victim, arthur baldwin, a uniformed secret service officer, shot multiple times. now the police may have a motive. >> we think he may have been the victim of an attempted robbery. before, called when it had been in court on a domestic violence case. he was accused of trying to break into his ex-girlfriend's with hise armed service weapon, leading to a suspension from the secret service. off-camera, his grieving ex-girlfriend said he was, "a good man and amazing person come he did not deserve that. he do not have a beef with anybody. all he did was work and take care of his kids." >> we are looking at other robberies that have occurred in the vicinity to look for similarities. roz: so far, only a vague description of the suspect, and they need much more help. >> we are hoping that somebody will come forward with information because this happened in broad daylight on our city streets and we believe there are some people who can give us valuable information. roz: the police are looking for three suspects, with only a vague description. there is a $25,000 reward in th

we since learned that arthur baldwin was a secret service uniformed division police officer and assigned to protecting the white house complex. these uniformed secret service officers are assigned to protect facilities, in this case the white house complex. we have been able to dig through some archives and found out that officer baldwin had been arrested in april and charged with attempted burglary and destruction of property after an incident at a home in northeast d.c. today we're learning he was shot to death yesterday afternoon in southwest. we are expecting more information from the d.c. police department. we'll have that for you as it comes in. >>> this just in, the hill is reporting a massive spending and tax deal in congress restores federal funding for metro. early versions of the plan included a $50 billion budget cut. the government will not shut down thanks to a short-term deal expected to pass today. the full spending bill is expected to pass next week. it will shield middle class workers from tax increases. >>> l.a. schools will reopen this morning, one day after a threat

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police say arthur baldwin was shot to death around 3:00 p.m. tuesday on the 4700 block of first treat. a very busy area. >> kids got to walk from here to there. i don't want to see that. mike: in april, the 30-year-old secret service office was put on leave and security clearance suspended after arrest on first-degree attempted burglary and destruction of property. he was armed with the service weapon when he tried to break in his girlfriend's house. today in tears, she disputed that and said she was in fear for her life. off-camera she said that baldwin had no ill-will and the charges were trumped up and if not for secreth service scandal it would haven't happen. she said he was a good man and never had a beef with anybody. she said she planned testify on his behalf at the february trial. the recent court appearance was tuesday morning. signing a court document a few hours before he was killed. he worked in the secret service branch and they would not discuss the status of the suspension but confirmed he was still an employee. they are aware o

arthur baldwin was murdered on tuesday. detectives are looking for three men in their late teens or early 20s. there's a $25,000 reward. >> ash carter released a statement about using his personal e-mail during his first few months at the pentagon. carter spokesman did not say if this violates the pentagon e-mail policy, but he said carter stopped the practice a few months into taking the top possession. >>> gop candidate donald trump appeared on the kimmel show saying he made an effort to be nicer to his fellow candidates. >> i would like to see the candidates come together, i've been a little bit divisive. >> a little bit. >> trump has called for temporarily banning muslims from entering the united states. the businessman said he received calls of thanks from friends who are muslims, kimmel joked they might have been crank calls. >> a montgomery county principal is in trouble with the law. >> reporter: kids on the jackets, we're in the upper 40s, we're not going heavy on the rain gear on the way to school, but on the way

arthur baldwin had a wife and three children. he'd been with the secret service for years and most recently stationed at the white house. he was found on southwest d.c. near the prince george's county border. >> he is an employee of the secret service and we do not believe he was armed at the time. >> reporter: baldwin was not armed because he'd been suspended in april after he was charged with destruction of property in trying to break into his former girlfriend's home. just hours before he was killed. baldwin was in d.c. superior court pleading not guilty to the misdemeanor of destruction of property charge and the more serious charge of trying to break into his girlfriend's home was dismissed. police don't believe his murder was connected to his job or the criminal charge. >> this time the motive that we believe is a robbery. that's the only apparent motive right now. >> reporter: now i did speak to several of his friends who did not want to go on camera. they say baldwin loved his children very much and that he didn't deserve

sources say the victim was arthur baldwin, who was put on leave in april after a burglary arrest. npd is searching for three men .n connection with the shooting the secret service released a statement expressing condolences to that officer's family. in other news, more than a dozen people are out of their homes this noon after a fire ripped through 4 townhomes in prince william county this morning in manassas. two firefighters were trapped. jeanette reyes is in the newsroom with how they escaped and the damage they left behind. jeanette: two firefighters are ok this afternoon after being trapped inside that burning building, but now, 15 people are without a home because of this multi-alarm fire. take a look at this incredible video. those flames broke out around 3:30 this morning near auburn .igh school firefighters told us they could see flames shooting through the roof. firefighters two were trapped on the second floor. one jumped from the window. the other was rescued with a latter. >> i stepped on the roof outside my window. i leaned over to look, and there was a fire in the b

arthur baldwin was shot and killed in broad daylight in washington, d.c. city police say it appears to have been an attempted robbery. >> baldwin had been suspended last spring for an attempted burglary at his ex-girlfriend's house but that charge later dropped. it's uncertain whether he was back on active duty when he died yesterday. >>> an arrest warrant has been issued for ang 18-year-old who made headlines two years ago for killing four people in a drunk driving crash in texas and claiming his affluenza was to blame. ethan couch was put on ten years of probation but now he disappeared. victims' families ad of him surfaced online watching friends play beer pong they worry being world. >>> elsewhere in texas a passenger dispute forced the cancellation of a flight inbound from amsterdam out of houston. an elderly passenger alerted a flight attendant of suspicious behavior by two men who appeared to be middle eastern. the two men and two people they were traveling with were released when police determined they were not a threat. >>> a christian college has

arthur ballot win near the d.c. prince george's county line. baldwin was a secret service officer stationed at the white house, but he's been on leave from his job pending an ongoing criminal case. we'll have an update on his story from news 4's mark segraves coming up in ten minutes. we're awaiting on a news conference to start from baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and kevin davis. we're looking at a live picture where protesters are criticizing prosecutors after the freddie gray death. we'll have live team coverage coming up. >>> mayor rawlings-blake stepping to the podium now. she put out a statement advising people tol have peaceful demonstrations and saying she would protect the cities and neighborhoods and the businesses in the city. let's listen. >> the jury in the criminalase of officer william porter ended its deliberations without being able to reach a unanimous verdict all of us, if we believe in justice must have respect for the outcome of the judicial process. this is our american system of justice 12 baltimore city residences answ

officer arthur baldwin was found shot multiple times in southwest on tuesday. bald win was not armed and had been on administrative leave after breaking into his girl frernld's house in the spring. they're still looking for three people in their teens or early 20s. >>> 5:30 your time now we turn to decision 2016 and bernie sanders could pick up one of his biggest endorsements yet. they will throw its support behind the democratic presidential candidate. they represent 700,000 american workers. >> right now people across the country are already lining up for the new "star wars" movie, no surprise there. the wait for "the force awakens" is almost over. people brought chairs and blankets outside the theater in northwest washington. look at that. it's expected to be a box office opening. you've seen all the toys, everything. with so many people waiting to see the movie, they're issuing a crackdown on drunk driving. they're putting out new drive sober or get pulled over ads together today. aaa says 45 million are expected to travel between christmas and new year's.

. >> reporter: pat peterson heard the gunshots that kill the 30-year-old arthur baldwin who we letterlearned was a secret service officer. his detail was at the white house, a friend said. >> nobody is safe. not even the secret service. >> reporter: according to court documents he was set for a bench trial in february. he had been charged with attempted burglary and destruction of property at his ex-girlfriend's apartment in the southeast back in april. charging documents say that dc police responded to aburg later in progress and that baldwin kicked in the door. the police found brokens and two windows shattered. it says the victim was crying, shaking, appeared in fear of her life. we talked to that woman it this afternoon. she did notment to go on camera but she disputes the police reports of what happened that day -- she did not want to go on camera but she disputes the police reports of what happened that day. she said that day she did not want him to lose his job, he is a police officer. what is a mist row is -- mystery is why he was where he was when this happened. >> it is all

secret service officer whose name was arthur baldwin. news 4's mark segraves is live in police headquarters where we just got an update on this investigation. mark? >> there are still a lot of mysteries surrounding the story of the police officers. here's what we know. yesterday morning police were flagged down in the seventh district and very close to the prince george's county border and that's where they found the bod of ath you are balloted wib. ms. friends knew him as a.j. he was marry and had three children and he was say secret service officer most recently a signed to the white house. he was shot multiple times on first street southwest just before 3:00. what we do know is earlier baldwin was in d.c. superior court appearing on the charges of a misdemeanor destruction of property charge which he pled not guilty to and he pled not guilty for that and was set for trial next year and he's been on administrative leave from the secret service penning the outcome of that disposition and of those charges and yesterday, he was in court f

arthur baldwin was shot and killed on the street tuesday afternoon. right now there's a $25,000 reward as police search for three men in the area at the baldwin worked for the secret service foreign missions branch. and was in the prose of fighting charges in a domestic violence incident. he was in court tuesday morning just hours before he was killed. >>> another top member of president obama's cabinet is facing scrutiny for his e- mails. the "new york times" says defense secretary ash carter used a personal e-mail account to conduct a portion of his government duties. it happened during the first few months at the pentagon. the times reports that he used it for two months after hillary clinton's personal e-mail came to light. carter stopped after the white house found out. >>> new information about the e- mail threat that shut down the l. a. school system. the owner of the e-mail server which routed the message is an personallying in romania. she says romania. he says the nypd subpoenaed him and the nypd opted not to close concluding the threat was

arthur baldwin was shot and killed in broad daylight in washington, d.c. have been an attempted robbery. >> baldwin had been suspended last spring for an attempted burglary at his ex-girlfriend's house, but that charge later dropped. it's uncertain whether he was back on active duty when he died yesterday. >>> an arrest warrant has been issued for an 18-year-old who ma headlines two years ago for killing four people in a drunk driving crash in texas and claiming his affluenza was to blame. ethan couch was put on ten years of probation with no drinking allowed,, but now he disappeared. after video of him surfaced online of him online playing beer pong, they worry being have fled to anywhere in the world. passenger dispute forced the cancellation of a flight inbound from amsterdam out of housuston. an elderly passenger alerted a flight attendant of suspicious bevior by two men who appeared to be middle eastern. all the passengers were ordered off the plane. the two men and two people they were traveling with were they were not a threat. >>> a christian colle

officer arthur was found shot multiple times yesterday. now baldwinas not armed and was an administrative leave after being accused of breaking into his girlfriend's life. the shooting doesn't have anything to do with the investigation, but they're looking if three people in their teens or early 20s. >>> you could call them holiday holdups, the sharp spike in bank robberies during the holiday season. scott mcfarland reports, it's not just money at risk, there are things you ought to know before you swing by the bank. >> reporter: a recent brash of robbers, some handed notes to the tellers, this one pulled a gun, his finger on the trigger. this one, the forever loyal bandit hit several times in fairfax county up and down the pike. >> as he walks with, dragging his left leg. >> reporter: moves slowly, but he's one bank after another after another, and he's still on the loose. >> hard to put into words that fear that you feel when you know that your son might be in danger. >> reporter: bank robber on the run gave lorraine the scare of her life. he busted