now at 6:00 a father of seven gunnedç down outside his home. a killer on the loose and a community grieving. >> leaving a wife behind with children, sad thingç for anybo. >> plus, it's happened in the district unanswered calls to 911, what we're learning about the problem. but, first, trouble in the ç tropics, they're mapping out a newly formed system that could impact beach goers. ap father of seven shot and killed outside his home tonight, police need the public's help to find his killer. this is the man is telling p

with more on the investigation. darcey. >> reporter: erica, theç victi lived right here on joplyn street but he spent most of his time away from home working to provide his family. in fact, he had just gottenç he from his second job when he was hot. the famous delly in downtown dc closed early for a long-timeç employ employee's funeral on friday. the 37-year-old man was shot and killed in his own driveway in father of seven children. >> i was surprised, shocked. he was a nice guy. >> reporter: the deli owner said garcia met his wife here atym t restaurant. they had two children. he had five children back home. he was described as hardworking, a customer favit

now they'reç helping to collec money for his funeral and family expenses. >> i just think it's a very bad tragedy, what happened, you know, leaving a wife behind and with children, yh%ñ know, sad thing for anybody. >> reporter: police developed this composite sketch of the men they're looking for. garcia had just gotten home right before çmidnight, wednesday, august 17th, when he was shot in his car. >> it's terrible. i mean, i don't know all the facts but i hope, you know, they certainly find out what happened and, you ymknow, whoever gets punished. >> reporter: the deli owner said a take another job that pays more money to support his family. anyone who recognizes the person in that sketch is asked÷ú to ca the police. erica, back to you. >> thank you se

new tonight a man is dead after crashingp a motorcycle. he was thrown from his bike friday night in washington county, virginia. today we learned he was rounding a curve on route 58 west of route 890 whe"! he crossed the centerline and hit a guardrail. he was wearing a helmet. earlier today, t)pical depression forming. how far away is this from us? pretty far. about 350 miles southeast of cape hatteras. it's moving toward the west at 9 miles an hour, maximum windszv right now at 35 miles an hour. it could strengthen to tropical storm later tomorrow into early tuesday morning, really only bringing concern to the outer banks. i think the greatest concern there would be some rough surf tomorrow tuesday and wednesday. we could also see some rain there in times and some strong gusty winds. i want to show youzv what futur

here you can see in this system bringing in periods of rain. the outer banks, monday, tuesday and then it does start to move out to sea. erica, it was hot today, hot tomorrow,ç i'll let you know wn this heat finally starts to break down coming up in our full forecast. new tonight a man is in custody after allegedlyç assaulting an officerme. he's been charged for assaulting an officer. roads were blocked off and he was taken into custody.÷ú we're expecting an update on this story within the next hour and we'll have developments coming for you coming up tonight. closer to home, spending most of the day, wezv first supported t eight inch break last night. this is on minnesota avenue between ridge road and b street in southeast. nine apartments, 30 homes and two hydrants effe

they had to call the urban fore forestery administration. hope to get everythingu! fixed later tonight. it is back to school time, we're working for you in the community. our nbc backpack for kids forht programs donated kids book bags. these kids are part of the hope house dc programç providing services for kids whose parents are incarcerated. the kids were all smiles at the back to school party in northwest dc. provided free burgers andç freh fries for everybody there today all smiles. tomorrow is the first day for schools. a lot of them will be getting some new haircuts today andu! alexandria local police and fire department hosted one last back to school bag. the new haircuts,

>> they might not have the supplies they need to go to school. and we wanted to make sure they had the haircut and they look good. they feel good. we give them theç supplies the need to go to school and hopefully now they're going to do good. >> it's a good chance for the kids to have a little fun. for a complete back to school guidesincluding all the essentials that you should be filling backpacks with, you can go to nbc washington app and search "backa coming up next news 4, arrest in the death of dwyane wade's cousin could change how chicago punishes its criticals. another earthquake in u!italy, w it compared to the one that umbled towns andcr

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today dozens of people got a great work out, had a lot of fun and helped out their community at the same time. to help thezv survivors of the explosion and fire in silver spring earlier this month. it took place in washington. 15 zumba instructorsdonated their time for this fund-raiser. the two-hour dance party is over but it's not too late to help out. >> so anybody that wasn't able

donatbú for thism victims. we're taking no cuts from thise >> for more information on how you can help searchu! zumbathonn the nbc washington app. remember several people died, the cause, a gas leak in the room. metro÷ú says erg went smooty during today's emergency safety drill on the yellow line. they temporarily suspended service pentagon station. the transit system simu&ted a train derailment over the yellow line bridge over the patomic. >> in this particular location was chosen on purpose, one the structure and, too,ç you had t river. it provided unique training opportunity for many of the responders involved. >> more than a hundred emergency responders and volunteers took part. if you are takingç metro i virginia this week, you may need a little more time and patience conducting

through sunday. the work lasts probably until the second week of september. >> kids heading back to school, football starting,ym there's lar day weekend, all signs of summer coming to an end. when will it start to feel a little bit more comfortable. amelia is coming up of when we could see some6x)já air move in. first, it happened again, more busy signals and some folks tried to call 911ver night. o

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the 911 outage,÷ú we're -- >> they were on the other end of a lifeline for the people who live or work in the district when they have an emergency. for a period late saturday nighç and into sunday morning that lifeline wasn't there. some callers would get silence, no ringing, not even a busy signal. not what you want in an emergency. it started around÷ú 11:35 satury night. >> once this outage happened. we immediate went into back up procedures. >> that meant rushingzv 911 cal takers from the unified communication in the southeast to the back up center in northwest. but they still

incoming calls to the back up bt that our system was not able to take calls on the÷ú 911 number. >> that notification came in the form of tweet, one for police and one for fire and ems. >> we received about 30 ems calls andç 5 fire calls. >> mpd batched five calls. over all officials say call al. rm numbers would be because we were receiving repetitive calls, people would call, they're getting nothing or a busy signal, they'll turn around and call back. receiving calls by 1:45 almost two hours after the outage started, 911 was up and running again. hges weren't called by deliberate hack. it's believe to have been po

related. s emergency if your call toym 911 should not go through. memorize the number of local police. follow police and fire on twitter, areas like fairfax, and frederick countiesç allow you text 911. >> new tonight two men have been arrested for the shooting death of a mother of four and nba star dwyane wade's cousin,ç 22-year-old and 26-year-old darwin are brothers. today chicago's police superintendent called the pair an example of the city's problem with repeatp offenders and said residents should be frustrated. nakia aldridge was an the unintended victim friday afternoon. she was pushing a strollçer enrolling her kids in school in the city's south side. now to developing story, italy dealing with another earthquake,ç 4.6 magnitude hit today. this one is just about an hour

details day about any damage from this new quake,my meanwhile, work crews e cleaning debris from home. 290 people died in that quake.ç all but 60 were from that town this weekend, three more bodies were found in the rubble. authorities will be working this week to determine if proper building codes were çfollowed. firefighters in italy spent the day helping those who survived the quake recovered their belongings. people are not allow today go inside their homes because itu! could collapse. firefighters retrieved documents, clothing, food and toys for children. our highp today in washington, 90 degrees. tomorrow, around 90, wednesday around 90. we'll continue to d

friday moving into the area. labor day weekend which i cannot believe is next çweekend. it's looking really nice. currently, we're in the 80s for the most part with our weather under ground temperatures. 87 up inç frederick. bus stop forecast for tomorrow, either the kids are heading back to school, including montgomery county. hope you have a great zvstart. it's going to be nice at 6:00 a.m., 73 here in the district. check weather tomorrow. we warm up quickly, byç 9:00 a. the mid-morning hours, we're already near 80 degrees fearly a little bit hot and also a little bit humid out there, exactly how it felt today. see your outdoor,÷ú outlook tomorrow, exercise the earlier the better. that's going to continue to be the case through wednesday. if you want to have lunch outside, i think it might be a

little hot. maybe grabbing lunch and eating inside. after school activities, dry make sure the kids have their water bottle. it's going to be mild andp borderline temperatures where everybody that came in today either said how gorgeous it was or how hot it was. take your pick whatever you thought it was today, it's going to be exactly how itç feels rit on through wednesday. by lunchtime tomorrow around 7 p degrees. tomorrow evening during 8:00, around ç85. so walking the dog tomorrow night, pretty comfortable on the warm side. tuesday, very similar. for the most part upper 80s below 90s for themy highs. scattered thunderstorms back around the mountains, petersburg, martinsburg and winchester, of course, we'll be tracking those for you. here in thep metro area we'll b completely dry monday and tuesday. wednesday, however, scattered

threat, only about30%.my 93, muggy degrees on wednesday, maybe a lingering or shower or two thursdaying morning. we'll eat outdoors thursday night. notice it's going to be cooler and lessym humid. by the work week, friday, not just because it's friday because look at this 82 for high. feeling crisp, nice morning and turn it is aczv off and open up the weekend. low 80s on saturday. mid-80s on sunday and near 90 degrees on labor day, erica. >> we'll take it.ç coming up in sports, no fun in the sun for bryce harper and then, there were a couple of br

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they've got to turn this around. >> it doesn'tym hurt them in th standings. the marlins, they lost two in a row as well. excited, though, today to see lucas, he's the prize0çprospect. another rookie today stole the show despite the loss. he's a

record most runs, saying good-bye, to erockies, though, this little fan was ready for action and so was tray turner. here he is lead off hitter making amy big pledge, 1-0 unti he launches his fifth home run of the year. run number 27 this month that gives him that record of stuff like that. we're tied at one. and here he is one strike away from getting out in the third. here are other ideas. t&háhp &hc%r( third baseman. next batter, david and it's more of the same. back to back home runs for the rockies. he allows four runs over fivezv innings, longest outing on his young career. visiting, they're going back and it's in the sun.ç now, back, he blasts his 23rd

little too late as they fall 5-3. after the game, lucas isg# sayi. >> i wouldn't see this. pitching a lot better, figured some stuff out, çfortunately. i wasn't able to get on a few pitches today that kind of, you know, lost it and stuff. heç made it look forward today: and. >> it's starter baltimore 27 runs giving it up against yankees in the first two games and he stepped up bigstime. nine strike outs over seven innings, huge start for him today. took a while for the offense to get going,ç

right now baltimore still in possession of the wild card s spot. >> he answered me. early in the game and he answered'=ñe with this, he was like. >> yeah. >> i'm okay. and that news was confirmed this weekend with mri. thatç tweet apparently is mino injury, still waiting for a timetable on his return. nfl is in action.zv sell out crowd of 66,000 plus for this preseason game. it was first game, brand new usa stadium against minneapolis.

hands off on wisconsin, that's a a 7-6 lead, back come the vikings teddy bridgewater, just over a minute to go before the half. he hooks up and kyle moves off,ç 27-yard touchdown, 12 of 16, 161 yards and that touchdown vikings win the first game in the new stadium, 23-10. to÷ú the track, pure michigan 4. one of the final races before the sprint cup cut off. we picked this up, 13 lapssto go. chase elliott in the lead, problem behind, michael has a flat tire, it rips apart leaving debris all over the track. that's going to bringç it out d lead to restart. on that restart elliott side by

side. you see that huge lead and he takes it, sprint cup wins, snapú a 99 win. and congrats to alex, who got÷ú married. . thank you so much for joining us a

night, too drunk to fly. two pilots arrested moments before they were set to take off for the u.s. the latest scare of the busy travel season. the showdown, a month before their first debate, the stark differences in how donald trump and hillary clinton are preparing to face-off. trouble in the tropics. gathering storms could put the eastern sea board on alert. the fight in one community over whether to unleash genetically modified mosquitos to control the outbreak. and mission accomplished how scientists emerging from a year in isolation get one step closer to a human mission to mars. "nightly news" begins now.