a shooting spree leaves three dead and three injured. >> we are learning about the victims. >> all new tonight at 11:00, the one thing linking the suspected

outside of the school and today's shopping center murders. today at 11:00 begins with breaking news. in less than 24 hours ulalio tordil went from being a wanted man for his estranged wife's murder to the main suspect in a series of shootings. good evening. >> what remains unclear is what motivated the former federal protective services officer to target people he didn't know. the first shots today were fired outside of montgomery mall around 11:15 this morning, killing one and injuring two others. 35 minutes later, another woman was found dead at the aspen hills shopping center. we have team coverage starting with jackie bensen and new details that link the three shootings. jackie? >> reporter: sources tell news 4 the same gun, the same gun was used in all three shooting

incidents. a killing spree that ended right here. >> look. they got him. >> people at the northgate shopping center wiped their lens at the shocking sight. >> i saw a car hit another car and what's going on. saw everybody hop out. >> looks like they ran in to it. >> less than three hours after and less than a block away from a second montgomery county shooting, a security camera captured images of 62-year-old ulalio tordil. he is seen walking from a boston market with food in his hand. he seems unaware that undery cover officers had him. police chief tom manger said it was a lookout for that silver hyundai

yesterday's murder in beltsville that helped to stop the deadly rampage. >> they had this individual under surveillance. when the individual walked back to his car, the plain clothes officers were able to take him in to custody without question. >> it is tragic we were not able to intervene prior to additional victims being harmed but i'm pleased with the fact this individual has been apprehended. >> right now ulalio tordil is facing charges of murder of his wife in prince georges county but he is being questioned by detectives here in montgomery county tonight and additional charges are pending. live in aspen hill, jackie bensen, news 4. >> our coverage tonights t continues with kristin wright. >> she talked to a family of a man who was killed trying to help one of the shooting victims. >> reporter: this family is devastated and cannot believe howhe

that. his name was malcolm winfell. tonight his sister left flowers at the montgomery mall. this is a large family, a close family. malcolm was a husband. he was a father of two children, a boy and girl who is just about 20 graduate from high school. malcolm's brother said he was a true family man and one of four siblings. he worked as a handy man and was in fact out to lunch today at the mall when he was shot in the parking lot. malcolm's family tells me it was in his nature to want to help people. police say that is what he was doing. malcolm and his friend rushed in to help the woman who was shot first. the gunman then shot malcolm and his friend. right now that friend is in critical condition. doctors and nurses tried but could not save malcolm's life. the

understand, is expected to be okay. tonight, we are still trying to find out so much more about the woman shot and killed outside of the giant grocery store in aspen hills. equally as sad and we're so sure as shocking to her loved ones, as well. in a strange coincidence, we believe malcolm went to high point high school, which as you may know is where police say the suspect shot and killed his wife yesterday. malcolm was 44 years old. doreen, back to you. we have learned three protective orders were taken out against ulalio tordil and one includes allegations he physically abused two children. his wife went to court last month to seek protection and said he subjected the children to intense military-type discipline like making them do pushupsr

closet. she said that he physically abused her and threatened he'd hurt her if she left. he owned several handguns and rifles and knew how to use them. he had a long career in federal law enforcement from the general services administration to i.c.e. and a gs-14 with homeland security federal protective service. he had oversight over officers guarding protective buildings and embassies but in the last two months he was plafsed on administrative leave and ordered 4i78 to turn in his badge and weapon. eight years ago he was accused of trying to defraud a federal program aimed at helping law enforcement officers. he got a $26,000 discount on a property in hyattsville but didn't live in the house or proper live report it. he had to pay hud $16,000. the "washington post" reports he was

defense class at the national institutes of health. one of the same agencies in bethesda that had to be locked down during the manhunt . at the live desk. i'm chris lawrence. >> the crime spree spanned two days over several location an left three dead and three injured. gladys was killed. this morning a woman and two men were shot in the parking lot. a woman was shot outside of the giant store at aspen hills shopping center and at 2:55 this afternoon, police swarmed tordil's car and took him in to custody without incident. >> his wife was a science teacher at park hill high school in prince georges county. today was a tough day for her students returning to school af

killed yesterday at high point high school. >> her students are just very upset, as one can imagine. even students that didn't have her as a teacher are coming by the room, leaving notes on the door. >> she was a happy teacher. she would sing katy perry. >> news 4 learned that ulalio tordil had his work-issued firearm taken a away before the shooting spree that started yesterday afternoon. and police removed several other guns from the home. their two daughters were about to graduate from high school. we have a link to an on-line fund-raiser started by their friends. if you would like to contribute, search children's fund-raiser in the nbc washington app. today's shootings gave so many of us in our area flash backs to one of the most terrifying regions in our hist

happened to the spot where the beltway sniper shooting began 14 years ago. this parking lot in front of the giant grocery store is where a woman was killed in her car. across the street, outside of this boston market is where police swarmed in and arrested tordil. look at this. this michael's craft store up here, yards away is where beltway snipers john allen muhammad and malvo fired in 2002. it was an eerie feeling for officers returning to the scene today. >> when they committed the murders here in aspen hill they went and the did not leave the area and ate in the same restaurant where we had the surveillance today which was an irony not lost by me. >> a michael's cashier was narrowly missed in 2002. but over the

snipers killed ten including two in aspen hill. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the deadly shooting spree. we will follow the developments through the weekend. the suspect is due in court on monday. we want to turn to our weather. mother's day weekend, folks may get off to a bit of a soggy start. >> that's a start but chief meteorologist doug kammerer tells us things are supposed to clear up by brunch time sunday morning. is that true? >> if you are taking mom out, we have no problems on sunday. i think sunday will be a beautiful day. but tomorrow if you have af appointments early in the morning, maybe a game many will be cancelled. look at what is happening. the fields are wet and more rain coming in. here's the rain across the area right now. along i-95. look at how this continues to move in off the atlantic, across our region. the heaviest rain aro

from baltimore in to fairfax county and quantico and back towards the west. we will continue to see this rain throughout the night tonight as this storm pulls out. i do think, here's what you need to know about tomorrow. take the prel la. at least early. we will see afternoon sun tomorrow. gets better tomorrow afternoon and mother's day sunshine. we will talk about this and what to expect for the weekend and next week as well. up next tonight, we are helping local mothers celebrate their special day with flowers for mom. >> metro rolls out a nains maintenance plan. how much worse things could get before they get better. and three generations haunted by a cold case and hoping you can close it. it is the news 4 i-team investigation continue. i heard eight gunshots, four at a time, four quick ones, boom, boom, boom. >> i'm shockhi

everything. >> everything was blocked off, the entrances and exits. >> there were cops over here an they are like get in, get in. >> this is crazy. i guess heanted to commit w

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local tragedy that haunted them may soon one day be solved. the news 4 i-team's tisha thompson traveled to florida to see why a murder history still matters. they never talked about it. that's what ralph remembers about growing up in bethesda in the '30s. it wasn't until he was a teen he began to hear wispers his father had been a suspect in a car barn murder, up with of the region's most famous murder mysteries. >> my dad was home asleep and came and got me out of bed. they want to know where his uncle was. >> reporter: his father worked at the car barn and a ticket station on connecticut avenue in chevy chase. along with his uncle emory smith. the station's night watchman. on a cold january night, police say there was a robbery. more than

today's money stolen. the clerk murdered inside of a locked office with no sign of emory. >> they found him the next day in the park. >> reporter: ralph smith said his father was quickly cleared of his uncle's murder. he said his dad and three uncles continued to work for the trolley. >> they thought it was an inside job. >> reporter: as time passed, the police had given up on finding the killer. until they saw our i-team story showing how montgomery county detective stafford is working on the oldest coldest case. they said 245i lost contact with the smith family and one sure if anyone was alive. >> i called dad and said did you know they have a whole case on uncle emory. he said they have very little and i said no, they have a lot. >> they had no idea that it contained bullet

>> in 1935, people didn't walk around and photograph everything. i was a big deal to photograph the desk, the shoe prints. they didn't know what we know now. and to collect that and take meticulous notes they did a good job. >> reporter: she should know. she runs a firm in florida that worked on 500 murder cases herself and says to find evidence this old is extremely rare. >> it tells me they have taken extraordinarily good care of that case file. i'm grateful for my family, for my dad especially. so i want to thank you for to them for that in ralph moved to florida to be closer to karen. at 81 years old. he's the last of his generation 0 who remembers what it was like after the murder. >> the case is probably never going to be solved. >> i'm more of an optimis

answers shows how cold cases can haunt families for generations. >> to have some kind of -- even though there's never justice it would be an answer. >> reporter: she said she continues to hold out hope their murder can be solved. in gainesville, florida, news 4 i-team. >> the family is back in touch with police for the first time in nearly 30 years. investigators think it is possible the murder weapon could still be in somebody's home. check out the original story on the car barn murders in our nbc washington app. you can also send the i-team a tip. next month an aggressive plan to rebuild an improved safety could dramatically change how you ride metro. the transit agency's gm unveiled a new plan called safe track. it inlewding limiting late-night service. also see long-term

tracking on several lines. >> sunday is mother's dayful this week some of the men of news 4 not a chance to celebrate special mothers in our area. >> happy mother's day to you first. >> we made a special delivery or two this week. i got to meet agnes here in alexandria thanks to her sons who say she is the best mom in the world. they can keep a secret. and monique got a hug, too t. her son says she always puts her family ahead of herself and dawn got a knock on the door from chuck. she raised two sons on her own and it is now time to celebrate the moms in your life. happy early mother's day. yes, another sibling there. they were all surprised. >> they look like it. >> even though you weren't the publishers clearinghouse. >> no balloons or million

dollars. >> nice surprise. all the mothers are hoping you will come through for us on sunday. >> i think mother's day is the best day we have seen in two weeks. >> there you go. >> you are welcome, moms. honey, you are welcome. i did what i could for you. got to give my wife something. >> something else, too. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> look outside and show you what we are dealing with. we have the rain and the clouds, the cool temperatures. this is something we have dealt with the entire month of may so far. the first whole week of may for the most part. 53 degrees. winds out of the west at seven miles an hour. tomorrow will most likely be day 12. this will be around for a while. we see bands of rein in the region. no longer that wide expansive rain. now just seeing showers and drizzle. the drizzle is coming down in spots. right down i-95 is the heaviest, through fairfax county,

springfield to woodbridge, quantico, across the river to the clinton area. still seeing rain. that's off and on all night. here's the storm. really a cool storm to watch. i know you are at home going there's nothing cool about this. pretty cool to watch. look at the spin in the atmosphere here. if this was january we'd be talking about a snowstorm but that's not the case. just rain with this. it is slowly moving to the north and that's why we will 125i in the rain tomorrow. future weather taking you through tonight in to 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning. if you have games planned or hoping to get out early tomorrow, here we are, at 8:00 showers an. take the umbrella when you step out the door. at noon, a little better but still seeing scattered showers. then we start to see this thing really pull away. by 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon we start to see some sunshine. somebody asked about a birthday party around 4:00, no problem at all. i think you will get that in. remember,

it will be muddy. the hour-by-hour forecast, starting with showers, 52 degrees. 56 'eleven. tomorrow morning will be cool. then we break out a bit by 3:00 and by 7:00 a nice evening. if you have been waiting to eat outdoors, tomorrow is a nice night for that t. 7:00 temperature 66. tomorrow's impact will be on the low side. watch out for a shower chance early in the day. sunday great for mother's day. could be an overnight shower in to sunday morning. sunday during the day looks good. unsettled again, unfortunately, 80s next tuesday and wednesday. we dropped the numbers a little bit. >> added rain, too. >> nice to come through for mother's day. too bad about the crummy weather on your birthday. >> happy birthday, everybody. >> 24 hours from now, we'll know if the caps are heading to pittsburgh if theiror

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two goals in a season. they are playing at the highest level. >> this group is not afraid of where we are at. this -- we know where we are at. wear realis we're realist and we won a lot of games this year didn't happy accident. you have to take it one game at a time. that was our process all year is, you know, one game at a time. and you know, you deal with the next one that comes in front of you. all we can do is deal with the game tomorrow night and then see where it takes us after the game. >> hopefully that takes them to a game six. first catch game five here on nbc4 tomorrow night. the game following the kentucky derby. coverage of the run for the roses begins 4:00 p.m. post time. nats in chicago. matt scherzer on the mound normally a good thing. not today. in the

game is over. nats 8-2. scherzer leads the league in homers allowed this season. up in baltimore, o's were washedout. doubleheader tomorrow at 1:00. nats have afternoon games on saturday and sunday. first pitch tomorrow 4:05. puck drops .15. >> counting on a

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