investigators questioned the people in the car and they arrested alverson. much of the relief of one victim. >> and i'm good that they cut them because that they could now see it. >> reporter: and now alverson is charged with robbery, kidnapping, assault on the police officer. reporting live at police headquarters, i'm ellison barber. >>> it happened overnight as they were parked in front of their headquarters in silver springs. fortunately no one was inside that cruiser and that the bullet went through their front windshield. >>> and we are monitoring developing news where they have arrested three suspects, looking for a possible fourth accused of stealing several handguns. the plot is said to discovered while responding to a burglary at the pawnshop. now police call the plot a substantial credible threat to police. >> tonight president obama is back at the white house after spending much of the day at a memorial. >> a closer look at the speech today and an emotional one that it was. >> yes, absolutely. a testament to the power of words with their short com

according to police the man is lavel alverson of maryland.ice accused him of robbing four people. it was after that that police say he got into that shootout. the suspect was struck in the leg, no one else was hurt. >> we were cleaning up and they had been shooting fireworks so you reporter: alverson was charged with robbery, assault on an officer and kidnapping. police say he also tried to force a group of innocent people to drive him away in their car from the initial robbery scene. >>> in the wake of the dallas tragedy and black lives activism, we're learning about community policing. >> one area was getting a lot of attention. its called the transforming neighborhoods initiative and scott is there to tell us what's going on. reporter: it's a frustrating fact of life, police cannot solve all the social problems that lead to crime but through transforming the neighborhoods initiative, they can partner with organizations that help, organizations like 100 black men. the group is seen in a video they provided keeps its focus simple, mentoring

alverson was ordered held without bond. turns out he was on probation from a previous charge when that gunfight started. that's the very latest from d.c. superior court. back to you. >> mark segraves, thanks, mark. >>> a man is in jail a woman noticed him taking photos up her skirt inside an arlington metro station. the guy tried to destroy the evidence, police say. pat collins is outside the courthouse with more on this. pat? >> reporter: police say she was a victim of upskirting. you will soon see how she moved to stop the suspect. and how two good samaritans came to help. and within minutes, case closed. this surveillance video shows the confrontation. you can see the victim maneuver herself to keep the suspect from running away. you can see him throw his phone to the ground in an apparent effort to destroy it. then watch as two good samaritans move in to help. in the end, this 34-year-old man was captured and cuffed at the arlington courthouse metro station, charged in connection with an upskirting incident here. police

>> reporter: first suspect in the early morning shootout with police, alverson appeared on crutches. we learned for the first time moments ago, he was actually shot himself during that shootout with police. he was shot in the ankle. here is what we're learning about that tape. he told police he admitted to robbing four people on a basketball court after he robbed them of their cell phones, he had them lie down on the ground and fired his weapon into the ground and then took off. when police arrived on the scene, he commandeered an suv with five innocent police in it. at that point, he opened fire on police and police returned fire. he then shot his way out of the car. he blew out the back window by shooting out that window and fled. he ran home, had his younger brother call an ambulance. it was at that time at the hospital that police connected the dots and ar without bond. that was just the first of two incidents yesterday in which police were shot at. first an early morning shootout in southeast. police say a gunman with hostages in this suv exchanged gunfire with police. later tha