prince george's county state's attorney angela alsobrooks says the violence is horrific. today he she lobbied in annapols for legislation to expand the definition of abuse and harassment. >> we need everything possible at our disposal to hold individuals accountable, to reprove dangerous people from our street looking at when they see the cases. >> statewide last year, maryland saw a 22% drop in modestic homicides. look at -- in domestic homicides. look at prince george's county the number of domestic murders nearly tripled according to the network against domestic violence. advocates say everyone needs to get involved and get the victims some help. >> we believe if they get help, they will be at less risk of being killed or seriously injured. so that is what we are hoping for. >> in most cases of domestic homicide, the suspects are charged with second-degree murder. the maximum penalty for that here in the state of maryland is 30 years. state's attorney angela alsobrooks thinks the penalty should be stricter to serve as a greater deterrent. reporting live in landover, ma

angela alsobrooks told me of seven of the eighth homicides in the county have been domestic in nature, including this that took place in early february where her woman and 2-year-old daughter were shot outside the townhouse in fort washington. allegedly by the baby's father. children have been present at the most recent domestic homicides in the county. people must speak up and get themselves and others help. we were raised in a culture that said mind your business. you can no longer mind your business. you have to get involved. suzanne: tonight at 5:00, surprising statistics about how prince george's county compares to the rest of the state. when it comes to domestic related homicides. reporting live in tonight in landover, suzanne kennedy, abc7 michelle: we want anyone you know to get help. go to wjla.com and search domestic hotline. we have the phone number of the local and the national centers to reach out to. just search domestic hotline on wjla.com. jonathan: this is from our sister station in phoenix. this is a police chase. you don't see police cars, the motorcycle is the one

we may be hearing from a state's attorney, angela alsobrooks there. this has shocked this department and we get the news today that it could have, in fact, been -- it could have been friendly fire that caused his first officer he saw, and according to police that shooter intended to die in a gun battle yesterday. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you very much for your patience. my name is julie parker, i'm the director of media relations for the prince george's county police department. before we begin, our department would like to express its extreme gratitude for the show of support we have received from around this nation. we have heard from the white house, from the fbi director, from the atf, from governor hogan, senator carden, mikulski, congressman hoyer, congresswoman edwards, multiple other people and from our law enforcement family from around the country and, in fact, around the world. and we can't forget the citizens of prince george's county who have reached out to so many of us. we thank you very much for your support during this tragi

angela alsobrooks was awarded the first women in business development award. other honorees were jennifer freeman and charlene dukes. news4's shomari stone was the emcee for this morning's event. congratulations to all. >> yeah. >>> and a beautiful day. my goodness. we jumped all the way to june. >> oh, my gosh, it's fabulous out there. we're 30 degrees above normal and we get one more day of this 80-degree weather, and then we do start to cool off, but temperatures still will be okay as we head on into the weekend. so here are the weather headlines. record warmth in the forecast again tomorrow. bwi marshall dulles hit record highs. i think all three major airports will hit a record high tomorrow. it will be cooler for the weekend, temperatures in the 60s, but that's 5 to 10 degrees above normal. rain chances increase as we work into the weekend and monday. more on that in a moment. tomorrow the weather having a low impact on your day. more clouds but you will still want the sunglasses as you go to and from work with partly sunny skies. exercise, go out early.

angela alsobrooks told the lawmakers of the 189 murders in the county this year, seven of them were connected to domestic violence. >> he was one of the two officers hurt in the deadly shooting that killed fellow officer ashley guindon. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg just sat down with the police chief to find out what is next for the injured officers and how the department is moving forward after the tragedy. jeff? jeff: people to talk to family and friend and work through the grieving process. look at the police cruiser outside the headquarters covered with flowers and notes in honor of officer ginned -- officer guindon, the community is offering all the support. >> we are doing okay. this is a day-by-day kind of thing. jeff: nothing could have prepared the police for the sudden and the tragic loss of ashley guindon. the chief hudson says they have thrown tremendous resiliency. >> we'll be grieving over ashley and for a long time. jeff: officer ginned gipped -- officer guindon was shouted and killed on the first day of the street on a you inly sworn officer. she was 28 years o

. >> angela alsobrooks reviewing how it could have happened. >> i wish we kept him in jail. >> wi first reported that reynolds was localed up march 1 accused of beating tarekka jones. pointing a gun at her and making threats. he would still be locked up on a no-bond status if jones had not gone to the reynolds bond review and recanted the story of the assault. judges joseph wright setted bond at $20,000. prosecutors didn't object and he was released. >> this is a worst case scenario. >> lydia's 2-year-old grandson murdered by his mother's boyfriend three years ago. now she speaks out against domestic violence and say women like jones must find the courage to get away from the abusive men. >> think aou you have to think about you and the child. that comes first. before any type of other relationship. >> the state attorney alsobrooks leading the charge against domestic violence seconds the comments that you heard from lydia polk. she can't tell women to break up with somebody but if they feel in danger she says the system will protect them. the woman is out there now and she females in da

. >> angela alsobrooks announce that malik and elijah will face second-degree murder charges even though this morning a district court commissioner, not a lawyer, found no probable cause for >> we'll resume aspect of the case. >> they might gather additional evidence to strengthen the case. >> former state attorney says it is possible the district court commissioner didn't understand the law. it could be a warning sign that this is a complicated case. >> the effort to try to hold them accountable for the second degree murder charges or the first-degree assault charges for firing the shots. >> tonight elijah and malik are held without bond. the brother michael is hospitalized. he will be charged when he gets out. brad bell, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. abc7 staying on top of every new development in this case. follow the investigation on air and online at wjla.com. ahead at 6:00, the new what the homeless shelter now as to deal with. horace holmes but she found fame. seeing her dancing with the president and now playing happens with the harlem globe trotters. she has moves. we show you

prince george's county states attorney angela alsobrooks dropped off ten cases today. four fire stations and a police station are accepting the donations. you can find the complete list on the nbc washington app. just search donate water. they hope to fill a tractor-trailer in just the next few weeks. >>> so one month your then all of a sudden it's $180 or even higher. tom sherwood reports two dozen families in northwest d.c. are fighting a big spike in their bills that amounts to thousands of dollars. >> reporter: normally quiet american university park. it's used all sort of street and utility work. >> they did a lot of work right on that intersection right there for months they were there. >> reporter: but recent work by d.c. water crews has dozens of residents here certain something is wrong. normal water bills from about $80 to $100 a month have spiked. >> i have had an exaggerated water bill since october going $250, $300, $400 and not normal bills for us. >> reporter: homeowner alyssa free. >> in october they put in a new water meter. after that we started to re

. >> reporter: today prince george's county state's attorney angela alsobrook said what happened in cheverly monday night is every prosecutor's worst nightmare and the worst case sna scenario. she says jones refused to cooperate. in fact she paid to bail him out of jail and within a week he came back with a gun. paul wagner, fox 5 local news. thank you, paul. we have an update tonight on a story we've been following since last september. dc will start using ambulances rather than dc fire and ems to trajs port patients suffering from minor medical emergencies. fox 5 has learned the service will start march 28th and it will operate 18 hours a day. the private ambulances with trained emts on board will handle basic emergencies like cuts and sprains. but dc fire and ems personnel will continue to care for patients with severe conditions like chest pains, overdoses and severe allergic reactions. >> a lot of our members are still apprehensive are we abandoning the patient when we give them to amr and the same thing for the citizens. and the reality is no. we have an opportunity to treat the patien

the same with the state's attorney miss angela alsobrooks know that 21 charges are being placed against these individuals as we speak. everything from conspiracy to commit murder to murder. know that this was preventable i spoke about the fact that circumstantially we believe the round that killed detective colson was fired by a police officer. but the community knows this department does not operate on circumstantial evidence. so while we have identified the six officers who will be named and victims charging documents made available from the state's attorney office already, i am not prepared to say which of those officers might have fired that round. results of the office -- results of the autopsy are spending. this is circumstantial. result of the examination of the forensic technicians and firearms investigation are spending. my concern, grave concern, the community needs to know this was callously recorded and could have b so with that, i'm going to invite the president of our fraternal order of police who has been with me all day as we tried to help the membership of this departme

late this afternoon state attorney angela alsobrooks saying she is not giving up. >> we reviewed the fact with the police department and we agree there was probable cause to file second-degree murder charges in this case. brad: second-degree murder charges, and handgun charges because the brothers helped transport michael here with a handgun in the car. state attorney alsobrooks pledging to go to a grand jury to seek indictments and said it's her office which will decide which charges to take to a grand jury and she says the case warrants serious charges. we will back with 5:00 with more on this and more on the video and what we are hearing about what it captured. at police headquarters, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. as the ri continues in the death of officer colson we are learning more about the man behind a badge. a men that -- man from was a leader that would do anything for anyone. amy aubert spent two days talking to those close to officer colson and joins us live outside the police department. amy: you can see behind me here a growing memorial show what is the off

tonight angela alsobrooks is promising a review of what happened. she says clearly a mistake was made. >> this is our worst case scenario. the worst day. the worst day we have have is when somebody we are attempting to keep safe ends up dead. brad: ms. alsobrooks is not blaming court personnel at all. she cases women who filed charges against men either do not come to testify, don't show up again, 50%. the fault lies with the shooter. when we come back at 6:00, we have more on the story and we hear from miss alsobrooks thinks may be a solution. you will hear emotional comments from a domestic violence herself. a woman who lost her grandson to an angry boyfriend. in cheverly, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: a 15-year-old is charged in the shooting death of his mother's boyfriend. but it's what happened inside the home on tallsville road is raising the question. jeff goldberg has that side of the story. jeff: this happened 24 hours ago. i occurred yesterday at 3:45. the authorities getting a call about the shooting from a third party. they found john

reynolds was arrested in march, but prince george's county state's attorney angela alsobrook says its tariqua who paid his bond so he could be released. one week later he was back at the apartment where he shot and killed jones and her stepsister. coming up at 5:00, the state's attorney explains why reynolds was given bond despite his lengthy criminal history and why this entire case is now under review. >>> that cheverly case is one of several recent cases illustrating the growing problem of domestic violence. it's our focus today on "talk around town." us. troy, the cases are very disturbing. two women shot in cheverly. two other women staped in land over. a wife shot to death by her husband in northern virginia before he shots the police officers who tried to intervene. what do your listeners think is fueling this increase? >> people feel this is so tragic, so heartbreaking that people are going through this. beyond the violence there is certainly the reality that it's beyond the victim. it sends reverberations of pain through their families. a lot of people expressing their condo

. >>> it is a role reversal for prince george's county state attorney's attorney angela alsobrooks. she testified today in support of senate bill 960 during a hearing before the senate judicial proceedings in a committee in annapolis. if it is passed, that bill would add harrassment, animalicious destruction of property to the definition of abuse in connection with domestic violence incidents. >> i show up and bus your windows out in attempt to threaten you, make you feel unsafe in your home. that will should and crime. if you go outside and you're right if you tear your own computer up in the that's one thing, but what we're trying to correct is a situation where i show up and i break the windows out of the house, or i do something else to destroy property in order to make you feel unsafe. >> the bill would also increase the number of reasons for granting protective orders. >>> we have some much-needed good news out of prince william county to share with you tonight. one of the officers injured in the shoot that killed officer ashley again den and wounded another is back home with

prince george's county state's attorney angela alsobrooks dropped off ten cases on wednesday. we told you about the volunteer emt who is leading this effort. four fire stations and a police station are accepting donations of water. you can find the complete list on the nbc washington app. just search "donate water." they hope to sell a tractor-trailer in the next few weeks. >>> i'm eun yang. we are following the stories you are clicking on this morning, the first attempt in the u.s. at a uterus transplant has failed. we brought you this story earlier this week. we can tell you that the 26-year-old woman is recovering today. doctors say she experienced a sudden complication and doctors had to remove the transplanted uterus. >>> we found this next story on mashable.com. get ready for a lot of face-swapping on facebook video. mark zuckerberg announced the update by posting a face filter of an animated iron man mask. you can see it there. no word when facebook plans to integrate the new feature. seems the competition is heating up. snapchat just added the face-swapping feature abo

state's attorney angela alsobrook says officer jennifer simms filed fraudulent time sheets from 2012-. prosecutors say she took in more than $200,000 of unearned overtime and comp time. her husband, harold simms, is a retired police officer. investigators also charged him. saying he knew what doing. >> well already this month we've been up to 80 degrees, but now i'm tracking some very warm air. i'll show you how warm and even a few showers we're keeping an eye on. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> his mesmerizing voice made "the voice" coaches turn around and a local singer is on his way to becoming a national sensation now. tonight, we take to you the place where it all began. >>> a stabbing death at this bus stop on benning road. the victim, 18-year-old woman. the suspect, a 16-year-old teenaged girl. an eye witness account coming up. news4. >>> and prayers for peace at georgetown university this afternoon. as students come together on the campus to mourn and remember the when it comes to the fithings you love,. you want more. love romance? get lost in every embrace.<