montgomery county state's attorneys office says mendoza went as far as bringing the alleged hitmen to the twinbrook metro station where he knew his wife would be. >> he said there she is. that's her. he showed them exactly who to kill. >> reporter: mendoza points out his wife. tells the men to make it look like a robbery. that's where you can shooter, he says. and then take her purse. mendoza is later apprehended without any harm ever coming to his estranged wife or her lover. >> erika gonzalez reporting. mendoza is facing life in prison. he'll be sentenced in may. >>> a large police presence remains in an olney neighborhood tonight after a deadly shooting there. police got a call from somebody who heard gunshots in the area of laughlin lane last night. they arrived and found man dead in the driveway. police say a second person showed up wounded at the hospital. they say they were able to tie him to laughlin lane as well. it's not yet clear how the victims are related or if they were targeted. >>> there is a bill headed to the desk of d.c. mayor vincent gray tonight. that bill would ease the penalt

at twinbrook approaching the beltway, again, no issues. and near georgetown, wisconsin avenue, looks like the street is still completely asleep. and this is right at q street. we do have the accident that ddot told us about. two-vehicle crash, 14th street at c street southwest to worry about. and we've had a couple of vre delays. ten minutes on fredericksburg 300, and five minutes on fredericksburg 302. aaron and ericka, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >>> 6:02. a developing story now as the sun rises this morning. search crews will be back out at kenilworth park looking for 8-year-old relisha rudd. police are searching the park after learning about items purchased by her alleged abductor, khalil tatum. megan mcgrath is live in northeast d.c. with more on what they found and how long the search might take. >> reporter: well, aaron, let's talk a little about the search area. i'm standing in front of just a small piece of it. you see a police officer has the entrance to the park blocked off. that's the case all along this stretch of

mendoza took that undercover cop to the twinbrook metro station pointing out his estranged wife on her way to work. >> they saw her. a picture was taken of her and  he indicated to the people he thought were hitmen that's the woman i want killed. >> reporter: in audio surveillance the police informant asks how do you want us to kill her? the undercover cop asks like a shot in the head? you want to cut her throat or what? mendoza responds however you could do it, but if you, could take her away and have her disappear so there's no body or anything. that would be better, too. >> it was very deliberate and calculated. >> reporter: authorities say the abuse was nothing new and he often told his wife who is undocumented he'd have her deported if she ever went to police. >> she had the additional layer of being threatened with deportation. her husband threatened he would go to the authorities and this is not an isolated incident. this is years and years of an abusive relationship. >> reporter: but finally at the urging of a friend she got an order of protection against mendoza. prosecutors