his name is aaron kidd. the school will have counselors available for the rest of the week for students and staff. >>> jesse jackson jr pleaded guilty to charges of misusing can campaign funds and conspiracy. he and his wife sandra arrived in court this morning. his wife is also charged with filing false tax returns. she's scheduled to appear in court this afternoon. >>> barbara mikulski is warning of the impact of sequestration, budget cuts and the impact that that will have on the health care industry as well as her home state. the nih supports 18,000 jobs in maryland. >>> the pentagon is also sounding an alarm about sequestration. it's telling congress that hundreds of thousands of federal employees could face furloughs if no deal is reached. here is more from capitol hill. >> reporter: the fight over $1.2 trillion in across the board spending cuts set to begin march 11 is it is raging on. today it's the pentagon's turn to warn congress. more than 7,000 employees would take a pay cut. yesterday president

the victim's mother says that her son aaron kidd was about to become a father next month. she says she dropped him off at school in the morning never to see him again. delia goncalves picks up the story from there in forestville. >> reporter: it is yet another sad day here at suitlands high school. school leaders releasing a statement saying they're horrified to learn that tragedy has struck yet another student in a 24-hour time span. they go on to say that we cannot go another day without addressing this unspeakable violence against our students. >> it still makes you want to cry. >> reporter: 15-year-old freshman chuck walker killed for a pair of shoes. 24 hours later aaron kidd gunned down, motive unknown. the victim's mother tells me off camera her son was visiting friends in the 3700 block of donnell drive in forestville when he and his 18-year-old acquaintance were gunned down. police are still looking for a suspect but she believes a man riding a bike and wearing a ski mask committed the crime. >> everyone wants to be a gangster. you need to be focused on your schoo

those are amber stan and aaron kidd. -- stanley and aaron kidd. investigators are close to making arrests. anyone with information should come forward. the four cases closed were all solved with tips from the community. >>> the search continues for a suspect wanted in the connection of a murder with an elderly couple in virginia. deputies handed out flyers in fauquier county asking if anyone has seen 59-year-old john wesley jeffries believed to have beaten 84-year-old nelson slack and his 74-year- old wifette nell their home saturday. friends knew something was wrong when the couple didn't show up for church. they say the crime has shaken their community. >> quite a shock. you don't expect that to happen in your community. it's always down the road somewhere. >> jeffries is wanted in spotsylvania county for an caught case last month where he was charged with abduction. he's currently listed on virginia's sex offender registry. >>> the man convicted for trying to assassinate president reagan back in court today to see if he should continue living i

aaron kidd, another suitland high school student died at the scene.even teenagers have now been killed in prince george's county this school year alone. >>> we also have a dramatic end in texas this asp to the murder investigation of an expectant mother in northern virginia. 38-year-old jennifer pearson. she was found dead in her apartment in reston on monday after a fire. >> now there's an unexpected twist when a husband was discovered yesterday at his mother's house. 1600 miles away. news4's pat collins joins us live after speaking with the family of the victim. pat? >> jim, jenny pearson was five months pregnant. monday afternoon she was scheduled to go out to lunch to plan a shower for her new baby. but on that monday, on that monday morning, she was murdered inside her home. her brother and sisters described jenny pearson as the star of their family. at age 38, she appeared to have her life right on track. a good job with a cancer research company, a husband and her first baby on the way. >> we believe that she sought is the dream of a stable mar

and other suitland high school student, aaron kidd, was killed tuesday night. his friend andre shuford also died in that shooting. >> it's real sad to hear somebody i watched grow up die. >> it needs to stop. these kids need to graduate and do something with their lives. >> police don't believe the killings are related. >> a developing story from south africa. a bail hearing for double amputee olympian oscar pistorius could wrap up today. closing arguments as the prosecution's case appears to be falling apart. this is amid revelations of police mistakes and an admission that authorities have no evidence challenging his claim that he accidentally shot and killed reeva steenkamp on valentine's day. the lead investigator in the case is facing attempted murder charges for 2011 shooting. oscar pistorius murdered his girlfriend and she was hiding in a bathroom after the two were involved in a fight, say prosecutors. >> the house panel will hold hearings today on the impact of sequestration. lawmakers will look at how it will affect the economy, middle- class, and the

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. >> reporter: just after 5:30 tuesday night, 18-year-old aaron kidd was standing with a group of friend when is she was shot and killed. -- when he was shot and killed. one of his friends, another 18- year-old was gravely wounded and passed away late this afternoon. the motive is unclear. prince georges county police released little information about what led up to the shooting. at his home today, his mom said she has no idea why anyone would want to harm her son. >> i don't know anything yet and all i know is my daughter called me. that is all i know. >> police haven't told you anything in. >> no, they still don't investigate. >> and they have any idea who might have done this? >> no. they have no idea. >> reporter: er this ease williams said her son wanted to be a barber and loved playing drums&in a-go-go band. he was looking for -- drums in a-go-go band and he was looking forward to become a father next month. >> what do you want people to know about aaron? >> he was a good kid and would not hurt anyone. no one. not a fly. and he was just a good kid. i think he was at the wrong place

this should not have happened to no family, to no parent. >> reporter: that was aaron kidd's mother's reactions to the loss of her son. that was her cry to police to try and bring whoever's responsible for what is now considered a double murder to justice. now this is the second day in a row we have been awaiting to hear from police. they'll be making an announcement in a few minutes. about an arrest in monday areas murder. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> we'll have continuing coverage coming up in the next half hour whur's mollette green joins us on the set. we'll find out what her listeners are saying about these senseless deaths. >>> police are trying to identify possible witnesses in the murder of a student at the university of maryland eastern shores. someone stabbed 21-year-old edmund st. claire over the weekend. investigators tell us it happened after an argument broke out between people standing on the street on campus. police are asking anyone who recognizes the vehicles or people walking in this video to give them a call. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray warned tod

the one that took the life of aaron kidd. he was the other suitland high student shot and killed last night in the parking lot of an apartment complex in forestville. the young man he was with, 18- year-old andre, was rushed to the hospital with gun shot wounds. he died this afternoon. >>> investigators say none of these crimes are connected, but they do have the fact of uniting an entire community in grief. surae chinn with a look at the six young victims. >> this hurts. i feel their pain. i feel the parents' pain. >> he nose because anthony stanley's daughter was the first in a string of high school students murdered in prince georges county this school year. 17-year-old amber stanley was shot to death in her bedroom at the beginning of the school year in august. the flowers high school student was a model and hoped to attend harvard. >> it took a lot of time. it's hard. >> central high school honor role student, was gunned down on his way to class. at a candle light vigil, friends described him bursting with love and life.

another teen, aaron kidd, was also killed in the shooting. police have not arrested anyone in the case. >>> congress may not be in session, but a few democrats are holding a hearing on capitol hill, looking into the impact of sequestration on the american economy, middle-class families, and small businesses. wednesday, defense secretary leon panetta formally notified congress of the pentagon's plan to furlough civilian employees should congress not act to stop those automatic spending cuts from going into effect on march 1, just eight days from now. >>> and government agencies all over the country holding their breath to see if congress will make a deal. the national institutes of health would lose $1.at billion in funding -- $1.5 billion in funding if a deal is not made. that means millions of americans whose lives depend on advanced treatments and research, they'll have to go without. nih, cancer, hiv, and alzheimer's research would come to a halt. >>> border protection and transit agents could be out of jobs because of cuts. the wait times

but the mother of 18-year old aaron kidd said he was gunned down after hanging out with friends tuesday. police say he and another 18- year-old was found shot in a forest though parking lot. she says her son was going to be a father next month. >> kids continue to die. >> this comes just one day after another student's death. 15-year-old charles walker, jr. was killed walking near his home apparently over a pair of shoes. the back-to-back murders of the two teenagers with the least not the liebler related gives the total number of high-school students killed to 6. >> executive rushern baker says something needs to change to stop what keeps happening here in the county. >> we are not going to arrest or prosecute our way out of this. we've got to create job opportunities for young people. we need counseling for people who need it. we need health care that affects some of the things we see. >> police urged anyone with information to come forward while they continue to search for a motive and a suspect. forestville, brianne carter, abc7 news. >> the man wanted in connection with a deadly ap

. >> this announcement this afternoon has come as yet another suitland student, 18- year-old aaron kidd, was gunned down yesterday in forestville, just over 24 hours after walker's murder. a cam uponon, 18-year-old andre, was also shot to death. >> the next generation, for no reason. >> at suitland high school, near disbelief that a second student has been murdered in a little more than 24 hours. >> everyone wants to be a gangster. it's not about that. you need to be focused on your school work. >> outraged by the teen murders, reached new heights in the wake of these student murders which police said are not related. so now, the total of prince georges county public school students to die by murder this year has reached six. and everyone is looking for answers as to how to stem this epidemic of youth violence. in prince georges county, maryland, scott broom, wusa9. >> we have a lot more coverage this evening on these teen tragedies in prince georges county. coming up at 6:15, i'll be speaking with school security expert about what schools should be doing to keep teens safe. derek, you'

the case of 17-year-old amber stanley killed in her home back in august, an 18-year-old aaron kidd dying in forestville back on tuesday as well. >>> sadly there is more tragedy to talk about in prince george's county. three people including two kids died in a house fire. now this one happened around 4:00 this morning on leslie avenue and glenn arden as our surae chinn joins us live now at the tragedy house. >> reporter: a family of six lived in that house just beyond the yellow tape. in just a few moments, in a short few minutes half of their family was wiped out. >> reports of four children trapped. >> reporter: firefighters arrived within five minutes, but even that was too late. >> our family is hurting. i just hope that everybody is okay. >> reporter: but it would not be okay. the family talks with wusa9 as they arrive add one of the most awful sites they could imagine. >> i already knew it was my niece's house, so we walked right over. >> reporter: the fire ripped through the home around 4:00 in the morning at the 8600 block. the 33-year-old mother and her 8-year-old daughter jumped

. >> reporter: teresa williams is mourning the loss of her second born, aaron kidd. he was shot and killed yesterday, the sixth prince george's county teen to be killed this school year. williams says the last time she sauce her son was yesterday when she dropped him off for school. >> he said, mommy, i'll see you later. i never saw him again. >> reporter: police say they have closed one of the teen murder cases with the arrest of five suspects. >> criminals need to know if they come to this county and commit senseless acts of violence, we will find them and bring them to justice. >> reporter: 20-year-old derek green of alexandria, 18-year-old jermani wit ner, glenn leach of southeast, tayvon, and kevin smith of temple hill, all five are charged with the murder of charles walker jr. police say monday night walker was shot and killed in his neighborhood. they say the mott i have been was robbery. they wanted the shoes he was carrying. >> i was so devastated about the little boy, because he was just 15. he's the same age as my daughter. >> reporter: kidd's mother told

then on tuesday night, 18-year- old aaron kidd and andre shoeford were gunned down while standing in a parking lot in forestville. walk are and kidd were both freshmen at suitland high school. >>> a d.c. mother is searching for answers after her 4-year- old son wanders away from school. franklin left hd coik elementary school where he is in pre-k after asking his teacher to go to the bathroom. the boy can be seen on surveillance video at a restaurant on 18th street where his mother works. his mother says no one at the school ever called her. a friend alerted her about him. the school says it is investigating that incident. >>> another big story this morning. a maryland judicial excite committee could vote today on whether to pass a bill that would repeal the death penalty. governor martin o'malley is pushing for the legislation calling the practice costly and ineffective at curbing crime. this is o'malley's second effort for such a bill. his first effort failed in 2009. >>> in virginia, a victory for transportation funding reform could come this week. lawmaker have come up with a com

officers are also working leads into the death of 18-year-old aaron kidd and andre shepherd. they were gunned down in forestville. >>> oscar pistorius is back in court for day three of his bail hearing. there is another turn in the case. police said the lead investigator is facing attempted murder charges himself over a shooting from two years ago. >>> with the oscars just a few days away, some are preparing for the biggest night in film. >> reporter: as hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the 85th academy awards, fox caught up with the master of ceremonies, seth mcfarland, to find out what is in store. >> it's me. i just tressed up like your father to jazz your teachers and get you out of here. >> there is an element of satirical tone of family guy that has its place here but i think it has to be tempered with something a little bit more soft edged. >> reporter: he says it would take a pretty penny to get one of his regulars to make a cameo. >> anyone would have to be animated frame by frame. it would be a multimillion- dollar expense and i just don't think it would be wo

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no arrests have been made in stanley's killing or aaron kidd. >> were learning new details about a murder suicide that happened yesterday morning at a home on flore avenue. based on autopsy reports it appears that david draa shot and killed his friend kyle kickman. -- hickman. the police have work together. draa served in the marine corps and apparently suffered severe trauma during his tour of duty. >> we are a number of days away from sequestration. the white house has a different figures as to which -- what states lives in funding. maryland and the district also taking severe gets. we have a look at the programs that are taking the biggest cuts across the area. >> defense affects most of those figures and by far will impact the most people here. according to the white house second on that list goes to education. with almost half of the education cuts affecting students with disabilities. >> yes, it is stuff that was donated. >> selinie founded the lollipop foundation. donating wheelchairs and other equipment to families in need. she has known firsthand the challenges of having a child

and aaron kidd. >> i just wanted to go home. >> kidd became the latest victim at about 5:30 last night. he was standing on the corning won what -- on the corner when one of the men drew a gun and fired. his companion andre shuford died this evening. both men knew trouble, but they did not deserve to be shot. >> someone i've watched grow up basically died. >> these kids, i thought it would graduate and do something with their lives. >> 6 prince george's county students have been shot and killed since the beginning of the year. >> we are not going to prosecute our way out of this. we have to create job opportunities for young people. we need to provide counseling where it is needed. >> police need to think about their priorities too. >> everybody wants to be a gangster. >> police are telling us they have strong leads in the murder of kidd and shuford but that case remains unsolved. abc7 news. >> an accident has claimed the lives of our frederick county man. he was pulling and industrial -- he was filling in industrial tractor tire with air when it exploded killing him. this was just befo

tuesday night, about 5:30, aaron kidd was standing with a group of friends in a parking lot on donel drive in forestville when someone shot him. the 18-year-old died. one of his friends, another 18- year-old, also hit by gunfire. andre also died. police aren't saying much about this case yet. but aaron's mother has plenty to say. >> i don't know anything yet. all i know is my daughter called me and told me aaron was shot. that's all i know. >> police haven't told you anything? >> no. they still are doing an investigation. >> they have any idea who might have done this? >> no. >> miss williams says her son who attended the ninth grade at suitland high school was about to become a father nebs next month. >> he was a good kid. he wouldn't hurt anybody. he wouldn't even hurt a fly. he was a good kid and i think it was just because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> police tell us there's no indication of any connection to the murders of aaron and andre yesterday to the murder of c.j. on monday. by the way, c.j. and aaron were both freshman at suitland high school where grief

there are still no arrests in the shooting of 18-year-old aaron kidd. he died in a parking lot of an apartment complex in forestville. his girlfriend is expecting their first baby next month. also shot in that parking lot, 18-year-old andre schufert. he died of his injuries yesterday. >>> in recess or on vacation, whatever you call it, congress is still not back on capitol hill until next week. even though we're just eight days away from those massive automatic federal budget cuts taking effect, now top pentagon officials are issuing new warnings about the consequences for their employees. some in congress are willing to let sequester take effect. we're sorry about the audio. they're talking about 800,000 people just in civilianings being let go. but president obama is telling lawmakers not to allow the sequester to happen. however, if nothing is done in the next eight days, those automatic budget cuts will go into effect one week from tomorrow. >>> it is 5:34. let's talk money. >> jessica doyle is back with more on how unprepared most americans probabl