the officer was investigating a shoplifting when all of a sudden the suspect just took off. the officer gave chase and requested backup which arrived quickly. today police are saying that call for backup m have saved this officer's life. his colleag could see that he was struggling and immediately jumped into action rendering at the scene before an ambulance could come and rush the officer to holy weoss. e told the officer was alert and conscious during the drive over, but again,e is listed in critical condition. a few moments ago the acting police chief spoke to us. he phrased the work of thefe ow officers and the medical staff here at holy cross. >> our department owes him a great debt of gratitude. also i want to thank the community for keeping our officers, especially t officer, and his family and friends and shift mates in thoughts and prayers, especially over the rest of the night. >> reporter: the chief said we will likely find that out tomorrow but we do know that the ily here ats have f the hospital, so at the very

least, hoo e is surrounded by ld ones and w are hoping he pulls through. >> a lot of us are hoping right along with them. thank you, cory. remember to stay with news 4 for continuing coverage here and on the nbc washington app. we'll be monitoring the officer's contion and we' update you with more information. look at your storm team 4 ragr. it's starto light up there. some of you are starting to see some showers outht there r now. doug joins us from the storm center. that rain has already arrived. >> that rain arriving right now, jim. we're dealing with some cooler temperatures out there too. as a matter of fact, you can see what's happening on the radar picture. this is a cool rain. average temperatures 62 today. were nowhere near that. 47 d.c. 46 ocean city. mon. rich it's all because of the storm. not only do you need your you need his evening, the jacket. here's where the current rain is. with that storm really starting

to tight up, this is going to be a big storm as it moves just off the coafo. us it is bringing rain right along the i-95 corridor. this is steadyain. they pulled the tarp out there on nats park. if you're heading to the game, take the poncho. you will need it. again, umbrellas, beyeah, may n llowed in, so take the poncho. i do expect rain for the next couple oforours. much on this and any kind ofp elay. i'll ku posted. >> it will not dampen spirits. we know that for sure we s him degree up here over seven years wit tht bcehe to d.c. with his new team, those lesser philadelphia phillies. >> and we eagerly anticipate the mix of boos and cheers which you know is going toome tonight at ts park. >> i talked to the owner last week. he says he's not anticipating any boos. what does harper say? >> reporter: well, jim, harper is expting kind of mixed reactions here at nationals park

for his first time back. for his press conference, he had a hat on that said positive vibes. that kind of describes the feeling. he said it's a little weird being back at nationals park, but he's excited t playere tonight. bryce harper arriving to nationals park as a visitor for the first time. he went to the italian store ina northern virgi earlier today and went to dinner last night. not muchas changed except pretty much everything for harper. phillies star said he expects to hear a mixture of boos and cheers from the nats fans tonight but he's happy where he er. >> coming as a philly as anothe ballplayer is going to be different, but i look forward to that next chapter going to philly andog my job and coming in here. i think these fans are going to watch me for a long time coming in here. >> i want towin. i don't care who's over there. if you're getting up because bryce harper on the other side of the field, we've got a

problem. you should want to win. it doesn't matter if you grandma is playing shortstop. we're going to beater him. s no added motivation or anything like that. >> reporter: nationals looki g a win here, but there's other big news in d.c. the wizards firing president and general manager ernie grunfeld. we send this to cary chow at the live desk. >> the wizards have fired team president ernie grunfeld. if you check out twitter, you might get theli f this was a long time coming. he held the job for 15 years. do you remember who the last president was? michael jordan. he has been the president of basketball operations since 20. they never made it to the conference final. the own saying they will hire an outside firm to help find

thr next general manager. the vp of basketball ops will be the interim general manager. he's worked under grunfeld for 14'lears. hear from wizards owner ted leon on thisdecision. >>ng the playoffs. time for a shakeup. thanks, cary. no progress in efforts to set up a legislative hearing in the sex assault allegations against the virginia lieutenant governor. the criticism coming as both accusers tell their stories on national tv. bureau chief julie carey takes a look at what the gop was proposing. >> reporter: in separate interviews, both of the lieutenant governor accusers are tellg their story toayle king. this morning it was meredith watson who accuses justin fairfax ofaping her when the two were students at duke university back in 2000. >> if h you have tod someone down, it's not consensual. >> the lieutenant governor

alnies the allegations cling both the encounters consensual ' and says h taken a polygraph exam that backs him up. inth women pre for the general assembly to hold a hearing on the allegations. >> i want the people ofto virgia know the truth and i would like the virgini legislature to do the right thing. >> they're accusing the democrats of blocking any hearing. last week the house chairman sent this with a detailed plan to -- to hear from the lieutenant governor, watson and vanessa tyson. the democrat house leader responded writing law enforcement officials are best equipped to investigate matters. we believe any such hearing would be of a political nature, particularly in an election year and would not provide the raccusers the fai and impartial forum they deserve. this local naacp president agrees. she says police and the court are the right place to resolveg the alons. >> file a police report and let that i thae g t .enpp

dia? why is it that you want your due process to come at some sort of media circus? it doe't make sense to me. >> house republicans say they're simply trying to do what the two women havsked and create a bipartisan process. all the lawmakers are back in richmond on wednesday for a reconvene session. that's when republicans will press democrats to reconsider. i'm julie carey, ns 4. >> in her letter the house democrat leader also reiterated her caucus has called on the lieutenant governor to resign. while violent crime is down all, the district is still dealing with a spike in homicides. 40 cases so far in 2019. that is up from 33 at ts poi same point last year and that includes two deadly shootings yesterday in southeast washington. one of those right in the middle of the afternoon. our pat collins joins us now live from alabama avenue the latest. pat. >> reporter: jim, i've got

another number for you. 15. that'she numbe of murder sos far this year in ward seven ofo city. council man benson gray says that's three times wor than lastar. what happened here on alabama avenue, out of control. >> it was absolutely horrific. it was absolutely an event that is beyond brazen almost. >> reporter: it happened on a busy street. it hpened in broad daylight. it happened across the way from a charter school. the victim 44-yearld rodney gordon, father of thr, hisee wa home from a neay construction job. this is how witnesses told the story to me. they say mr. i gordon w his silver car on alabama avenue here at the light at branch. five shots fired.

mr. gordon hit at close range. he continues to drive his car down alabama avenue but about a ha block away he loses control. you c see where the wheels of his car scraped along the curb. finally the car comes to a stop. mr. gordon gets out. he start m toion towards a fleeing car, a car have the s muspe tctsay inshaide. but as he does that, he falls unconscious into t roadway. council man gray says this kind of broad daylight violence sends bad message to others in the community. >> it sends a message that you can get away with anything. we've had triple the number of homicides for this period of time in wd seven by comparison to last year. i've said over and ove and over again we need different approaches to community eppolicing. >>ter: now gray wants more

experienced cops and me violence interruptors deployed in this area. back to you. ig pat collins live. etrour f noow to s remember the life of a transgender woman killed over the weekend. she was shot multiple times saturday morning in fairmont heights. so far policere not calling it a hate crime, but the local lgbt community is encouraging people to come out and attend tonight's vigil to show solidarity against hatred and violence. it begins at 6:30. people in at least a dozen co d condo nun condo units are finding another place to sleepfter a fire in kensington. you can see the secti of balconies completely charred on the outside. we talked with one man who says

he lives r livight next to the where the fire started and woke up to his nr screaming for help. >> it was like an inferno. p was horrible. my husband is fine. our dog is fine. we're just trying to make it through the day. >> two residents and a firefighter had to be taken to the help but t word is they're okay. fire oicials say this billing on university boulevard wasil bu in the '60s and did not have sprinklers. we're told it's one of about 80 buildings in the county that are exempt from sprinkler requirements because of age. when we come right back on news 4 at 50, we've got new reaction to this video we showed you yesterday. a 10-year-old boy taken away in handcuffs by d.c. police. coming up next, what his mother is saying about the arrest and what's being done to her son. cutting prices on hundred of items. the move by amazon to slash prices g what you'reng to save on if you shop at whole foods. plus concerns about the

health care of veterans. workers at the v.a. hospital in the district sounding a new alarm tonight to the news 4 i-team. >> you think it's a

there. yes, we have shower activity too. i still don't think we'll see a delay. game,'re heading to the take the poncho, but also take the jacket. 47. winds out of the northeas 8 miles an hour. temperatures only in the mid 40s. look dowth to the s look at fredericksburg. 42 degrees. we even sea snoaw snow, up to 2s r charlotte, north carolina. the currentnfall making its way through our area. storm team 4 radar tracking tt rain in through the d.c. metro area. if you live aroundri fre, hagerstown and winchester, maybe some shower activity around

leesburg. light showers. but right along the blue ridge here, yeah, could we see some beowflakes or m even some sleet in parts of the area? can't rule it out. we are on the chilly side .no dowhnt mown area, here's the heaviest shower righ here's the ballpark right here. it looks like we've got some showys, but they're v light. again, if we were to start now, tybe they would start. this is not goibe a lot of rain, but could we see a possible delay? yeah, it is possible. ifht they were playing rnow, they will probably play right on through this. what we're going to be watching as the storm system continues to move up toward the north, notice the trajectory here kind of moving aittle bit more east of north and that' good news for us. it means the rain pulls out this evening. as a matter of fact, let's show it to you ap. as we move on through, most of this right around mo. of us staying dry tonight. by:00, once again, right there. right there.

really amazing h t close i-95 this is. just follow i-95 and go to the east. really quite amazing what we'll be seeing here. if your live clo to the chesapeake bay, you will see showers most of the evening. byidnight it's all out of here. if you're heading downpa to the ba, nats take on the phillies. take the poncho. take the jacket a well. temperatures only in the mid 40s. kindnasty night for a game as well. looking a lot better tomorrow. 67 after a cool start. a really nice day. better day. nice and mild. above average by aut 5 degrees. we stay above average on thursday. more clouds though thursday. much belowge on friday. back into the 50s with more shower activity. no a lot o rain on friday, but could be raining most of the afternoon. then loo at saturday. right now saturday in the four day forecast, looking good. high of theof reshat 10 -day forecast and amelia joining me at 5:45.

toming up, video led to an outcry and questions on social media.he tonight mother of that child who was handcuffed in this video is talkingo news 4. >> i just had to cry. so bad heart my feelings to see my son put in handcuffs at the age muc0. plus breaking news in the murder of up and coming rapper nipsey hussle. and continuing coverage of our top story. an officer rushed to the hospital after suffering a dical emergency whileme

here's a look now atur top story. a montgomery county police officer in critical condition a medical ring emergency. >> the officer was chasing a shoplifting suspect here this at wheaton westfield mall when place say he suddenly collapsed. >> during that event he equested assistance from other officers and upon the arrival of other officers their arrival was very quick w recognized that he was in medical distress. our officers rdered immediate aito him. the officer was rushed to holy cross hospital in silver springs just two miles away. >> once again we are told he in this critical but stable condition at this hour. cory smith have will an update coming up on news 4 at 00.

fir at 5:30, a mother says her little boy was traumatized after d.c. police took him away here in handcuffs over the weekend. >> we first showed you this video yesterday. officers say they thought the bo had taken part in a cell phone robbery. >> meagan fitzgerald spoke to his mother today and she says police hav the wrong kid. >> repter: this is cell phone video capturing the moment the 10-year-old boy was placed into handcuffs saturday evening near fifth and 8th street. >> it traumatized him real bad. >> ite appears to h rattled neighbors nearby asel >> he couldn't even sleep last night. his mind was just so rumbling. orter: police say the young boy was detained because they believed he was a suspect in an armed robbery earlier this evening. investigators say a juvenile victim called police to say three young guys stole his cell phone. police say this young boy fit th description,o he and a

13-year-old were taken into custody.th say a cell phone and a bb gun were found, but williams says her son is innocent. >> by him being with the group of kids, of course he's going to be a suspectth with , but my son didn't even touch anything of what was going on. >> reporter: didn't realize at first that williams' son was so young. they released a statement which says in part, quote, after the identification process, officers realized one of the suspects was 10 years old and per general order they maden notificatio to their official who then notified youth and family services and they decided notes to arr williams' son, but she says the damage has already been done. >> i just had to cry. it just hurt my feelings so bad to see my son put in handcuffs at the age of 10. >> meagan fitzgerald, news 4. he video ung boy in was released to his mrt. he has yet to be chargede.ith a cr it happened again.

another person hit by an amtrak trai killed while on the tracks. just last night someone was killed near the new rrollton station. transportation reporter adam tuss looks at the challenges of keeping those tracks safe. >> it's very unfortunate. anybody that dies in any untimely wayr eveny their own hands is unfortteate. >> rep harold hampton lives a few houses down from where s keone wasled on this stretch of tracks. this is in a remote stretch. not muc on either side of the tracks, so he can't figure out why anyone would beth dowe anyway. >> well, people, who knows what makes them do what they epdo. >>ter: someone was trespassing and sent out a statement saying this is a remier reminder to be safe near tracks. you don't have to h stande long to see why this is a

particularly dangerous stretch of tracks to be on. a lot of people will say look, why don't you just put up a fenceplo keep p off of the tracks? well, if you do put up a fence like amtrak, you can see some people may just cut a whole and you can go right through a gain access to the tracks. i'm not that surprised. >> reporter: jordan barnes also lives close to the accident en he says there was a lot of commotion. >> it's really crazy that happened. ather told me about it last night, that there was a lot of people on the street.s >> reporter: t the second deadly amtrak incident like this in about a week. just last week this train hittingne someo near the buoy state stop. in new carrolltonm atuss, news 4. federal leaders have put out new guidelines for rail agencie and ideas about how to make the tracks safer. they're suggesting a roeview of so hi called trespassing hot spot areas. hundreds of people are still unable to go back home after that fire in the high-rise

here. that blaze began in a transforme at the skyline plaza complex in baileys crossroads area sending thick black smoke in a number of the units. it also cut power to that 26-story tower. investigators tell us the cause of the fire is accidental. hot metal in the transformer's vault leading to plastic wing igniting. dominion power tells us yesterday it could be a cofple now before electricity isaters safe to drink in all of prince george's county. that boil water advisory has now beente l all cold water lines for five n mirtes before you drink o use the water for any cooking. the problem was caused by the 36-inchn water m break along indian head highway. that's also now been fixed and the road has been reopened. good news there. now to breaking news comingl in from los a where police have arrested a man for the murder of rapper nips sey hussl.

this comes hours after they named eric holder as a suspect. surveillance video showed holder coming upnd talking to hussle multiple times returning to the scene with a gun. vestigators believe it stemmed from some kind of personal dispute and no gang activity was involvedpohere. ce are also dealing with a vigilhat turned violent last night. one person stabbed there. 19 others hurt at a tribute to nipsey hussle. tonight condolences for the rapper continue to pour in. his shooting death rocked the music industry as fans mourn the loss. the hip hop star performed last year here in town at rfk aladium. his v co-founder said energy and presence on stage made eryone stop and listen. he says this loss skill hard to put into words. >> so many people looked up to him. he was a solid the loss hurts so, so bad. the community isveust hurt

this. we had him last year at the h festival a energy and his life was just so bright. i swear when he came to the stage, his light just shined differently. the sun came out when he did. that's for real. >> there will be a candle light hussle thisipse thursday night. it's set for 6:30 in northwest d.c. there is an effort under way gaithersburg to pay tribute to three family members killed when a planeed cra into their house. the where angels play foundation whic builds playgrounds in communities struck by tragedy is working to construct a new near city hall. that group has previously done projects after sandy hoo super storm sandy and would name this one for marie gimmel and her young sons cole and devin. they died you may remember back in 2014. ork on the playground couldnart

gi brobeught a a major tennis tournament to washington, d.c. coming up, the changes coming to the program and how they could impact kids in the future. ights us there are a few more moving, the warm welcome today for a group of veterans making a special trip to our memorials. and right now here's a look at your storm team 4 four-day forecast. i'm going to do what doug does because we're not supposed to be showg you radar out there, but showg you radar out there, but we are trackg rain.in [phone ringing]

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today is equal pay day. enme to bring aon to the wage gap between men and women. women had to work a year and three months to make the same amou of money men made in a year. it's even worse for wom of at a capitol hill event actress michelle w michelle williams said she worked alongside a me co-star for a lot less money until a public shaming turned her situation around. >> imagine a workplace where women don't have to spend extra or any energy fighting for fai pay or defending their right, but can itead focus that energy on the fullest exexpression of the task at hand. >> williams was with group celebrating the paycheck pairness act which passed the house last week. senateress called on the to do the same. it was quite a sight.

middle schoolers from virginia gave a very warm welcome to r today to a group of veterans from illinois. more than 100 seventh graders greeted an honor flight with signsnd cards at the world war ii memorial. take a look. there were more than 80 veterans in this group, including two who served in world war ii. the fellows being greeted by the stentseant a lot to them. students say the honor was theirsmp >> this is vortant for me because not o ayre they getting at the memorial but i am to go. being nice to them. they didn't really get thatio recogn when they came back to the u.s., but it's not too late to give them the recognition now. >> always an emotional moment. the gro of veterans will spend the trip touring o monuments and seeing our cherry blossoms to. >> i hopy have a great time. >> yeah. a move tonight that could impact how muc you pay for goods at the grocery store. see how amazon is trying to shed

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unexplained fires erupting inands of kia and hyundai vehicles. tonight the federal government has opened an investigation into the cause. our consumer reporter susan hogan has been following this story for months now and has this important update. >> well, there very thousands of reports of kias and hyundais spontaneously catching fires. it happened to a couple here in maryland. the consumer advocacy group filed a petition with the national highwayraffic safety administration last june calling for an investigation. well, at that time the had just been over about 100 reports of fires. just days ago theyranted a petition and revealed there have been now more than 3,000 reports

of noncrash fires. it has opened two investigations. one for each automaker. the cter for auto safety says nearly 3 million vehicles are impacted and the manufacturers need to take immediate waction. re looking for nhtsa to ge to the bottom but for kia and hyundaio step up for their customers. >> they have issued recall for engine failures in some of these vehicles but have not said that those recalls are directly connected to thenoncrash fires. backho to you. >> number astounding. want to know if your vehicle is impacted by this investigation or engine failure recalls? go to our nbc washington app and search vehic fires. working for your money. amazon will cut its prices on hundreds of items at whole foods starting tomorrow. the discounts primarily will focus on meat and produce and they'll extend to all customers,

not just amazon prime members. shoppers will save ant verage of ab20%. the last major price cut for everyone was back in november of 2017. since then it's been rolling out more perks to amazon prime members only such as an extra 10% all already discounted items and two hour delivery as we. two new target stores are getting ready to open in d.c. onon located oncticut avenue in cleveland park. the second on georgia avenue in d.c. shepard park. these are small format targett stores t will employ more than 100 people between the two of them. tonightayor muriel bowser will be on hand to cut the ribbon on the georgia avenue site. the new targetre s official open to the public on sunday. you know they're going to be busy. burger king is hoping this next idea, they're going vegetarian. testing out a meat free version of the signature sandwich, the

whopper. the impossible whopper as it's called uses a plant bas patty. it will be available this week in the st. louis area. if successful there, the compahe says plan to expand it nationwide. the start in silicon valley created this burger using a protein that mak the burgers taste like meat they say. theim pocket whopp-- impossible willer will cost about a buck more. >> now i've got a reason to go to st. louis, right? >> artificial hamburger. >> that will do did for you? >> the arch and t vegetarian burg. >> we'retaying here if the night. we've got a game we have to ge in. a big game down there. a lot of people are going to be heading towards nats park as we take on the phils. they had the tarp on the fokld. like it's probably going to have to stay on right up until game time if there's not a delay. i don't expect there to be one.

rain is on the light side, but you can see where it is. off toward the east, all of southe d marylandn around fredericksburg. take a look. theeaviest rain just to our south. i'll zoom in on this area here. leesburg, frederick, no rain. don't expect much for you folk alexandria seeing the rain, mt. vernon, over towards clinton. you folks around woodbridge seeing the rain too. most of thisn the lighter side. let's see if i can zoom in to nats park. right here. right here. we do have some shower activity continreng around that on. that's going to be the case as we move on through the next couple of hours. that's it. i think it's all out of around 8:00. if there is a delay, it will be a short-lived one. that continues with what's happening as far as harper is concerned. is storm really an amazing storm. brought some snow to parts of south and north carolina today. i want to zoom in ons. t i'll circle this here.

we've got this big storm that's really forming right along the coast. it's going to move up the coast. really like a nor'easter type system. it go in. look what's happening right there. look at this sucker. really winding up here. this is cool for us meteorologists but not cool for people out there on the outer banks. a lot o o rain going there. ctivity ashunder well. continuing to bring us cooler air along with northeaster winds. i know you helped me out by zooming in. thank you. >> tenk you for helping cover up that four-day forecast. >> we're working for you. >> exactly.n team work a tuesday evening. as we look to tomorrow to wednesday, we're going to have plenty of sunshine out there from start toinh. unlike today. and no rain in the forecast tomorrow, but the wins realds r pick up throughout the day. chilly col start. 40 degrees at the bus stop. temperature around 3ob ly still hand them that jacket as they head out to catch the school bus. nrise tomorrow 6:50.

recess temperature around 62. it starts to become little bit breezy outside around the midday hours tomorrow. for the afternoon and evening hours, the winds continue to increase. it's windy out there. despite that, we have a high temp temperaturmeof 67. much w than today. temperatures continue to run above normal for the weekend. our average high 62. tomorrow is thursday. saturday and sunday we're above . friday, though, a chilly day and not just chilly. some occasionalrs sho impacting the area at times with the high temperature of 57. we have rain tonight and the next chaove for rain in to the area on friday. that being said, here's the pollen report for today. mold, spores and grasses coming in low. trees cing in moderate. the weeds today are absent. i know my seasonal really started to bother me. we're going to get into that season where if youave seasonal allergies, you have to take the medicine every day. looking at the 10-day forecast, we have a lot o warmth overall. we're going to continue to see

all the pollen impacting the area. >> we're seeing a lot more green. you need two things. shower activity. you've got warmth. shower activity on friday. back to warmer temperatures saturday and sunday. showers along with warm the next ten days are going to be talking more about the no real big showers or thunderstorm activity on there, but we could see a coupleon thunderstormmonday. nothing too strong as we look toward the next ten days. >> thanks, doug. there is a runoff election under way right now in chicago. regardless of the outcome, the nation's third largest city will be run by a black woman for the first time. in the running, lori, the formeu federal pror who would also be the city's first guy mayor if she's electriced. she faces toni. after two terms plagued by crime and violenceissues, the city's

current mayor is reelection. >> people are sick and tired of the same old, same old, but never thought that it could actually change and i think that's what is really igniting the enthusiasm that we've been experiencing. >> i'meay optimistic. i've had a great several weeks. i'm encourned. i've bll over the city. >> the winner of today's contest will join sen other black women who run major u.s. cities, one of who we are happy with here, o very own muriel bowser. >> one of the most sought after locations in the district is on the market. metro is planning to lease its downtown headquarters. the one acre site sits across the street from capital one arena. because metro would still own the property, any development would be used toelp support the agency and it needs it. metro plans to vacate the building by 202 50 years it's been a summer tradition bringing some of the

best to d.c. >> from arthur ashe on to our own francis. this year they're going to be some changes, some big ones for our city open and they'll extend well beyond the courts i

from now on, the u.s. department of agriculture lab will no longer use cats as part

of its research. this comes after a watchdog group made some disturbg allegations about what was happening here at the lab. it's being alleged that researchers have been killing cats intentionally and have been feeding asian meat market animals to healthy lab cats for testin the agenc says food safety research is paramount, but testing with cats will not b reinstated. game set and match. city open tennis tournamyit will be s in the district. it's been here for 50 years, but it was on the verge o leaving. mark segraves reports, the commitment to staying in d.c. is going to have an impact well beyond the courts. >> when it started in 1969, it was called the washington star international tennisam tout. while the sponsorship has changed over the years, the mission remains the same. to carry on the vision of one of its founders, tennis great arthur ashe who wanted african-american kids to be able to see championship tennis in a public park.

50 years later, the city open is one o mthe onlyor tennis tournaments played in a public park and sending the profitslo l charities. now a topng rnked pro grew up i high ya hyattsville and attended here as a kid. like arthur ashe before him, playing this tournament has special meaning because of where the profits go. about 's what it's all for me. young guys having a chance to see professional athletes do eir thing and hopefully have the dreams of doing that one for me and a ton of more black people to play tennis. >> it raises money for the ten foundation which operas centers like this in southeast. >> mark hicks is one of the instructors. >> it's life changing every day. i see smiles on faces i didn't see in the beginning i see challenges that kids had when they first came here that are no longer there. >> a day ce provider brings

her class here each week. she says her kids learn more than jus tennis skills. they learn about healthy eating and lifestyle choices. >> this isomething that i love. it teaches them difsrent spo rather than basketball and football. we never had that. i think it's very important for the kids to see something different. >> to me, this program, we don't know where half of these kids would >> the city open returns in late july. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> that's it for now. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. a police officer down while sch chasing a suspect. >> now at 6:00, fellow officersa praying foruick recovery. what we're learning about the ap officer's coll. we are just about an hour away from bryce harper's first philly.d.c. as a harper and his former teammates

talking to news 4 just before changes proposed after a news had i-team investigation into thiseo vid. a local lawmaker wants to change the way d.c. handl complaints against specialole officers. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts>> now. we begin with that scary situation in montgomery county. >> a police officer chasing a shoplifter at westfield wheaton mall when he sdenly collapsed. his quick thinkingue cols then jumped into action fighting to save his life. >> news 4 cory smith is at holy cross hospital in silver s oing with mor the officer's condition and how this whole thing unfolded. cory. >> reporter: well, doreen and jim, we have been checking in with police every hour. just got off the phone with an officer. this officer's medical condition has not changed. it remains critical. but the officer is stable andhe under watchful eye of doctors here at holy cross. this hospital is about two miley

rom where this incident all began earlier this afternoon. let's go and show you some video we shot shortly after we arrived on the scene at westfieldll wheaton we're told that officer was investigating a shoplifter when the suspect just suddenly started to run. that officer gave chase and called him backup which arrived immediately. police are telling us the fact that those officers got to the oscene quickly saved officer's life. they noticed that their colleague was struggling, having some sort of medical episode. they jumped ily immediand started rendering aid until an ambulance could arrive and ultimately rush this officer here to holy cross. e're told he was alert and conscious, butagain, he is in critical condition at this moment. we heard fromef the police c earlier today. he prays the quick thinking of those