. >> 21-year-old antoine pitt made his first court appearance on friday. that was more than two months after police say he attacked a young mother in d.c.'s east hill neighborhood. we now know part of what helped police catch him were his distinctive shoelaces. >> jackie bensen has the details you'll hear only on news 4. >>> 21-year-old antoine pitt was arrested september 30th in a bathroom at the martin luther king jr. library, suspected of selling synthetic drugs and with a tempered gps monitoring ankle bracelet in his backpack. news 4 has learned that at a court hearing, a prosecutor asked the judge to keep pitt behind bars but was released and ordered to commit no further crimes. a court supervision services official tells news 4 efforts were made to locate pitt, two weeks later in the 1800 block of a street southeast, a young mother working from home looked up to see a man standing in her living room. according to court documents, he began to sexually assault her, saying stop fighting or i'll kill you. the charging documents against pitt noted the vic

. >> his name is antoine pitts and for the past two months he's been held in prince george's county onge. we have the latest from d.c. superior court. >> reporter: chris, antoine pifts was supposed to be in jail. he was supposed to be in jail. news 4 has learned that pitt, the man now charge in the brutal rape that happened in the 1800 block of 18 southeast, the hill east area should have been on gps ankle monitor probation at that time for a 2013 armed robbery, but he had apparently cut off the device weeks beforehand. in court today antoine pitt's attorney asked he be released on bond, claiming there was no evidence linking him to the october rain and she found it unlikely that there were two people that fit the description of the attackattacker, 6'5", 24 pounds. the judge ordered him held without bond until his next court appearance. i was in court today and i will tell you the chilling words that the attacker in this case spoke to the victim. live at d.c. superior court, jackie bensen, news 4. wendy, back to you. >>. >> a horrific crash has claimed the life of a college student as

. >> 21-year-old antoine pitt made his first appearance in court more than two months after police said he attacked a young mother in d.c.'s neighborhood. tonight we know part of what helped police catch him where his distinctive shoe laces. live with the new details you will only here on news 4. >> doreen, tonight i talked to a d.c. councilmember who said it is at least worth taking a look at. removing a gps ankle bracelet to commit a crime. know between yore old antoine was arrested september 30th in a bathroom at the income jr. library with a tempered gps monitoring ankle bracelet. they learned at the court hearing, they asked the judge to keep him behind bars, but he was released to commit no further crime. they told news 4, efforts were made to locate him. two weeks later, according to court documents, he began to sexually assault her saying stop fighting or i will kill you. the charging documents against him noted that the victim's injuries included facial fractures that required surgery and bruising to the neck, body, and limbs. strengthening penalties might be warranted. removei

according to documents that's what antoine pitts told the victim of a home invasion. he's been levelled in prince george's county on an unrelated charge. pitts should have been under gps monitoring at the time of the attack and he apparently cut the device off. >> investigators are trying to piece together what happened and who is to blame? this happened outside the kentland community center in landover maryland today. three people were shot. tracee wilkins is live with the investigation. >> reporter: we're talking about a shootout on a playground where three people were injured and in the midst of this one of the workers from the rec center ran toward the shooting. >> when gunshots were fired at 10:30 this morning just steps away from the kentland center. she did the opposite of what most would do. >> i walked outside to make sure it wasn't anyone i knew. yeah. i mean, because at the end of the day it's part of our family, the whole community. >> reporter: she runs the after-care program here and while children don't arrive until after 2:00 p.m. it could have been on