was h it's lni prince wam county. scene in bethesda.eople wwere . we have live team coverage on the storm team 4 weather alert. disturbi details on the gunman in the virginia beach shooting and what we a learning about the chaoe as policied to save lives. and aho catholic s principal on a field ip busted at a local strip club. the charges he faces tonight. news 4 begins with a storm team 4 ather alert.do inea toda stro

look at that. almost looks like golf ball sized hail. montgomery county was not spared. this is video of the hail falling pretty fast in silver spring. a backyard there. that little kiddy pool gting hammered. some of it landed, as you see there, right in there we saw pretty similar scenes in a lot of places around the area. it wasn't hail but downed trees that caused problems here in montgomery county. a tree nearly split a home in half. we talked to somef oe people who had to clean up the mess. but we begin with breaking news tonight. good evening, i'm erica gonzalez. lightning strikes oners peon in prince william county and injures four others. the incident was at a picnic pavilion at a state park just south of wood bridge. we're t pd theson struck has

serious injuries. the victims were all takingel shter from the storm when the lightning hit. the storms knocked out power to thousands of people across our region and it aso caused plenty of damage. we've got live team coverage tonight on the storm team 4 weather alert. we begin with news 4's darcy spencer who is live in bethesda. darcy? >> reporter: erika, i can tell you there is a lot of work to do to get things cleaned up in this neighborhood. if youndake a look behime, you see this tree. it was across the roadway. fortunately it's b sived to the . the road has re-opened. but i want to show you what's going on across the street here. you can see a tree split and it fell against the house where people had just finished celebrating a girl's 10th birthday. it started with hail and wind. the storm knocked down trees all over this bethesda neighborhood and in the district off western avenue.nd trees aranches down. some of them blocking roads.

utility lines sagging to the ground causing power outages. a tree fell into a house at jamestown road and earlston drive after a little girl's birthday party. >> was everybody home when this happened? >> yes, yes. we opened bherprause it was her birthday party today, and, you know, we heard the noise, the hail and then we went out and looked at it. >> reporter: neighbors came out to look at the damage and make sureveryone was okay. >> tell us about the damage to your house. >> well, we still don't know. i mean,s damaged the owners say tree wa huge pie unique to >> stro wen looked out the window, our tree, our curly barked pine tree fellr across into o neighbor's yard.

orepei sr rr:gotee omlut homes with no damage. in aspen hill, a huge tree was uprooted by the powerful winds. this tire swing will have to find a new home. a tree fell into this woman, briefly trapping a woman who had asleep.her bedroom look at this car covered with branches. and this one. a branch went straight through the windshield. erica, we were all at the station this ev ting whent big hailstorm hit. it was very powerful. so it's a good idea for everyone to check your car to see if there's any dents, any damage from that hail. back to you. >> let me tell you, i was cringing as we were all watching that coming down. i was thinking, my car, my car. thankfully i think everything -- most of us escaped unscathed. all right. darcy spencer live in bethesdas for u tonight. darcy, thank you. storm team 4 meteorologist ay anderson has been tracking the storms all day and night and he

joins us from the weather center to continue our coverage. clay, pretty bad out there earlier today. seems like it's much quieter now. >> rather tranquil right now, but w we jut to show you if you missed it,st the orms that raced through the area five or six hours ago across much of the viewinga are it really packed a punch as you see from some of the pictures that darcy spencer was able to show you. all clear across the washington area. it was a different story if we go back in time at about 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. bethesda moving acrosswa ington, d.c., keep your eyes on e time, everyone, betw50, tt power lin reports of hail greater than 1 inches across the area. as we always tell folks when storms happen, seek shelter quickly. go indoors. you saw howhat tree went through a windshield of a car.

when you getth lowest level, the awayai whether it's a tornado or not. severe. that's ely means. we'll give you all the details as our atmosphere has changed. we'veot some sunny weather coming your way, but you may need your jacket. all those details, erica, when i join you in just a few minutes. clay, thank you very much. we continue to follow the damage of today's storm. right now we're working to get a condition update on n e victims iswhat ie a very de we are city leaders that the resignati letter j he sta nbc's rallen th new information from virgibeach. >> reporter: the morning of his deadly rampage, dewayne craddock

emailed his boss to say he was atresigning. :00 p.m. that day, he killed p12eople where he worked, the majority colleagues his in his own department. investigators say they still don't know why. >> he was no, ma'am terminated w and he not in the process of being terminated. >> was there a disciplinary underway? was there tension that you identified >> to my knowledge, the perpetrator's performance was satisfactory. >> reporter: a note the suspect's home from relatives offered condolences to the milies but no clues to explain the rampage. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> within two minutes, the first officers arrived on scene. >> reporter: police engaged the suspect in a lengthy gun battle as he moved through the three-story building. in the final moments, the the doorsiring through and walls of an office at police. >> when they breached the door, the suspect was then alive and wastaken into custodynd first aid was immediately rendered to him. >> reporter: the entire ordeal lasting a horrifying 36 minutes. the chief said thegunman died

later at a hospital. >> several co-workers, they tell me they were laughing, talking to each other and at the end of the day, they couldn't get home forever. it's the saddest day of my life. >> reporter today acrosshis community, those lost were remembered. >> laquita was really an incredible person. she was always a positive, vibrant soul. >> reportermayor bobby dire. >> one nonemployee, bert snelling, was a friend of mine. one of the nicest guys you ever met. they not only are city employees hey're friends, they're neighbors, they're colleagues. they are virginia beach. >> that was nbc's ron allen reporting. stay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for continuing coverage on the virginibeach shooting. we're going to bring you new information on this tragedy tomorrow morning at news 4

today. we begin at 00 a.m. new tonight, nearly a dozen d.c. residents are going to have to find someplace else to live after their home went up in flames this evening. take a look at the e ragingfern owe. the fire department eat tweeting out this picture as firefighters battled to take down the flames. the good news is everybody made it out safely but 11 people are now displaced. the red cross lending a hand here and we'r working to learn how the fire started. a tow truck driver is shaken but otherwise okay after someone fed shots at them in langley park today. the driver was attempting to tow away a car and that's when gunfire could be heard on the back side of a complex near jasmine terrace and rigs road. we counted ateast four bullet holes that hit the driver's sit of the tow truck. a flat bed truck towed awayhe shot up tow truck. far nobody has been arrested in this. new tonight, calls for a

more respectful america. the topic at a gathering of interfaith leaders right here in the district, civil rights activists and people from diverse groups targeted by hate groups met at the hilton in dupont circle. it was moved indoors due to the abstorm. the r from the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh quoted from the reverend king's he a speech and then that e n't need them. thatday me toot ta amicewh mmittee's al rum. new details tonight as a family searches for answers after a prince george's county couple was found dead in their

dominican republic r hotelom. a couple ofours ago, president trump boarded air force one for his uk visit. we're going to show you what's on the agenda. and imagine being on a cruise ship and watching something like this happening. the vessel crashing into a boat in one of the most popular destinations in the world. the researchers say the average news viewer won't stay up for sports finals, bute know they're way above average. so here's a pick of what we're working on. mad max on fire. as he keeps the natials red ho quarterback case keenum tells us his o expectations. and the elevated education caddie. how carrying the clubs gets them to college. all that and much more when you, all that and much more when you, noh toverage, joinus for brew it. dnk it.

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we've reached out to resort police in theep dominican rublic today to find out how a prince george's county couple died inside their hotel room. cynthia day and nathaniel holmes were staying at a resort when they were found dead last . thursday their families told news 4 today that the autopsies have been completed and their bodies have been released from the medical examiner. dominican repuic authorities are still not saying how they died. they told news 4's shomari stone last friday that they want answers and closure. this is from the family. >> i found out. i picked up the phone and just kept calling his phone.ho my was almost dead because i wasn't having an answer.

>> broken. confused. and angry. >> the family hopes to receive word tomorrow or tuesday as to when their loved ones will come home. the couple was engaged and they had posted numerous photos on social media showing them having a great time while they were there. a louisiana catholic school prncipal is out of a job after he wasrrested at a d.c. strip club. michael camo joined students on a field trip to the district, but archibald's gentleman's club told police he refused to p his bill. he was arrested on public on intoxicati charges. he resigned as principal. president trump is on board r force one on his way to the uk, his official state visit, at the iitation of the queen. it will be hstoric. but it is also sparking

controversy and protest. nbc's jay gray is in london with a preview. >> reporter: the president's o trip to lon will be historic and at times very high brow. a sit with queen elizabeth, tea with prince charles, a ban anda eting at wthsandecurit oppose. during a working visit last year at inuded president trump elizamarched in the streets. lil from t offic the well traveled baby trerhead.

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a big sendoff party at dulles international airport today for one of 's oldest world war ii army veterans. sidney walton is 100 years old and he's on a missiono visit all 50 states and meet as many people as he can. today, mr. walton is headed to normandy, france for the 75th anniveary of "d" first-class my gosh. stronger tm

now00 at -- a little over 100 years old now, oh, it's just amazing. >> mr. walton served in india during world war ii. so far he's already visited 31 of the 50 states on his bucket list. we t you for your service, sir. all right. let's get back to that ten-day forecast. >> yes. what we're showing here is a nice day, 70 degrees for you monday, tuesday and wednesday will start to warm up, back int8 thes, everyone, and the threat of showers. so a couple of dry, pleasant days ahead for all of us. >>itwe'll take all right. clay, thank you very much. stick around. "sports final's" coming up next. the big carriers are talking about their current 5g roll outs,

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