now at 11:00, unacceptable. threats of violence against a local high school after a student was raped in a school bathroom. tonight, the superintendent responds to news 4. shots fired by police in the district tonight. a

new information about what happened before those shots. and drugs showing up on your doorstep without you even knowing it. the news 4 i-team shows how criminals are trafficking drugs by mail. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> montgomery county remains at the sencenter of a nationwide debate on immigration tonight after the rape of a girl in a high school bathroom. >> two threats were called into the school today. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live in rockville with new details. >> reporter: according to the superintendent, there have been a number of changes made here at rockville high school today. for one, an increased police presence after a number of calls and threats have been made to the school during school hours. >> we had some phone calls to different

about harming immigrant students. >> reporter: one day after angry parents attended a meeting at rockville high school with the superintendent and principal, the school reported receiving a bomb threat and a call from someone saying they wanted to bring guns to shoot the quote illegals at the school. we caught up with superintendent dr. jack smith before a county budget meeting. >> we certainly have heightened security across our system. and it's just unacceptable to threaten any student, no matter what their status. >> reporter: the concern surrounding immigration status after two high school students raped a girl in a bathroom during school hours. one of the suspects, 18-year-old henry sanchez illegally entered the country from mexico back in august. but vetting students as some parents have suggested is something dr. smith says is against the law. >> our students that are here, we are going to take good care of them. we are going to increase our

everything is secure in all of our schools. >> reporter: though today, montgomery county officers were seen patrolling the campus after the threats were called in. the superintendent also says staff members were told to take attendance each period and to keep track of how long students with hall passes are out of class. >> there is a bit of a question, a concern, i'm going to say. >> reporter: concerns among students will likely linger for a while. but school officials insist that students are safe. dr. smith says students and parents can expect additional safety measures put in place in the coming weeks. >> meagan fitzgerald. in the district, police are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting right now. the man who was hot shot is in critical condition. shomari stone is live at the scene. >> reporter: police just took down the crime scene tape that was behind me m

scene and they are interviewing witnesses. here's what we know thus far. police chief peter newshum says officers responded to a 911 call on the 4300 block of barnaby street. they saw a man with a gun, there was a struggle, and one of the officers shot the suspect. medics drove the suspect to the hospital. i spoke to commissioner paul tranthumb. he was told that the suspect was on drugs and an officer told him to drop the gun before the shooting happened. chief newshum says he cannot confirm that, it's still under investigation. we also spoke to a woman who lives in the building next door. you live on the other side of the yellow crime scene tape. you're trying to get home. what's going through were your mind right now? >> i'm trying to figure out what's going on. looks like somebody got shot in the next building. 'r

it's our building. >> reporter: right now police say the suspect is in critical condition. they have not released his name. ascii tai as detail the become available, we will immediately update you on our app. i'm shomari stone, news 4. just in the last 15 minutes, d.c. police have sent us a picture of a person of interest in the killing of an artist, found bound and stabbed to death in the district. here is the photo, from a convenience store in beltsville, maryland. yesterday, police discovered cornea neil in an apartment building. she was last seen sunday night at the corcoran school of the arts where she worked. police tell us there were no signs of forced entry at her apartment. her stepmother talked to news 4's pat collins on the phone. >> caller: she lived her life so fully. she

for other people. she was an amazing artist. she cared deeply about people. >> neil was from north carolina and worked with nationally renowned artist mel chin at the corcoran. she was driving a 2004 prius with kentucky plates. if you have any information on this you are urged to call police. it is just after 3:00 in the morning in london. just over 12 hours ago, a man in a suv drove through traffic on the westminster drive, got out and stabbed a police officer to death outside parliament. here's what we know tonight. at least five people were killed in the terrorist attack, including the attacker and that police officer. another 40 were wounded. police say the suspect likely acted alone and that a full counter terrorism investigation is under way. we're still waiting to learn who the attacker was, what his motive may have

it's going to be a wrong, restless night for hundreds of house republicans. they are still trying to hammer out a deal on health care hours before it comes to a vote. they're making big changes to the bill right up to the end. and tonight some say they may be able to incorporate conservative demands to eliminate some of the essential health benefits of the affordable care act. president trump has been personally wou personally wooing members. coming out of a late meeting tonight, some republicans clearly are not on the same page. >> we're happy to continue working with the white house and leadership, but we don't think -- [ inaudible ] >> i'm not going to stay up all night trying to get this worked out without anticipating a vote tomorrow. >> one top republican was asked to put odds on

quote, this is washington, d.c. odds are never good. the top democrat tells nbc news there is more than circumstantial evidence of collusion between trump campaign associates and russian operatives. congressman adam schiff's announcement comes hours after the gop chair of the committee says communications from the trump transition team and possibly the president were legally and incidentally collected by u.s. intelligence. congressman devin nunez briefed the president and the media on that information but not the other members of his committee. >> the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct, or he's going to act as a surrogate of the white house, because he cannot do both. >> nunez again today repeated that president obama did not wire tap trump tower.

are questioning whether nunez can lead an impartial investigation into russia's meddling in our election. well, you'll be able to take the new escalator the next time you use the bethesda metro station, but that's not what has a lot of people talking on our facebook page tonight. in unveiling the new escalators, it was suggested riders were hurting the escalators by following the travel etiquette we've all been accustomed to. walk to the left, stand on the right. >> we do not promote, obviously the walking on the left. these very sensitive pieces of equipment, and you can imagine this one would be a rise of almost ten storeys, how that can impact it. >> the problem is, metro does promote it, and you bet people all over social media are making sure metro moknows it. we've seen people screen shots of the

to mow you down. now we have reached out to metro tonight for claire any dagficat we have not heard back yet. a room packed full of people and emotions tonight at the "where are they now" forum in southeast. the auditorium was filled to capacity at xl academy charter school. they wanted reports of missing teens in the district. many of them leave on their own, and her administration is trying to find out why. >> why are kids leaving home? why are kids separating from home? and what can we do as a government and as a community to better help kids that are in need? >> police say there's not an increase in missing child cases,

just an increase reporting them. despite rumors, there's nothing to connect these cases to human trafficking. he traveled from maryland to new york city with the sole purpose to kill black men. and police say james harris jackson of baltimore did kill a black man on monday, a random black man he saw in new york. he was caught on security camera here. he turned himself in after seeing his face all over the media up there. according to investigators, jackson said he's hated black men for a decade now. he's charged with second degree murder, but that could change to first degree murder and a hate crime. criminals running drugs through your mailbox. next at 11:00, the news 4 i-team shows you how dealers can move loads of pot through the u.s. mail. they've been friends for life. now that bond stronger between two public servants. how one saved the other's life. temperatures dropping to the 30s tonight, and,

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drug deals are moving to your mailbox. >> local traffickers are using stamps, envelopes and packages and sometimes it's innocent owners who are getting caught in the middle. >> a new surge of local cases and how you could end up at risk. >> reporter: drug deals no

street corners. possibly on your block. inside a mailbox. like the case of takesha cole who's seen here delivering more than just magazines and bills. a drug runner was paying her $50 a parcel to deliver marijuana to his home. he'd leave her an envelope with cash in the mailbox in return. >> it is difficult for law enforcement to deal with. >> reporter: investigator neil frank len says dealing drugs by mail is more common than you might think and also more dangerous. >> if a partial package is delivered, it's left right at the front door. anyone can get ahold of it. >> reporter: it is illegal to mail marijuana and other drugs across state lines. and at the postal inspection service, they investigate these cases. they declined to be questioned on camera, so we pulled some of their search warrants. they look for certain states of

origin, arizona, california, and colorado and washington. they look for heavy taping of packages, and they look for these u.s. postal service click and ship labels, often used by businesses but also used by drug dealers to make drug shipments look like legitimate shipments. the feds launched more th than 2,000 investigations into u.s. mail last year alone and seized 35,000 pounds of marijuana. the court filings we pulled showed postal inspectors sought permission to seize 100 suspicious packages since october. >> that's clearly something we're interested in prosecuting. >> reporter: including in virginia. former acting u.s. attorney general dana boente says it could be smarter to make a sale by mail. >> they view it as safer, less of a chance of getting caught, because they don't have it on

>> reporter: federal search warrants says marijuana by mail often use invalid addresses, sometimes a vacant or neighboring home and avoid implicating his own home. >> we don't know how they picked your name. this may be a good spot. >> reporter: that's what happened to this former mayor a few years ago. they listed his wife's name and their home address in an effort to ship illegal drugs. >> they invaded the home of innocent people. >> reporter: there are internal auditors who found they failed to lock up and secure parcels suspected of containing marijuana. and nearly half they checked last year failed to do the same. by october of this year, they'll create nationwide guidelines for better handling of these suspicion packages. >> takes a lot of resources, a lot of money, a lot of manpowe

intercepting a small portion of it. >> reporter: small cases are harder to stop that others. lakesha cole, turns out she was a letter carrier herself until she was convicted of distribution. officer ricardo vivy is in the business of saving lives, but recently he needed somebody to save his life. >> he talks to his best friend phil martin just about every day, but during a recent chat, he didn't seem like himself, and martin could sense something was wrong. so he called 911 and rushed over to bitty's home, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. he said their bond is even stronger now. >> to say that your best friend, you know, came to your aid and saved your life is remarkable. you know,

forever grateful to him. >> wow. great story. they've known each other since they were just 7 years old. >> think of that as the value of talking to somebody every day. >> exactly. you know them. >> it makes a difference. so i understand that our famous cherry blossoms are so close and the temperature is critical. >> it all critical. you look at temperatures tonight, could be very cold. and this weekend they're going to be warm enough to really explode, i think, but it has to be tonight. we have to get through tonight first. and many areas will see a hard freeze again. i think the city's going to be okay and along the tidal basin, they should be okay. but if you have in the suburbs and the blossoms are going on, yeah, they might not make it tonight, because it is going to be a cold night. currently sitting at 39 degrees, winds out of the north at 13 miles per hour. winds are starting to die, but 39 puts our win

31, so it's a chilly night. these are actual temperatures. as the wind continues to die off, temperatures are going to fall quickly. by tomorrow morning it's going to be cold. 28 is considered a hard freeze. we get well below that. 25 leesburg. so if you still have time, get out there, bring any sensitive plants in or cover them if you can, because it is going to be a very cold start to tomorrow. but tomorrow afternoon looking much, much better. no rain, and, again, we need some rain. we're under a severe drought from the i-95 corridor, down towards culpepper. most of the rest of the area under a moderate drought. so we do need to see some rain. we need six to nine inches of rain. right now in the next ten days, maybe a half inch to an inch and a half would be about it. sunday is the biggest day as far as rain ison

the rain chances on sunday. satellite and radar showing why. the eastern half of the nation, almost no rain at all. this is a warm front bringing snow towards minneapolis. it will move across the whole u.s., by the time it gets to friday, things start to change. tomorrow morning, cold for the kids at the bus stop. 44 at noon. a rather nice afternoon tomorrow, no matter what you're doing, pause with less wind, it's going to feel pretty comfortable. friday, a high of 63 degrees. afternoon it will become breezy. but friday afternoon looking nice, highs in the 60s. we get into the 70s on saturday. a high of 76. more showers on monday and tuesday, but none of those days i am expecting a washout. so the umbrellas will be a necessity, but you won't be needing them all day long. >> saturday, that's the day to

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skipping ahead, fourth quarter. wizards up three on the run. over to bradley beal, knocked down the three then, starts dancing. he's feeling it until this guy ruins it for all of us. but a few plays later, the wizards keep everyone dancing. wizards putting it on video game mode at this point. they come through with the defense. off court, scoreless in the third until now. makes up for it. 22 points in the game. but not to be outdone. bradley beal also taking advantage of defense. he comes away with the steal. puts the bow on the win. one-handed slam. >> woo! >> wizards win it 104-100. this team back to having some fun. >> we've just got to go out and play hard. make the shots. we've got to remember, we're 20-plus years old, in the nba, we've got to have fun playing ball, man.

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