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julie carey is scene. >> reporter: i'm here on windy hill road. you can see a considerable police presence there in the driveway of the home under investigation. they're waiting for a search warn warrant. it was a family member who came here around 12:30 this afternoon. when they couldn't reach relatives here, then they made that horrible discovery. police say when they knocked on the door and no one came, they looked through the window and saw a body. police were immediately called. we are told there are multiple victims inside, but police will not disclose an exact number until next of kin have been notified. from talking to neighbors, we know there's an adult woman, an adult man and a high school boy who live inside. but i want to stress we do not yet know who the vick testimoti inside. there is not a suspect in
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custody. police telling us it is going th they are still working to notify next of kin. in fact they say it will likely be an all night investigation in order to gather all the evidence they need from this death scene. it's been another whirlwind day as we hit the end of week one of the new trump administration. >> the president had several big events today. here are your four things to know. just a little while ago president trump arrived at the pentagon. within the hour, he's expected to sign several executive orders. nbc news is reporting those actions will focus on vetting refugees and military readiness. also former general james mattis is getting ready to be sworn in as the next secretary of defense. mattis was easily confirmed with a 98-1 vote. just a few hours ago president trump held s
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may. we'll have more on that in a few minutes. for the first time ever a sitting vice president spoke at the annual march for life on the national mall. mike pence highlighted the president's actions to end u.s. aide to foreign organizations that promote abortion. the president's senior advisor kel kellyanne conway also attended. they demanded to have their voices heard. a lot of them were just as excited to hear from the new vice president. >> reporter: it's the 44th annual march for life here in washington, d.c. protesters have gathered every year since the roe v wade decision by the supreme court allowing for aabortions.
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>> reporter: after speeches here on the washington monument grounds, they took to constitution avenue and marched peacefully up to capitol hill and ultimately outside the supreme court. while everyone here wanted to make their voices heard, this was a special march because of one voice most people here came to hear themselves, the voice of vice president mike pence. >> you know i've longed believed that a society can be judged by how we care for our most vulnerable, the aged, the infirm, the disabled and the unborn. >> reporter: this was the first time in the 44 year history of the march for life that a sitting vice president has addressed this crowd in person. >> the marchers set their sights on the supreme court. we'll show you what happened when they got there where people with opposing views wer
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>> president trumpco's presiden dat public feud yesterday. pledge to close the trade gap between the two countries. the president said he also looks to have a good relationship with all countries including russia and china. but he acknowledged that that wouldn't necessarily happen. so who is theresa may? we're digging a little deeper into her background to see how the british prime minister's ideas may or may not align with president trump's. first of all, she is the first female prime minister in nearly three decades. the last, of course, being margaret thatcher who served in office from 1979 to 1990. may took over after brexit. she wasn't all that vocal about it but she did publicly support staying in the european union. after the referendum passed may was quoted as saying brexit means brexit and promised to make a clean break with
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she calls herself conservative. like president trump, she pledged to work for everyone, not just a privilegedd few. she's generally regarded as more conservative than prime minister david cameron. she supported cameron's legalization of gay marriage despite a lot of conservative criticism. may served as home secretary. that is pretty much the u.k.'s equivalent of homeland security. a lot of britains criticized her for allowing too many imgrants into t into the u.k. president trump is planning to talk on the phone with vladimir putin. the white house is not saying whether or not the president will bring up the alleged hacking during the 2016 election. he said he will consider lifting recent sanctions imposed by the obama
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to say that will happen. storm team 4 has an eye on our weekend. we've already seen clouds move in. some of you have even seen some flurries. team coverage with amelia and doug in the storm center. >> snow showers coming on through parts of the region mostly to the north and west. the cold air is here. >> if you're up by the great lakes, you're getting slammed with snow. the flurries we're seeing actually lake-effect snow showers. it's allowing this chilly air to move in. >> you can see the snow coming down around pittsburgh and back towards the mountains of west virginia and western portions of maryland. look at the windchill. 33 d.c., 28 hagerstown. it's cold out there right now.
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sticking around. coldea around. windchills in the 20s and 30s again tomorrow. light snow chances, a couple of them out there. and staying cold. i'll see you back here in about ten minutes. a trip to the mall suddenly becomes a big problem. the shopping center were cars were damaged by fire as they were sitting in the parking garage. maybe start planning now. metro just announced plans for its next round of delays. it's in an area where riders say it's already backed up. they put their lives at risk just to make a statement. and they were arrested when they got to the ground. one of the
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first at 4:00, new details on where metro's safe track work is going to hit the hardest next month. after a month-long hiatus it's back to the surge february 11th. it will mean an 18-day shut down on the blue line. metro says there will be slightly longer waits for trains on the yellow and green lines as well. well, this is not something you want to find at the end of a shopping trip. investigators are trying to figure out how these fires got started. several vehicles caught fire last night in a parking garage at bethesda's
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montgomery mall. new information now on president george h.w. bush's health. he's expected to leave the hospital some time over the weekend or maybe on monday at the latest unless his condition changes. >> a spokesperson sent out a statement saying the former president eagerly anticipates going home. he has been in a houston hospital since the 14th of january, after a bout of pneumonia. he was one of the most recognizable faces of the civil rights movement. first at 4:00, why the daughter and granddaughter of the late malcolm x were just arrested in our area. it's a chilly day across our region. we're looking at a chilly weekend too.
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anti-abortion groups are rallying outside of the supreme court on the 44th year of the march for life here in the district. >> but abortion rights advocates are also making their voices heard. news4's kristin wright has been speaking to folks on bothes of the issue. >> reporter: you know, one thing is perfectly clear, there is so much passiono bate on both sides of the issue. and that is one thing that certainly never ces
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so big turnout church group her washington to letbe heard. they got up and marched along with big crowds all the way down here on 1st street. and of course we have several marchers and protesters out here who stand for abortion rights as well. we want to show you some video from earlier this afternoon when you saw the crowds were really, really thick. they have kind of thinned out a little bit at this point. but earlier in the day, just a lot of powerful voices, again, on both sides of the abortion debate. everyone wanting their voices
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some of the people that we talked to who feel very strongly, most of them here today for the right -- most of them very strongly today along the anti-abortion side. take a listen. >> we are here to promote the idea that life is sacred from the moment of conception to natural death. >> this is where the decisions are going to ultimately be made between life and death. god used to make those decisions. now man has decided that we are going to make decisions on life and death. i don't believe in that. i believe that ultimately god is creating us and he calls us home when it's time, not our time. >> 44 years ago, the supreme court guaranteed a woman or any person's right to an abortion. to fight back against that is to fight back against
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bodilyin. >> reporter: things have stayed very peaceful here in front of the supreme court. we did hear a lot of back and forth conversations from both sides. both sides passionate about why they feel the way that they do. coming up, you'll hear more from everybody out here today at the supreme court. new at 4:00, the daughter and granddaughter of malcolm x are facing animal cruelty charges in charles county. police say they found them driving a stolen u-haul with seven pit bulls in the back. investigators say many of the dogs were severely injured. those dogs are now being treated at the tri-county animal shelter. malika has been charged with animal cruelty and theft. betty is facing theft
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21 people are ripping through the southeast. a 7-year-old woman died from injuries she sustained in last wednesday's storm. when a tornado touched down sunday afternoon, a tree fell on the woman's home and caused severe head injuries. we've taken quite a dive from the 60s yesterday to this. >> get used to this. that's the way it's going to be right on through the weekend into most of next week too. temperatures today much colder. it feels much colder with the wind. we've seen winds gusting upwards of 20-30 miles per hour all day. mostly cloudy skies, temperatures below average, 42 degrees. look at the winds out of the west at 21 miles an hour, gusting to 30 across the region. look at the current temperatures, 38 in dulles, 37 in leesburg,
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20s. the s st the are stayin west of the blue ridge and west of the fall line here. if you live in northern montgomery, loudoun county, frederick county. a little bit of a system helping to promote some of these. we could see a couple more snow showers or flurries as we move on through the evening. this flow, by the way, hits the mountains here. again, it just ringi ins out th moisture on the west side of the mountains. we've had a couple of inches in
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will be in the low to mid 30s. tomorrow a high temperature of 45, increasing clouds and chilly. for the next week, this is what we'll see. 43 on sunday, 39 on monday. we're tracking a weak system that's going to move on through. could produce snow showers on monday. 44 degrees on wednesday with more clouds. maybe a snow shower on wednesday too. maybe staying on the cold side. the only real chance for any snow, ten days out. something to watch but it's way out there for now. dramatic protests in plain view of the white hous
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who's now out a scary moment a hospital. police superintendent eddie johnson became visibly dazed ap unsteaeeady during a news conference. johnson felt light-headed. he did not faint. china is ringing in the lunar new year. the country rang in the new year with a traditional bell ringing ceremony in beijing. this is the year of the rooster in the chinese zodiac. there's a bit of a kor y'co but competitive vibe at this year's sag awards. >> reporter: emily blunt and amy adams are not only long time friends, they're also former
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costars. >> reporter: it's no ththey're nominated for outstanding performance by a female in a leading role. >> not going to talk to you tonight about winning and losing. >> reporter: 16 years ago denzel washington was schooling ryan gosling on the football field in remember the titans. now these two are going head to head for best actor in a leading role. viola davis and octoctavia spen are battling it out. >> it means everything.
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actors work together on one project and then go off and do different movies. >> it's interesting to see the roles they've played and how they've done so many different kinds of characters. >> we both did a double take. i had no idea ryan gosling was in that movie. >> with denzel. >> yes. oh wow he looked like a kid back then. >> they were. >> true. >> we were all younger then. >> very true. it has been a busy week at the white house as the new administration settles in. but one milestone belongs to one of its youngest visitors. sunshine gives way to the clouds. some of you are even seeing flurries. storm team 4 tells what's in store for the weekend. >> and we're staying on top of breaking news in mclean where police are trying to figure out what happened after several people have been found dead inside a home.
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breaking news in fairfax county where several people have been found dead in a home in mclean. police aren't saying just how many bodies they found. >> this is all unfolding on windy hill road just off great falls road near the beltway. police aren't saying much except to let the public know there is no threat to the neighborhood at all.
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center this m. >> reporter: young people gathered by the thousands in advance of the march for life. attending a youth rally and mass at the verizon center this morning. they may be young but these teenagers say they are dedicated to the cause. >> as teenagers we're just learning so much about the world and there's so many different opinions. i think it's so important that we learn how important life is and really appreciate how beautiful it is. >> reporter: it is an annual event, but marchers say they have been really energized this year. they feel
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movement has gotten a boost since donald trump took ey see participation in the rally as a sign of support. >> the marginal has been going on for so many years. >> it seems like -- now i think we have hope. >> this is the 44th year for the march for life. it got its start after the historic roe v wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. even in harsh weather the march for life routinely draws thousands of anti-abortion advocates to the nation's capital. >> going to take you live now to the pentagon where former general james mattis is about to be sworn in as the next secretary of defense. the
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mattis was easily98-1 vote in t inauguration day. >> mattis followed ash carter who president obama swore in back in 2015. we're going to get an update on president trump's first 100 days in just a moment. some snow showers have popped up on radar. what's in store for the rest of the weekend? amelia draper is in the storm center to tell us. >> this weekend all about the chilly air that's going to stay with us. pretty much how it felt out there today is how it's going to feel tomorrow and sunday as well. if you're getting out of town this weekend and heading to snow shoe or wisp, you're in luck. it's a great ski weekend. notice the snow showers meanly in pennsylvania, ohio and west virginia and a few flurries making their way into our
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it is cold out theore like 32 when you factor in the wind. if you're heading out tonight, make sure you have the warm jacket as it stays kind of breezy at times overnight. by 11:00 p.m., we're around 37. this is what it's going to feel like tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. a dump truck slammed into an suv from behind and burst into flames, causing a chain reaction crash that hurt two other drivers. now to the first 100 days for donald trump's presidency. today he tried to put out the
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>> he also welcomed his first ader to the white house as he spoke with british prime minister theresa may in the oval office. >> reporter: the president and the prime minister are opposites. theresa may is reserved, donald trump brash. but they say they got along today, will spretrengthen nato fight isis. maybe, said mr. trump, with vladimir putin. >> if we have a great relationship with russia and other countries and if we go after isis together, which has to be stopped -- that's an evil that has to be stopped. i will consider that a good thing, not a bad thing. >> reporter: the president hosted his first foreign head of state a week after being sworn in. after the balls, the next
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got on the pho t lies about his inaugural crowd being much smaller than barack obama's. he was on the phone for an hour today with mexican president pena nieto who cancelled his trip to washington over trump's border wall and the white house weighing a 20% tariff on mexico to pay for it. president trump said he hung tough on the call. >> we have a trade deficit of $60 billion with mexico. on top of that, the border is soft and weak, drugs are pouring in and i'm not going to let that happen. >> under him, president trump said today we will no longer deal with any other nations as a country that does not know what it's doing. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> this is a
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us because it's your last day wi >> steve is retiring after 33 years with nbc news. steve, we're obviously -- i told you this. we were out there at the inauguration, i'm happy for you but i'm going to miss you too. >> listen, i will always think of wrc as an a-plus operation. both of you are great anchors. pat, you and i worked in d.c. together for decades. chris, you're an ace out in the field. it's been my pleasure and privilege to partner with you. >> same here, steve. thank you so much. a much younger member of the trump family had a major accomplishment this week. >> like any proud mom ivanka trump made sure to put it on instagram for all the world to see.
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that's ivanka's son theodore who was inside the white house when he crawled for the first time. he marked the milestone just after his grandfather took the oath of office. it's been nearly 25 years since a president had grandchildren this young visiting the white house. well, it's the home of some of our area's tallest buildings. there were plans for another one, but they won't be offices or apartments. why roslyn might be getting something similar to the space needle a 911 operator takes quick action to find a woman locked in the trunk
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thanks to folks like me who put in orders every day, starbucks is seeing mobile transactions spike in its u.s. stores. but now that bottleneck is building for the bm, congestiont the handoff counter is causing incoming customers to leave without even making a purchase. this is despite the fact that lines at the register are short. he says the problem was a contributing factor in the company's lower than expected same store sales growth during fiscal first
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createon f people visiting washington but it will be built across the river. >> james birch is eyeing a parcel of land that vdot owns. he wants to call it the spirit of america, a museum that would tell the story of the american dream. he used to own the land where national harbor now sits but he sold that land off instead of developing it himself. it is a story that brought washington protests to new heights this week. now one of the women who climbed that crane near the white house is breaking her science to news4. yeve heard a lot about sanctuary cities this week bt whaut
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here are four things to know if you're just joining us. police have been on the scene at a home in mclean after several people were discovered inside dead. investigators believe the deaths are suspicious, but they don't believe there is a threat to the public. a live update from the scene just 15 minutes from now. at the white house, president trump held his first news conference
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dispute over building a wall along the border. malcolm x's daughter and granddaughter are both facing animal cruelty charges in charles county. they were driving a stolen u-haul with seven pit bulls in the back, some of them severely injured. anti-abortion activists marched from the national mall to the supreme court. the rallies were peaceful. earlier today vice president mike pence was among the speakers at the march for life rally. fresh out of jail, greenpeace activists are talking about scaling that 270-foot crane to protest president trump. >> they say that brazen demonstration was just the beginning of their resistance.
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>> reporter: just before dawn on wednesday, these seven protesters went to work. they climbed up this 270-foot crane and worked for hours to unveil their message of resistance. karen is one of the semp greven risk their own safety to send a message to the white house. she says she was in charge of social media using facebook live to communicate with thousands of people around the world. >> the message was to president trump that we are resisting what you are trying to do and the message was to everybody else to say, resist with us. this is a message of hope for people who are feeling hopeless after his inauguration. >> we are becoming a larger organization that is fighting for just a better world and a better country. >> reporter: those protesters are now facing a number of charges including burglary and destruction of property. they will be back here in the district for their court
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>> what do the activists hope will come out of this? are they expecting president trump to change his policies? >> reporter: that's a good question. we asked them that. they said no, we don't think that president trump is going to change policies. >> looks like we're having a little trouble with the satellite shot there. we will bring an update on her story in our next hour. meanwhile, don't expect the university of maryland to designate itself as a sanctuary sc campus to protect undocumented students. the move comes after the president signed an executive order denying federal funds to sanctuary cities that refused to turn over undocumented immigrants to federal authorities. he said the univsi
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the allowed under the law. imagine walking down the street in georgetown when someone forces you into their car. they drive you all over the area in broad daylight. it happened this time yesterday. it's just one of the stories we're working on for you. >> talk about a scary situation. ahead at 5:00, our derrick ward is learning new information about where they went and what the suspect forced them to do. also new at 5:00, fauthey fougho protect our country. now the stories of historic local veterans are on the way. we're going to tell you how to audition to be one of the nats racing president this is weekend.
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turning now to the wttern, ? >> yeah. we've been talking about a point. our average temperature good 5-. it's going to start to feel more like or stay feeling like winter over the next ten days. february 6th, we're keeping a very close eye on the potential for maybe some snow changing over to a wintery mix. aside from that, not a lot of snow chances in the forecast. it's a chilly weekend, make some flurries around on monday. after that, it's staying chilly for at least the next ten days. look at the winds out of the west at 21 miles per hour. it's certainly feeling cold out there. the suburbs feeling like we're in the 20s. the district feeling about 33
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heading out tonight, you want e weekend. a high tomorrow of 45. we start out with sunshine very similar to today. but clouds build in throughout the day. doug's going to be breaking down your saturday hour by hour coming up on news4 at 5:00. on sunday, we're waking up in the 30s. 34 here in washington, low 30s outside of the beltway. around lunchtime we're only in the low 40s. it's chilly again. once again it's a little bit breezy. 3:00 we'll hit our high temperature of about 43 degrees. the weather, while it's chilly this weekend, having a pretty low impact on your weekend. it is a great weekend to go skiing. if you want to take the trek out to wisp or snowshoe, they're getting some fresh snow right now. if you're going for a run, make sure you have a few layers on. traveling looking good, looking dry.
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natil wreaths that were laid down in december, you definitely want the warm jacket and probably gloves as well. 45 tomorrow, 43 on sunday. there's that flurry chance on monday, little or no accumulation. 39 for a high, though. it's a cloudy and cold day out there. tuesday, not bad, mid 40s. clouds build back in on wednesday. then we start to head into february. this is the first weekend of february, 40 on saturday, 38 on sunday, super bowl weekend. after that, february 6th we could be seeing maybe a bit of winter impacting the area. the weather is not going to have a big impact on your week but a heads up on traffic. several big events and some major road work could slow you down. >> remember on saturday something pretty maj
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here inrylane. that's 9:00 a.m. to 12 hours there on saturday. on sunday, a reminder, we have the d.c. auto show underway at the washington convention center. something else happening on sunday, the chinese new year celebration. that route for the parade going to start at 6:00. a frantic 911 call, a woman locked in the trunk of a car, then the call disconnects. the drastic measures the 911 operator took to track her down. every tv doctor knows scrubbing is serious business.
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they want their principal back. this morning about a dozen students from dominion high school demonstrated at the loudoun county school district headquarters. john brewer has been on leave since early december. the school superintendent has recommended he be fired. they can't explain why because it's a personnel matter. the district acknowledges situations like this can be very difficult for students and parent. a woman locked in the trurng of a car dialled 911 but that call goes dead. an emergency dispatcher's quick thinking may have saved her
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center got a call from a woman locked in the drunk of a moving car. >> i need you to talk to me so i can get you help. you're what? >> i am inside of a car trunk. >> the only thing we knew, it was a female that was very upset and that she was in the trunk of a car. >> the phone disconnected. they couldn't reach her. telecommunicator decided to text her from a cell phone. >> i picked it up and popped in the number and started texting her. >> she responded. what type of car? red mustang. i don't know what direction. he keeps hitting road strips. he's stopping, i have to go. >> texting was the only way i know that would probably not get her in trouble. >> fayetteville police
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>> they located heoo feeling to was located. >> this is a prime example of technology being used to the fullest at someone's greatest time of need. >> 911 centers need to have their technology updated so they can initiate text messages. >> not only does 911 centers need the ability to receive a text message, we also need the ability to initiate a text message to the public. >> you know, several places in our area allow you to text 911, including frederick county, maryland and fairfax and loudoun countys in virginia. the news continues right now with jim and pat.
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atms and businesses, the search is on for a suspect in a disturbing kidnapping case. we begin tonight with that breaking news out of northern virginia, several bodies found in a home in mclean. >> police say they expect to be investigating all night. they're at the home on windy hill road. they were called there after a family member went to the house and saw a body through the window. >> what's happen right now? >> reporter: good evening. a neighbor came up to me moments ago and said she has lived in this neighborhood for 25 years and she's never seen crime scene tape on this block right here. it's a horrifying scene, she says. one woman told me that she was
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a family memberokedsc inside a window at this house. police were called. right now there are multiple bodies here but authorities won't tell us how many. officers say they must first notify the victims' relatives. neighbors tell us an adult woman and a high school aged boy live here. there may also be an adult male. we do not know who was found dead inside the home. police say there are no suspects in custody. >> we don't believe this was a random incident. >> any firearms or weapons found inside the house? >> this is all the information i can give you at this time. >> reporter: police say there is no threat to the public. a lot of people would come up to me and say is there a suspect on the loose? police say no threat to the public. also, investigators have are exd to release more information hours from
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