. three people including a police officer killed in a shootout in colorado. there's still a potential threat. in washington, a candlelight vigil is held tonight to remember a young man, killed in

a hit-and-run nearly one week ago. the man who jumped the white house fence wasn't sure he'd survive the stunt. find out what investigators say he left behind. >> we're starting tonight with that breaking news in southeast d.c. where five people have been shot in a matter of minutes. shomari stone is live at one of the crime scenes. where are you and what's going on? >> reporter: it is an active scene right here, on the 2100 block southeast. take a look here. there are three police cruisers, gathering evidence, talking to people in the community. if you come over here, see those blinking lights in that police cruiser, behind it is a car that is somehow involved in this sho shooting, three people shot, two men, one woman. let's roll video. sources say an hour ago one

woman was shot in the 22nd, southeast area and and around 8:00 p.m., another man was shot. and the man shot in the 2100 block of albany avenue southeast is in critical condition. as for the other people, that would leave us with four. we don't know their condition. i talked to commissioner anthony muhammad said quote the violence in southeast has to be stopped." we need more resources for young people in ward 8. i talked to paul trampton and says there needs to be a curfew is southeast d.c. and both plan to present their ideas to mayor muriel bowser. as far as suspects in these case, police urge any with information to give them a call and call detectives anonymously, live in southeast d.c., i'm shomari stone, news4.

another big story developing in colorado springs, we're getting our first look at a police officer killed in a shootout, officer garrett swasey is one of those shot and killed. the threat is not over and police are examining a possible explosive in what they think is the suspect's car. >> reporter: colorado springs police say a gunman who stormed a planned parenthood office has been captured alive but not before killing at least three people including officer garrett swasey. >> this is a terrible terrible tragedy that occurred in colorado springs today. obviously, we mourn the loss of the two civilian victims. we mourn the loss of a very brave police officer. >> reporter: the end came nearly five hours after it started. >> at 11:38 this morning received a call for services for shots fired.

we had officers respond to the scene. when officers arrived, they did encounter active gunfire. >> reporter: teams of heavily armed tactical police rushed the scene where they confronted the shooter and the standoff began with police and the suspect f e firing at each other over the course of several hours. five other officers were wounded with nine people in all injured by the gunman and taken to the hospital. >> we saw a lot of individual acts of bravery today and actually a lot of bravery as a team. it was amazing how first spo spopders and law enforcement came together today and worked well and efficiently but still a tragedy. >> reporter: police say the gunman was armed with an ak-47. his motive for carrying out the shooting is not yet known. it's a complicated crime scene and officials say it could take hours or days to process the

scene. i always say if you can get out, it's your first option. if you're in a position to try and take the gunman down or out, it's the best option for saving lives before police can get there. >> d.c. police chief cathy lanier was just on "60 minutes" what you can do in a hostage 6, run, hide or fight. she said it's extremely unlikely to be in a situation like that but knowing what to do can save lives. we have been pushing out ale alerting all night and bringing you updates. for more information, search "colora "colorado." there's been an outpouring of emotion for a man killed in a hit-and-run. another driver ran away from the crash that killed him. live in capitol heights with

what we're learning about the victim, darcy. >> reporter: first let me show you where this took place. right here in this intersection, we're on the prince george's-d.c. border. friends and family tell me he was a great guy, family man and heading to his uncle's house when the crash happened. >> he was everything. he was my world. it's hard to talk about him not being here. >> reporter: ayesha thomas is overcome with emotion talking about her 23-year-old son killed in a hit-and-run crash one week ago. >> overwhelming for a mother to find out her child didn't die from a disease but from someone's hands and they left them there. >> reporter: dozens of relatives and friends attended the vigil to remember a man known as the glue that held the family together. a son, a brother, uncle, a

cousin. >> he was very goofy. he was the life of the party. >> reporter: thomas died after the car he was driving collided with an suv at the intersection of southern avenue at east capitol street southeast. it happened last saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. evening in front of the metro heights station and police are investigating it as a hit-and-run. and the driver was driving away. >> i'm hurt forever. he was only 23, had a long life to live and only just getting started. >> reporter: he had a top security clearance that allowed him to clean government buildings and worked hard and took care of his family. they hope to find out exactly what happened and who was dri driving the suv. >> it's more bittersweet. i'm happy to have so many support him but i just wish he was here to see everybody get together. >> reporter: his funeral is p n planned tomorrow morning right here in capitol heights.

any wishing to help this family with funeral expenses can go to our website at nbcwashington.com and search under thomas family. back to you. >> i'm sure it will be appreciated, especially this time of year. a man from fairfax county is in jail after smashing three officer's cars after a police chase. they tried to pull him over for a traffic violation in springfield but they say he just drove off and chased him about a mile before show turned into a dead-end street and crashed into a fence on alexandria and now facing multiple charges. a man who climbed the white house fence in virginia thought he might not find the stunt and left an audio message and will for his mother. he was released to the secret service for psychological evaluation. but eleanor nholmes norton want

to know how he got over the fence. >> i appreciate this stops 95% of the people. terrorists are not 95% of the people nor was this man. >> she said she would ask secret service for a full briefing next week. we've learned chicago police arrested three people today as part of the protests on the magnificent mile. hundreds of people marched down michigan avenue and blocked entrance to some stores. they're shocked and angry it took a year to investigation a police shooting and charge the man involved. they're demanding the mayor and police chief all step down. a police officer about to go on trial for freddie gray's death, william parter the first of six officers to go on trial. live reports in baltimore starting monday on "news4 today." you can follow chris on twitter and download the nbc washington

app to get instant updates on that trial. we saw a beautiful day on friday, black friday. i'll tell you what. we saw plenty of sunshine. notice leesburg and warrington coming in at 70 degrees today. beautiful weather, close to a couple record highs. didn't set records but came close. the average high temperature of 52, cooler air moving in. many days on the cooler side and a couple really good chances for rain, one happens to be this weekend. we'll talk about that and when you need umbrellas at 11:18. >> the holiday hasn't stopped donald trump from making headlines. a new poll shows the latest controversy could finally be costing him support. a weekly reuters poll show 31%

still support him, down from a week ago when he talked about a database of muslims or mocked a reporter with a disability. trump's numbers are still double his closest competitor. ben carson, 15% and marco rubio and ted cruz, still 8% each. this story is generating a lot of talk on our facebook page. find out what top montgomery leaders want to do about syrian refug refugees. and the team that shot this video say it's one of the biggest flows they've seen this year. find out why hundreds of servicemen got to enjoy

tonight, a river of lava is flowing out of the kilauea volcano in hawaii. none of the areas are in danger. it's been active and erupting for 30 years. this is one of the biggest lava flows they've seen. showing our military family how thankful we are for their service. wounded warriors and active troops were treated with their family. working with a few veterans groups to make it happen, about 200 people enjoyed a complementary dinner and the play, "ol river." >> it's great for us to take a

minute to not be military and enjoy the holiday season and important to all of us. >> a leather of servicemen there tell us they are the ones who are thankful to have this great support from the community. montgomery county officials are going against the recommendation of the governor to welcome refugees, sending a letter to the federal government saying it's okay to welcome rovi rovings. governor larry hogan opposes having refugees settle in maryland until he's sure they're properly screened. we spoke with residents divided. >> absolutely, i'd welcome them. i don't think there's statistics the terrorists are refugees. >> i'm concerned because we don't know where they're from or their background. >> a lot of you are talking about this story and sharing it on our nbc want facebook page. tell us what you think. the holiday rush is officially under way.

today is like a super bowl for shoppers and kicked off with people packed in stores and malls. a lot of shoppers spent the day with their computers and mobile phones. analysts say online shopping is up 15% compared to this day last year and a lot will be offering more in store deals after today. in one case, a deputy was swept away trying to rescue a diver. they found the deputy clinging to a tree and rescued her but waters are so high and fast they're not able to search for that driver. if you look at flooding there, looked like blizzard conditions in colorado and here we are protected by a beautiful bubble. >> it's a bubble of air sitting on top of us and means sunshine for us and means warm temperatures and it slides to

the east and behind it and we will get into some action as far as clouds and rain. we won't see lot of rain. in parts of texas, they can see a couple inches of rain. 52 degrees, winds out of the south at 7 miles an hour, cloud beginning to come in. 43 in manassas, 41 in la ray are the cool spots. 55 in martinsburg and hagerstown. still above the average high temperature. here we are at 11:00. you notice showers to the west not hitting the ground yet, way ahead of our storm system. you can see the clouds moving in, all part of the same system. believe it or not we have tropical moisture from mexico and coming all the way from texas and oklahoma and to the northeast and eventually slide our way. what are we going to see from this? we will see rain but won't get here until tomorrow night. overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, we will see cloud

cover. we may see a little sun tomorrow and most of the day, clouds on the increase but still nice and warm. temperatures getting to the 60s most days tomorrow. tomorrow night, if you're going to be out, take the umbrella. around 11:00, notice more shower activity and then see a lot of rain tomorrow night to sunday morning. this is the latest computer model, 6:00 a.m. suz-' still for this time of year,

that's about 10-15 degrees above average in parts of the region. what to wear tomorrow? not the raincoat. we don't need the umbrella, tomorrow night. tomorrow, jacket and jeans but jacket a necessity. we haven't needed the jacket but with the clouds tomorrow you will need it. washington taking an giants. good news. 53 degrees around 1:00, maybe some showers and the rest should be okay. it should be rather chilly sunday and know that and dress appropria appropriately. 43 degrees monday, mostly cloudy skies and tuesday and wednesday, more rain coming in. high, 52 on tuesday and 58 on wednesday. and then we get cooler once again. say good-bye to the 60s. some people say it was a good decade. i wasn't there yet but they're gone. >> it's almost december. >> exactly right.

we've been lucky. >> doug mentioned the redskins. big question. the wizards. what is wrong with them this season? the performance on the road has fans

the wizards scored 36 points in the first half. that just about sums up the night for them. >> john wall said he would pay

his assistant coach 2$200 every time he had a game with two or more turnovers. in just 12 games he's down 1,000 bucks and wizards in 11th place in the east. looking to avoid their second three-game losing streak in this young season. boston facing celtics, not getting back on defense, not going to get the job done. avery bradley all alone. wizards down 17 points just eight minutes into the game. things get really strange here. see that circle, that's nene, appears to get injured and commits a foul to stop play. says something quickly to randy wittman and walks straight to the locker room. the team calling it a left calf strain or strained relationship, everything not on the up there. bradley beal on the up and up. 18 points in the first quarter. the second half the kid they call "sully" looking like one of

the unsullied. 18 points, 15 rebounds. bradley beal looking like someone ate his thanksgiving leftov leftovers. now 7-8 this season. to college, george washington, brooklyn taking on tennessee. plays gw, clinging onto a three-point lead, the senior with a senior moment. up by five. last chance for tennessee. pulling up to tie it up, no good. gw holds on, 73-70. capitals hosting the lightning. both teams come in riding three-game winning streaks. home team on the board first. jason shamir, alex ovechkin. takes it up top for the early lead. late second. second point of the game, caps

up 2-0. a minute later up that count. john carlson fires to the front and johansson kicks it in with his skate and caps lead by three. t.j. fires and they win, 4-2. college football, 15th ra ranked navy trying to win the aacs title. houston cougars run away with it. greg ward fires. demarcus ayers and navy hopes for a bcs bowl and fall 52-31. richmond with a huge ncaa tournament and resume win, we have to keep an eye out for spiders this year going forward.

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let's talk a little bit about main routes and then alterna alternates. people taking this route for the thanksgiving holiday. consider route 1 and vw parkway,

check your phone and apps and see what is your best bet for when you are leaving when ever you end up leaving around the holiday. taking a look at 66 now. lots of people headed westbound there on 66 this weekend. always consider 50, consider the dulles toll road if you're not going too far. something else to consider, 95 always ends up being a mess. you can try route 1, might take you a little longer but you might not be sitting as much as you would this day on 95. be safe and have a great holiday. >> in other words, no great options. new details tonight about an incredible rescue after a dog gets pulled out of a storm drain in bethesda. this is cookie, a terrier who went missing a year ago. today, firefighters had to cut off the top of a storm drain to get to the dog and believe she went through a construction site and got stuck in a drain. the owner lost her last october

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