compiled by the washington bureau. and chris lawrence has more on the shootings. >> his girlfriend was in the car with him when he was shot and first let's start in minnesota where traffic stopped in the st. paul area ended with the death of philando castile. his girlfriend said that he had a permit to carry the weapon and had it on him. they say they opened fire when he reached for his wallet and all of this happening while she was -- her daughter was in

front of us. it could have been you. it could have been you. it could have been you or you or you. it could have been any of us. >> this happened two weeks before castile's birthday. there has been an independent investigation ordered. meantime, in baton rouge, there will be a prayer vigil with community and faith leaders. two officers involved in the death of alton sterling had a handful of complaints against them but they had been cleared in all but one. one of those involved a shooting two years ago when a man refused to drop his gun and pointed a revolver at them. federal investigators have taken the lead in the louisiana shooting but the officers in both of these incidents have all been placed on administrative leave. this story has generated so much serious discussion, we've been reading your

facebook page and from here i'm heading right over to a facebook live discussion. we hope to see you live and we'd love to hear what you have to say. at the live desk, chris lawrence, news4. >> chris, thanks. as president obama heads for the nato summit in poland, he said, "the fatal shootings are not isolated incidents. they are sim toe pat particular of the broader challenges within our criminal justice system. the racial disparities that appear across the systems and the lack of trust that exists between the law enforcement and the communities that they serve." a rally is planned for outside the white house. hundreds of people have responded to an event posted on facebook today. it's scheduled to start around 8:00 tonight. back here in our area, we're getting a look at the body video that came from a police camera

d.c. >> put it down! put it down! put the [ bleep ] gun down! >> officers opened fire on sherman evans when they say he pointed a weapon at them. it turned out to be a bb gun. news4's mark segraves spoke to the officers about this video. mark? >> reporter: this video is dramatic, to say the least. it shows the tense moments leading up to the shooting as police officers pleaded with the 63-year-old man to put down his gun and shows the moments immediately after the shooting as police administered first aid and tried to stop the bleeding. today, mayor muriel bowser wants the public to see how the police conducted themselves during this incidents. the first 911 call came in around 9:22 the night of june 27th for a man waving a gun outside of

building in northeast. police believe the man waving the gun was the same man who called 911. 63-year-old sherman evans. >> our dispatchers called back that number. it's a number that appears to belong to the decedent. >> several officers pleaded with him to put down his gun. after seven minutes of the standoff, police say evans raised his arm and pointed the gun at police. video from police body cameras do not show the moment evans reportedly raised the gun. at least 15 shots can be heard at that moment. [ gunfire ] >> shots fired. >> reporter: the gun turned out to be a bb gun. >> and everyone started learning from the scene that it was not a real weapon. you could just

yells. >> we don't care about the mental state or the mental condition or the motivation of the suspect. we are reviewing that. we're investigating that. but it will be inappropriate to comment on his medical situation. >> now, the shooting is still under investigation but the officers involved have returned to active duty. they say there are between five and six officers who actually fired their weapons that afternoon and that the suspect was hit by about three different shots. the family has been offered an opportunity to see this video. there is a memorial service for sherman evans tomorrow. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear why some officers are upset the mayor decided to release this video to the public when she did. that's the very latest. pat, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, mark. as we c

conversation about police shootings, we invite you to join us on facebook live right now on the nbc washington page. chris lawrence and multiple journalism expert melissa richardson will be chattering and answering your question. >> donald trump met with gop lawmakers after meeting with top members. he also met with republican senators. among them, texas senator ted cruz who called it positive and productive. cruz said trump asked him to speak at the convention but says the pair did not discuss any endorsements. a group of protesters had a problem with trump and walmart. dozens showed up outside of the future trump international hotel in d.c. today urging the retail giant to drop plans to support the gop convention where donald trump is on track to be the candidate next month. the company has not yet said if

on the democratic side, hillary clinton is set to hit the campaign trail with virginia senator tim kaine. the pair will be an at event in northern virginia next thursday, less than two weeks before their convention. that location is still in the works. kaine's name has been floated as a top contender a possible vp pick by clinton. firefighters in fairfax county are on the scene of a fire on spring garden drive. when crews got there, the fire went to three alarms. chopper 4 was on the scene as the building was evacuated. no word on what caused the fire. it's another steamy and sticky one out there and some folks are standing by. >> pretty cool in the water. we have team coverage of the heatwave today and's

relief. >> david culver is standing by in arlington but we begin with amelia draper. amelia? >> it's simi oteamy. in addition to that, i'm tracking an isolated shower and you could be dealing with an isolated shower this evening. as we zoom in and it moves in to fauquier county, it quickly moves out. the big story this afternoon, the heat and humidity. look at temperatures in the 80s and low 90s. 89 in the district and 88 in frederick when you add in the humidity it only feels worse. feeling about 95 right now in washington. still feeling like triple digits down in fredericksburg. today and tomorrow as well, you want to make sure that you're drinking plenty of water. your planner as we work towards 8:00 p.m., upper 80s.

at midnight, 82. david, i know you've been outside all day and we've been talking about day three of our five-day heatwave. this heatwave, we're only in the midst of it and it's the first real blast of heat that we've had so far this year. typically by this time of year when we look over the past five years, we've had 10 or 20 above 90-degree temperatures. >> reporter: when you're in the shade and by the potomac, you get a nice breeze so you feel pretty good out here. as soon as you go out into the sun, you feel the heat. that's especially true for those who have to be outside for several hours and for those who have to wear several layers. >> now you can see that you have to keep us

>> i'm sweating right now just talking. it's pretty miserable out here right now. very humid and hot. it's hard to get a break. >> reporter: hard for him and -- >> this is a very high-driven dog. >> reporter: even more challenging for his canine partner, which is why he's inside the cruiser. it's left running and he wears a pager connected to an internal heat sensor. >> i turn it back on and that beep means it is sinking. it's going to send a signal to this and it will start to page. >> reporter: for those that don't have to wear as many layers, on the splash playground. others, we've seen seeking shade on roosevelt island. >> it's really hot. >> reporter: and really sweaty. >> i've been wiping myself down. >> reporter: and as that sun is just

begin to feel the sweat all over, sometimes it helps to look back. in this business, we have the luxury of doing that, particularly about 5 1/2 months to this very spot and you can see it could be worse. >> it looks like there's more snow now, david. >> reporter: and the visibility was next to nothing. i, for one, will take that heat over the blizzard any day. but there is a strong warning when it comes to children and pets being locked in hot cars. the advice is look before you lock. live in arlington, david culver, news4. i'm kristin wright in montgomery county. new developments after the murder of an 18-year-old man in a park in gaithersburg. what police think happened in the park that day. also, children lured by ice cream and popcorn. a d.c. woman is accused of preyi o

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join us right now on our facebook page. we are chatting and answering your questions about the recent deadly police shootings and we're getting a lot of interaction as the videos and comments are shared all over social media today. >> we continue to follow the backlash after two shootings of two black men. >> in a sign of solidarity, many of them had signs for the black lives movement. we want to go live to sarah rosario where alton sterling was shot. >> reporter: that's right, jim. as you were talking about the video of those shootings has gone viral and it's provoking questions and outrage all across the country, especially here in

already feeling targeted because of its race and now people here, protesters, did remanding for several things. first, justice. they are calling for the officers responsible to be held accountable. right now, people are protesting outside asking people to honor alton sterling who was killed tuesday morning. this protest is a huge contrast compared to minnesota where philando castile was shot. his girlfriend captured the aftermath of the shooting live. she said that castile told the officers that he was carrying a licensed firearm but she was not anyway. now with the community grieving, they are demanding answers and for now both of those officers involved in both of those

administrative leave. while the doj is investigating, starting a civil rights investigation here in baton rouge, it's unclear if they will do the same thing here in minnesota. >> sarah, thanks so much. it's an unimaginable crime. children lured to a home and sexually assaulted. police arrested a d.c. woman who they say promised victims candy and assaulted them inside of a home in d.c. chris gordon has reaction for us. chris? >> reporter: well, jim, the suspect lives right here at this street level apartment near minnesota avenue in northeast washington. the police report says the young boys were hanging out on the steps to this apartment building and that the suspect invited them in and then wouldn't let themve

police executed a search warrant here just two days ago. charged with five counts of child sex abuse, steel lured three boys ages 12, 15 and 13 offering them ice cream and popcorn. steele, known to the boys as ronnie, began to dance. one of the boys felt uncomfortable and wanted to leave. she told the boys, "y'all not going anywhere." people in the neighborhood are upset. lilly has a teenage daughter and son the same age as the victims. >> she told me she never did come at him with anything like that. but i'm constantly talking to my children about that. >> reporter: the police report says steele ordered the boys to perform sexual acts with her. she told them not to

she offered two of boys $20 to come back and have sex with her again. what's your reaction? >> devastated. it's not right. >> reporter: have you ever heard of it going on in your neighborhood? >> no. the first time i ever heard of anything like that. >> reporter: people who know the suspect, ronnie steele, are reacting to these child sex abuse charges that have been filed against her. chris gordon in northeast washington, back to you, pat. a new report from the centers for disease control found the number of cancer cases related to the hpv increased to 39,000 cases between 2008 and

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in gaithersburg park. people are beating the heat. people are riding bicycles and we pan over to the water park, enjoying some of this early evening sunshine, beating the heat and humidity. we're in the midst of our heatwave. tomorrow, we're talking about low to mid-90s. mugginess continues. the good news, as we work our way throughout saturday, the humidity levels start lower. here are your weather headlines. heat and humidity continue. as we go to sunday, a really nice day overall. the best chance of a storm tomorrow is between 1:00 and 5:00. some of the storms could be on the strong to severe side. we're looking at the humidity levels to lower over the weekend. here, the current temperatures right now, mid-to upper

89 in washington. 84 in gaithersburg. 92 in annapolis. 92 in frederick as well. a mix of clouds and sun throughout the day. here we are at 2:00 p.m. notice scattered thunderstorms and brighter colors. heavier rain impacts the area a threat for rain impacting the d.c. metro area. notice how most of the area is mainly dry getting in on late day sunshine and 8:00 p.m. in the evening. everybody is dry. looking nice but between 1:00 and 6:00 p.m., high winds and thunderstorms and heavy rain. isolated wind damage and we can't rule out a bit of hail. not a huge threat for an isolated, weak tornado tomorrow in the forecast but we'll update

morning and afternoon hours. ton, it's hot out there. tomorrow night, the thunderstorm is early with the diminishing of the storm throughout the day. also, a really nice weekend to escape to the beaches. tomorrow, high temps in the low 9 ohs. on saturday, a high around 90 degrees with a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm as the cold front moves through, high temperatures in the upper 80s. as we look to saturday here back at home, a high of 94. sunday, high temperatures near 90 degrees. monday, again, upper 80s and really nice with humidity levels staying low. humidity builds back into the area on tuesday. we'll have highs on tuesday and wednesday in the low 90s and by thursday and friday, we're back in the (>jwmid-90s. it's looking like another heatwave headed our way for next week as the heat and humidity

>> we're getting into that drill. thank you, amelia. >> thanks. a big development in the case of another police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. why it already looks like this will be an uphill battle for the prosecution. and it could be a solution to ending the police shootings across the country. we'll tell you about a new technique that's now being used in virginia. not exactly the news a lot of metro riders want to hear as they come into the stations along the red line. they will be dealing with temperatures that feel like their outside temperatures.

put it down! >> a man shot and killed by d.c. police after pointing a bb gun at them. feeling the heat. it may look nice but a lot of folks are drenched in sweat and others are trying to shield themselves from the sun. >> sweating right now just talking. it's pretty miserable here right now. it's hard to get a break. now at 5:30, a local woman hires a painter to spruce up her fence and is left with a complete mess. how nbc 4 responds. a young man accused of luring a teenage boy

for sex but she wasn't there when he arrives. what happened next ended with murder. right now, there's a manhunt under way for two men who police say are armed and dangerous gang members. >> they are wanted for the murder of an 18-year-old man in a gaithersburg park in june. kristin wright is there live now with more on the two suspects and two arrests in this case. kristin? >> reporter: there are kids playing at this park right now, the same place where police say a man was murdered by gang members. two are still wanted. christian morales came to gaithersburg from new jersey for a landscaping job. he lived with his cousin and worked hard, we're told, until the night in june he was murdered in malcolm king park. his body found in the woods. >> he was stabbed over 40 times. >> reporter: today, montgomery county po

ms-13 murdered the man. two men are wanted tonight and they are armed and dangerous, police say. meanwhile, police have arrested v vanessa alvarado. >> vanessa lured christian to the area with the promise of sex. she did this because members of ms-13 decided they wanted to kill christian. >> reporter: police say several gang members met them at the park and asked christian to come into the woods to smoke marijuana. that's how his young life ended. >> unfortunately, he made the decision to go into the woods with them. denot come out of those woods. >> reporter: pat, coming up at 6:00, what one of the suspects told her boyfriend in jail about the murder which is critical to this case. >> kristin wright, thank you. a show of solidarity between the muslim community and montgomery county

they gathered in germantown. county leaders signed a statement reaffirming the support of the community. they are working with the muslim community to foster understanding and to prevent hate crimes. >> you are our eyes and ears, first line, eyes and ears in preventing and detecting crime. oftentimes the hate bias incidents that we speak of. it's that collaborative voice as our community, as we come together, it's that collaborative voice that will lead us to success. >> school officials are also signing today's signing ceremony pledging outreach within the montgomery county school system. a surprise in the trial of the fourth police officer charged for his role in the death of freddie gray. prosecutors dropped one of the four misconduct charges against lieutenant brian rice. no explanation was offered and

gag order prohibits commenting outside of the courthouse. so far, more than two witnesses have testified, one about police policy regarding prisoners and seat belts and the other was the medical examiner who performed gray's autopsy. gray died last year after riding in a police van and suffered a neck injury. rice is allowing a judge to decide his fate. two other officers have been acquitted of all charges and a mistrial was declared in a third case. when it's this hot, you'd almost rather not have to deal with your commute but we still had to get around today, of course. this is along the red line and it's not much cooler in some underground stations today because of a problem with the cooling system. transportation reporter adam tuss is live at dupont circle. what are people saying about this? >> report

a lot of this has to do with the chillers and some people are taking it in all stride. hot and bothered riding metro -- >> it could be cooler. >> reporter: the chiller system in these stations is broken, still not fully fixed since last summer. metro tries to keep stations 10 degrees cooler than the outside temperatures but high 80s and 90s. still, some like roger hawkins is taking it in stride. >> it's not that bad. like i said, it's cooler in here. so i guess i'm cooling off from outside. >> reporter: now, if metro isn't your choice, how about cycling in this heat? >> it's a little warm out here. may have to take shower when i get home. >> reporter: pedestrians feeling it as well. out and about walking the

drink. >> especially with the dogs, it's good to have ice cubes and water to set aside. >> reporter: ice cubes is necessity all around. back here on the metro side of things, we just learned of additional problems with the chillers. coming up in the next hour at 6:00, i'll let you know when everything might get fixed. >> adam, thanks. is it really worth it to pay more money for the top grade gas at the pump? we did some digging to find out what is best for your tank and wallet. in light of the police shooting, the head of my son has meningitis b. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis... vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were... no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s.

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as we wait for more details about these police shooting videos, parents are trying to figure out how to discuss this with their children plastered across media these days. tracee wilkins has our story. >> reporter: when videos surfaced of the two recent police shootings that ended in death in baton rouge and minnesota, it once again sparked a painful and difficult conversation for many. >> as a black man, i have to give my son a lesson on how to survive a traffic stop alive. nobody should have to go through that. >> reporter: today, we spoke with members of the 100 black men of pr

teen mentoring group. >> when you're being arrested, that's not the time to argue your innocence or guilt. >> can you not appear to be combative, threatening or condescending. >> we teach this to our children every day about how to talk to adults but it's a different level when you encounter law enforcement. >> it's a reality that is difficult for these men to explain. many of whom are fathers themselves. >> i'm a big black man so the threat is real. we have to teach our children that -- be humble. >> a man was shot on facebook live. the baton rouge video shows the man shot at point-blank range while restrained by two officers. while there are still details to be learned, coming u

at 6:00, reaction to the video. >> they got him on the ground and they still killed him. >> reporter: tracee wilkins, news4. >> more coverage coming up in a little bit. it seems we can no longer turn the corner on the internet without seeing something awful happening. more than 500 people have been killed in 2016 and joining us right now is managing editor nbc black and so many people are asking the same question, how many more heart-wrenching videos like these do people need to say before there's real change that changes the outcome of these police encounters? >> i think what was

over our timeline and twitter feeds and it brought up questions about how many more images do we need to say and names that are trending on twitter? you had lawmakers like representative john lewis saying this looked like an execution. elijah cummings saying we need to stop the slaughter of black men. so i think it really has become numbing. >> the incident we've seen this week are yet again forcing children to ask really tough questions. the adults, we watch it on social media and we text and people talk to one another but when it comes to children growing newspaper a world that they

they talk about it with their parents about what is happening in our community? >> it's a difficult conversation to have but a necessary one. i think what a lot of parents are saying is it is age appropriate for very young children. it's going to differ from what you're talking to them about versus a teenager who walks to school on their own, telling him how to engage and interact with police. it's definitely a very difficult conversation to have but a lot of parents and experts are saying it's not something we can shield children of color from. it needs to be addressed and talked about, especially in such a multiracial society. many multiracial family structures. a lot of people are going to be having big conversations this weekend. >> all right. amber payne, thank you. more coverage of the police shootings and how the community is responding coming up on

turning now to the weather, amelia is back here to tell us more about this heatwave and how to survive it, when we're going to cool off. >> plenty of water, stay indoors. >> there you go. >> two more days of the stifling heat and humidity. we're hot again on saturday but the humidity levels rise again. almost 6:00, it's not peek afternoon hours anymore. still feeling like 95 degrees in washington. 98 in manassas. further south, feeling close to 100. we've been talking about the chance for isolated showers this evening. we're seeing those develop now mainly in stafford county around the quantico area. notice when these are developing we're seeing bright colors right away. that's very heavy rainfall. heads up tonight if you're south of town, including

calvert, st. mary's county. 7:00 p.m., still around 89 degrees with a chance of an isolated shower. 8:00 p.m., temperatures are in the 90s as we move towards 9:00, 10:00, we fall into the mid-80s. tomorrow, we start off the day at 78 degrees by lunchtime. chance of an afternoon or early thundershower. main concerns being heavy rain and gusty winds and potentially a bit of hail. by 8:00, the threat for rain over in the area but still, 87 degrees. heading out tomorrow night, keep that in mind. here's a look at outdoor activities. working out, do so in the morning hours. even at the pool, go early especially because of the threat of rain during the afternoon hours. it's too humid to have lunch ou

drink plenty of water. humidity levels tomorrow on the oppressive side. saturday, we go down. by sundays, feeling very nice but then next week the humidity builds right back into the area. again, high temp tomorrow is 95 degrees. it's the warmest day so far this year. the weekend, though, is looking nice. 94 on saturday but what you're not seeing there, comfortable humidity levels by the afternoon and evening hours. by sunday, high temperatures in the 80s with low humidity. look at tuesday, wednesday and beyond on our exclusive ten-day forecast. another heatwave heading our way. >> thank you, amelia. a fairfax homeowner hired a local painter to spruce up her fence. >> and the company wouldn't respond to any of her calls until she contacted our consumer reporter susan hogan and the nbc 4 response team. hi, susan. >> hey there, jim. this

she paid for. her fence looked awful just months after the job was completed. >> basically, it wasn't done correctly. >> reporter: frustrations are bubbling over because of this and this and check this one out, too. it looks like this fence needs a paint job, doesn't it? but the problem is, it was just painted. >> and i was really concerned and i tried to contact the guy and got no response. >> reporter: he just wouldn't return your call? >> he would not return my call. he would not return my -- >> reporter: irene hired a local painting company on october 6th. the price included sanding, priming and painting the fence for 1,050. the job, according to irene, was completed in less than one day. >> they did the job, they came and i wasn't home

know what they did but the fence was painted. >> reporter: a few months later when the paint began to crack, her e-mails and calls went unanswered. >> i tried for a couple of months and then i saw a segment on nbc 4 and i saw you and decided i needed to try that. i know that's my last resort. i would go to lawyers and start all of this nonsense. >> reporter: we contacted the owner and he never contacted us but called irene and apologized for ignoring her and said he was very busy. a few days later, he returned to paint her fence himself. >> here we are. my fence is newly painted. i'm so happy. >> we are, too. although everything worked out and irene says she learned two big lessons from this. an e-mail proposal is not the same as a written and signed contract that spells things out specific

the contractor in cash and had no receipt to prove it. pat? >> all right, susan. could bean bags with the end to this deadly police

roanoke county police commission is taking a different approach to de-escalate

the department is equipping officers with guns that shoot bean bags. >> the decision comes after a deadly police shooting involving an 18-year-old there. duke carter from the nbc station in roanoke takes a closer look at the impact of these bean bag guns. >> get on the ground now! >> reporter: he's loading a bean bag gun. it's a gun that fires rounds with the same silicone found in bean bags. >> it's a less lethal weapon. >> reporter: that's because getting hit by one can cause harm and sometimes death depending on where the person is hit. the department has 22 of these guns but it's mainly supervisors and a few officers who carry them in their vehicles. >> get down! >> reporter: but the department wants more of the officers to have more of these devices so plans to buy conversioni

which turns officers' shotguns into a bean bag kit. >> taser is good only for 25 feet. the bean bag, minimum distance is 15 feet but can reach out to 60 feet. >> reporter: we spoke with a criminal justice professor who says bean bag guns are helpful but the situation to use the gun must be anticipated. >> it's used under limited circumstances, oftentimes the police agencies that do have it is limited to officers and supervisors. >> reporter: the department is looking to use bean bag guns more often since they have proven to be effective and less deadly. >> it's just having another tool available. put it down! put it down! put your [ bleep ] gun down! >> right now at 6:00, police have released body camera video of a

defending his decision. the fbi director answering tough questions about the hillary clinton e-mail probe. >> did hillary clinton lie to the fbi? >> we have no basis to conclude that she lied to the fbi. >> did she lie to the public? >> that's a question i'm not qualified to answer. and temperatures in the 90s. they've had their grip and they are not letting go. we begin tonight with growing outrage after yet another deadly encounter between white police officers and a black man. >> for the second time in as many days, there are protests and questions being raised about the use of deadly force. the latest incident, philando castile shot during a traffic stop outside of st. paul, minnesota. the aftermath was live streamed on facebook. >> that followed an investigation by the