arthur gonzalez charged with the second-degree murder of his estranged wife julie. prosecutors say she was shot four times during the fight with her estranged husband back in 2013. arthur gonzalez says she tried to stab him with a knife and they reacted out of self-defense he says. the commonwealth says it was premeditated murder. >>> news 4 i-team broke this story on twitter. two d.c. fire department workers on leave after allegedly stealing thousands of dollars of gas for their personal cars. used her government issued credit card to charge gasoline and filled up at a pair of gas stations on pennsylvania avenue not far from her hst d.c. the second employee a 32-year-old man, accused of making off with about $2,600 in gas. investigators tell the i-team the man also sold some of that gas for 50 cents on the dollar. >>> two of maryland's largest casinos are trading in slot machines for table games. according to the baltimore sun, the state lottery and gaming control commission approved the requests for maryland live and horseshoe to eliminate 300 slot machines each.

arthur gonzalez is charged with second-degree murder for killing his estranged wife julie. prosecutors say julie was shot four times in the chest during a fight with her husband in 2013. arthur gonzalez says she tried to stab him with a knife and he reacted out self-defense .common wl wealth says it was repremeditated murder. >>> the first lady will start about joining forces. it was started four years ago by the first lady and jill biden. >>> more than 1100 children are sleeping in homeless shelters in the district. that was the count as volunteers hit the streets. homeless families are housed in the old d.c. skrngeneral hospital and seven hotels. close to 3,000 live in shelters possibly thousands more on the streets. despite the national progress on this it seems in d.c. the number of homeless people is on the rise. particularly teenagers with no place to live. >>> you'll be paying more to visit shenandoah national park in 2015. starting may 1st there will be a $5 increase for weekly vehicle passes taking the cost to $20. in 2017 there are more price hikes expected, but t

arthur gonzalez is accused of killing his estranged wife in 2013. prosecutors say he staged the crime scene and faked his grief. gonzalez testified he shot his wife in self-defense after she attacked him. jurors failed to reach a verdict in the first trial. >>> a man will be on trial for sexual assaulting as many as ten other men in our area. prosecutors say joey met the men at beer pong tournaments and lured them to his home on plum creek drive. at least three people reported attacks to police who found pictures of more point deductioner's phone. >>> metro facing more backlash from the underground emergency on the yellow line last week. a law firm says at least 30 people are suing metro over what happened. more than 80 people were put in the hospital that day. one woman died. news 4 learned that radio encryption may have slowed down rescue teams. sources told transportation reporter that the encryption may have kept d.c. firefighters and metro officials from talking to each other. congress and representatives from metro and ntsb will meet tomorrow.

arthur gonzalez is being tried for a second time. jurors failed to reach a verdict in the first trial. he shot his wife julie in self-defense at their stafford home in2013 say sheg attack himd during an argument. prosecutors accused him of staging the crime scene. >>> kids at two north d.c. schools surprise with an unexpected day off due to a water main break. what's happening, megan? >> reporter: you can see where the water main broke behind me here on t street right in front of two schools. langley elementary and mckinley tech. they're saying the repair work will take anywhere from six to eight hours. the schools are without water until this pipe is fixed. so they had no choice but to cancel classes for the day. it's 9:30 in the morning, but instead of walking into mckinley tech this girl is walking home. same thing for students next door at langley elementary. >> so i noticed the water coming down the street but didn't think it was anything and i guess there's no school today. so i have to walk all the way back home. >> reporter:

arthur gonzalez is accused of killing his estranged wife in their home in stafford county in april of2013. he said he shot his wife in self-defense after she attacked him during an argument. but prosecutors say he staged the crime scene and faked his grief. jurors failed to reach a verdict in the first trial. it is 6:33. >>> a man from gathers burg will be in court for trial for sexual assaulting as many as ten men in our area. he met the men at beer pong tournaments and lured them to his home on plum creek drive. at least three people reported attacks to police. police say they found pictures of more victims on his phone. lawyers will start the trial with jury selection later this morning. >>> the lowest paid workers in northern virginia will not get a raise. an effort was killed to raise it to $10.10 an hour yesterday. maryland and the district raised their minimum wage last year. d.c. is now $9.50 ah the nim $onheayo $10.10 in 2018 in maryland. >>> get ready to stroke a bigger check for college in maryland. the hike takes effect for the spring semester which starts january 29th. th

arthur gonzalez is accused of killing his estranged wife in 2013.e staged the crime scene and faked his grief. gonzalez testified he shot his wife in self-defense after she attacked him. jurors failed to reach a verdict in the first trial. >>> the lawyers will start to pick a jury in the sex assault trial for a man from gaithersburg. prosecutors say joey attacked eded many as ten men in the area. he met him at beer pong tournaments and lured them into his home on plum creek drive. they say they found pictures of more victims on his phone. >>> 14 before the hour. police in montgomery county are searching for a person who spray painted a racist message on a home. the family is only living in the glen more drive community for five days. the neighbor who helped the victims clean up the message said the timing of the act is sickening. >> it's horrifying. we've never seen anything like this in this neighborhood. to have it happen on martin luther king's birthday is just gross. >> montgomery county police are treating this as a hate crime. >>> a bomb threa

and today arthur gonzalez goes on trial for a second time. gonzalez is accused of shooting his estranged wife at their stafford county home. that was back in 2013. during the first trial he said it was self-defense after she attacked him during an argument. but prosecutors say he staged the crime scene and faked his grief. prosecutors claim he was seeing another woman at the time of the murder. >>> a $4 million lawsuit was filed today against the kappa alpha psi fraternity for ur e-file account immediately. know that the irs irdoes not initiate contact with taxpayers via e-mail. last scam to watch out for, tax preparer fraud. make sure that the person that you hire to do your taxes is an attorney, a cpa or an enrolled agent. think about those thing please, as you start this tax season. if you've got a story idea for the consumer watch send us an e-mail. you can also phone us your ideas, 202-885-4884. >> erika, thanks. >>> a teacher fired after she's recorded on video dragging a 6-year-old through a school hallway. now back in the classroom. c