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we're hearing from a man who witnessed a robbery that started it all. and two and a half years since the d.c. mansion murders. tonight a family housekeeper talks to news 4 about the strange events that led up to the murder. ush push news 4 at lefrn clok. a terrifying situation for any driver. someone shot at cars on the interstate while people were inside them. at the live desk. windows on four vehicles were shot out according to maryland state police. one viewer tweeted us this picture. she was the fifth, the window on her car was targeted as well. police have not yet confirmed that. all of this went down on the northbound lanes near shady grove road in rockville after 8:00 this evening. what you're seeing here is video from the traffic cam shot around that time. it shows the interstate in that area. as you can see, hard to see what's happening on the sides of the road.

there in the dark. now, several people were inside their cars when the shots rang out. fortunately, none of them were hurt. at this time it's a fluid situation. we're still trying to determine if the cars were moving or stopped at the time they were hit. we're working to learn whether there was gunfire or if it was a bb or pellet gun. the investigation continues as authorities are looking for more information on the shooter. doreen, jim, over to you. a police chase on the beltway. it shows several men wearing dark clothing and masks inside a check cashing business. >> the chase ended with one suspect dead, four in custody and traffic at a standstill for hours and hours. thousands were stuck in it this evening. we're learning more about the suspects in the case. i'm jim at lee. i'm doreen gentzler. >> let's go to

darcy. >> reporter: doreen, this is the check cashing store where a played out this afternoon. if you look inside, you can see the business is well-lit up but it's closed at this hour. we were able to speak to a man inside when the robber's burst through. he may have gotten away with more. but the cashiers refused. surveillance video shows the brazen robbery at this cash depot in wheaton. the armed and masked robbers jumped the counter and customers stayed down as they ransacked the store. he was there when it happened. he's wearing the white shirt. >> he put his gun close to my body. >> reporter: the way he tells it, the robbers may have gotten away with more, but a cashier refused to open another or

finally, she's calling the police. >> reporter: the robbers ran out and got away. but not for long. >> got a description of multiple masked subjects, armed. we also got a description of a vehicle, a white chevy van. >> reporter: police spotted the van and chased the driver on to the beltway much the van crashed. one of the suspects bailed out. he was struck and killed by a montgomery county police officer driving an unmarked car. police arrested four suspects right on the interstate. this is just one of the guns they say they found in the van. police say these guys could be linked to two other holdups last month. one a gas station and one a food truck. police released the composite sketches of two of the robbers. back out live, just to give you an idea of how frightening this was for employees, i spoke to a woman working here

counter. she had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance, she just wasn't feeling well. we're waiting for police to identify the man who died and also to identify the robbers who now are facing charges. doreen, back to you. darcy spencer in wheaton, thank you. in prince george's county right now, one person is dead and two others are hurt after a car slammed into a county bus on richie road. police say the car was driving northbound about 8:00 when for some reason it crossed the center line and hit the bus. the driver of the car was killed. a passenger in the car and the bus driver were both taken to the hospital. we're told they're going to be okay. the road is closed in both directions from ashwood drive to old richie road while police investigate. moving on to a big change in our weather, folks. coming after that beautiful friday we had. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is in the storm center. >> still pretty

doug. >> it really is. temperatures will only go down about 5 to 10 degrees. >> a cold front is making its way down to the south. it came through our region earlier today. you didn't notice much. a couple of showers with it. the clouds on the increase. still cloud cover out there right now. the clouds will stick around overnight. we'll see an increase in the clouds tomorrow. temperatures today in the 70s. it was in the 50s back to the west. that cooler air making its way in. high temperatures tomorrow around 59 in d.c., look at the 40s just down to the south and west. a cool day tomorrow. tracking rain for your saturday as well. i'll take you hour by hour and show you what it means. the forecast coming up. >> doug, thank you. new tonight, a 27-year veteran of the d.c. police department is facing charges of cruelty to a child. he's on paid leave pending an investigation. our jackie bensen with

12-year-old. >> the referral called to the district child abuse hotline said there were noises of a child screaming, banging and a belt coming from the northeast d.c. home monday night. the call led investigators to the house owned by d.c. police lieutenant david hutchinson and to a 12-year-old boy. according to court documents an emergency room doctor who examined the boy found bruising and swelling in both of his eyes, multiple areas of bruising and swelling on his face. bruising on both ears and injuries inside the child's mouth. the doctor also noted multiple areas of scarring on the boy's and, back and lower extremities. the documents note the boy initially claimed he was injured when the family dog jumped on him, causing him to fall down a flight of stairs. neighbors on the street not far from the university tell news 4 the boy was not often seen outside. court documents say hutchinson denied physly

he admitted to yelling at him because he was given a did he merit at school for playing with matches. >> the police department admits he's been a police officer for 27 years, most recently assig d assigned -- his police powers have been suspended. in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news 4. new at 11:00, a man could be charged with a hate crime. the attack happened in broad daylight yesterday afternoon. police say the victim was panhandling at wisconsin and m street when a 40-year-old yelled a racial slur at him. the victim is black, moore is white. police say that moore followed him into an alley and hit him with a metal object. moore is charged with a saumt. if you're in logan circle tonight, you'll notice a few signs popping up that say no. gotcha. about 30 residents are

protesting. the new restaurant bjerregaard en is designed to hold up 600 people. opponents wanted the kpas limited to 200 people. supporters say you can expect to see more restaurants and bars popping up across the city. most popular desire of d.c. residents is to live in sustainable, livable, walkable communities where these amenities are outside their door. the alcoholic beverage control board will decide whether to approve, deny or modify the application. any time between now and january 2nd. the district booming nightlife and bar scene could be the latest city to add a nightmare. new york, london and amsterdam already have them. d.c. council member brandon todd proposed a bill last month creating a new director of the office of nightlife. the director would act as

liaison between government and community leersd and business owners to make sure everybody reaps the benefit of the night skoon. police tell us a woman visiting from out of town was raped on a sidewalk. tonight they're looking for her attacker. investigators say the woman was confronted around 10:30 last night on south randolph street in the shirlgton area. it wasn't far from a metrobus station. the victim had just left a friend's apartment. she was loading items into her car when the amana proechd her from behind, pushed her down and sexually assaulted her. people we spoke to were shocked by the brazen attack. >> i think it's devastating, especially for the area. >> it's definitely really scary. >> disappointing. someone is taking advantage of a vulnerable moment. >> despite a massive manhunt, police couldn't find the attacker. if you have any

tonight, parents tell us they are not happy with the results of an audit of prince george's county schools. the report found hundreds of students graduated without meeting state requirements and undue pressure was put on teachers to graduate students. there was no evidence of systemwide fraud. >> i've never done that. my team has never done that. this report says that we've never done it. >> the independent audit comes after four school board members investigated allegations of grade tampering. two responded to today's report. what i heard today was a ceo and a board chair celebrating the fact that they were not directly tied but that we still graduated hundreds, if not over a thousand students in the past year alone who did not meet the state graduation requirements. that is troubling. prince george's county schools have to respond to the state by january with a plan to

audit. the d.c. mansion murder case back in the spotlight tonight. next at 11:00, what a salve on lsu family housekeeper is telling us about the days before the murders as the case prepares to go back to court. >> of all the allegations against movie mogul harvey weinstein, one could actually land him in jail. a major test for the nypd after tuesday's terror attack in ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: they call him enron ed. because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst. lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. corporations sending jobs overseas.

now, enron ed is lobbying for donald trump's agenda. like cuts to virginia school funding, and taking away healthcare from thousands of virginians. enron ed gillespie. he's not lobbying for you.

it is one of the most notorious crimes in our area in recent memory.

mansion murders, the lone suspect is still awaiting trial. >> the next hearing is set for monday. meagan fitzgerald catches up with the family housekeeper who still keeps about the victims every day. >> a brutal nightmare played out inside this home 2 1/2 years ago. they were held hostage for 18 hours, tortured and murdered inside their woodland drive home. there's only one suspect that's been charged. >> it's so -- sometimes i'm so fearful. >> gutierrez, the long-time housekeeper for decades and could have been inside the mansion that day if not for a twist of fate. she still remem

to the murders. i spoke with nellie this week. she didn't want to go on camera but says amy wasn't herself. >> called me and said, oh, nellie, amy locked me out with the dog. i say why? she says oh, she went to get flowers for -- how did she lock her out with the dog. >> that wasn't the only sign that amy was under a lot of stress. amy sent her this e-mail in april of 2015 that we're seeing for the first time. nelly said she misplaced small things like phone numbers and e-mail addresses and was constantly changing schedules. even in this voice message that was left for her one week before the murder. hey nelly, it's amy, i am calling to see if i could get you and your crew i think is the best bet, maybe

tuesday, tuesday wednesday would be good. >> it's because you're distracted nell yes thinks amy knew someone was targeting the family. so far one person has been charged in this heinous crime. even though legal experts say more arrests could come, details of what happened inside the home and why likely won't surface until the case goes to trial in september of 2018. meagan fitzgerald, news 4. new york police are investigating what they call a credible rape allegation against disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. an actress has accused weinstein of raping her twice in her new york apartment in 2010. police corroborated portions of her account and investigators are gathering evidence before filing any charges. >> if this person was still in new york and it was

arrest. no doubt. we're talking about a 7-year-old case. we have to gather evidence first. >> this is the latest of dozens of sexual assault and harassment allegations against weinstein. he continues to deny all accusations of nonconsensual sex. when runners take their mark for the new york city marathon this weekend, they'll do so with a security presence. the race has never seen before. because of tuesday's terror attack. the nypd is going all out to keep people safe on sunday. runners and spectators will see thousands of uniformed officers, thousands more in plainclothes. police are bringing in blocker vehicles and they'll have snipers on rooftops. runners will notice the beefed up security but most say they're focused on finishing the race. >> very smoothly, i hope. >> i do too. beautiful friday. a lovely evening. all that is about to be pulled

it? >> can't expect 70s in november. >> but you can enjoy them while we have them. >> we had it yesterday and today. today close to a record high temperature. got to 78. the record high is 80. we weren't very far away from that. tonight, still very nice across. temperatures right now, still 65 degrees. again, our average high is 63. we're still above the average high at 11:00 at night. we'll start to see things cool the next couple of hours. already doing so. hagerstown at 53. 57 towards frederick. 54 in martinsburg. we'll start to see clearing. clearing before the clouds move back in. that will help to cool things. radar, no rain to speak of. a couple of showers earlier this evening. nothing out there right now. the cold front that came through, moving down. watch how it moves across. you can still see the clouds here. they're starting to meander around the region. what's going to happen, we'll start to see the winds shift o

ocean. that means we'll be cooler and we'll see a lot of cloud cover during the day tomorrow. a chance for rain too. let's time it out for you. starting to see clearing skies. by 8:00 in the morning, the clouds moving back in across the region. we'll be socked in during the afternoon hours. so around noon, we'll start to see the clouds move in. by 1:00, we're still dry. showers to the south. coming into the area around 4:00. especially in through northern virginia. in the district and most of maryland, you're dry through the 4:00 hour and you see the chance of rain come in. not a lot. not talking heavy rain. a good idea to keep the umbrella. i am going to be out there for the ball tomorrow night. make sure you have the umbrella if you're heading out this weekend. on your sunday, couple of showers early at 8:00 a.m. starting to see breaks in the clouds. that's really good news. temperatures start to go back in the mid to upper 60s. about 10 degrees warmer on

high tomorrow 59. much cooler with the rain moving in late. not steady rain at times. 59 degrees for a high in d.c. 54 gaithersburg. 49 in winchester. not the best of days for sure on your saturday. but if your kids have games tomorrow, should be no problem at all. they'll get those in, in the morning. the evening is when we'll see the showers. sunday, high of 59. set the clocks back one hour. looking good on monday early. late in the day, again, chance of showers, high of 74. chance of showers too on tuesday. not a lot of rain here. but what we're going to see, 58. look at the temperatures as we move to the ten-day. the low 50s. high of 50 on friday. lows in the 30s. that means many areas will see lows in the 20s for the first time this season. the coldest air so far this season making its way in here. it is looking a little bit cold. next thursday, by the way, our winter

>> that's right. >> i'll be crunching the numbers. getting more snow than last year for sure. >> get ready for winter week. >> whole week next week. >> got you covered. >> thank you. coming up, big game at capital one arena. the wizards hosting lebron and

will have power over your health care. adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. seniors would be charged more for health care;

and adams supports giving employers the power to block birth control access for female employees. john adams: wrong on health care, wrong on birth control, wrong for virginia. disclaimer: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. whbeat the odds so i can play with my grandkids. so i can celebrate 50. when i was 14, they saved my heart so i could bring family together. so i can help cardiac patients just like me. so i can serve my country. so i can do what i love. so i can give back. so i can play in the junior olympics. so i can make plays. so i can do this. so i can race my friends. children's national didn't just help us grow up, they helped us grow up stronger. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years.

longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable. not every day somebody comes trotting into town and scores 57. >> i can't remember the last time that happened. >> wow. >> lebron james. >> yeah. it was definitely

you know, you look at the washington wizards and the cleveland cavaliers and two of the teams expected to challenge for the eastern conference title. as though they're worthy of that distinction. the three-time defending champs came out on fire and the wizards matched that explosiveness. john wall, 7 assists in the first quarter. the same amount as the entire team. >> give the wizards a two-point lead midway through the first. then lebron james, scored 15 in the first quarter. combined for 28 in the first frame. cavs, wizards, scored 78 points. jeff green puts the 42nd point on board for cleveland. some teams felt they need today strut their stuff early and they did. that's not the way scott brooks wanted this one to play out. >> the first half, we -- we were giving up too many layups. 1 13 out of 15

right at the rim. they were easy. too many easy possessions and we have to once again we have to come in with a better defensive disposition. >> second quarter, the great plays continue. john wall going end to end like he was shot out of a cannon. wizards trail by 8 at the half. this night belonged to lebron james. reached a season high 38 points at the quarter. he kept going. 19 points in the final frame. he tied the cavs franchise record with 57 points. king james had 10 rebounds, 3 steals, two blocks. they win 131-122. it was all about his historic performance. >> you're right. it was one of those days for him. he was aggressive from the jump. threw a bunch of looks at him. we got to do a better job. made a lot of tough shots. lot

ee were living with. some he's going to make. at the same time, we got to adjust better on the five and the four. >> deangelo hall enabled -- a former hokie, his old team virginia tech at miami tomorrow night. 8:00 start for that one. winner will likely represent the division in the conference championship game. virginia tech 71 so far this year as well. >> bowl bound, baby. thank yo

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