right now at 10:00, a violent weekend in dc. a dozen shootings and stabbings within 48 hours. we've got the latest on the crime wave. >> scary moments on metro's red line. tonight new details about the weekend fire that led to the evacuation of hundreds of passengers. >> everyone familiar with the sweet treats inside these boxes. it's where these cookies are going that is really special. >> your news starts right now. >> and we thank you for joining us tonight. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. off the top, a bloody and violent weekend across the district. >> police have been busy working a dozen stabbings and shootings. one attack turned deadly. fox 5's marina marraco is live at police headquarters following the investigations.

>> the summer is still a couple of months away but this weekend was a warm one and with it came a wave of violent that spanned through of the four quadrants. one of the stabbings turned out to be a fatality in this crime spree. but this all started on friday things getting off on a bad foot. three stabbings in northeast and a shooting across the river and on saturday things got even worse with five shootings again. the majority in northeast. and the weekend on sunday rounded out with another two shootings on the same side of the city. saturday night a 38-year-old man was stabbed to death and as the warm weather continues, community leaders fear that things are only going to get worse. >> it seems like we're in iraq, we're in a war zone in dc. that's sickening.

them, but i do think we need the jump house back out here. in order for this guns and violence to stop the way it's going. we need somebody out here, the atf, whoever. we need them back out here to patrol our neighborhoods, our communities. we need the community back out here. we're done the marching, we've done the social economics, we've done the go-go scenes. they've come out and have barbecues. that doesn't help them. that's not the message. i don't think that's the solution. and i really right now i'm so far gone i don't know what the solution is right now. because everything that we try is just not working. >> reporter: one more life taken the same time last year. marina marraco, fox 5 local news. >> also in the district, a student is stabbed on his way to school and the suspect is still

this happened around 9:00 a.m. just a block away from wilson high school. police say a man in his 30s tried to rob the 17-year-old at knife point. during a struggle the student was stabbed in the leg. the student made it to school as later treated tw nonlife threatening injuries. another student told us he's worried. >> i do feel a little bit concerned for my safety now that people were being robbed a couple of blocks of school, that's a concern to my safety. we're coming from like northwest dc and we have to park our cars somewhere and usually there's not enough spots in front of the schools to park. >> the suspect is described as a man in his 30s wearing all dark clothings. if you have information, police want to hear from you. >> police say an 18-year-old was attacked in

village overnight and later died at the hospital. fox 5's alexandra limon spoke with the victim's heartbroken family today. >> i don't want to believe that it's my son. confused why this had to happened to him. he was trying to change his life around. >> reporter: oscar was just 18 years old now police are investigating his murder trying to piece together what happened. the victim's family says he was the proud new dad of a baby girl. >> he has a daughter. smee's almost eight months now. he loved dearly and he would do anything for her. >> reporter: monday afternoon, dozens of evidence markers were scattered in the parking lot of the park. his family tells us he was stabbed to death. >> he was the only brother i

had. >> montgomery village residents looking to enjoy a nice day at the park with their kids were turned away monday as park police and montgomery county investigators continued to comb through and photograph evidence. >> it just seems like it's really too close to home. like this apark i bring my children to and it's scary to think this could have happened when we were here. >> police say two other people were hurt in this incident. they were both treated and released from the hospital. at this point police say they can the classify them as victims, suspects or witnesses. now to fairfax county where police are investigating what they say is a suspicious death. officers were called to the scene around 3:00 this afternoon. police say a woman found a man dead inside her home on the 5300 block of bedford terrace in al alexandria. the man and woman had a prior relationship. no word yet on a

motive. >> it has happened again smoke filled the cars of a metro train this weekend causing hundreds of people to be evacuated on the red line. the chaos was caught on a rider's cell phone. it happened saturday night at the friendship heights metro station. passengers say they couldn't get answers about what to do. metro's own board chairman said today the response in his words was panicky. metro's gm tells us he's aware of the passenger complaints and while everyone did evacuate safely, he is investigating to see if employees followed proper protocols. >> clearly for the people on the train, it's very stressful, i get it. but we have to basically get people back in the safe area as quickly as possible. you can't just start making decisions without knowing what you're making them. >> investigators are trying to determine the cause of saturday's smoke incident but ey

as a contributing factor. >> let's take it outside now. we had a beautiful start to the workweek here and another taste of the summer is on the way, but that could mean some more storms too. sue is here with what you need to know. >> not only will it feel like a summer day tomorrow, but we're going to have a noticeable itick in the humidity department and that could fuel some afternoon thunderstorms. we're thinking about our voters in maryland tomorrow. the best chance for thunderstorms may be across maryland later in the afternoon. not so much for the morning but we can't rule them out at any point. but yes it is going to be a brief summer preview. tonight so comfortable and our high temperatures 70s to near 80. still 69 degrees which is close to where our average high for the day should be. 70 in quantico, 75 in fredricksburg, 75 out toward the culpeper area too. so it's going to be mild overnight with winds outof

south continuing. you can see some of the warm temperatures down at raleigh, even chicago 76 degrees at this hour. something warm this way comes and we will have a toasty day tomorrow. notice the front we see up in pennsylvania. there's a possibility it could touch off rumbles of thunder. we're expecting a severe weather outbreak in the middle part of the country. follow that to the east coast and it's just a slight risk that we could see anything strong. the best chance of seeing anything strong would be up through the maryland area. in the short term what should you expect at the bus tomorrow top? the kids won't be dealing with jackets. temperatures between 59 and 67 in the morning. after school 82 to 88. feeling really hot. maybe a couple of thunderstorms beginning to bubble up at that point. but i think if we did see them in the afternoon, they would likely be far to the north. so we're going to watch all of that for you and keep

posted. think more people won't see rain than will. >> we do need it. >> we definitely do. we've been dry for two months now. >> still to come on fox 5, disturbing accusations posted in a youtube video. >> >> an assistant chief medical examiner in virginia claims his office is selling donated brains to the national institutes of health. the bizarre story is coming up next. >> plus a local girl scout gave montgomery police a sweet treat this weekend. why she brought them boxes and boxes of cookies. plus the letter she wrote to the officers. >> and a new exhibit to honor prince. where you can check out one of his custom made gi tars here in dc. that's coming up as fox 5 news at 10:00 continues. ♪ i just want your extra time and your kiss ♪

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investigators found marijuana growing operations at three of the four crime scenes but it's unclear what if any role those pot farms had in friday's killings. the victims range from 16 to 44 years old. all of them were shot in the head execution style while sleeping. a 4-day-old baby, a six-month-old and a three-year-old survived. this was a well planned out murd e autopsies on the bodies were performed earlier today. it may be weeks before we learn the results. staying in ohio, cleave hand has reached a $6 million settlement over the death of tamir rice. the city will pay out $3 million this year and another $3 million next year. 12-year-old rice was shot and killed by a white police officer. police say he was playing with a pellet gun that resembled a hand gun and he refused to put his hands up. a federal civil rights investigation is still ongoing. >> now to a

linked to the national institutes of health. an assistant chief medical examiner in richmond says their office is selling brains zoe nated by the families of loved ones to nih. it's reported the organs have been sold for a total of $150,000. the assistant medical examiner leveled the accusations in a 20-minute youtube video. it alleges fraud, the sale of donated organs, incompetent pathologists and a bias toward law enforcement. >> after attempts to present this information to the constituents of virginia, other avenues, i've come to the realization it's something i'm going to have to do myself. everything in this presentation is true to the best of my knowledge and i would gladly swear to it under oath. >> nih confirms it receives brains from the medical examiner's office. they say the organs are obtained for research through a monthly contract

health. >> shoppers are planningd to boycott target over its transgender bathroom policy. this after a petition last week in response to saying transgender customers or employees can use the bathroom that corresponds with their identity. they warn it encourages sexual and pred dors and puts women and children in danger. in the district about a dozen protesters turned out for dc united's stadium breaking. the mayor says it will bring plenty of jobs and tax revenue. those against it fear there hasn't been enough investigation into the site to know if a broad demolition can be dangerous. >> any time you have construction, the city and all the developers, construction crews have to have an approved environmental plan and this site is

proceed with the utmost caution in making sure the site is cleaned up just like we did across the way at nations park. >> the city plans to spend up to $150 million on that project. a nine-year-old girl scout from montgomery county planned a sweet surprise. as she was selling cookies this year, she asked folks if they wanted to buy an extra box for officers. >> and many of them came through. yesterday elizabeth delivered dozens and dozens of boxes along with a handwritten note thanking them for keeping us safe. >> reporter: we're here at district 3, one of the montgomery police stations where elizabeth made a delivery. she left 60 boxes here, i can tell you there aren't too many cookies left inside tonight. this is one of those stories that just makes you happy to hear about. elizabeth says more people wanted to buy

than keep for themselves. >> girl scout cookies that i love to eat are thin mints i would say those are the best cookies. >> reporter: they're the kind of treats that sell themselves, but elizabeth still had a selling strategy. >> i would first say hi and i would smile all the way through it. >> for this girl scout, it's not all about making money. >> i thank them for everything that they do to like fixing all the crimes that people do. i heard that one station lost a police officer a couple of months ago. and i wanted them to smile again. >> reporter: she got about 250 cookie donations. and she delivered some over the weekend. along with letters. thank you for being brave and keeping us safe. >> they make the day go by a little bit easier. it makes

call because there are citizens that really do care. >> officers admit it is a tough time to wear a badge. >> police officers all over the country are mindful every day when we go to work, we may not come home. so when we see a just ter of what elizabeth did, it remind us of why we want to do the job. >> i wasn't surprised because i know that people really, really care. >> reporter: and it doesn't stop with police officers. her next stop the v.a. hospital in dc. >> reporter: it just makes me really, really proud and happy that i'm making a difference. >> reporter: and this is actually the third year that elizabeth has delivered donated cookies to veterans. she said she wanted to expand her efforts to law enforcement after she heard about the death of officer noah leotta. she said she just wanted to make

officers smiles. back to you. >> thank you, lindsay. >> up next a newly released 911 call. >> and later middle school kids told to stop singing the national anthem at the 9/11 memorial. what gives? we're back after this.

♪ we've got a thing going on >> well the music world is mourning another loss tonight. the soul singer known for the 1972 hit "me and mrs. jones" has died. he died at his home in new jersey. he was hospitalized last week after being diagnosed for pancreatic cancer. his career spanned more than 60

years. paul won a grammy for "me and mrs. jones" and he was also inducted into the philadelphia walk of fame in 2008. he was survived by his wife. he was 81 years old. >> we are learning more about the days leading up to prince's death. today an audio recording was released of a medical emergency he suffered six days before he was found dead at his home studio in minnesota. in the audio transmissions obtained by tmz, you can hear the pilot radioing to get his plane on the ground in moline, illinois. the controller was heard saying at one point cfr, which means certificate first responder, will be waiting.

>> according to reports plins was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. after the treatment prince's publicist said he was fine and home. an autopsy was performed friday. it could take weeks before we know the cause of death. prince's closest friends and family said their good-byes to the music legend on saturday during a private ceremony. the service was held at the late superstar's paisley park compound. his only sister tyka, musician sheila e., and larry graham were all there. prince's remains have been created. their final resting place will not be revealed to the public. >> the national museum of american history is putting one of prince's guitars on display starting tomorrow. the custom guitar was

by the singer in 1989. the guitar will remain on display through labor day. >> that is kwool. that looks great. a different sort of view in the chesapeake and there's video of it. still to come, we're going to hear from a boat captain who spotted a whale in the bay. >> why would security guards order a group of middle schoolers to stop singing the national anthem. that story coming up.

in annapolis, she battled republicans congress... yes! and the nra to pass the toughest gun safety legislation in theountry. i'll take on the tough fights to expand social security and keep the doors open to planned parenthood. my mom is so tough she's willing to fight anyone who's going to pay him more than us for doing the same job. i'm joseline peña-melnyk, and i approve this message. welcome back. it is 10:30 and it's time for a quick recap of tonight's stories. >> marina marraco is following a weekend crime wave in the district. >> reporter: three shootings, three stabbings. one of those fatal. homicide now greater th

last year. >> and in montgomery county police say an 18-year-old was killed after being attacked at a park. it happened overnight in montgomery village. two other people were hurt in the attack. investigators don't know yet whether to classify them as victims, suspects or witnesses. >> metro is investigating what caused a track fire on the red line this weekend. it happened saturday night at friendship heights metro station. several people were evuated but no one was hurt. investigators believe a metal part of a rail car may have become dislodged and came into contact with an lek fiied third rail. >> in the race for the white house tonight, news of a ted cruz-john kasich alliance, they are teaming up for the rest of the primary season hoping to stop donald trump. this just one day before voters in five states, including maryland, head to the polls. fox's shannon breem has the latest

>> reporter: donald trump is calling it, quote, everything that is wrong in washington and our political system. the gop frontrunner responding to news his two remaining rivals are coordinating in an effort to keep trump from wrapping up the nomination before this summer's convention. they argued trump can't win the general election. according to polls that showed them performing better than hillary clinton. >> what donald trump needs to understand is that he cannot beat hillary clinton. >> reporter: the agreement between the two, in order to clear the way for ruz to take away as many of the anti-trump votes as possible and cruz is agreeing to do the same for kasich in oregon and new mexico. >> if donald trump is the nominee, hillary clinton wins. >> reporter: holding his first campaign event since learning of the latest efforts to derail his candidacy. >> in politics you're

collude. so they colluded and actually i was happy because it shows how weak they are. it shows how pathetic they are. >> on the democratic side hillary clinton is striking a very different tone. closing out the april primary contest with a new campaign ad called love and kindness. >> you have to get up every day and work and try to find that common ground and bring people together. >> new polls show trump and clinton with the lead. in washington, shannon breem, fox news. >> for the first time this year, fox's megyn el-kelly will interview donald trump. kelly says she plans to dig into the now infamous drama that unfolded between herself and trump last fall. she also plans to take a look at his success so far in his campaign for

kelly's executive interview with trump heirs may 17th. >> the accuser at the center of the dennis hastert hush money case is suing the former house speaker saying he never finished paying him. so far the man said he only pocketed $1.7 million. has territory was a high school teacher and wrestling coach. when prosecutors believe he molested at least four boys. a field trip to the big apple for a group of middle schoolers took a turn for the worst. it all happened when the group stopped at the 9/11 memorial and started singing the national anthem. now take a look at

next. >> one of the students' parents was so upset about this and how the guards treated the children, she posted this clip online. it now has more than 400,000 views. the guards allegedly told the group they need a permit to sing, otherwise the gathering was considered a public demonstration. the students' teacher says the kids were so touched by ground zero they asked to honor the site the best way they knew how and spinning was their way of paying respect. a spokeswoman admits the situation was mishandled. no word yet in the security guard was disciplined. >> got to use common sense sometimes. >> up next, the smart phone app that can detect b.o. we're going to show you how it works. by using tony as an example. >> and you don't see this too often. we're going to hear from the man who captured this video of a whale in the chesapeake bay.

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>> we are learning more tonight about an incident that had prince george's county officials scratching their heads. >> yesterday the bowie volunteer fire department tweeted out a picture and suggested that a meteor hit the ground. this after a massive brush fire broke out in a wooded area. today the forestory service said it was likely just a barbecue pit. the fire chief has since apologized for that incident. >> it's quite a big pit. >> they say that

do find pits in that area, but not that big. >> don't they sometimes do a pig roast. >> yes. >> now you want to listen to this. we use our smart phones for just about everything to order food, to catch a cab. what if we could use it to help with hygiene? >> a new app claims it can turn your smart phone into a high-tech b.o. detector. check out how it works. >> put the mobile phone nearby your armpit and start smelling. the uniquely designed cover contains the hardware that gives your smart phone the sense of smell and links to the phone. >> the new technology requires a special phone cover that works with the app. it's currently going through beta testing. >> i actually have a high-tech device that will detect b.o. it's my

>> i'm sure you could detect a few people, maybe even in this building. >> i have no comment on that. >> coming up, a controversial gun store is hitting back at its opponents with a lawsuit. >> details on the dispute that has nova armory in arlington suing dozens of people. >> don't want the bed bugs to bite? the color the your sheets could help keep them away.

here's something we usually don't see around here. a whale sighting in the chesapeake bay. >> it was all caught on camera. the video shows a 35-40 foot hump back whale breaching. a fishing party got a front row seat to the awesome site. the capital of the boat shot the video. we spoke to him today. >> somebody sighted a large flash in

started looking and we saw the whale jumping. >> we've had some people that did say it has happened before. >> it's not that uncommon. >> i don't know that we usually get video of it. >> no, really cool. hey sue, it's a gorgeous day out there. it has been. >> yeah it absolutely was and tony, doesn't that make you want to get out to the chesapeake bay? >> yes, it does. >> i was looking on the foundation site and they do occasionally mate in the chesapeake in the winter. what a treat for those boaters the other day on friday and hopefully the weather will get you out on the chesapeake over the next couple of days. although heads up we're going to have a hot tuesday and a slightly humid tuesday but we are also going to be tracking a few storms and a few of those could be strong tomorrow

maryland. second half of this week is looking a lot cooler. we want you to be ready for that. we're going to probably see about a 20-degree drop as cooler air is going to be sinking down and the direction of our wind will change we'll drop from 80s to 60s in about 24 hours. shower chances are going to stick around. we need that to happen. things have been on the dry side so we're going to have weak areas of low pressure riding along a stalled-outboundry that will down to our south. that will give us at least a chance several days this week of getting a little bit of rain. high temperatures today 70s to 80 degrees. a beautiful today and tomorrow we're going to warm it up. some of you will describe it as hot. i think there will be scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon but look at wednesday. in 24 hours we drop to 66 degrees and that's all because of this front that's going to be coming through tomorrow and the wind direction will change from the south to the northeast, brings in that

air and it will also bring in some showers, light showers and maybe even some drizzle wednesday and thursday this week. so gardeners are going to be happy about that. they've been looking for that rain and you won't have to do hopefully too much watering. right now it's 69 degrees here in the district but culpeper, fredricksburg you're still 74 degrees. you can open those windows just a little bit although you will let in a little tree pollen. some of the rain we see up through pennsylvania may start to watch out that pollen. that will likely stay to our north though it could get as close as hagerstown tomorrow morning. we can see a little snow on the edge of that northern frontal boundary. i wanted to show you that that front will be sinking through our area. weigh start out warm and introduce those showers as the front stalls to our south on wednesday. that's why we'll get a bit cooler and that will give us a chance for a little bit more rain in the forecast. 65 degrees tonight, we'll start with sunshine tomorrow so keep the

86 with a touch of humidity in the afternoon. winds out of the quest will help to fuel up scattered thunderstorms one or two of which can be strong. we're seeing up through pennsylvania by 8:00 in the morning maybe a little bit of that is getting closer to hagerstown. most of us stayed dry. noon hour a few scattered showers starting to pop up and yes there will even be some stronger storms down to our south. we'll be watching as another line begins to develop. not everybody sees rain tomorrow but as that line tries to get together with the frontal boundary, it could produce some stronger downpours. wednesday will introduce clouds and a few more showers developing in the afternoon. this is what you want to be ready for tomorrow. it could be as warm as 88 in fredricksburg, 89 for culpeper, 86 for dc. we wrap it up with your 7-day forecast.

we're going to see things significantly below average starting on wednesday, 66 down to 62 on thursday. so keep the rain gear handy for thursday. and friday we've got our fox 5 rocks concert. there might be a shower early on. i don't think it will be a lot. temperatures at concert time in the 50s. 67 for our high on friday. weekend not bad but showers possible sunday and monday. so i guess we made enough noise about it being kind of dry and now we've got some big chances of rain coming almost every day this week. >> we could use it. >> significant chance. not big rain but at least a chance. >> pull the sweaters back out for a little bit. >> i'm thinking boots for maybe thursday. >> in tonight's health watch, an important recall to tell you about. crf frozen foods is recalling 15 different organic frozen vegetables because of possible listeria contamination. green peas, mix pd

white sweet corn and other vegetables. no illnesses have been reported but listeria could lead to serious z infections to young people and people with weakened immune systems. >> a new warning about those popular but dangerous laundry pods. poisoning from the packets are on the rise. it continues despite warnings and packaging changes. experts say more needs to be done. clark powell explains. >> reporter: soon after being introduced in the u.s. market, thousands of serious incidents involving children and laundry detergent packets. made them harder for children to open. but a new study shows during 2013 and 2014 there were more than 22,000 incidents in children younger than six. an increase of 17%. >> these children have come in in

breathing. we've even had two deaths in the last two years due to exposure to laundry packets. >> reporter: he looked at several types of detergents, both packets and traditional form. when children bite down on packets, they burst. they are associated with more serious medical outcomes, more hospitalizations, and more breathing failure than other types of detergents, as well as two child death the. >> those concentrated chemicals can cause serious burns. it gets down the lung and it can cause serious damage. it also when it's absorbed can cause effects on the brain. >> experts say parents of young children should avoid using laundry detergent packets all together. >> some of the manufacturers have moved to make containers less accessible to children. but what we found was in fact the number of exposures have

continued to increase. >> reporter: at nationwide children's hospital, this is clark powell reporting. >> this sounds like a dieter's dream. a new study shows the best way to lose weight, binge one day a week. tests show people who didn't allow a cheat day had problems sticking to their diets. but people who did allow themselves a cheat day had greater success with their diet in the long run. nutritionists say giving in once a week allows people to resist temptation longer. >> one cheat day. that's it. >> that's right. makes sense. >> coming up next, we're going to hear from the newest member of the washington redskins. >> but first, the fox 5 concert series continues on friday. featuring a band called the muddy crows. come out to

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suspension for brady's role in the intentional deflation of footballs prior to the twist afc championship game. today's ruling is not necessarily about what brady may or may not have done, but how the commissioner went about handling the situation. brady still has the option to appeal. >> the nfl draft is next thursday. the redskins have said that's where they'll build the team. >> today a big move by the team with a big price tag. jim lokay is here. >> we knew this was coming last week, now it's becoming official. there was one moment in the press conference today. let's talk about the redskins and the quick spin on the free agency wheel. one and done for josh norman. those are the guys who don't usually get a $75 million pay day. the redskins changed

>> i get to be a free agent. when all the glitz and glam started coming. i enjoyed it. i was very appreciative of it. >> how do you keep the rest of the guys happy? chris baker asking the tough questions. >> the guys want to know if there are any more money left for guys like chris baker. >> i got you, bake. you'll be all right. don't worry. >> this early season was bryce harper hitting his first career grand slam and following it up and yesterday he connected. the nats would go on to win 6-5 and 16. what did he do on his

today? that's a good sign there. everybody on social media wants to know, did the kid realize that harper was there. or else he noticed it's the back of him. >> without the hair you don't know. >> good stuff zblsmt all right. we thank you for joining us tonight. the news at 11:00 starts right now. >> right now at 11:00, a dozen people shot or stabbed in just three days. a weekend crime wave has residents worried about what's to come. >> then, teaming up against trump. the pact between cruz

drawing criticism and insults from the gop front runner. >> when he's under pressure he's like a basket case. >> and spreading kindness with cookies. hear from a local girl scout whose actions are being praised tonight. fox 5 news at 11 starts right now. >> we begin with a bloody and violent weekend across the district. >> police have been busy working a dozen stabbings and shootings. marina marraco is live at police headquarters following those investigations. marina? >> summer is still a couple of months away and warm weekend and with it came a wave of violence that spanned three of the four quadrants in northwest, northeast as well as southeast. eight total shootings, three stabbings and one of those stabbings was a fatal one which happened on saturday. but the weekend got off on a bad foot. on friday the cr