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. >> okay. so, when you say illegal

firearms, are you talking about automatic weapons or are you talking about the illegal possession of a legal firearm? >> they are crime guns, just plain and simple, not registered, not legally registered, in the hands, as i went through the people that we arrest with these guns, most of them are felons in possession of firearms, they are not legal delish not allowed to have these weapons because they are convicted felons. >> okay. that's why -- >> but they are also illegal if they are not registered. >> okay. i understand. let me ask you, isn't there -- can't these individuals be prosecuteded in federal law and that's really not being done to a great extent? i mean, isn't that true? >> felon in possession, yes, you can be. >> you want more federal prosecutions of these individuals in >> we certainly do. we certainly do. >> mayor? what about you? did you want to speak about that? i mean, there's a federal law against the possession. >> well, we want -- >> 20 prior arrests. >> we want all of -- we want the system to work as it's designed

to. so our police are very actively they are doing really good police work. what the chief didn't mention about the uzi that was recovered, that's because an officer noticed a lookout on a vehicle, saw that it had bullet holes in it. they went to the house where that person was associated. the adult there gave them permission to conduct a search and that's how they took a uzi off the streets of the district of columbia. our police are doing really good police work. we have had meetings with our prosecutors and representatives of the bench to make sure they understand exactly what we are dealing with as well. we want everyone to is able to follow the law to have great life here in the district of columbia. if you are not going to follow the law, you are going to put people in harm's way. we want the full weight of the law to be visited on every case.

>> so again what we learned here today was that matt shlonsky was caught in a shootout, people shooting from opposite sides of the street, 7th and s that burgundy chrysler that sped away from the scene, got into it with another driver on 6th street. someone in the car pointed a gun at that driver. they rode a couple blocks down on 4th street, not only got into it with a third driver but also fired shots from that buttendy car at the time. so, again, we are gonna continue to follow this story and push out any alerts on our nbc washington app. wendy? of course, no one is immune to-to-these violent crimes unfolding in d.c. a local deejay was stabbed multiple names du pont circle, even after he gave his wallet to his assailant. mark segraves is live with how this attack happened. mark? >> reporter: he is known as dj nestor and he is popular in local night club and on the radio here in d.c.

after he was attacked leaving this club in dupont circle, his friend, colleagues and people in this neighborhood are concerned it could happen to them next. today on the radio the deejays were telling listeners what happened to their friend and colleague. dj nestor, as he was known. >> immediately, you think that happened to him it could happen to me. >> reporter: nester is a part time deejay and he mixes music at local night club. he has already developed a loyal following at a very young age. >> nestor is the kid, the new counted block that we all think is the greatest new talent. >> reporter: nestor was leaving this club in du pont circle on thursday when a man put a knife to his throat as he got into his car and he demanded his money. even after giving the suspect his wallet, the man stabbed nestor repeatedly in the head, face and neck. >> he says that he got blind right away, couldn't see, but he

raised his hands and he got stabbed six more times, which is amazing. we don't understand how -- what kind of madness took place in the moment. >> reporter: the attack comes as violent crime in the district is on the rise, with two more murders over the weekend, bringing this year's total to 93 homicides. a 23% jump from last year. armed robberies 1u7 7% and assaults with guns are up 16%. the shaw neighborhood in northwest has seen much of the violence, including a shooting that left an american university graduate dead. increased patrols seeing most of the violence but few neighborhoods have been immune from the growing problem. alex has lived in the shauz community for years. >> other than flooding the streets with mpd officers the way we have this past weekend which obviously we can't sustain, no one has come up with a solution. >> reporter: i got off the phone with dj nestor, he is recovering

but he is weak because he lost so much blood in that attack. he doesn't know when he will get back to work. his friends started a gofundme page for the father of two, who like many in his sbrirks no health insurance if you want to help out go to the nbc washington app and search never. at 6:00, you will hear more from the mayor about what is being done to stem the violence. chris, back to you. >> all hoping he recovers. man was getting off a crowded bus in d.c. when he bumped into a child and apparently that was enough to lead to a deadly standing in the middle of h street. the man killed, eric smith, may have 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 has been denied bond. we have the sudden death of

a man who spent much of his recent life trying to cheer up sick children in our area. people knew him as lenny robinson, his name, but better known as batman, the alterego he takes on at the hospitals throughout our region. we are hearing from those who work with him and news4's pat sconce live in georgetown with his story and his passing. pat? >> reporter: wendy, he would go around to hospitals throughout our area to make sick children smile. lenny robinson, he dressed like batman, he talked like batman, he drove a bat momobile and las night killed in a tragic accident. we begin our story with one of his partners in good. >> we lost batman. that's what we lost. and a true hero. >> reporter: when she heard the news today, laurie strongen put on her batman medallion. it was a gift from lenny robinson. you see, laurie and lenny were

partners in good. lori runs a foundation that arranges for superheroes to meet sick kids and lenny, lenny was batman. no, he wasn't the movie batman or the tv batman. he was our batman. you see, years ago, he sold his cleaning business, made a fortune and decided to become batman and make sick kids happy. >> he would electrify the room. like it lilt up. and kids would run to him and he would open up his big cape and the kids would gather underneath it, like he protected them. there was something healing about his presence. >> reporter: last night, batman died in a bizarre accident when police say he was run over by his batmobile after it was struck by another car on a highway near hagerstown. the bat car had broken down. batman was outside checking the engine when it all happened.

>> lenny was a true hero. he was one of the good guys. he is -- when i think about what is all of our purposes for being here, it's to make the world a better place and he did that. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, lenny robinson's bat cave. now back to you. >> thanks, pat. some folks out there are ready to get a break from all this heat and humidity and they may be in luck. >> and storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer is back from vacation and he is going to tell you why it could mean we are going to get a chance of rain. >> yeah. i came back, wendy, it was too hot, i had to bring back cooler weather. i came back from vacation, that is what we will get. look at the temperatures today, 95 in d.c. 97, frederick. 97, leesburg. one of the hottest days we have seen so far this summer and one of the second hottest day we

have seen in the month of august. the rest of this evening looking pretty good. i think we have temperatures that fall down to the upper 80s by 9:00, low 80s in the city by 11:00, most of you into the upper 70s by this point. coming up, talk much more about the end of this heat wave, the chance of rain goes way up the next few days. i will show you when in my forecast. an 85-year-old woman hurt in a crash in fairfax has died. we have learn herd name is nancy shade. her car collided with a van yesterday near george mason university while she was driving on braddock road about 2 in the afternoon. that van drove in front of her trying to turn on to roberts road. shea died at the hospital. the man driving the van was not hurt. no charges have been filed but police are hoping to talk to people who play is witnessed this crash. metro launched a new train today, but that wasn't nearly enough to stop the growing frustration from a lot of commuters. the first 7,000 series cars debut on the green line today but just as the new train was about to pull up to the greenbelt station this morning,

an older train in front of it broke down. it happened around 5:30. the older train had some mechanical problem, metro pulled it out of service but this issue forced riders to wait about half an hour for the next train and that got a lot of people angry, especially those who depend on metro to get to work. >> this is ridiculous! i have a job to be at! this is crazy! >> i have been through breakdowns, single-tracking, i have been through the derailment this month, just pathetic. >> the silver lines next to get the 7,000 series trains but metro hasn't said when that will happen. people in fairfax dealt with a second dive nightmares stemming from a broken water pipe. crews worked all day to fix two big sinkholes in annandale. chopper4 flying over the scene. this is miss ann lane and duncan drive, south of tollhouse road. the water main break flooded

nearby ac ka teak creek. fairfax's water department was out fixing the pipe and one point, the road fell apart under the two trucks. neighbors sent in the pictures. no inyour riches the road is expected to be reopened tomorrow, fingers crossed. a deadly hotel robbery, a pregnant clerk comes face to face with a man with the gun. we are in court as the suspect face the judge. if you have an e-zpass, beware. crooks are trying to take advantage of with you a familiar scheme. and everybody is still -- everybody is still talking about hat stevie wonder pop-up concert. we will have more on you what may have missed next on news4 at 5:00.

stevie wonder has been entertaining audiences for the better part of 50 years and if you were following news4 on social media this morning, you may have heard about his pop-up concert in the district. news4's tom sherwood dropped in on the surprise, free performance. >> reporter: right at 10:00, stevie wonder gave a concert officially announced only 90

minutes earlier. >> are y'all with me? >> reporter: it was free and by word of mouth on a hot august day. >> i was on my way to work and received a text from a friend. >> reporter: karen wasn't missing it, she gathered up her mother, cousins and daughter. >> i told her it was real music, conscious music. i was telling them they need to go back and read the lyrics and compare them to some of the lyrics you hear today. sumbmit to joy -- ♪ >> reporter: the pop-up concert near rfk stadium drew thousands, including d.c. brothers leroy and ernest bowman. >> i think it was great, as much as i saw of it. it was great. ♪ you can feel it all over ♪ i wish the day does come back for more ♪ ♪ i wish those days, yeah

>> reporter: wonder place the verizon center october 3rd. he told the crowd there is too much violence today that must be addressed and everyone should register to vote. >> don't believe the hype about your vote doesn't count. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> wow, what a show. love's in need of love today, some of the hits wonder played for the crowd. tom sherwood used periscope during this morning's surprise concert, an app that let's create and share live video from your smartphone instant labor day with the app, tom was able to catch d.c. schools chancellor henderson dancing. that is her right there stay on top of news events just like this one. big announcement about jobs in prince george's county today. for the first time in more than a decade, the county is seeing a jump in the jobs there.

the county executive, you rush short-term baker and his development team, made the announcement in largo. rushern development team, made the announcement in largo. they are taking home better paychecks and finding more opportunities in the county. >> not just largo but suitland, the next hot place. you want to buy suitland, buy now. that place is taking wauchboff. you want to buy, go to new carrollton. bowie taking off. through all of prince george's county, we are on the rebound. >> baker says the increase in jobs, income and decrease in crime is making prince george's county a major competitor in the d.c. metro area. just a little over a month to go before the pope visits washington. and the altar he is going to use during his outdoor mass here is starting to take shape. chris gordon went to frederick where the builder opened up his studio to the media.

>> reporter: you are looking at the altar being built for pope francis in this cabinet shop in frederick, maryland. the altar will be used when the pontiff celebrates an outdoor mass at the basilica of the national shrine of the emaccue late conception next month. the altar, chairs and furnishings were designed beneath there students from catholic university of america. they are seeing their designs come to life after winning a contest. >> for the pope to give mass and to canonize a saint with -- standing behind the altar that i designed, sitting in the chair that i designed, i mean, it's just such an hopper to be part of such an important event. >> reporter: the students tell me that their design concept was simple, reflect the nature from inside the basilica, outside from the mass and because the altar will be installed inside the church, they want it to serve a dual purpose. a deacon is also a professional carpenter, the second time he

has built an altar and other furnishings for a pole. the first time was in 2008 when he handled the construction for pope benedict's mass at nationals park baseball stadium. i asked him if he feels the pressure. >> there's moments of quiet grace in a journey like this where you just feel like you're plugged in to the right people and, you know, right project and you just know it's gonna come together. >> all right. the pope arrives in d.c. on a tuesday. september 22nd. to see his itinerary for the visit, check out the nbc washington app and search pope. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a local trucking company. chopper4 up over friendly trucks in ac ka keek ma, maryland. there appears to be a significant amount of damage, but nobody was injured. someone shooting up buildings in northern virginia. why police believe these cases are connected. and should your kid get a trophy just for showing up?

a pro athlete launches a national debate about parenting when he takes away his kid's award. and siri to the rescue? >> how this saved one man's life when there was no one around to help. we will be right back.

welcome back. we hit 90 on saturday. 94 yesterday on your sunday. today, high temperature of 95 degrees. we have gone up each day. i don't think that will be the case as we head into the day tomorrow though. outside right now it is on the hot side, 93, plenty of sunshine. look that the dew point. any time that gets at or above 70, it is fairly uncomfortable outside. look at the heat index, 99, d.c., 98, leesburg, 97 over toward frederick, maryland. hot, hazy and humid, the three hs in full affect as we make our way out and about on monday. what sells in full effect? storms here toward baltimore. we have had one shower that just developed here, southwestern portions of montgomery county, right across the potomac from louden county, just to the south of poolesville, maybe encountering some heavy rain there with that one. again, very small shower, really not affecting too many people. once again, just to the south of poolesville, zoom in again, show you this, right to the west of sugar land. if you know this, out toward

river road, river road comes to an end and you keep going a couple of different ways, out toward some of the farms out there. seeing some of that rain as you look out that way. now, not much else going on, d.c. down to boston, almost all clear skies for the most part, the exception of those few showers, but notice back to the west, we have got a lot of moisture moving our way and that is going to be the case tomorrow and that's why i think tomorrow will stay beneath there 90-degree mark. take a look at future weather. this is the latest run of this computer model, different than the one wes looked at earlier, 8 a.m., no problems tomorrow morning, not anticipating any shower activity on your tuesday morning. tuesday morning rush, no problem. tomorrow afternoon, the clouds move in, isolate showered here, but i still think we are on the dry side. but this is something to watch here. here's 4:00. once again, this is the latest computer model bringing in some storms between the 4, 5, 6:00 hour tomorrow evening. i still think most of us will be dry, haven't put it in the forecast just yet. i am going to continue to wait and see about this. looking at the next couple of days, keep the umbrella handy, see the chances of rain,

wednesday, 1:30, get morse during the day on thursday. rain chances will be increasing the next few days. best chance of rain tomorrow, i still think down to the south and west, charlottesville, culpepper, winchester, cumberland, most of us on the hot and humid side, 89 tomorrow, not a whole lot of 90s stalker down toward fredericksburg, 90 there couldn't hit 90 in d.c.? yeah possible we keep that heat wave going. for now, the one thing we know for sure, much cooler as we head into wednesday and thursday with more cloud cover, with a better chance of thunderstorms as well. 40% chance during date on our wednesday. i will go 20% chance tomorrow. 40% on wednesday. 50% on thursday. that's the day i think we have the best chance to see those storms. right now the weekend, looking pretty good. 86 on saturday. 85, sunday, just an isolated chance of a few thunderstorms. >> thanks. well, right now at 5:00, three persons of interest wanted in connection with the murder of that american university graduate. we brought you the breaking news at the top of the hour, up next,

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now at 5:30, breaking news involving the murder of a recent american university graduate. d.c. police releasing new surveillance video of three persons of interest in connection with the murder of matt shlonsky. the 23-year-old was shot and killed saturday afternoon near the shaw metro. >> the chief and mayor just wrapped up their news conference and jackie bensen is live at police headquarters. what did they say, jackie? >> reporter: chris, i can tell you that the police chief in one of the most detailed press conferences she has given in a while, laid out an incredible scenario that led to the death of matt shlonsky. two groups of young men essentially with callous disregard for anybody who was around them have a disagreement that goes to guns. they are shooting each other. shlonsky gets caught in the gunfire. they proceed away from there and

pull a gun again on people as they are trying to get away. the car that you saw that red charger was stolen from prince george's county on august 11th. august 11th and august 12th. it was used in burglaries. so, police believe some of the pictures, taken during the burglaries, these are the same men involved in seats shooting. this is a little bit of what chief lanier have to same >> the people who know the individuals involved in this, they have to come forward. that neighborhood today. it is somebody else's neighborhood tomorrow t is that person's child today and somebody else's child tomorrow. >> reporter: again, police are looking into the possibility that the disagreement between these two groups right in one of the most popular going out spots in the d.c. area was because of -- may have been wimauma because of an illegal craps game and chief lanier put out the plea, if you see people doing this, if you know people who are doing this, we have had a

tremendous problem with violence concerning these illegal craps games this year. she said call the police and report them. >> jackie vincent, thank you. a hotel worker killed during a violent robbery was simply co-worker who had a gun at her head. now, his family is hoping to get justice in court. >> prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has been watching the trial for us and she picks up with the latest. >> he would be santa claus for children. woe go to schools and be santa claus for them. >> reporter: 27-year-old jesse chavez was a hero in his community, in his home and in his death. >> he was at the door between the suspect and the suspect being able to get outside to the vehicle. >> reporter: in 2013, chavez worked as a manager at what was the clarion hotel in oxon hill. october 21st he came between an armed robber and his get awake fighting gunman until chavez was shot and killed at point blank

rang. surveillance video before the shooting shows the armed gunman jump over the hotel counter pointing his gun at a pregnant worker, demanding money. today in court, the testified, the gunman said shut up two times, grab herd hair, pointed a gun at her pregnant belly and demanded money from the cash drawer. police say that is deandre weems, the same gunman who would kill chavez minutes later. police released the video of the suspect's vehicle as they searched for weems and his two co-conspirer tos, williams, the get away driver and washington, believed to be the lookout. weems is charged with murder, arounded robbery, assault, use of a handgun in the commission of a crime and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. the jury was allowed to go home today. they have been told not to look at any news programs or follow up any information on what happened with this story, what happened with the case. coming up on news4 at 6:00, the defense is saying that the state's attorney's office may

have overcharged this young man. they have a defense that they believe is going to get him off. we will have that report coming up live. reporting live in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thanks. what started as an argument apparently lead lead to a deadly shooting outside a busy rec center filled with parents and kids over the weekend. someone shot and killed jr franklin outside the bradbury rec center in suitland. prince george's county police say franklin got into an argument with a group of people in the parking lot before the shooting started. version have talked to a number of witnesses but they are putting a reward out there, $25,000 for information that helps them arrest the killer. and police in fairfax county also need the public's help finding the person who's been firing shots into office buildings. this happened at four different locations within a mile of each other in the herndon area off the dulles toll road. the shootings took place in late july and early august. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, will be telling us what else these incidents have in common. she is coming up on news4 at

6:00. dan snyder says even a new stadium isn't enough to make him change the name of washington's football team. and today, we are hearing from team president bruce allen on the matter. he has been in talks with leaders in the district, maryland and virginia about a new stadium and he was asked point blank about the name controversy. >> you feel strongly that d.c. is the most appropriate home and the team name proves a political barrier. would a reconsideration of the team name be part of your thinking? >> no. >> and there you have it the redskins wrapping up training camp down in richmond today. for more on that, here is carol maloney. >> reporter: a 4-12 record, the main culprit for dipping fan interest in training camp, but this morning was about the people who don't care about numbers and who work on the other side of these ropes. >> as the team goes, the fans

go. >> reporter: these are the die hards, the folks who love a team so much, they work for free just for this access. >> in the stands and sunday, you so far from it. i'm surprised not many more people participated. >> reporter: volunteering eight practices earned an invite for a front-row seat for the final closed session in richmond a no-brainer for these life-long fans. >> anybody can just jump on a bandwagon. but the ones that are here are the ones that have been a fan all their lives. my dad, when 2i6s yeai was 2, s is your team and the silver you will never like that's why i'm a dallas cowboy hater. >> reporter: the best part, the all-access autographs and feeling that love. >> a griped for the whole staff and everyone involved with training camp. we appreciate them. >> one point, i was a kid. i wanted all the players autographs, everybody wants mine. things you didn't know they did that made about this whole camp

go smooth. i'm thankful for all of them that came out that helped us with that >> appreciate it, man. >> appreciate you, man. >> reporter: carol maloney, news4 sports. some tough love from a father who is a pittsburgh steeler, a linebacker. he made his two sons return the trophies they got because they participated in an event, just participated. james harrison's kids won two trophies from next level athletics for their participation. harrison said on instagram he didn't want his kids to believe they were entitled to something like a trophy. "because they tried their best because sometimes your best isn't good enough." and he believes the move should drive his sons to aim even higher. the first day of school is already in the books for some local kids. why these students in virginia are going back to class when most others are not. the granddaughter of actor morgan freeman is murdered. what we just learned about the what we just learned about the man who

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the university of virginia has its computer network back online after a cyber attack shut it down for the past two days. federal investigators think that the hack originated in china and targeted the e-mail accounts of two uva employees. the school says it has made some security upgrades guard against any further computer breaches. oh, the bells rang bright

and early. three weeks early today for you kids in manassas park. the city started its school year three weeks early as a part of an effort to raise achievement. it is being called a balanced calendar. with the early start, the schools will have two week-long intercessions that will allow the students to catch up or take a special course. parents say it's a good thing and even some of the kids agree. >> some kids usually forget most of the stuff during summer break, so, maybe if we have, like, a kind of shorter summer break then we could probably remember more of the stuff that we learned. >> this year's early start does not mean an early finish. manassas park says its school is still gonna end in mid-june. over in the district, there's a big change that could save students and families a a lot of money this year. mayor muriel bowser announced changes to the kids ride free program. it offers free bus rides during school commuting hours and this year, for 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. chances are you have an e-zpass or know someone who has one. we have an important reminder about how to avoid being scammed now that drivers are being targeted yet again. 29 years ago, a twist of fate changed lives on this road. today, fate brought them full circle. i'll have details coming up on news4. and details on the weather forecast. was it a little hot out there for you today? well, we are going to take that heat down a couple notches and maybe the humidity, too, we are going to be talking about

comedian tracy morgan will soon return to the stage that helped launch his career. he will be hosted "saturday

night live" october 17th. this will be his first appearance since that serious car crash and he recently told the "today" show that he is still recovering from it. it occurred on the new jersey turnpike last summer it killed his friend and comedian, james mcnair. the walmart truck driver who hit them was driving on very little sleep. she will never forget the day a crash hill kill herd two high school friends, 1986. nearly 30 years later, a woman who survived that wreck get thank the prince george's county rescuers who saved her life. news4's derrick ward takes a look at what made today's bittersweet reunion possible. >> reporter: hundreds of people travel good luck road every day climb this hurricane not knowing its role in the fate of the three close friends, the handful of first responders and how those lives are forever linked.

>> i am truly happy to be here right now. >> reporter: lisa beers was driving home with high school friends, gloria graham and jennifer everhart, about all she remembers of that fateful day 29 years ago. rich remembers more in his rookie year with the fire department and as fate would have it, in the right place to be of first on the scene of a tragedy. he saw the dump truck, he knew something was wrong. >> all of a sudden, started coming backwards and just missed me. >> reporter: it slammed into the teens' car, pushed it down the hill into a tree. >> i got out of the car and got to the vehicle and i saw a tragic accident there. >> reporter: the truck crushed their car, spilling hot tar into it. lisa had a serious head wound. her friends were worse off. they couldn't be saved. but the survivor thanked each of the first responders for their efforts to cheat fate of its claim on a young life. >> the way that this all turned out has been absolutely

incredible for me. >> reporter: this reunion came about through yoga, preparing for a conference, a session on helping survivors deal with the loss of family member and yoga was seen as a good relaxation technique. they found lisa on the internet. during the conversation, it turned to lisa's own survival and how the moments came ton. >> the fact that i have this opportunity today is beyond what i could ever imagine. >> reporter: a lot has changed on this road in the 29 years since the accident, but for some local families, it's engrained in their minds and it has a special place in time where everything changed for them. derrick ward, news4. and we have got breaking news for you coming from the live desk here. julie carey has just tweeted that a fairfax special grand jury has indicted a former fairfax county police officer, adam torres, for second-degree murder for shooting an unarmed man by the name of john geer. this story goes back to august

29 of 2013 when torres shot geer when he was inside his home as negotiations continue through this escalated event, geer lowered his hands. at that time, we are told that torres fired a shot and there were a number of protests that followed in the days after that and fairfax county ultimately paid geer's family almost $3 million earlier this year to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. torres is the first officer in the department's 75-year history to face criminal prosecution in connection with an on-duty shooting. more on this story as it develops. of course, keep track with julie carey on twitter as well. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thanks, erika. a 5,000-pound truck fell on top of a teenager in tennessee, but he was rescued thanks to siri. that, of course, the voice recognition service on iphones. sam ray was fixing his truck last month went jack slipped.

he said, as he was trying to wiggle free, he heard siri activate, so he yelled, "call 911" and it did. within minutes, emergency crews arrived to save him. and we here at nbc4 want to thank you for helping us clear the shelters. more than 1200 animals were adopted locally this past saturday. nationwide, nearly 20,000 pets found new homes. along with dogs and cats, people took home rabbits, turtles, a dove, an iguana, even some chickens. that's what we love about america. you can find more information about adopting a pet on our website, just search clear the shelters and next year, we are going to do it again. mark your calendars, july 16th, but of course, there are animals filling up those shelters every day. so, don't wait till next july if you want to add to your family. please visit a shelter. >> have you guys seen the selfies people were taking with

their dogs? something to look for. wasn't too hot. >> feel the humidity come back? you can definitely feel it as we go through the day today because, we have got that humidity with us. we have got that heat index, the feel-like temperature right around 100 degrees. rockville, talking to you, leesburg, upper 90s, the humidity staying with us, we were going to have some rain chances, we have a few showers thought right now, i'm going to show, we have rain chances increasiing as we continue through this workweek. humidity through friday as a cold front moves through and dissipate. 93 in washington, 891, manassas, 95, gaithersburg and frederick, yeah warm out there, you factor in the humidity.

you get the heat index, feels like 99 degrees if you were to step outside in d.c. so, pretty much 90s across the board, a hot evening out there now, we have a faw pop-up storms, you can see one right here, right by the south of poolesville, a few weren't moving off the bay breeze, baltimore, the baltimore beltway, other than that, most of them are really lined up through the central shenandoah valley and back through west virginia. i think throughout the night, we could have chance for isolated storms back there we have got a disturbance coming through kentucky, upper levels of the atmosphere, most of us, influenced by high pressure, looking good, clouds increasing tonight that disturbance out of kentucky starts to move to the east have a few clouds push nothing our region, temperatures falling into the 70s. i do believe with the extra cloud cover around tomorrow, yeah, i think we are going to have more clouds than sunshine around tomorrow, temperatures going to be held into the upper 80s. some areas to the south, culpepper, fredericksburg, getting to around 90 degrees, i

think for most of us, the heat wave is finally over, although it will still be humid tomorrow, still going to feel on the warm side, the pool outlook, isolated storms, better chance on wednesday, a better chance on thursday afternoon. so here is a look at at future weather, i do want to remind everybody, down loetd nbc weather app, nbc washington app, and also doug and i were talking back and he is going to keep a look at this as we continue through the evening, because you can see we are dry tomorrow morning, but watch as we get into tomorrow afternoon. we are still calling for some isolated storms but a chance quo have a few, he is going to update the forecast as he sees fit for the 11:00 and as we get through the rest of the evening. better chance of storms on wednesday as well. it is going to be hot and humid if you're going to exercise tomorrow, hot and humid the rest of this workweek, increasing chances of showers and storms, maybe a few friday morning, a cold front moving through, the and the weekend, saturday looks good, as humidity starts to drop, another chance of storms on sunday and monday. >> thanks, lauren. it is something many of us use every day and aaa says

thieves are once again trying to target e-zpass customers. the auto club says thieves are sending bogus e-mails about unpaid tolls and they say it's a phishing scheme. so, if you click that link, it could give those people behind the scam access to your personal data. both maryland and virginia transportation officials say if you ever get an e-mail and you are not sure if it's legit, just call their customer hotline. in our nbc washington app, we posted a story that will help you spot scams. you can find it by searching e-zpass. you have a laptop on the back-to-school list, you will find they are getting lighter. erika gonzalez has the latest "consumer reports" recommendation based on portability and price. >> reporter: an ultralight weight laptop maybe the lightest thing in your backpack, lighter than a textbook. at less than two pounds the

latest macbook less than air, that or the lenovo avizi can lighten the load. >> lightweight and did really billion in our performance test and portability tests, if you take your laptop with you frequent any a backpack or some kind of carrying case, you will in the difference, even if it's only a few ounces. >> reporter: you will pay a premium for shedding the ounce. the samsung goes for $1100. the apple is $1300. and the lenovo is $1500. aside from weight, battery life is also important if you're on the go. to test, "consumer reports" continuously cycles through a series of webpages until the battery dies. the macbook has a battery life of more than 16 hours. the samsung delivers 10 hours and the lenovo, 7. >> light weight laptops are great if you're carrying them around with you, just sitting offen a desk, it is not going to matter. >> reporter: if price is more important than portability,

"consumer reports" named two best buys, the 14-inch lenovo flex 3 at $650 and the 15-inches aer -- aer is aspire at $300. morgan freeman known for his crime dramas on the big screen. one crime drama is involving his family is now playing out in real life. some catholic university students designed the altar

we are learning more about the murder of morgan freeman's granddaughter. >> reporter: a solitary flower pot left at the spot of unimaginable violence. 33-year-old a 'dina hines, the step granddaughter of actor morgan freeman stabbed repeatedly steps from her home on west 162nd street. >> i'm just so sorry that this has happened to her and to him. >> horrifying. >> reporter: neighbors like emily battle -- >> someone killed as i was sleeping was whoever if iing.

>> reporter: police arrested hines' 30-year-old boyfriend, lamar davenport and charged him with second-degree murder. according to one witness, he shouted as he attacked her. >> i cast you out devil, in the name of jesus christ, i cast you out. >> reporter: hines had returned to new york after a couple years in nashville. her acting career was taking off and she wrote on her blog, "my dream has come true and it's just beginning. life can make you want to give up or walk away. sometimes it gives you the strength to proesht when you do get your happy ending." the acclaimed actor wrote in a statement sunday --appreciate w do get your happy ending." the acclaimed actor wrote in a statement sunday -- >> just a reminder that this kind of violence exists.

a grand jury handed up an indictment in a controversial shooting. that nine-person panel indicted former police officer adam torres on murder charges it is connected with the shooting death of a man named john gere. gere was killed during a standoff with bliss at his home in springfield in 2013.er. geer was killed during a standoff with bliss at his home in springfield in 2013. he was standing? a doorway and had his hands up at the time. fairfax paid $3 million to the geer family to settle a civil suit related to that case. other news tonight, tributes still pouring in for a true hero. >> lenny robinson who visited sick children dressed as batman, was killed in a car accident over the weekend. he died when another vehicle hit his baobile along i-70 in western maryland. pat collins caught up with the man who knew a