violence. they are part of the 300 men march organization and chopper4 caught up with them this morning along route 1 in college park. they just arrived at the national mall a few hours ago. organizers hope their march calls attention to the rising violence in baltimore. we continue to get new images from that deadly bomb explosion in thailand's capital, including this video that just came into our newsroom showing the flames raging outside a shrine in bangkok. no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing yet. at least 18 people are dead. nbc's janet shamlian reports on the deadliest attack in the city's recent memory. >> reporter: the bomb rocked thailand's capital during the height of the evening rush hour, 7 p.m. local time. the attack taking place at a major intersection close to the well-known erawan shrine in the center of the city and this may have been the result of a motorcycle bomb. the area is close to a number of

shopping centers and luxury hotels. while it is possible tourists are among the casualties, the u.s. embassy in bangkok is report it is not aware of any americans involved. the area is described as being chaotic now as first responders still try to get to that scene, a rapidly changing situation. janet shamlian, nbc news, london. temperatures in the 90s today as the heat wave continues, but there is an end in sight and some storms also in the forecast. storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer is in the storm center with the first look. >> not a bad picture thought, right now dealing with some sunshine, some cloud cover, some blue skies. all in all, just another hot afternoon. look at the high temperatures today, one of the hottest days we have seen so far this month. 95 in d.c., 97 in leesburg and frederick, 96, warren ton. the only place we have had some relief, along the bay here, 86, annapolis, 85 in patuxent river, a bay breeze making its way in. heading out this evening, the

sun goes down at 8:00. tomorrow, before 8:00, the days continue to get shorter. temperatures this evening, 90 at 7:00, on the hot side for sure, 86, rather humid, nice weather by 11:00 tonight, out and about this evening in the city. tonight's headlines what are we thinking? the heat wave ends tomorrow, i think, at least for many of us. the rain chances, going to be on the increase the next couple of days. some areas see rather heavy rain, talk about that and your weekend weather, for some, the last weekend before the start of school. yeah, back to school next week for many of you. talk about that in my full forecast. rockville opening some community sentors to help you stay cool. the lincoln park, twinbrook and thomas farm community centers are open until 9:30 tonight. the rockville senior center closes in about an hour. the cooling centers are open any time the temperatures hit 95 or higher. you may have had just enough time to see stevie wonder for free today if you follow nbc 4 on facebook or twitter. we put the word bought this

pop-up concert and i posted some photos on my facebook page. ♪ stevie played half a dozen songs on east capitol street over near rfk and the armory. a few thousand people heard about it and hustled over to see him. he is promoting his songs in the key of life tour. if you missed him today, don't worry, he is playing the verizon center on october 3rd. that one, however, is gonna cost you. i bet. we are getting a first look today at the altar being built for pope francis's trip to washington, build built inside cabinet shop in frederick, maryland. pope francis comes to washington september 22nd. on the 23rd, the pontiff will celebrate an outdoor mass at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception, the altar and other furnishings are designed by three catholic university students. an alert for military families. what a new study finds about the risk to their children during

war. megabus is asking for your help naming a bus after d.

the white house is ready to help our area in the fight against heroin addiction. the obama administration just announced a $5 million initiative in 15 states, including maryland and the district. halved money is going to be used to pair up police and health officials so they can focus on treating heroin users, not just punishing them. from 2002 to 2013, the number of people who died from heroin overdoses quadrupled in the united states. now to a sobering new study about military kids. it suggests children from military families are more likely to engage in risky behaviors during war time the leading medical journal published the results which found these kids are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, get in fights or bring a gun to school. researchers say being separated from a parent or worried about

future deployments are big factors and the children need more support during wartime. teens prefer to text their friends and phone crawls merely reserved for the best test a pew research survey found 54% of teens prefer their first communication with new friends through text and only 9% prefer talking with new friends on the phone. that number increases to 69% if they are talking to their best friend on the phone, but text messaging still the most popular for reaching a best friend at 80%. shock? i think not. > all right. well, texting is always the way to go at least what i think. you know what temperatures york know how many times people are going to be texting, kids get back to school and it's feeling even more like summer now as kids head back to school. i know kids have been at school maybe the last two weeks or so. evening planner, temperatures low 90s right now, yeah, we topped out in the mid-90s today,

it was warm out there not only that on the humid side and continue to be muggy this evening, temperatures fall out of the 80s, eventually end up in the 70s tonight, still on the humid side. not have the to worry about any rain throughout this evening but we do have rain, at least for the next couple of days, rain chances increase, i don't think you are going to see any tomorrow, going to be a muggy morning tomorrow, starts upper 60s, low to middle 70s, put those kids out on the bus stop tomorrow morning, maybe get your coffee. got your seven-day forecast coming up and your rain chances in a few minutes. >> thanks, lauren. the first day of school, already in the books for some kids in our area. how parents and students feel about heading back to class three weeks early this year. anticipation and excitement turns to anger and frustration after

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monitoring. summer's already over for some kids in our area. students went back to class today in five school districts and that seems early to you, it is. news4's molette green went to manassas park's hoover elementary to get the inside scoop on a new schedule. >> i need individual pictures. >> reporter: anxious moments on the first day back to class. >> i'm nervous. >> reporter: arianna groves is starting fifth grade and her brother, christian, first grade. arriving early outside cougar elementary and manassas park elementary right next door to get started on a new school year starting three weeks early. >> i think it will be better for the students because the longer breaks tend to you know, tend to kind of knock them off a little bit. >> 'cause some kids usually forget most of the stuff during summer break. >> reporter: that's the focus this school year in all manassas park schools, to raise achievement and close a gap for some students who may lag behind. that's the cornerstone of this

balanced calendar concept, offering two five-day special classes, the first coming after the nine weeks of instruction. >> the intersections provide students, all students in our school division, an opportunity not only for remediation to get caught up after that first nine weeks of school but to engage in enrichment as well. >> reporter: dr. mcdade says it wasn't an easy sell to shorten summer vacation and return this far ahead of labor day. >> i'm not really excited. i want a couple more weeks back. >> reporter: some say it's worth it if it means better grades. >> it's going to be an exciting, going to be a challenging year but we are looking forward to t. >> reporter: this particular school district had to get special permission from the state to start this early, breaking from tradition and starting three weeks before labor day. the superintendent tells me they had to work with some families whose vacation collided, but the end of the school year is not expected to be impacted.

they will get out around the same time in june as schools in the area. in manassas park, outside cougar elementary, i'm mollette green, news4. >> got to love that little girl, just telling it like it is. >> need more time. some of are you coming home after the riding the rails with d.c. mayor muriel bowlers. she took metro's green line today and talked about the expansion of the city's kids ride free program. d.c. students can get free bus rides during school commute hours. this year, the first time, rides on metro rail will also be free. registration for the program is now open at kids ride free.d.c.gov. megabus is giving you a chance to name one of its popular buses. the company is naming one bus for each state in which the company operates and here are the options for d.c., cherry blossom, george washington or capitol city more details on how to vote, open our nbc washington app and search megabus.

oh, that forecast a hot one during the day today. you know that already if you've take an look outside, take an step outside. temperatures today back into the 90s. heat index, way up there, too, look as we look out towards the cathedr cathedral, downtown, off toward the potomac, warmer along the waters of the potomac, right now at the airport, bright here, current temperature sitting at 93. more importantly, look at the dew point, up to 70 now. we talk about it between 65 and 70 being very uncomfortable, over 70, talking about the really uncomfortable temperatures, we have a hive 93, rather, at 93 now. look at the heat index, 99, d.c., 99, leesburg, 97, fredericksburg, not just hot, humid, you saw that picture, rather hazy, too get the three hs thought on our monday. storm team4 radar showing not much, lightning toward baltimore county, northern anne arundel, that's the bay breeze coming in. that's really affecting temperatures, annapolis, mid-80s

today, much more comfortable along the water toward the chesapeake bay. satellite and radar showing the clear skies in our region the most part, a few clouds, back to the west, tracking this system, a lot of moisture, a lot of cloud cover making its way up to the south what we are watching come into the region during the day tomorrow. so i think that will help to bust the heat wave. we have been in the 90s, the last three days, i don't think we will get there tomorrow. tomorrow, notice the cloud cover starting to move in. i still think a nice morning on your tuesday. then see the clouds really develop during the afternoon hours, still some sunshine, still get into the upper 80s, close to 90. so co-we see a shower? it's possible, the best chance will be back towards the mountains during the day, maybe an isolated shower, i have left it out of the forecast for now. don't be surprised to see it, most of lust remain dry. same deal on wednesday. more cloud cover, better chance of a few showers, maybe a couple rumbles of thunder during the day on wednesday, too, high temperatures tomorrow, upper 80s, most of us, 86, gaithersburg, 88, leesburg, better chance of showers and

storms to the west, more cloud cover off to the east. move on through the next couple of days, we stay out of the 90s into the mid-80s, wednesday, 85, 87 on thursday, 8 on friday, a better chance of storms as we head towards the mild and end of the week. coming up, lauren rickets in with the weekend forecast. >> thanks, doug. we here at nbc4 want to thank you for helping us clear the shelters. more than 1200 pets have been adopted in our area. you think that's impressive? nationwide, more than 17,000 pets found forever homes. you can check out some of the new pet owners right now on nbcwashington.com. just click on shelter selfies. sad story to report. morgan freeman's granddaughter was murdered over the weekend. billy bush is going to join us live with reaction from hollywood. an update on a local pilot who crashed her plane in who crashed her plane in so

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right now, radio legend donnie simpson back on the d.c. airwaves. the donnie simpson show premiered on magic 102.3 this afternoon. simpson came out of retirement to join radio one and stopped by to tell us about it on news4 midday a couple weeks ago. his long and storied radio career started at the in the 1970s right here in our building. award-winning actor morgan freeman is mourning the death of

his step granddaughter. >> yeah, she was stabbed to death and her boyfriend is now facing second-degree murder charges. "access hollywood's" billy bush joins us live from burbank. more than anything else, this is a family tragedy s freeman saying anything about this? >> he put out a statement, you know, a 'dena met her on 2005 on the golden globe red carpet so proud of her, she was going to be a huge star, she was in the movie last year "five flights up" with morgan and diane keaton as well. he put out a statement saying the world will never know her artistry and talent and how much she had to offer. her friends and family were fortunate enough to have known what she meant as a person, but she was stabbed multiple times out on the street outside of her apartment. neighbors say they called 911 after hearing screams out there. some witnesses describe the attack as an exorcism attempt. she was transported to a local hospital and later this guy,

lamar davenport, her boyfriend, alleged boyfriend, was charged with second degree. so according to the nypd, this guy, he has had at least two prior arrests. in 2010, by the way, a rapper, goes by the name of lyric. he was arrested in new york criminal -- court for possession of stolen property and petty larceny. so not a terrific guy. sadly, she is gone, morgan is distraught. >> billy bush s this what you guys will be working on tonight for quicks"access"? >> more from morgan freeman on that and wouldn't you know it donald trump showed up for jury duty, we, along with the rest of the entire world, followed him to the steps. as he came out, this is his fifth night, blew off the first five calls to jury duty, said they got his address wrong. how about the big tower that has your name at the top of it.

hard to get his address confused. by the way, you just said donnie simpson, back on the radio in washington. i used to be on the radio in washington for five years, morning drive. donny was the man. he crushed all of us. congrats to donnie. >> you will be happy to know he looks exactly the same he's did 25 years ago it is amazing. >> doso do i. >> i wish i did. >> good to see you, billy. >> thanks, guys. metro's rollouts of the newest railcar on the green line didn't go as planned. instead it left passengers upset and demanding refunds.

breaking news first at 4:30, this is a live look inside d.c. police headquarters where we expect the mayor and police to update the shooting of a recent american university graduate in the shaw neighborhood this weekend. no arrests in that case yet. we are going to get to them as soon as they begin. service back to normal on the metro but it was another rough morning for commuters and this came on a day metro tried to sell as a big step forward. >> so the train broke down at the greenbelt station right before the transit system planned to roll out some of its newest railcars. news4's meagan fitzgerald spoke

with riders who say they're done. >> reporter: just as that new 7,000 series train car was set to roll on the green line, the train in front of it broke down, causing delays. metro says it was mechanical issues. is didn't take long for monday morning to get off on the wrong foot. >> work, d.c. >> reporter: it was right around 5:30 when this car broke down, forcing upset customers to walk off. >> this is ridiculous! i have a job to be at! this is crazy! >> the train wouldn't come down and that's it. getting a new one, the next one coming what she told us. >> reporter: metro officials say the next one was supposed to be the new 7,000 series train set to make its debut on the green line but 30 minutes after it was supposed to arrive -- as this train was being tow aid wake the 7,000 series finally pulls up, but by then, the excitement of the new train was drowned out by

frustration. >> breakdowns, single-tracking, i have been through the derailment this month, just pathetic. >> reporter: for a lot of the riders, one thing after another, when it comes to taking metro, they stay is best to temper expectations. >> no different t is metro. always disappointing. >> reporter: metro says the yellow and silver line are expected to get a 7,000 series train as well but they say they don't know exactly when that will happen. reporting in greenbelt, meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> frustrated doesn't seem like a big enough word. a woman from vid recovering this afternoon after she crash herd small plane into someone's backyard. karina barnes crash landed in upper middle loop in bristow. she was practicing approaches at the manassas airport when her piper lost power. she missed that house by no more than 20 yards. the homeowner says he was thankful barnes was able to man knew earth plane into the trees.

>> she could have try dodd something else but she hit a tree instead of my house. to me, i couldn't be more happy that she missed my house and kept control. >> reporter: barnes' injuries are said to be serious but she is in the hospital and expected to recover. why would somebody shoot a young man outside a busy rec center just filled with families? why? why would somebody do this? that's what police are trying to figure now the suit land, maryland. someone shot jr franklin outside the recreation center yesterday evening. investigators talking to a number of witnesses. one man who didn't want us to use his name told us that he knew both the victim and the shooter. >> came out of the woods over here and then having some words, took a gun out and he shot him. cold blooded, right there. >> maryland national capital park police say 200 people were in and around the rec center at the time of that shooting. a young man who lost his mom

in the charleston church shooting got a huge surprise on the "today" show. he has become a symbol of hope and strength and this morning, a trio of new york yankees and wrestling star, john sena, surprised him with a special honor. >> you are going to be attending the game at yankee stadium and take the mound and throw out the first pitch, if that's okay with you. sound like a good idea? >> yeah. >> look at that smile. part of the yankees hope week initiative, bringing atension the goodwill that inspires others. okay so it's summer, we know it is supposed to be hot, lauren, we get it we get it extreme heat, can we get past this? when can we get past this? >> we are going to get past it. it is hot. we haven't had too many days like it this summer, all right heat and humidity, we have had quite a bit of breaks here and r)rh little bit of territory that it is -- we are not used to, because it's just been so darn

nice this summer and over the last several days, especially over the weekend, humidity starting to creep back in yesterday and that humidity will continue as we go through this week. we also have rain chances so we will get a little bit of a break and definitely a break by friday as that humidity falls. seeing showers and thunderstorms pop up, not moving too many places, staying put around towson and south of baltimore now coming out of the bay breeze. we are seeing the downpours and all around the d.c. area, looking good and looking good tonight in terms of overnight lows, we fall into the 70s with a few clouds moving in, but definitely going to be to be on the muggy side and continue to see that humidity. we have the full forecast, seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. guys? now to decision 2016. some were campaigning in iowa today the man they are all chasing in the polls went to court in manhattan. donald trump summoned for jury duty. steve handelsman has more on the

front-runner. >> reporter: donald trump reported for jury duty in new york because everyone has to, even billionaires leading in every republican poll. >> he is going all the way! >> turning around, looking very presidential, waving to the crowd. >> reporter: big crowds apparently because of trump's radical stand on key issues. >> it seems as if these people who would otherwise be sort of recoil at some of these positions see it as refreshing. >> reporter: take immigration. trump told chuck todd on nbc's "meet the press," he would end automatic citizenship for every child born in the u.s. and reverse the obama order allowing students brought here illegally as kids to stay. the whole family gets deported. >> we are going to keep the families together. we have to keep the families together. >> but going to keep them together out. >> they have go. >> reporter: too strict said republican mercedes and bad for the party. >> it sounds very mitt romney-like, which we know did not work in 2012. it would not work in 2016 with the latino community. >> reporter: in iowa, trump's

rivals have to play off his energy. >> donald trump has part of it right. there's no question we should be defunding sanctuary cities if they won't enforce the laws. >> reporter: wisconsin governor scott walker is running on his record. >> i said what i was going to do and then i went out and did it. >> reporter: the non-politician has gone out and taken the lead. before he ran, for five year, donald trump failed to show up for jury duty and was fined $250. his lawyers said the court notice went to the wrong address. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. if you are starting to think about what to make for dinner, why not go out inted? it is because it is restaurant week here in the dmv. open our washington app for a list of participateding restaurants all week long. enjoy a three-course lunch or three-course dinner at a great price at any one of 250 restaurants. lunch costs $22 a person. dinner, $35. not bad a warning tonight for those of how use those free wifi

hotspots. what you should steer clear of doing while connected to public networks. more than 100 wildfires are burning out west and firefi

dramatic time lapse video shows a lightning storm sweeping through south florida. the video shows clouds rolling over the blue heron bridge in singer island, florida. the night sky just lights up with lightning strikes. thunderstorms and rain are

expected to continue through the week for southern portions of that state. some parts of florida still waiting to dry out after a week of heavy rain. i could actually watch lightning video all day long. it is the coolest thing ever. lightning just so much fun out there. no lightning today around our area. rest of the live camera looking good, reston traffic moving good. temperatures warm, look at this, 39, d.c. 97, leesburg, the middle, reston right around 94, 95. 91, manassas, 95 toward fredericksburg. a very hot, humid afternoon. heat index over 100. couple storms in through anne arundel on the south end of 695 here, that's really about it the rest of us on the dry side. that's not going to be the case the next couple of days. more moisture down to the south, see a lot of this rain making its way our way, take its time

getting here. i still think most of the day tomorrow will be dry for just about everybody. clouds on the increase tomorrow, still be warm and humid, but not talking about the 90s. i think get to a high temperature of 89 degrees, you want to get out, maybe play a little golf dork a little exercising, probably better to do it earlier in the day, a little bit cooler, once again, humidity on the rise during the day tomorrow. that seven-day forecast coming again, lauren rickets has that for you in a second. the university of virginia says its computer network is back online after a cyber attack shut it down for the past two days. federal investigators think the hack originated in china and targeted the e-mail accounts of two uva employees. school officials say they have upgraded internal security regarding further breaches. more than 100 wildfires burning across the west, destroying homes and forcing hundreds of flee. we have got the latest next. and tracy morgan is heading

whether you're in an airport or a coffee shop, chances are you jump at the france chance to use free public wifi network. come on the if you're not aware of the risk, it could end up costing you a bundle. free public we style almost as popular as the internet itself and most who use it do so cautiously. >> they say a lot of things are secured setting, i would raesh more safe than sorry. >> reporter: in a recent survey by aarp, 27% admitted to handling personal business using

public wifi. >> i guess i've never really thought about it before. um, i don't know how anybody can get anything off of my computer from the public internet. >> reporter: but they do internet security experts say hear, and scam verse ramped up stealing info from public we few users, even massacre raiding as what's called "evil twin hotspots." you think you're logging on to the airport or the hotel wifi account, but you're really logging on to the scammer's fake wifi account. >> reporter: director of the fraud watch network says hackers are also trolling neighborhoods and businesses, looking for poorly secured or unsecured wifi accounts. >> even logging onto social media accounts you need to be california, you are putting in your user name and password. >> often by the time you discover you've been hacked, it's too late, damage is done. bottom line, never, ever, ever enter plead credit or debit or any account numbers on public

wifi. all right. we want to jump in now with some breaking news. want to take you live to d.c. police headquarters, the mayer and police chief are updating the shooting of a recent american university graduate. this is chief cathy lanier. >> i'm going to try to walk you through the -- what we put together. this is video from several different places. i will try and describe where the video is from and what it's connected to and what exactly we are looking for. so, i will start off. this is -- all the video we are going to show you here in this case is related to the saturday afternoon homicide of 23-year-old matthew shlonsky. on saturday, matththew shall lo ski was walking on 7th street, area of 7th and s street northwest, the area of 7th and s street northwest. he was walking with friends. evidence was recovered from both the southwest and the southeast

sidewalk on the corners of 7th and s street that shows that guns were being fired from both of those locations. so, both the southeast and southwest corners of 7th and s street, we believe that two individuals firing from two different locations there. a burgundy chrysler 300 with maryland registration was observed fleeing from that area shortly after the shots were fired. it is unknown whether the occupant or occupants of that car, that burgundy 300 also fired shots tilt. mr. shlonsky died as a result of his gunshot wounds sustained in this shooting and we don't believe at this time that he was the intended target of that shooting. after the shooting of mr. shlonsky, we received reports that the occupants of the burgundy 300 then had interactions with several other individuals. at 6th and s street northwest,

the burgundy 300 was observed operating on the wrong side of the street. the driver of the burgundy 300 then exchanged words with the driver of another car and pointed a handgun at the driver of that other car before speeding away. theburgen 2k3i 00 was then observed again in the 1900 block of 4th street northwest. an individual observed the vehicle driving at a high rate of speed. there was some words exchanged between that person and the driver of the burgundy 300. and it was reported that the driver of the burgundy 300 then rolled down the window and fired multiple shots at that individual. the driver of the burgundy 300 was described as black male in his 20s, dark complexion, with dread locks or twists in his hair. we have since recovered thatburgen 2k3i 00 in northeast washington. we do know that that car was stolen in a burglary in bowie, maryland, on august 11th.

we consider the three persons involved in the burglary persons of interest in the homicide. with the quality of video we are releasing today, we are asking neighbor has additional information on these please contact us either through our 727 -- calling 202-727-9099 or through our anonymous text tip line which is 50411 and i will remind you, if do you send us text messages through that number, it is a one-way number, we cannot reply to you. you are truly anonymous. so, if you have additional information that we can speak to you, we prefer you either call us or give us a way to reach you. so, what we are seeking now are several persons of interest in connection with the homicide that occurred this saturday in the areas of 7th and s. and i will let this video go again and describe exactly what you are seeing in the video. so, we have video from the area of the homicide scene that captures three persons of interest on the sidewalk as well

as a dark-colored vehicle. >> where is this street? >> so this is -- this initial video here, the subjects of interest, what you are looking at now this is video from a burglary that occurred on august 12th, 2015 in the 4200 block of argyle terrace. you will see three individuals in this video. we believe the three people in this video may have been occupants of that burgundy chrysler 300 that was on the scene of the homicide of saturday. so, we are asking for anybody who might recognize the three individuals that you see in this video, as these are persons of interest four through six and the vehicle's identified as -- i'm sorry, these are persons of interest one through three and this is vehicle number one, vehicle of interest number one in our video.

there are suspects one through three. there will be still shots shown at the end of, this the better quality is in the video. the second part of the video, this is showing our second vehicle of interest that's there, captured in this segment. and this is also showing two more persons of interest, persons four through six and vehicle of interest number two. this is from the shooting scene on saturday down in the area of 7th and s street northwest. so again there are still shots that are added on but from the video, a little bit better clarity of the persons in that segment of the video. so in total, we have six personses of interest and two vehicles, even though we have recovered the 300 -- the chrysler 300, we wanted to put that video out there in case somebody may have seen this vehicle being operated any time

between august 11th and saturday's date, because we know this car was taken in a burglary in bowie, maryland, back on the 11th of august. all right. so we are going to do i'm going to go on and talk a little bit about the other homicide, talk about that. and then some of the other activities over the weekend and then we will take questions from you. >> if you're just now joining us, you are listening to d.c. police chief cathy lanier updating us on a story that we have been watching very closely over the weekend. 23-year-old matt shlonsky, recent au grard was gunned down near the shaw metro station, 5:00, broad daylight, unintended shooting victim in this case. we now know a car seen fleeing from that area a burgundy chrysler 300 has been recovered. that vehicle, as police chief

cathy lanier is telling us was stolen from bowie, maryland. we also now is learned that there is another vehicle of interest and at least six poefrns interest near this case. there is new video, very clear, vivid video of these persons of interest. a live report at 5:00. let get a check of the weather with lauryn ricketts. >> as we have -- done continue through much of the day temperatures are moving into the 90s. yeah. we are in the 90s now. 93, d.c., 98, gairtsburg, frederick, a little bit on the warm side, you head off to the bay, temperatures in the 80s, 86, annapolis, 86, patuxent river station. a few pop-up storms around baltimore. aren't moving, hang out there, lightning into baltimore, but for the most part, any of these showers or storms are just

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gentleman chalk's air and water show marked by tragedy, a parachutist has died. christian farr reports on how family and friends are remembering a hero who served

his country. >> the army got it right when they got corey hood. >> reporter: hood survived tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan but died while entertaining a crowd at chicago's air and water show. >> our first reaction is like that can't be right. >> reporter: this video captured the moment that sergeant hood slammed into a gold host high rise saturday, we have stopped the video right before that fatal accident. >> he was motionless right before t looked like a toy soldier. i was just scared. >> reporter: sergeant hood had been doing team maneuvers during chicago's air and water show when a golden knight spokesperson says hood collided midair with a member of the navy's leap program parachute team. sergeant hood hit the building and fell onto the street below. >> he was completely unconscious. no body movements or attempts to

move himself. he was completely unconscious. >> reporter: late sunday afternoon, he died from his injuries. >> he was mentally tough. mentally strong. determined. and a kid with a lot of grit. >> reporter: scott fetzer was sergeant hood's high school wrestling coach in cincinnati, ohio, where hood grew up. fetzer says his former student loved serving his country. >> not only is he a national hero, he is such a grounded person. corey never forget where he came from. we have breaking news right now involving the murder of that recent american university graduate. in the last 15 minutes d.c. police released new surveillance video of three persons of interest in connection with the murder of matt shah lon kirk is the 23-year-old shot and killed in broad daylight saturday near the shaw metro. >> yeah. we just learned that the people inside that burgundy chrysler that was seen speeding away from

that scene, the driver or the people inside confronted several other drivers and actually fired shots along fourth street. police are still holding a news conference. we want to send you right back there now. >> the district of columbia, the following day on the 12th, and that's up in the oregon terrace area of northwest. and then the next time you see that car is during the course of this shooting homicide down at 7th and s street over the weekend on saturday. that's the tie-in between the case and why he wanted to walk you through the video many times and why we are asking for different people to be identified. >> chief? >> yes. >> i'm interested in your bigger picture stuff here, 52 people arrested this year. >> yes. >> 38 last year and then you said, what was the number of illegal firearms? >> illegal firearms? we have recovered 102 in the last 30 days and ten just over this weekend. >> oka