we are learning new details about that deadly shooting spree that left three people dead over two terrifying days. >> the suspect made his first appearance in court today and the judge ordered eulalio tordil held without bond. darcy spencer was in rockville just outside of district court about what brought the violence to an end. >> reporter: there's a lot of new details came out today in court. we found out one thing for the first time today that he got into a struggle with the victim in the giant shopping center parking lot, claudeine j molina. during that struggle with her inside her suv he lost his glasses. that may have effectively ended this crime spree. eulalio tordil's glasses were found later in molina's suv after he allegedly shot and killed her. he then drove to a shopping center right across the street,

he had coffee and had something to eat. he was arrested there just a few hours later. now police did recover a 40 caliber handgun that he allegedly bought back in 2014 in las vegas. now he was supposed to turn over all of his weapons after a protective order was served against him that his wife had got but apparently he did not turn over all of his weapons. let's hear now from the state's attorney on how losing glasses played a crucial role in this case. >> there was a struggle as was mentioned in open court between the intended victim in that case, during that struggle the defendant lost his glasses. they have been recovered from the victim's car. there was also a second loaded magazine, fully loaded magazine was found. >> reporter: now coming up on "news 4 at 5:00" we found out today that tordil left behind some notes. i'll tell y

those notes that made police so concerned. chris, back to you. police say eulalio tordil's crime spree started in prince george's county. investigators believe his first victim was his estranged wife. tracee wilkins is working on new developments on the case against tordil from prince george's. >> reporter: before those shootings and murders in montgomery county the first two shootings happened here, in the parking lot of high point high school. prince george's county police believe that eulalio tordil is the man who shot and killed his wife gladys here in this parking lot as she was waiting for her two high school daughters to leave high point high school and he's accused of shooting and injuring another person who intercede as the two were arguing. next friday morning he would shoot a number of people in montgomery county killing two. coming up on "news 4 at 5:00" and 6, charging documents here in prince george's county. he's going to hav

in the county. we'll tell you when that will happen and what we can expect that case to look like. reporting in beltsville, i'm will, news4. >> there will be a prayer vigil for the shooting victims in montgomery county tonight. it's being organized by a group called the victims rights foundation. it will take place at the goshen united methodist church on goshen road in gaithersburg. it starts at 7:00. you can stop if you heard this before. we're tracking rain this afternoon. and just about everybody out there all day is asking is there any end in sight? >> doug, are we getting our april showers in may? >> good point, guys. you mention that. i think we're now on day 13 in a row of rain. good part is we did not see any rain during the afternoon for mother's day. very nice day. we saw rain early in the morning. it will go down as an official day of rain at the airport.

good. we saw one break just in time for moms to get outside and eat outdoors. on monday started off with some rain. take a look at the rain we saw earlier. the warm front lifting to the north and taking the rain with it. some showers back to the west. we're not done just yet. for the most part most of the rain is steady rain up to the north and stay that way approximately we'll see more come back in as the front drags back down to the south so we're not done with the rain yet. keep the umbrellas handy. more rain in store for tomorrow and wednesday and other parts of this week too. i'll give the complete forecast and let you know which state has the best chance of rain coming up. to a developing story in montgomery county. police are questioning a 15-year-old student about a stabbing with a pair of scissors at churchill high school. to 17-year-old students were wounded in that attack. police say the suspect got into an argument with the other student but they are expected to be okay. we also got some new information tonight about the

in tysons. a search warrant reveals police seized three plastic bottles and three liquid samples as well as burn debris. they pulled the airbag module and three floor mats out of the hummer. fairfax county police is a my ale abuto intentionally plowed his truck into the diner. when somebody came to his rescue, elite something on fire and then threw it into the back of the vehicle then rammed the dine ear third time. that pinned two people against the building and investigators are hoping the new evidence will tell them what he used to start that fire. he had been a cook at the restaurant and is now facing a number of charges. first at 4:00 the metro train that got stuck near the armory station earlier this morning is finally out of way and service is finally back to normal. the problem caused long delays and yes another rough commute. >> makes it hard

to work. so like we, it doesn't give us a good excuse to our bosses and stuff, they still get mad at us regardless. >> our transportation reporter adam tuss is watching the project. now two decision 2016, hillary clinton is in loudoun county right now. she's hosting a table discussion at mug and muffin in stone ridge. part of her breaking down barriers tour to discuss with young families the struggles they face with child care, paid family leave and health care. stay tuned for news4 in our next hour, tom sherwood will have a live report with more details about her visit. democratic rival said he's fighting for every last vote. tonight senator board of supervisors is rallying his supporters in sacramento, california. he spent part of the day campaigning in atlantic city, new jersey. now clinton has

to cut into that lead. meanwhile the presumptive republican nominee is already preparing for the general election. dulles toll road is adding staff members and reaching out to gop leaders. trump is called new jersey governor chris christie loyal and knowledgeable and tapped him to lead his white house transition team. trump also told his supporters in west virginia don't bother going to the polls. "new york" magazine reports trump said they should save their vote for the general election since he's already the presumptive republican nominee. democrats are also voting tomorrow and the statistical analysis website 538 put out a poll that shows board of supervisors with a slight edge over hillary clinton. polls open at 6:30 in the morning and close at 7:30 p.m. it's your chance to weigh in on future of one of our areas busiest ohio state. first at 4 how are you input could change how thousands of us drive every

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. this is so depressing. i know. another day with rain. one thing we were saying we were wearing our trackers, how many steps we put in each day, trying to put in those steps can be hard on cloudy rainy kind of days and we have another one of those today. 60 degrees f

drive. 60 and temperatures are not going drop very much to 11:00. overcast. damp. wet pup get the idea. more of the same. tomorrow temperatures will be higher than the 50s we had today. warm front down around roanoke, area of northeast north carolina and making its way closer to us. higher temperatures and that's what we're going see the difference higher temperatures compared to last week. there are some showers out there right now. more to come. a lot more. we'll take a look at the seven day forecast in just a few minutes. future of i-66 is up for discussion this week and it could radically alter how you drive inside the beltway. officials have set up two meetings to discuss widening the eastbound highway between dulles connector on-ramp an fairfax parkway drive. they will reveal the design plans. first meeting is tonight at washing-lee high school.

solemn honors today for capitol hill police officers who lost their lives on duty. the color guard marched through congressional auditorium as part of national police week remembrance. most recent death was sergeant clinton holt who suffered a heart attack two years ago. two officers were killed at the attack at the east entrance in 1988 and an officer was killed in a training exercise in 1984. there will be police week memorial tribute in honor of prince william officers. there are 17 in all. among them officer ashley guindon. first a fire than sudden halt that caused big problems for metro riders. >> why it comes on a big day for

first a small fire broke out, then a train gets stuck. it's been another frustrating day for a lot of you on the blue, orange and silver lines. >> this latest incident happened between the stadium armory and the metro station. adam tuss has been tracking developments all day and joins us now

>> reporter: i'll tell the good news is service is back up and running on the blue, orange and silver lines. let me show you where this whole thing happened. you take a look up on the platform the grayish area the chain link fence is missing. that's where that small track fire happened earlier today and a train got stuck up there for hours. metro still hasn't told us exactly what happened with that train but we were here when the train was finally able to be pulled away under its own power but by that point the damage was done, the entire morning commute had to single track around this area, delays were at least 30 minutes at some points. riders tell us they learned to make alternate plans. what is a day like for a regular metro rider. do you check if there's a delay. >> you are every morning before you leave and before you go home you check the website as well. last couple of weeks have been

there were some pain nance performed in this section of track over the weekend. they were working on the aerial structure here. metro has not told us exactly what happened but that train that got stuck was a test train trying to go through. obviously it did not pass the test it got stuck. >> adam, obviously safety is a huge focus for metro right now and today flow's new safety officer started the job. he has quite a task ahead of him. >> reporter: he has to deal with this and the safety issues from last week. his name is patrick lavin. he has 30 years experience in the new york city transit area. hopefully he can take what he learned there and apply it here. >> thank you, adam. after these recent safety issues as well as the service disruptions we want to know if you are taking fewer trips on

metro. our flash survey this afternoon call or text the number on your screen or helped on over to the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages to cast your vote. i feel like we could have just stayed doug at home and run your tape from any day last week. >> how does that sound? >> i agree 100%. where was that in the morning meeting? >> i should have called it in. i appreciate everything you do for me. let's take a look and show you what we're dealing with. we saw more rain and yes we saw another very cool day. at least we had a pretty nice weekend. rain early saturday. by afternoon, evening it was very nice. mother's day was very good. we got a lot of cloud cover again. starting to see a few breaks in the clouds. temperatures, temperature now 63 degrees. we had some light rain but that's now stopped. wind out of the south at 7 miles per hour.

in leesburg and 59 in winchester. well below average. average high is up to 74 degrees. we haven't seen anything close to that with the exception of yesterday. every other day for the last two weeks has been on the cool side. if you're heading down towards the nats game we'll be okay. we take on detroit. temperatures around 60 degrees. clouds around the first pitch. i think just clouds for the most part. can i rule out a shower? no. there's a chance of a shower around 7:30 to 8:30. they will get this game in. they will play this game and i doubt we'll see a delay but it is possible. temperatures around 57. kind of cool if you're heading down there. see what i'm talking about. most of the rain, steady rain is out of here. we're watching a couple of light showers coming through. couple of showers in montgomery county. this is where the bulk of the heavier rain or let's say the steadier rain in hagerstown, frederick and martinsburg,

shepherdstown.boonsboro you'll e rain. the warm front will move to our north and stop there and really not progress any farther because of that we're going to don't see the chance for showers over the next couple of days as that front meanders around the region. notice what happens around 11:00 tonight. notice we're almost on the dry side but then, then 4:00 a.m. here's the rain. some of that rain coming down pretty good. notice around 8:00 here's your rush hour tomorrow morning rain around most of the area. so we'll see another wet start to the day tomorrow. most of the afternoon does look like it will be dry. slight chance of a shower on wednesday, 30% chance, temperatures to 68. thursday looks like the best day right now with a high of 72. we kept the chance of rain out. isolated shower. most of us

>> all right. thank you, doug. the video is shocking but this is not an accident. why more parents are letting their babies divisive right into the water despite the social media backlash. the blast that will signal affic delaystr

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delays around dulles due to silverline expansion. crews will be closing down parts of old ox road for several minutes at a time during the early afternoons this week. there will be blasting at the rail yard construction facility right around route 606 but you won't be caught offguard. they will sound a big loud warning signal about a minute before each blast. now to the story behind the video of a baby struggling to stay afloat in a swimming pool. the child's mother is fighting back against people criticizing her after seeing this now viral video. it's pool side video that is igniting reaction across the internet. josie morrison is just under 7 months old. she reaches over and falls head first into the water before floating all on her own. there's lot of reactions on facebook like these people are crazy. i couldn't finish the

made my heart sink. and i think this is a great idea but it was hard to watch. josie's mother thinks what you're seeing in the video is amazing. >> you're seeing a 6-month-old sitting on the step playing which, you know, cab real life situation. she falls in. and she turns over and saves herself and floats for over a minute-and-a-half. i don't see how there could be anything negative about that. >> this technique called infant swimming resource teaches children as young as 6 months to survive. a certified teacher teaches the lessons. ten minute session five days a week for four to six weeks. >> the first thing we establish in our lesson is brett control. before that child ever goes underwater i know that child can safely hold their brett.

>> no one plans losing their kid on a drowning. it can happen to anyone any time anywhere. >> three years ago carey and her husband lost their older son jake in a drowning. >> do i expect my daughter that young of an age to be alone near the water. no. but layers of protection can fail. it failed with my son. it can happen. and i just want my daughters to be as safe as possible. >> the american academy of pediatrics says that children over the age of 1 may be at a lower risk of drowning if they've had some formal swimming instruction. but the academy goes on to say that there's no evidence isr can prevent drowning in babies under one year. >> i wish i could go back in time and put my sign these lessons. i'm pretty confident that he would be here and as a parent i feel like i failed my son.

that was not going to happen with my daughters. >> now they set up a foundation in memory of their son called live like jake. >> yeah. i can tell you she certainly did not fail her son. but this foundation, it raises awareness about drowning and provides scholarships to kids who maybe can't afford some of these survival swim lessons. a holiday with heartbreak. the one thing that brought this group of moms together for mother's day and why they don't other moms to feel their pain. >> and it's a second straight week of clouds and rain. which days this week you'll be dodging the rain drops and which days could be dry? this is "news4 at 4:00".

breaking news from the live desk. the department of justice has filed its own lawsuit over north carolina's controversial bathroom law. that states the state however filed first. hitting the federal government with its suit this morning in response to an ultimatum last week that said the law violated federal civil rights law could cost north carolina billions in federal funding. the state's lawsuit argues transgender people are not a protected class under the federal law. the governor said congress needs to clarify

laws. but the attorney general loretta lynch just spoke and called the law blatant discrimination. >> they created state sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals who simply seek to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security. >> north carolina also faces several lawsuits over the law from individuals and civil rights organizations that include the aclu. back to you. a day before west virginiians go to the polls there's a civil war raging in the republican party. dulles toll road and house speaker paul ryan are set to meet on thursday. >> insiders are hoping to two will declare a truce but tax cuts could be a sticking point. >> reporter: one man will lead the gop and whether the number one republican legislative leader up here on capitol hill likes it or not that party leaders name is dulles t

more proof dulles toll road is taking over the republican party. the party's top ranked elected official house speaker paul ryan telling the milwaukee centennial he would step down if that's what dulles toll road wants. but no tax hikes is a ryan rule. a key conservative principle. >> we have to negotiate. >> to some trump sound like a democrat on taxes. >> for the wealthy frankly i think it will go up and it should go up. >> today trump tweeted i'm lowering taxes far more than any other candidate. explaining the tax cuts on the wealthy might be less than he wanted. hillary clinton today was talking women's issue in the swing state of virginia. >> child care needs. >> trump went after her husband's infidelity on kcnn. >> he said nothing happened with

did happy and he was impeached for lying. >> you're wasting your time because there's so many other good policy issues to go after her on. >> for hillary clinton board of supervisors -- for hillary clinton bernie sanders is a more immediate problem. clinton is on track to win the democratic nomination but cannot yet devote full time to the general election fight and that could be helping trump. i'm steve handelsman, news4. okay. we're currently on day 13 where we've had a trace or more of rainfall wasn't our forecast we could go 18 days. i think we could take the lead, the record just got off the national weather service. they show 17 days. we're in sixth place. the forecast, rainy days to come this week even

where there could be a trace of rain occurring on thursday. lower threat for the work week. light showers out there right now. hagerstown 72. montgomery county very light. more rain coming and showers likely early tomorrow morning with that cool start at 50 to 54 degrees so yes take the rain jacket tomorrow because the weather will have moderate impact on your day tomorrow. most of the rain we get tomorrow will be front loaded early part of your day. we got more of your tuesday in a few minutes. >> that rainfall record is one we would just as soon not seen broken. firefighters in canada hoping cooler temperatures will help them in their battle against wildfires. you're looking at images from nasa satellites that show giant clouds of spoke. the brightest areas indicate where the flames are burning the hottest which help crews know where to target first. the fires broke out more than a week ago and have displaced more than 80,000 people from

>> they are a group of local moms walking to remember. one solemn thing brought them together for mother's day this year. they spent this day without their sons. derrick ward reports, violence tore the families apart. >> reporter: a mother's day march which started out on saturday where a son was found dead in a burning car. >> it's difficult to be back here but i have to do what i have to do. >> reporter: she organized this walk, explained the color red, her son's favorite color. >> are you ready for a change? are you ready to make a difference. >> his murderer is yet to be found. she was joined by miss robinson whose son was killed two months ago. >> we can relate a lot more. >> everybody can relate to do what they can to see other mothers don't join their ranks. >> for too many mothers on

mourning. >> and, yes, it's about reaching out to those who may not be marching with this group but touched by the cause. it may even help with the investigation. >> these cases, somebody lost a loved one. a mother has lost a son. >> community needs to get back together. we need to get back together and help each other. >> while theirs was a short circuit around a troubled block full of bad memories they hope in doing it they made some giant steps towards a change. in southeast, derrick ward, news4. hopefully it sparks a difference. are you sleeping enough? i know i'm not. all this week news4 is cracking the code on secrets for better sleep. and what happens when those zs are hard to get. for a lot of the morning commute starting earlier. a doctor with virginia tech trips institute says that can lead to drowsy driving, one of the biggest risks on our

these days. one study showed fatigue contributed to about 20% of car crashes. but there are immediate steps can you take if you fine yourself nodding off at the wheel. >> roll down your windows. turn up the music. play some music, sing, dance, especially just a couple of minutes before you can pull over those are some good things to do. if you have -- if there's a better place to pull over, pull over get caffeine, coffee, soda or best of all take a 20-minute nap. >> if you've been taking a look at scott mcfarland's facebook page our sleep week continues tonight. the iteam reporter is pulling almost an all nighter to show the drastic impact drowsiness can have on driving. it's a story definitely worth staying awake for. >> so many of us are sleep deprived. >> oh, boy. >> impacts us in all kinds of

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is >> we saw a lot of rain earlier, steady rain, not a ton. less than tenth of an inch at the airport. most of the rain lifting to the north as the warm front does the same. we're dealing with showers, a couple of showers through prince george's, anne arundel, hagerstown and a few down the south. we're not done yet. more showers tonight. this warm front moving up and then it will move back down overnight. temperature wise these are from our weather underground numbers. capitol hill coming in at 64. potomac, maryland 68. casanova around 61. so another cool day for sure we're going to continue on the cool side but temperatures moving in the right direction next couple of days. we some of you know b. smith as a groundbreaking supermodel or famous author.

celebrity chef. >> her restaurant at union station was a favorite for many years. these days, she's dealing with early on set alzheimer disease. she and her husband of 20 years wrote a brand new book called "before i forget." it details their struggle wls the disease and offers helpful advice for others. the couple talked to barbara harrison this morning on news4 midday. smith said she's feeling great. >> i feel that i can be the woman that i started to be and i have been doing that and making sure that the things we're doing at home are, you know, about what we do today and -- >> we exercise. she's eating right. we meditate. we do all of the things that we found from the book on part of the process of trying to minimize the impacts of alzheis.

was wrong with his wife when she made an appearance on the "today" show a few years ago. she froze right in the middle of an interview something she had never done before. she and her husband will have a book signing tomorrow at barnes and noble in bethesda and this coming thursday on "news 4 at 6:00" and 11:00 we'll air barbara harrison and vanjim vans in depth interview. >> around the country thousands of people have been overwhelmed by strong storms. wading through water, homes, neighborhoods dealing with destruction the seve.re

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o tracking some showers and storm team 4 radar and more rain for the morning rush. there's 6:00 a.m. i'll take you hour by hour throughout the day tomorrow and show you if we're going to have any dry time. a day at the carnival turns into a nightmare. a young girl's life changed forever. now her heartbroken family steps into the public eye. we're getting new details about a murder in lanham over the weekend. monty anthony is accused of beating his father to death with a baseball bat during an argument. they found kenneth williams suffering from injuries saturday night at this home on greenfield drive. he died a short time later at the hospital. police say anthony admitted that he was inlv

>> police at george mason university are looking for this man, surveillance video shows him taking a laptop from the johnson center on thursday. if you know who this is, call the gmu police. north carolina is suing the federal government to keep its so-called transgender bathroom bill. just moments ago the justice department said the bill violates civil rights and the governor has until the end of the day to say he won't enforce the law. jay gray looks into what's next in this developing story. >> reporter: the controversial battle over bathrooms and north carolina has moved to federal court. governor pat mccrory sudden after a demand from the justice department to abandon a new law requiring transgender people to use bathrooms using the gender according to their bitter certificate. >> thba

attempting to rewrite the law and set basic restroom policies. >> reporter: he called the fed position baseless and a blatant overreach. terms that opponents use to call the new measure. major corporations continue to line up publicly against the bill. more than $2 billion in federal funds are also in jeopardy and entertainers have cancelled performances, the nba saying it will move next year's all-star games scheduled for charlotte if the law remain in place. >> it should be evident from the response of the business community that what north carolina has -- what the north carolina government has done is inconsistent with the best interests of the people of north carolina and the economy. >> reporter: but it's more than money driving what continues

be an emotional debate. and a string of legal challenges including the latest filed by the state. jay gray, nbc news. right now severe storms are causing big problems in the south. this is the scene in the southern part of oklahoma where heavy rains caused flooding. you're looking right now at the scene outside of a mall but it looks more like a lake. >> turned into a pretty good elephants tornado right now. >> folks in oklahoma are experiencing a lot of wild weather. take a look at that funnel cloud forming a tornado as the camera rolled yesterday. not only dealing with high winds but golf ball size hail as well and boy these kind of storms are sweeping across several other states today. i guess all of which says to us maybe don't complain so much about the showers that have been off and on all day. >> not so bad. >> not so bad for us and really across a

country. hyper spring weather we're seeing around here. another rainy wet week for us. this week from a very slow moving weather front we have to deal with. you see the showers coming through the area from west to east. sliding into areas in hagerstown and frederick. a warm front that's way down here making its way up and near us for tomorrow. some shower activity out there right now around areas of anne arundel and annapolis. a few showers around southgate north of bowie making its way east of 97. temperatures, though, on the cool side. mercury creeped just a little bit higher and higher. upper 60s or upper 50s to low 60s. 62 lorton, 60 degrees greenbelt and to college park. 50s in the north like ft. meade, columbia, maryland. but we're going to see at least some milder temperatures coming our way this week. higher than last week.

the 50s and 60s. this week with those rainy days at least some higher temperatures. tomorrow first thing out the door you need the rain jacket, umbrella, even the rain boots. we're talking the morning rush being the soggiest part of our day. 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. there's our rain. best chance of rain will go up until about 11:00 a.m. temperatures start out in the 50s. climb into the lower 60s during the afternoon tomorrow and temperatures will be higher down south on i-95. 67 degrees la plata. fredericksburg at 68. culpeper 66 degrees with more sunshine for the south. we stay with more cloud cover across northern maryland and baltimore, frederick, hagerstown, more cloud cover during the afternoon tomorrow. so tomorrow gets a grade of c for school recess, d for wednesday with a better chance of rain and thursday we're back to c type of weather, cloud cover across the area. doug and i were talking during the break, i had to break down

i did it over the weekend. we do have more rain coming. if you can take it any more and have to wash your car and get the dirt off to start all over again go ahead and do that but we have more rainy days ahead. we can go a stretch of what looks like 18 days if we get a trace of rain on thursday. look at temperatures. upper 60s on wednesday. low to mid-70s coming your way for the end of the week first part of the weekend and it's the first part of the weekend where we do have a chance for a few afternoon showers and thunderstorms. the weekend right now twice not looking too bad. again more on what looks like another wet week coming up. hope we don't hit that 18. we're working several developing stories in the newsroom including this one in a popular d.c. neighborhood. a construction worker was doing his job when sudley he had a gun shoved in his face. our pat collins learned how he turned things around on the robber and how two strangers

>> police have been looking for him for years. a man going from neighborhood to neighborhood stealing flowers. how an observant neighbor helped to end his crime spree. >> i'm julie carey in fairfax county. he calls himself nova creeper. his twitter feed is filled with photos of back sides and chest areas of unsuspecting women and girls. this shopping center a favorite location for matthew bishop. he provides captions for the photos like at the grow certificates again or mall creeping. but what investigators found him sharing on kick app that led to child porn charges. i'll tell you how investigators got him. >> i don't understand how this man did not notice my daughter lying on the ground. >> their daughter fighting for her life. we'll tell you about the wild ride that nearly ended in tragedy for the little girl and now her family is talking for the first time about

an 11-year-old girl severely injured on a carnival ride is still not well enough to talk. her hair got tangled up in a ride in nebraska over the weekend. >> the girl's family, they are just trying to stay strong. >> i took these pictures after her surgery. and this is my --

nickname for the 11-year-old girl, the girl with the long red hair. >> that's one of her favorite things. >> reporter: after sliding off a carnival ride seat her hair was cut in the still spinning mechanism that yanked her entire scalp went off. >> it went on for five to ten minutes. it pulled my daughter around. we don't know if my daughter can see again. that's our baby. >> reporter: surveillance video from the nearby shop shows the moment the ride starts to slow. this mother runs to physically stop the ride, the family calls her a hero. >> i didn't know whose child if it was my child. it was a child that needed help. >> reporter: as for the oper

of the ride is scene running from the chaos to get help but the family shocked he didn't act sooner. >> i don't under how this man did not notice my daughter laying on the ground. >> she was tore toured. >> reporter: though emotional sunday night mom says she's trying to keep those tears out of the hospital room. >> i have to stay strong. >> reporter: strong and thankful for her daughter's doctors. >> everybody has played a role to save my daughter's life and i can't thank them enough. >> the manager of the company that owns that ride says safety is their top priority, but the girl's parents want that operator to be held accountable. >> meanwhile doctors are hoping her eyelids will heal and she will some day be able to grow her hair back. >> "news 4 at 5:00" starts now with jim and wendy. and right now at 5:00 tt

that shooting rampage at three different scenes. >> we're now learning why the man accused in that murder of his estranged wife was so tough track town. >> plus the simple mistake that may have stopped him after two deadly attempted carjackings in montgomery county. >> we have live team coverage throughout our hour but in our first five minutes we'll learn about the new information in the case against this federal security officer who is accused in this rampage. >> those crime scenes from prince george's county to montgomery county and that's where we have our crews tonight. >> we'll begin with the suspect who will be staying in jail for a while. even his public defender today said it wasn't realistic to ask for him to be released. and for the first time we're learning how his struggle with a shopper in that giant parking lot may have helped bring this shooting spree 0 to an end. darcy spencer is live in rockville with that. >> reporter: we often hear about this in the midst of a criminal

investigation. something happened, the suspect perhaps slips up and is a turning point for police and that's what happened here with those glasses. the suspect got into a struggle with the victim, a 65-year-old woman. those glasses fell off and he needed those glasses to drive. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: prosecutors say eulalio tordil lost his glasses during a struggle inside this suv as he was allegedly trying to steal it from claudina molina in the giant store parking lot in aspen hill. he shot and killed the 65-year-old woman in her car according to police. they found the glasses during the search. that may have effectively ended his crime spree. >> i think he did not feel because the glasses had been lost in the struggle he didn't feel he could adequately see to drive. >> reporter: tordil took off in his rental car that he was trying ditch without the glasses and without a fully load magazine found under