breaking now at 11:00, thanksgiving traffic at a stand still. a tractor-trailer crash puts drivers on hold. plus guns stolen from police, the

investigating how often it happens and how rare lly they'r recovered. and sad news about david cassidy. the partridge family star dead at just 67. ♪ i think i love you ♪ i think i love you news 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. and that late word tonight about the death of a former teen heartthrob. good evening, everyone. former partridge family star david cassidy died tonight, surrounded by his familiar limit leon harris is starting us off with the reaction. >> there has been no shortage of reaction. condolences just pouring in on social media. total heartthrob. forever young. those are some of the ways you are remembering david cassidy tonight. ♪ i think i love you >> do you remember that hit? if you are above a certain age, you

the stage back in the day. cassidy mania was coined just for him. born into an acting family, he landed the role in 1970 and played the whole some keith partridge and lead guitarist of a family band. but the good times led to darker days. more recently, he struggled with substance abuse. and earlier this year he announced he was in the early stages of dementia. he was hospitalized for heart failure over the weekend. and tonight his family says he is three in pain that gripped him so long. he was 67 years old. >> leon, thank you. now to a huge mess on a busy night for holiday travel. chopper 4 live above u.s. 50 here at the prince georges county line. a tractor-trailer and sedan slammed into each other just before 9:00. this is what it looked like

since. still, only one lane getting by for each direction. for folks heading out of d.c. and toward the eastern shore, the injuries in this crash are non-life-threatening. tuesday may be the new wednesday when it comes to thanksgiving get away traffic. but if you still need to leave town by car, don't think you're off the hook just yet. while tonight's rush hour was the worst of the week, tomorrow will still be the busiest travel day overall, and the congestion starts midmorning. so you'll need to leave early if you want to beat the worst traffic. give yourself more time if your travel takes you through one of these bottlenecks. i-95 at fredericksburg and virginia, and the bwi parkway, aaa says they're the worst in our region. and if you really want the roads to yourself, the best time to leave is actually early thanksgiving morning. and the best time to come back home is

now let's check on the forecast for your travels tomorrow or your commute if you've got another day of work ahead of you. amelia, how's it looking for our morning? >> right now, live look out there at union station. you can see the flag moving in the wind. the wind's not a huge concern overnight tonight. but take a look what i amtraking -- am tracking on radar. we're trarki we're tracking showers. and in including areas like philadelphia and pennsylvania. want to point this out really quickly, 5:00 a.m., notice snowshowers around pittsburgh and parts of new york as well. if you're hitting the road early tomorrow morning, contending with some light rain in our area, temperatures in the 40s, but this showery activity is out of here by about 8:00, 9:00 at the latest. and after that, it is smooth sailing throughout the day tomorrow, with plenty of sunshine around the midday, 50 degrees at that point,

afternoon. what does that mean for thanksgiving? i'll have the latest holiday forecast coming up at 11:18. new tonight, we've learned the fbi is now investigate einge police-involved shooting we told you about last week. police shot someone last friday during a chase that started on the gw parkway and ended with a crash along four-hunt road in fairfax county. jackie benson has more on this unusual step. >> reporter: we know very little more about this shooting than we did in the hours after it happened friday night. the dispatcher recordings indicate the crash that ended the police pursuit happened after u.s. park police officers fired shots. >> alexander roads. [ inaudible ] >> no drivers in the car. >> reporter: park police officials have said very little abori

a public information officer did confirm the pursuit began around 7:30 after officers spotted a suv suspected of leaving the scene after crashing with another car on the gw parkway. the shooting which happened in a residential area will be investigated by the fbi's washington field office. a park police spokesperson tells news 4, in the interest of objectivity, robert mcclain requested that the fbi lead the investigation into the officer-involved shooting. park police officials have referred all media questions about this shooting to the fbi. in fairfax county, jackie benson, news 4. here at the live desk, you can add gabby douglas to the list of young women who allege they were sexually abused by a doctor for gymnastics. she posted on instagram late tonight and says this in part. no matter what you wear, it never gives anyone the right to harass or abuse you.

of the leotards we wore it was our fault that we were abused by larry nasser. her statement was in many ways an apology to aly raisman. she tweeted that raisman invited attacks on her by dressing in a provocative way. she has apologized repeatedly. tomorrow nasser is expected to enter a plea deal. the charges carry a minimum of 25 years in prison. and that's not all for him and the law. he's also going to have future sentencing. he is accused of sexually abusing more than 130 women. back to you. a prince georges county police officer with less than a year on the job is on leave tonight, charged with assault. police in the district say he pulled his gun on three people this past weekend and was only caught after dropping that gun and coming back to look for it.

latest. >> it was kind of scary. >> reporter: this woman doesn't want to show her face, but she does want you to know what happened on this walkway near her apartment building early sunday morning. it involves a woman, her two male friends and an off-duty prince georges county police officer. >> i heard yelling. i thought it was four or five people arguing. and then i heard someone say something about they're going to lay you out and shoot you right now. >> reporter: according to this d.c. police report, the woman and her two male friends got into an argument outside this apartment building on the 1700 block of minnesota avenue southeast. and these court documents tell us the woman called her friend, the off-duty prince georges county police officer, saeid abid. when he arrived here, he pointed a gun at all three of them. he may have been upset to see her with two male friends. during the confrontation, he mistakenly dropped

jumped in his car, realized i didn't have it and came back to the walkway. there were two d.c. police officers at the time and they placed him under arrest. these surveillance cameras captured what happened. officers seed officers seized the video. he joined the force 11 months ago and is still under probationary period. >> that's a poor reflection of prince georges compound at this poli police department. shomari stone, news 4. new tonight, news 4 has learned the remains of more than 100 people were removed from a funeral home last night when it was shut down by d.c.'s attorney general. the austin oyster funeral home is named in a lawsuit. it alleges the business charged grieving families for services it did not provide. the

funeral home was operating without a proper license. >> without that license, it can't get death certificates, and without death certificates, it can't inter these remains and provide funeral services that these families need. >> all the remains removed yesterday are now at d.c.'s office of the chief medical examiner. the attorney general's office is working to get those remains back to their loved o ones. we have reached out to austin royster funeral home and they will not comment. a man had a drunk driver cut his life short. david nor was a student at the university of south carolina. police tell us on campus last week charles davenport hit and killed him with his car while newell was riding on a mow moped.

you know ir. y -- uber. you may have been hacked. today the company came clean, admitting it knew about the breach last year. in a statement tonight, uber says it hadn't gone public with the hack because it hasn't seen any evidenced of fraud or misuse of information. a new york state attorney general is now investigating. hundreds of guns stolen from police. it happens in front of schools, metro stations and officers' homes. >> these were stolen from an unmarked detective's vehicle. >> out front of his house. >> yes. >> next at 11:00, the news 4 i-team investigates how these stolen gu

police preseotect our famil and our streets, carrying a whanl a badge and a gun, but tonight our i-team discovers, the cops are targeted, they're not going after money but something else that puts us all at risk. >> reporter: the what ifs are disturbing. it felt like a regular school day at albert einstein school until the call came. to parents like cynthia. >> we always think the worst things that could happen. >> reporter: a school resource officer stopped a student in a car acting suspicious limit the 18-year-old ran before being

>> we don't know what the person's intent was, but we think what if? what if the person had brought it in the school, what if they used it in the school. >> reporter: not only was the car stolen, but in the trunk a stolen ar-15 assault rifle. he has pled not guilty to a federal firearms charge. perhaps even more surprising is from where and from whom the gun was taken. police say it was stolen a week earlier from the cops, from rockville police. >> these weren't stolen from a marked cruiser. >> no, these were stolen from an unmarked detective's vehicle. >> reporter: outfro front of hi house. >> yes. >> reporter: they are often tar gifted targetted by criminals for their firearm, rockville police gun is one of more than 350 local and federal police guns stolen or lost just since

eight from virginia state police. six from prince william, four from metro transit police. >> individuals who are known to possess firearms legal lay beco -- legally become the targets. >> i think people breaking into cars are look for anything of value. >> reporter: five of the six stolen in fairfax county since 2012 were taken from officers' cars from trunks or glove boxes. this man is serving a life sentence. using a gun he stole from an off-duty florida police officer parked at the springfield metro station. few of these guns are ever found, but two are listed as recovered. this glock and rifle stolen from a fbi agent's vehicle in northeast d.c. are still missing, 18 months later. the rightful

found of a cache seized in march. each department says they have a policy, many require rifles or guns be locked when stored inside cruisers and there are different policies when they're in the trunk. some require them to be locked in case inside the trunk. and here in rockville, they've changed the policies after the guns were stolen in may. >> we don't want to have our view in the public at all times, going in and out of officers' homes. >> reporter: they also require them to be locked in a vault in the trunk. all gun owners, whether private citizens or police need to be diligent. >> i don't want firearms getting out to the community. >> reporter: because the what ifs are scary when police guns end up in the wrong hands. >> now the i-team has spent months investigating stolen g

more than a dozen other nbc stations. and the non-profit journalism organization "the trace." to see their results, visit our app and click on investigations. well, if you're hitting the road early, it could be a wet commute or trip out of town. >> it all depends on where you are. on 95, you will be dealing with some showers, but further to the west queewe're looking at dry conditions for the most part. let's take a look at some video. >> ooh, nice. >> guess where this is from. our chopper taking this tonight. just beautiful out there. the crescent moon, clear skies earlier. clouds now and temperatures with the cloud cover no place really not all that bad. 53 in washington. everybody pretty much in the low 50s. take a look at the radar. this is showers that i'm tracking around roanoke. ts

overnight tonight. it's here tomorrow morning until 8:00 a.m., but then after that, it's gone. and the rest of the holiday weekend right now looking completely dry. 7:00 a.m., showers out that's correct -- there. and temperatures fall throughout the afternoon hours, right around 50 degrees. today we were in the low 60s, and then turning cold tomorrow night. keep that in mind thanksgiving morning, stepping out, it is going to be a chilly one. but tomorrow the weather having a low impact on your day, getting out of town, heading to the grocery store, quiet weather, probably very busy at the grocery store. as for exercise, you want to get in the run before you start to indulge with friends and family. it's looking crisp. and for all the turkey trotters ot the out there on thursday mourninrn it's chilly. right around

midmorning hours. crisp, sunny, the winds not an issue for thanksgiving. and we hit a high temperature of 47 degrees. as we look to thanksgiving night, the redskins taking on the giants, the game right here on nbc. so make sure to tune in. but if you're heading to the game, make sure you have layers, you definitely want the puffy coat. as the game gets under way, temperatures in the 30s, and as the game wraps up, we're in the mid-30s. look at the lack of rain chances on your forecast. en if you are heading to get the tree on saturday, small business saturday. it's one of the warmer days. if you are thinking of hanging holiday lights, probably good idea to do so on saturday. the finger tips won't get that white color when it's so cold d

to them. i know that very well. on sunday, it's breezy, we're in the 40s. on monday it's breezy. really nice weather for hoour holiday here. we deserve it. coming up, a short week and more injuries, but the burgundy and ld arego

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post-season are slipping away. four stars done for the season. but despite the injuries, the team has been in each game, including that heartbreaking loss in new orleans. so the skins playing three games in 12 days looking for redemption starting on thursday. >> these guys have shown the ability to bounce back and continue to prepare and work hard. i don't think it's going to matter, it doesn't matter what our record is or who's playing. >> just be a student of this game and your preparation this week. we've played on short weeks before and been able to move the football and be effective. we expect to have to do the same thing this week. >> three games, four games, we really can't think about those other ones, got to take care of

this with this one right here. this is the grind. this is the nfl, it's not for weak-minded people. >> don't forget, you're spending thanksgiving with us, the burgundy and gold take on the giants right here on nbc 4. we'll have all the reaction with live reports after the game. but today, redskins legend, joe jacoby named to the football hall of fame. he played 13 seasons for the burgundy and gold and was on one of the greatest offensive lines. he's been a finalist the last to year, many hoping to see the three-time super bowl winner finally make it to canton. announced in january. tomorrsome basketball teams be taking part in thanksgiving travel. the men playing in

florida. some may be leaving the country to march tis pay tparticipate i challenge. otis livingston the second, taking this one all the way. louisiana tech left them in the rear view mirror. on the drive, 17 off the bench for him. bulldogs were at 22 at the break. and jacoby boykin putting it away. they beat george mayson, 77-64. and maryland women hosting howard tonight. this one, all maryland, terps up big. maryland just running away with it, thanks to brianna frasier, gets the turn around jumper, 24 for her off the bench. terps, roll past

and new hampshire is beaten, and york college is beaten, 91-80. they're looking good tonight. >> they're

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