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guide. >> andirst at 4:00. lots of green there but things are looking good. l joy it. the break wilbe temporary and there's ather big storm on the way in time for the last-minute holiday rush. >> there are concern this is could cause some big travel roblems as people start to leave for their christmas destinations. that could cau some delays for back-ups and for shipping companies as well. >> we want to go to doug look ahead as we enter this busy week. >> yeah. that picture behind me was that rain coming up on thursday and friday. kind of amazing. one week ago, last week, i was showin you the same kind of a map. the storm system making its way teacross the e half of the nation and then bringing up the rain. heavy at times. i thursday nigo friday. that lasted all the way through weekend and we saw three to four
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inches of rain.il ongoing flooding. look what's happening for us on thursday intoiday. another big storm coming in. i think we have a overther inch of rain as well. if you're traveling from boston s florida, t will be a massive storm that affects entire east coast. nd winds are picking up look at the windchills. 56 in d.c. no problem there. college. state we'll see much colder temperatures tomorrow and much more on t system moving our way. >> you've got it. if you have the nbc washington app, keep an eye on your phone while you're traveling and you can open it up any time for t hour by hour. >> to new problems for the p prince george'ice department. >> nearly a dozen officers on the s.w.a.t. team are suspend after an accidental shooting at
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a party over the weekend. >> tracee filkins wasst to report this story. she's live now with new developments. >> reporter: the prince george's county police department are investigating whatro went at a holiday party that some office hers down in brandywine. let me show you. this is the we believe this happened west saw a number of unmarked police it appears the investigation is still ongoing. someone's personal handgun accidentally went off. ta bullet wentough hand of one officer and then ricochetted into the hand of another officer. both are expected to be okay. but the prince george's county police wan to know what happened in that party. this is why the officers were suspended. the officer was offdu at the
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time. that's why 11 have been suspended at that me. we are trying to get to the bottom of how those guns discharged. are saying police this was part of an elite team. they say it won'tympact saf because they have other office here's can fill in as they figure out what happened inside that party. here's a look at the big board of wall street. the market closed down more than 500 points. stocks sank on worries about a sluggish economy. the dow is at its lowest point this year. >> we arelso following some breaking news in our area this
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shour. for thond time many less than a week of brazen daytime shooting, within the past hour, multiple shots fired. pa >> reporter: this is becoming an all too familiar sight in our city. daylight gun violence in the southeast section of our city. we're at 13th and congress street. a short time ago, a man was shot. we're told he was wounded in his stomach andkeg and b side. he was taken away by ambulance. scious whenhe was c they took him away from the scene. pam was here when all this happened. you were out putting up christmas decorations. >> i was.rd
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i hhe shots. >> reporter: how many? >> i heard about five shots. hit to be a big firearm. because it reverberated. people knew what it was.ng the t is that people continued to walk as if it was nothing. people wer walking to the metro. people walkingherever they were walking. >> reporter: it has become sort of ordinary. >> it has. it is very sad. >> reporter: now earlier today, around 8:30 in the morning, at fourth and savannah street southeast, a man was st in the leg while he was in his car there. there was a woman and bab in e car at the time. we're told they were unedsurvi. that attack, we're told, it had something to do with road rage. all of this as police were trying to track down the kill here'shot and killed a young man last week near his apartment in southeast. more on all these stories coming up at5:00. back to you. >>t.ll ri all too often it is happening.
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thank you. at odn nexbuseewha c crisis in the catholic church. today i a group that oversees jesuit priests. news4's cory smith is on the campus of gonzaga. oneasf the a jesuit schools.? co >> reporter: well, by our count, 13 jestsisted in this report have ties to our area. they served at hospitals, churches, and at schools, including gonzaga college high school behind me. all of these were behiremoved. they aredalling it a restric environment. so again, 13 n jesuitsed on the list. how do the numbers break down? four have ties to gonzaga college high school. two of those he also have tiest georgetown university. now, across the river in marynd, we know five jesuits
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who have been associated with georgetown prep including the priests at the center of the most recent allegations made in this report, which were back in 2002. now, they sa releasing this information was all about transparen. and the organization's commitment to preventing abuse. the organization said we are deeply sorry for the harm we ha caused to victims and their families west also apologize for the abuse. especially the most vulnerable among us. now, following the release of this list, the survors network, of those abused by in.ests, also weighed they had this to say. quote, we are glad jesuit officials are taking this first step toward transparency and healing. releasing this is crucial, not only for the healing of survivors but alsoo victims who may be suffering in silence to come forward and to deter
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future crimes. coming up later, we'll have reaction as we continue to lea about 13 jesuits in this area who are named in this .repo >> thank you. the death of a 7-year-old guatemalan girl isg ratchet up. the inspector general is launching an investigation. she was part of a group of immigrants who had crossed into the u.s. illegall order agents were taking them to the border patrol station when she stopped breathing. she was taken to th hospital where she died. while there's outrage over the handling of the situation, the trump administration is highlighting the problem of human smuggling. >> it is a painful reminder of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy that is illegal immigration. in a written statement,
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border agents said they did everything to help the little girl. >> now the latest that sparked lot o concern. the comedian posted that he was struggling. friends and family reached out worried that he might harm himself idinc grande. it is record that she was turned away from 30 rock when she showed up to check on him. secured was told not to let herh in. was concerned that a post saying he didn't want to be on this earth anymore and didn't know how much longer he cou last. he said that he was okay. saturday night live, during the show, he appeared only wublgs to introduce miley cyrus. he didn't exactly say he was contemplating taking his own life. but if you or someone you know is struggling, you can always call 800-273-talk.
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vaping among teens hits an all time high. ere's no sign that teens are quitting any time soon. >> reporter: the skyrocketing numbers has stunned experts. >> we're sprised how popular this has become. >> reporter: an understatement. more than 37% of high school sshs say they've vaped. over just a quarter of 12th graders last year. the report on the national institute of drug abuse show reasons the vaping nicotin as well as marijuana. many say they're just vaping the flavors. >> if you read the fine print, it includes nicotine. the consume may not be aware that they're using nicotine whe they're using the product.
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>> reporter: nicotine is highly addictive and experts say ecigarettes are getting a whole new generation hooked. the fda declare teen vaping an epidemic. >> these are proportions of use among y people that are intolerable. >> reporter: now the fda is threatening on ban all vaping products unless can come up with a solid plan to curb youth access and use. we're working for to you ye sma toure their destinations on tim. it is watched by more than 100 million people every year it appears the super bowl halftime show is the least wanted gig in music.
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storm-team 4 is tracking the storm for the end of the week. it may cause airplane delays and possibly h even youriday shipments. doug is backin in threees on what you need to know so you get on time. they'reoe hoag it't
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affect the holiday shipping crunch. shipping deadlines are fast approaching for most online retailers. tom costello takes a look at the deadlines to make sure the gifts get there on time. >> rorter: yep, those holiday shipping deadlines are fast approaching. if you're hoping to get the tholiday giftso their destination by christmas, there is still time. here's the owlo for online shoppers, popular retailers like walmart, target and best buy, they guarantee delivery by christmas day but t you haveo place your order by thursday, december 20th. meanwhile, amazon is offering free shipping on all purchases made by tomorrow. amazon prime members have thery luf waiting until christmas eve to place orders on select last-minute gifts with free next day delivery. >> for those shopping at brick and mortar stores, thatay take extra time and money but you can
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get packages shipped andd deliverey christmas. >> i still need to ship some. >> while the postal service, ups and festival are recovering from a record cyber monday, they say they are ready for the christmas delivery rush. they all recommend sending packages by friday, december 21st. >> i need to mail santa. >> reporter: you can ship as late as december 22nd with priority express but it will likelyost you more than the gift itself. and believe it or not, fedex says with their same day delivery serve, they'll pick up and deliver your countries cross country on christmas day. bottom line, get them out as soon as possible. anyelay willeave you hoping for a christmas miracle. >> another government shutdown is looming.
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lo and there's no indication that they're any cr to diverting it. the president says he will not sign any bill that does not come with his border wall. if it happens, it would be partial. postal work letters stay on the job and they will operate as usual. >> do you know what's n ual? seeing a llama stranded in water in maryland. oat's what happened yesterday. they had to com and rescue the nam. several drivers also had to be help after getting caught in the
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high water. the area saw over three inches of record. not only did we catch the record but weit oated the record we've been chasing. >> and you're saying there's a lo more to come? >> yeah. we definitely did it in style. we saw a lot of peopl having to be rescued. and we're seeing it today. take a look. this is whites ferry. it closed again. if you're family wit that region you can see the buildings there as well. so we'll see this as a big issue over the next couple days until the water a works its way through.
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it will be tidal flooding. raintioned the look at this. we are top five wettest years wever. lak we're talking about breaking the record. yeah, sure. we'll do it. we're now 64 inches for the year. that's 24 inches more than normal. over two feet more than we normally get. that beat the old record of 1889. in 2003 we saw over 60 inches as well. i think we have another inch to an inch and a half coming our way. the wind is bringing temperatures to the north and west. 49 many martinsburg. and charlottesville, around 69. a lot of people commenting. we got sunshine, nice weather. the cold frong is not produ any rain or snow. it is jus i bringing cooler
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weather. you can see windchills to the north and west and then we turn ourow attention back to the south. here's the interesting thing again from last week. last week at this time, i made this exact match. i changed i by just a little bii andis the reason why. all the way down the coastline. if you have travel plans, thursday into iday, the upper low stays to the south. shower activity even on friday. if you have travel plans thursday and friday, you'll have to really sta on top to make sure you get out on time. mylight w definitely delayed. what to expect this week.
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travel issues up and down the east coast. hey, milder on wednesday aft a chilly day tomorrow. then we can see the late day rain thursday a more on friday. we'll talk about whatt means. >> if you've got rain that far out, we'll have to call you nostradamus. >> we tend to put a lot of pressure on ourselves to find he right gifts for our loved ones. >> next, sometimes best gift comes served on a plate. plus, thomas markle's latest plus, thomas markle's latest meea to his daughter ghan. james: this is jane. she's a busy consultant with an active lifestyle. jane is also a kidney donor. after donating her withkidney to maurice,le. jane was back to her normal activities in just a few days. and kidney donation didn't cost jane a penny.
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>> the foodie. everyone knows one of they will. they're always talking about some great thing they just tried, some great restaurant you've never heard of. the diere hards, the known to pay people to wait in line for the latest and greatest news spots around town.ch ces are you've got one of these on your list. we're here working for you. >> reporter: why not choose one or b twos or restaurants and treat your foodie? up early, try call your mother. a warning, theerines can get pretty long. odds are, your foodie is willing to wait for thatht r bite of bagel. if you want a good dinner, come here. we're talking about finere italn fa that has the blessing of bon appetite's magazine. and maybe close it out with something sweet like ice cream
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jubine. they're knor boozy egg nog and thai iced tea. what if you're dealing with a foodieho likes to cook as much as they like to eat? >> so from the chgustavo and it offers one-on-one cooking classes. >> they like very particular dishes. >> reporter: and he drawsn his expertise to feed yr foodie even more knowledge. >> i start teaching techniques. how to handle food the proper way. perfect. fun and food for the daho. >> just rubbing it in.
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>> would you like aki c class for christmas? >> the cooking is fun. the cleaning terwards? no. that will be the gift. >> there you go. be creative. >> and we have an rsenent from our control room about call your mother. >> we have to check that one out. >> the bagel. >> well, raise your hand if you have a netflix account. pretty much everybody does. keep an eye on your e-mail inbox. there's a scam circulating you need to know about. >> and another!
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one week from today, christmas eve.ou and wouldn'tnow it, a storm. >> storm team 4 is watching the storm system. thisan have a big impact on a lot of people's travel plans. >> yeah. i think itill have a big impact if you're leaving thursday into friday. thursday and friday, a big deal. right now we're looking at windchills. we get to thursday and friday and again, through wednesday, we're dry. then another s rmsystem. another major storm system. look how big this is.
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just a monster of a storm. if you have plans thursday and friday, we'll try to break itwn a little more. this is a picture we have seen soany tim this year. we're looking at it, the coastai floodngs across d.c. and all up and dowhe potomac and the shenandoah. now to the capitol where two stunning reports provide a new perspectiv h on far russia went to influence the 2016 pridential election. >> the effort to elect president trump was far more sophisticated than we previously knew. and there were very specifying efforts to suppress votes among african-am voters.
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>> think about the platforms we use, facebook, instagram, twitter, down to google and even pinterest. these finding show that they used disease? more to manipulate your vote. today, two new commissions laid out the stunning steps taken by russians to infiltrate 2016 election. a plan much more eborate than previously thought. >> the russians took advantage of the information to buy ads to specifically motivate you. >> one was to specifically benefit the republican party and specifically donald trump. it is the work of the firm internet research agency, run by a close ally of vladimir putin.
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they bought 30 facebook pages and specifically targeted african-americans. all told, racking up more than 263 million engagements across platforms beyond facebook and twitter. >> they've got some very sophisticated efforts on platt forms like pinterest and instagram and others we didn't understand why being infiltrated by the russians. >> today, a bipartisan warning. the efforts have not stop. >> in fact the most shared post about donald trump happened after thotelection. i 300,000 shares on facebook. >> nowoth parties scrambling with the 2020 election just around the corner. and there's a renewed call for congress to have more oversight over these social media countries. and with democrats just weeks away fromontrolling the house, we could see more investigations into this.
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back to you. you canlmost count on it. >> a woman is holed up inside a local church awaiting a judge's decision about deportation. she attended services yterday unitarian universalist church. she's been living in this country for 13 years. she has three american born atildren. immin ordered her to go back to el salvador during a recent routine checen. made her way here through a net work of churches. for her egation voted to stay there at the church. the california farm linked to the recent e. coli outbreak is recalling more produce. adam brothers farming is now recalling red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce and cauliflower. the products may be contaminated, although none of e. tested positive for coli. the company says it is being extra careful. well, last night, i got a
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chance to do sometng very, ry special. i joined the cast nut crack order st ge theree theater. if you were there in down d.c. to see the washingn ballet's performance, you might have seen what looked like two black porcupines taped to the side of the head. i was not alone.t lookthat. that was my big moment, saving her handkerchief there. dangerous. that version of the nutcracker is set in the80 in georgetown and it uses figures from local washington history. this is its final annual year. >> that looks like a lot of fun. > it was more fun leaving the stage. >> you look like you're having fun withhosehings on your ears. >> i just home t i don't have do it again. >> i think they would have been veryul succes >> we had a great time last night. thank you for the invitation.
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meghan markle's fat pleading to talk to his daughter. he said that he hand heard from his daughter since her wedding to prince harry, which he did not tan, by the way. >> today so that with good morning britain. she saidhe doesn't know why he's being shut out by the duchess of sussex. that.ys and that he's worried. the tabloids are ruining their relationship. >> eve day i text her.
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i just haven't received any comment back. only thing is they're rngding everythin the trades and the tabloids. >> oceans to say he's hoping it will change soon. >> meanwhile, u itd to be for the most coveted spot any musician. the super bowl halftime show. but recently it has become a tricky balancing act for musicians. maroon 5 has lrned that. the national anthem kneeling controversy has some people calling for a boycott of the me . maroon 5 has asked half a dozen acts to appear with them. so far they've had no takers.
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live fearless. let's get you caught one four things topporg. team tracking another storm in time for t 4he holiday. could bring lot of rain starting on thursday. it will make for some wet travel and maybe even some package delays. 11 members of the prince george's county s.w.a.t. team have been suspended after a holiday party. police say one person accidentally fired his personal handgun.
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he injed his hand and a second officeras injured by a ricochet. the nail of nearl a dozen jesuit priests accused of abusing children m were juste public. they released the list today. the group said all thes allegatire credible and they spanned from the 1950s all the way into the 2000s. the judge droppedhe charges in leasebg. last week he witnessed testimony. it is not clear if he will return to the school. ary school al eleme principal is $richer today.to y we spoke to students about the woman who has helped transform the school.
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the look oner face shouldell you. today's announcement -- >> this is your principal who will be the principal of the year for d.c. >> it came as a surprise. >> huge! today was like aday, right? >> she's been an educator for nearly 20 years. she' been the principal wherele of her students are considered at risk. yet their test scores have exceeded expectations three ars in a row. >> you have outstanding adults in schools. >> it was what the students and parents said and inspired the principal of the year. >> i love her personality, the wa shenspires us to do good. >> you're the meembo of our
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values. want to finish really strong to make sure. >> in addition to all the love, the principal of the year gets a $10,000 chec >> the most important question is -- >> i am goi to save it because i am fiscally responsible but i will also travel somewhere i've never been before. >> there you go. go someplace you haven't been before. >> talk about merry christmas. >> you can tell, they love her. >> yes. good deal. there's a netflix scan. ot police officer firsted it. he got an-m eail saying his account was on hold becausef a billing problem. it told him to click on a link and update his paying method.
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he kne it was scam because he doesn't even have a netflix account. you can avoid these by going to the source ctdi, rather than clicking on e-mail links. >> we can't say that enough. turning to the weather. what is it like out there? >> a lot of people love it today. we had a photographer say, i would love to see the blue sky. e rain is coming later this week so i hope you enjoyed this today. 50 in rockville and collegerk it's on the nice side right now. really a nice evening. starting to see theler air move in along with the wind. this is some colder air making
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it'sthroh. if you like today, if you live along these areas, you will have some flooding. we saw what was happening around the whites ferry area. also a coastal flood area. watch out in those locations beforell of thi moves on through. this is the same banner i used last week. anher soaker. we've got another one. we had three and a half inches of rain. thursday into friday. from new york all the way down i-95. if you're traveling by car and
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evenne thursday into friday, it will be a mess. especially into mid-atlantic and the northeast. right now i'm a thinking inch to an inch and a half. not tomorrow.es these deg at the bus stop, yeah. low to mid 20s if there is a breeze. this should be nothing but sunshine. i have the words right, chilly, breezy, and chilly. yeah. a little better, still breezyn wednesday but temperatures around 50. late day rain thursday. mo of the day looks good. the evening rush that we'll see, and then overnight thursday into friday. look at the high on friday.
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mu draws in all the warm, moist air. cooler for saturday. a dry weekend. at least we'll be drying out. more chances of showers christmas eve. temperature looking cool. all the weekend rain didn't keep volteers from honoring the sacrifice of our vets at arlington national cemetery. t's right. they came out for the annual wreaths acrosser a. volunteers laid out more than 200,000 wreaths on every headstone at the cemetery. this also takes place at other cemeteries around the world. getting around the dmv isn't
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easy. first, here's jim and wendy with the headlines coming up for news4 at 5:00. >> anoth big change coming. adam tuss will explain about a refund. and a new i-team investigation. the elaborate plan f food truck owners that's making it difficult to park when you come into the city. we'll see you in about six minutes.
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james: this is alana, a very busy mom. she and her husband reginald wanted to grow their family. but alana is one of thousands in the dc area with kidy disease. thanks to a kidney donation from reginald, alanis healthy and enjoyingful. i'm james brown and meet my friends, alana and reginald - soon to be parents of two. to learn more about kidney donation, y visit the gw ron and ul kidney center at gw kidney.org or call 1-833-kidney3. and just like you, the further into winter we go, the heavier i get. and while your pants struggle to support the heavier you your roof struggles to support the heavier me. [laughter]
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red line. ride >> news4's nicole jacobs spoke with riders who say they're already seeing a difference. >> reporter: oh, the roads of the red line. working, mes it's not sometimes it is. >> reporter: it is certainly enough to keep them on their toes. >> feeling likesardines. >> reporter: and enough to add to the frustration of the route they know so well. if metro officials hav figured this one out -- these riders may have hit the jackpot. >> more people will be imoving. er adding relief with more during rush hour. they are doubling the red line
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services. >> it will stop us from being so cramped. >> reporter: david diaz has improvements.ed >> it is quicker. before i have to wait like seven to ten minut and now it is just five. >> at a time when getting to and from can seem more like an uphill battle, this change -- >> it's all good -- >> could make for a much smoother ride. we did spend quite a bit of tlae on theorms and witnessed no wait times. that's the hope that these added services wouldessen the crowds. >> right now, under investigation. nearly a dozen local members of s.w.a.t. team suspended after an accidental shooting at a house party. >> that's why 11 officers have been suspended. >> the story we brought you
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first on 4:00 and the impact on public safety. >> and caught in the act. anbo ete plan that makes it harder to park in the city. >> fraudult and sophisticated execution. >> how food trucks are holding on to prize parking spots for days at a time and the changes coming after our investigation. shots fired at a holiday party a the owner of the weapon was an offduty police officer. they have me 11 officers have been suspended. >> the owner of that weapon both got some minor injuries. tracee? >> reporter: this was a christmas partyhere a weapon is discharged, two officers
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injured, and prince ge county police are investating. >> we do have two injured rs offi we need to know how that gun went off. >> reporr: they'reooking into it. >> 11offficers uty inside that house at the time. that's why 11 offduty police officers have been suspended at this time oil we get down to how that gun discharged. it belongs to officers who were offduty. police are calling this an accidental shooting say it is ao unintel discharge. >> it would be like any other investigation that we conduct. we have to look at evidence, take statements and then we'll re

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