a group of individuals spotted charles walker as he was walking up 28th avenue last night and yesterday afternoon after 4:00 p.m. they saw him with a bag and with some shows inside. they announced the robbery and instead of handing over the bag, the source said that walker turned to run, the gunman opened fire shooting walker once in the back. they never looked into the bag to even see what was inside. relatives have told us that inside that bag was a pair of timberland boots that were going to go to charles walker's girlfriend, that he was heading to the bus stop to take them to her and that the robbery, when it happened, they never lookd into the bag, according to the source and the shoes remained on the scene. walker lost his life, again, shot in the back again. a source close to the investigation telling fox 5 that police expect to make

arrests, at least one arrest win hours. brian, back to on you within hours. back to you. now to a news alert from fairfax county. a twist in a homicide investigation where police found a woman's body left inside a burning apartment. the incident happened yesterday. the apartment complex on waterside vow drive. and why are they on the scene tonight. can you tell us? >> reporter: we learned the identity of the woman. the victim. her name is jennifer lynn pearson, she was 38 years ole. unfortunately, she was pregnant at the time of her death. as you said, this happened yesterday morning and in that 12,000 block of waterside drive. the victim lived inside an apartment here on the second floor. after 6:00 a.m., a neighbor called 911 to report the smell of smoke. when firefighters arrived, they realized it was coming from pearson's apartment. they forced their way inside and as they work to put out the fire, they discovered her body. she suffered from a trauma. exactly how she died and how

the fire started remain under investigation. the police are describing it as an apparent homicide. a neighbor who lyes on the third floor above the apartment told fox 5 that she was aware of a man living there and she said that she heard loud arguing around 2:30 a.m. before the fire started. yesterday afternoon, an officer with the bloodhound began following a trail. the dog continued for an hour up steven age road toward restin parkway and to a bike path for a mile. it's unclear where that trail ended. at this point, the police have not put out any information about a possible suspect in this case. as far as a look out or a description. again, what we can tell you is that a 38-year-old woman was found today in -- dead in the apartment investigated as an, parent hospital -- apparent homicide. her name, jennifer lynn pearson. the fire was confined to her apartment and other neighboring apartments did experience smoke damage. we didn't find anyone home at the neighboring apartments this evening.

that is the latest in restin. back to you. the mother of a murdered toddler filed a wrongful death suit and is seeking millions from a psychologist she claims played a key role in granting unsupervised visits to the child's father. last month, rams was charged with killing 15-month-old prince during one of the visits. sherri ly has more. >> reporter: mccloud said the psychologist hired and paid for by rams to testify in the custody dispute ignored troubling evidence about his history of violence. and though months after he was granted unsupervised visit, the child died in his care. >> my son was my heart. >> reporter: and she wants to make sure those involved in the death of her son pay. she foiled a $20 million lawsuit against an ashburn psychologist in practice. she claims she knew rams was dangerous. the father is accused of drowning the child in the

bathtub. >> there is no price and there is no lawsuit that is going to bring him back. but, what i can do is i can make sure that nobody will forget him. >> reporter: the lawsuit filed in fairfax county where prince died accuses ashburn psychological services and psychologist mark wet wong of negligence -- margaret wong of negligence and wrongful death. wong testified that rams was mentally fit and recommended he be granted unsupervised visit. according to the lawsuit, the doctor ignored reports that rams was abusive and was the suspect in the murderer of his ex-girlfriend shawn mason and the death of his own mother. >> this was not a situation where a normal, otherwise mentally stable person suddenly snapped. mr. rams has a long history of violence. >> reporter: the judge granted the visits in part because of the doctor's testimony and then last october, the toddler died while in the care of his father.

rams was charged with murder last month. police say he had taken out $550,000 in life insurance on the child. >> i think anyone would agree that a parent who would take out a license or policy on an infant for whom he had no financial or illegal responsibilities, um, and violently murder that child which is exactly what he did. >> reporter: rams is not charged in the other two deaths and prince's murder prompted the common wealth's attorney to take a second look. >> people die around this guy. three people have now died. and all of whom he has had a financial benefit too some extent in their death. >> the day that mr. rams was arrested would probably -- was probably one of the best days of my life. >> reporter: mccloud believes the psychologist who vouched for rams should also be held accountable for her son's murder. rams' attorney did not respond to fox 5s call seeking comment and neither did ashburn

psychological services or dr. wong. she always worried that she would be the one killed and wrote more than 200 letters to her son if that happened. now, he will never read them. brian? >> sherri ly tonight. new this evening, the attorneys for the maryland man convicted in the murder of felicia barns want a new trial. they filed a new motion saying prosecutors made improper statements to the youry and withheld evidence. early -- to the jury and withheld evident. the 16-year-old teen was killed in 2010 while visiting in baltimore and her body was found in the susquehanna river a month later. johnson was dating the sister at the time and faces up to 30 years in prison. prince georges county department of parks and recreation announced it's banning gun shows indefinitely and that will affect shows on county-owned land and as a result, the silverado gun show had to cancel the event this past weekend. today, president obama

reiterated the dramatic losses over the looming sequestration. from the white house, he ordered republicans to accept a proposal put forth by senate democrats last week and that calls forgetting rid of corporate tax breaks and the tax millionaires at a rate of 30%. if a compromise is not met, there will be drastic interruptions and vital services. >> air traffic controllers and airport securities will seek cutbacks and more delays across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. >> in 10 days, $85 billion of cuts kick in and congress reconvenes monday. the current two-month extension expires march 1st. the federal types that are not the only ones tired of the back and forth for sure. local county executives have had enough. isaiah leggett, baker and allman said the uncertainty at the federal level is causing

problems for their counties. montgomery, prince georges have had many to work for the federal government and the facilities that call the counties home. the executives have worried about people losing their jobs and their homes. straight ahead on the news edge, preparing for the worse. new training to help cruiseship employees handle any situation. and digital divide, how more and more classrooms are getting away from chalkboards. sue. >> and the rain is gone. here come the winds and the dropping temperatures. i will let you know what to expect for the night ahead and also for your wednesday. and lindsay, what are you working on in sports? >> coming up, what did robert griffin 3 do that had the masses in a frenzy and has drew moved on after the game-sized meltdown. brian? >> and we have a story idea, there is the number and e-mail address. we're back. 

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disasters on board like the one that crippled the carnivalship for days. it simulates various problems for fire. they can practice over and over again learning how to evacuate the passengers and other scenarios. >> go ahead and take you through an evacuation drill and through the muster if there is a fire or a flood and a missing person. simulate what you're never going to see. >> the companies arest ising -- testing the simulators and using them for training this year. in the market for a new car, kelly blue book released the 2013 to award winners. toyota corollas and honda civics are month the best. the most supportable compact cars and crossover shoppers might consider the toyota rav-4 and chefly equinox. the honda accord, nissan altim david mcneill buand ford fusion came in with high marks for midsize sedan. a good day for scroogle or google. stock traded above $800 for the first time and that is in

part because much advertising and the stock tumbled. how the classroom is catching up and take a look at this. jaw-dropping stunt. a professional french race car driver made history, successfully landing what is believed to be the first honest car backflip on snow. barely. hit a 25-foot ramp on the snow. made it, took four years to plan and pull the stunt off.

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tablets and schools are making the switch to an interactive digital lesson. >> the fact that in the 21st century, there is enormous demand on the kids in terms of skills that were not necessary in the last century and the knowledge-base global economy, we have to change the way we educate. >> reporter: and they taking place around the world. >> governments are stepping in to say we, for all the generations to succeed in the future, wemed to go to tablets now. and -- we need to go to tablets and that is in's huge fashion. >> besides staying competitive, publishers say the digital platform gets students involved in the videos and games and animations and pictures. >> it's not a copy of the page on the book from the screen. it's built from the ground up with interactive elements like guided tours and interactive homework questions.

>> we can build software to scale up and come to the next level and continue to disrupt how to engage with content. >> reporter: kline is ceo of amplify, the educational division of news corp, the parent company of fox. from k-12 and university, the incentive for students and educators to continue embracing technology in the classroom is there; however, kline admits some of the transition won't be easy. >> and the biggest hurdle is change. in any organization. change is there and you're used to doing a teacher textbook view of the world and i think a new learning paradime highly customized, much more engaging and getting kids to use technology in a way that will engage them and empower the teachers that requires change. >> reporter: amplify is partnering with at&t to provide 4-g tablettings and wireless service. >> right now, i think -- tablets and early service. >> we're in the early phases. a lot of people are confused about this. giving a kid a computer and tablet is going to change the

way we educate kids. i don't think that is going to happen. the in, few years, what you will see is a different way to educate children. >> reporter: the trial rolls out in new york city public schools this year. in new york, lauren siminetti, fox business. >> and that is a radar looking nice and clear. >> we had everything today, showers, of course, and some thunderstorms trying to rock up in hagerstown and earlier, it started with big fat flakes and sleet. february's interesting. it's clearing out now and what we're left with is some cold air and some increasing breezes as a cold front that is just to the west. and that is ready to move through and that is not moving through yet and you may not notice the kind of gusts we're getting and the dropping temperatures and what i notice is that it's warmer at 6:00 and to that 47 degrees. we have the front getting ready to move on through some showers

lingering on the eastern shore and that is with that patch down here and that is not a problem and some snow. a couple of spots and picked up a trace of snow with the big fat flakes and sleet that changeed over to rain and close to rain and there was a trace at reagan national as l. and tonight, we're picking up the lake-affect snow and some more snow for the mountains here. for us, the skies will gradually clear and we're going to be blustery. the high temperature at 6:00, 47 degrees. -- degrees. dills, 45; bwi thurgood- marshal, 44. the sun goes down now at 5:50 and still, probably getting a benefit from the temperatures. 41 degrees in gaithersburg. most everyone is still in the 40s and we'll look to see the winds continuing to increase right now, we're getting gusts to the 20s, hagerstown, a gust

to 22; baltimore, 26; fredericksburg, 16; quantico, 24 and winds with us tonight and tomorrow. occasionally gusting to 30 and that will take our temperature that is in the 30s and make it feel like it's in the 20s. overnight, we will have to watch for any wet spots left in the big breezes to potentially have a little bit of black ice. i don't think that is going to be widespread. i think the wind will get rid of a lot of it. 25 the low for frederick and 28, monasses; 28 winchester and cumberland. a breeze cold night and cold wind for us tomorrow. and we'll keep our temperature at 38 degrees, feeling like it's in the 20s and the breezes. the sunshine will be back and thursday, also on the chilly side for this time of the year, the average high is 47 now and 41 on thursday and with a good amount of sun once again. what will we expect to see tomorrow with the sunshine is wrap around snow from the lakes and that is continuing to peel

up in western pennsylvania and for thursday, sunny and chilly. there is some moisture on radar and that does not get in here until friday. friday, could be an interesting and challenging forecast day because we may see this starting as a mix of rain, freezeing rain and some snow on friday. and then some changing over to rain and tonight, 32 degrees and clouds decreasing. and that is a nice looking day tomorrow, 38 degrees and winds out of the northwest at 15 to 25 occasionally gusting to 30 miles an hour and that is a temperature tomorrow of 38 degrees and you will need to bundle up for that and what about the rest of the week? the fox 5 accuweather seven-day forecast, 41 on thursday as mentioned. friday, a wintery mix, may be changing over to rain at 38 and we'll have to watch another system trying to zip up the coastle that throw back the snow showers at us and rain or snow showers on saturday. sunday at 48 degrees, monday

settles down at 50 and tuesday, some showers around to 53 and that is warm compared to the next two, three days. >> thank you, sue. >> sure. nasa's back in touch with the international space station for a few hours today. mission control could not contact astronauts. happened while the computer software was updated and nasa said everyone on board, an american and two russians is fine. >> reporter: rg3 and a new commercial with the redskins star quarterback what, he's saying. lindsay murphy is up next. >> and 9 campbell university student golfers share the incredible moment they sunk simultaneous putts, one after the other after the other. -- other. nine of them all and 28 attempts and a borroughed out hole. the diameter didn't change, though. check out the reaction. reactio

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hello, everybody. i'm lindsay murphy. bryce harper was 16 years old when he first graced the cover of "sports illustrated." he's on the cover. the third d.c. athlete to have the honor in the last three years, joining straussburg and rg-3. for more to on that, here's scott smith. >> reporter: welcome to florida. spring training got better for pitcher ross detweiler. he was added to team usa's roster joining geo gonzalez. and he although get two starts -- he will get two starts under his belt and can't wait to play team red, white, and blue. >> and this is in the offseason and i get to represent my country again. and i think i am taking it early here. and you have to -- top this one. >> reporter: on the field this morning, the team went through pickoff drills, fielding and batting practice.

the you incomer getting some hitting tips from his -- newcomer getting hitting hips from the pitcher and we're talking about dealing and learning from his game 5 performance. >> and i don't worry about why it happened and that is a matter of learning from it and moving on and that is with some short term memory. >> this sounds like it's a painful step of growth and that is one, nonetheless for you. >> and that is all the game is about and this is really hard and to do what we do, a lot of people are gunning for our jobs, you know, and that is about dealing with failure. can you sit back and feel sorry for yourself and go why me or sit there and own it and take responsibility and learn from it and get better. >> with the acquisition of the closer, he moves to the set-up role and that it won't change his approach. from nats spring training. lindsay, back to you.

>> and for week one, the latest a deedas campaign. today, robert briefin -- griffin 3 tweeted out the commercial and it's baning a lot of attention. -- gaining a lot of attention. seems to imply he will play come week one. why will adidas push for a recovery considering the risk. check out the commercial yourself. >> and to blow up last season. every win, every loss. every head -- ploy it all up. a -- blow it all up. all that matters is what you do next. >> today on twitter, rg3 calmed the masses saying, quote, i feel like i need to say this, although my goal is to start week one, that doesn't mean i will compromise my career to do so. he wants fans to know there is

no rush but his determination and it looks like garcone is expected to make it through the offseason without foot surgery and the maryland and wiz afterwards both in action, brian. >> and thank you. a point guard on a high school basketball team is getting attention. he has skill and is also in fifth grade. julian newman plays for a private school in florida. the only 4'5", weighs 70 pounds and julian helped the house team to an 18-5 record so far and he is a straight-a student. and now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. back here at 10. the news edge. hope you will be, too. lap

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