the scene at 5:30 this morning in an apartment complex just off of braddock springs road. investigators made a gruesome discovery -- discovery. one woman was stabbed to death and another man and woman were also in grave condition. we believe that the situation is domestic in nature. these people knew each other. >> according to the fairfax county officers, it all happened inside of the apartment. they say that neighbors heard screaming and banging, people yelling for help. >> it was nicely developed and everything seemed very strange. >> officers say that all three are in their late 40's, early 50's. detectives believe that one of the three began stabbing end figure out who and why. the investigation leaves officers with more questions than answers and communities are on edge. >> they are trying to establish the exact nature of the relationship between the people. >> residents say they have never seen a situation like this. >> you do not want anyone hurt in any situation. if it is going to be something i think it is better if it is smaller and contained and not something t

if you are traveling along braddock road over at back lick road, the westbound side of braddock is blocked off and a portion of back lick slow. and 66, delays again leaving centreville toward 123, right into the sunshine. traffic slows again at nutley street to the beltway. we have delays on 395, beltway past duke street so seminary road. boundary channel drive to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> well funeral services are set for a mother and child found dead in hillcrest heights, maryland, last week. services for wine eta and jaylin wright will be held and police have charged richmond phillips. he is a district police officer and the father of jaylin. police do not have a motive but the day after the killing phillips was due in court for a hearing. >>> times of high emotion and volatility have led to homicides in the past. fbi statistics show one-third of women murdered in the united states during the 1990s were killed by a husband or boyfriend. mia fernandez is from the national center of victims for crimes with tips on protecting yourself or a l

police are on the scene of a stabbing on braddock springs road. police tell us at least one person was killed. two other people are in the hospital. we do not know their conditions at this point. we do have a crew on the way to the scene right now. we will bring you more information throughout the morning. also getting word of breaking news in iraq. the u.s. military says five u.s. soldiers were killed today. in a brief statement the military would not say how they died. the names of deceased are being withheld pending notification of their families. >>> a man is in jail charged with drunk driving after a deadly accident in prince george's county. this occurred on route 210 in fort two washington wa and killed three people. a black gmc yukon hit the back of a gray mazda. it threw two women from the car, killing them both. 55-year-old gwendolyn denvy. the driver of the car, jean johnson, was also killed. the driver could face additional charges. >>> d.c. police are investigating a string of assaults on a hiking, and biking and jogging trail in nort

it happened in the 13,800 block of braddock springs road and two of the victims are in grave conditionthird victim has serious injuries. there is no word on what led to this stabbing. we'll continue to follow this story and we will bring you the latest as it comes in. >>> a former d.c. mayoral candidate and a onetime city employee says he was paid to attack former mayor adrian fenty during last year's campaign. he is set to speak out today. >> suleiman brown is set to testify before a d.c. council committee. jummy olabanji is live in northwest with a look. >> good morning. suleiman brown says he has the proof. he gave "the washington post" copies of checks and money orders that were given to him by member of vincent gray's campaign last year. vincent gray denies this. some residents say allegations of dirty politics continue to plague the nation's capital. >> i like to think of this as bacteria. you try to get rid of it but it just keeps coming back. >> suleiman brown says he will present his crew to the city council during a hearing today. he says he received money from the vincent gr

. >> reporter: police arrived off braddock road around 5:30 this morning. the surviving victims were rushed to the hospital. a minivan was towed away for evidence. friends say the women involved are sisters and the man could be a husband or boyfriend of the surviving woman. police have not said who may have been the perpetrator but all suffered knife wounds. they also say the violence is contained to the three people involved. >> it was a domestic situation, and there's no one outside of this particular situation that we're looking for. >> it's scary. this is a quiet place. >> reporter: in centreville, surae chen, 9news now. >> police have not identified the victims yet, pending notification of their family. stay with 9 news. we'll have the latest information beginning at 5:00 on our newscast and on our website, wusa9.com. >>> months after his allegations came out, suleiman brown is scheduled to testify today. brown accuses mayor vincent gray's campaign staff of giving him money and promising him a job in exchange for attacks on then mayor adrian fenty. >>>

it happened around 5:30 in the 13800 block of braddock springs road in centreville.police are saying this was a domestic incident. >>> a former d.c. mayoral candidate is preparing to answer questions about allegations he's made against mayor gray's administration. brown is scheduled to testify against a committee investigating the gray administration's hiring practice. brown says gray's aides promised him a job and agreed to pay if he stayed in the race. gray and his aides deny those accusations. >>> the former chief of the international monetary fund pleaded not guilty in a strong voice in court. dominique strauss-kahn is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york city. the maid said he came out of the bathroom naked. char strauss-kahn is on house arrest. his next court day is set for july 18th. if convicted he faces up to 25 years in prison. he resigned from his imf job after his arrest last month. >>> former new york giants star plaxico burress is now a free man. he was released from prison this morning after two years behind bars on a gun charge. in

it happened in an apartment on braddock springs road. the woman's sister and park were also stabbed in the incident. investigators say that all three people knew each other. and they're still work to go figure out exactly what happened. >>> court documents show a d.c. police officer spent hours with a woman before killing her and leaving her baby to die in a hot car. 39-year-old richmond phillips is charged with the murder of juanetta wright. court documents show surveillance showed him talking with white at a park bench for seven hours. she was found shot to death nearby. the two were supposed to be in a child support hearing hours after that. >>> this morning d.c. council member denies any wrongdoing amid a million dollar lawsuit against him. the d.c. attorney general filed a lawsuit claiming war 5 council member used his nonprofit organization as a personal bank account. according to the suit he secretly diverted $300,000 in district money meant for youth baseball programs and spent much of the cash playing golf at pebble beach and lo

on the inner loop, a good amount of congestion building in virginia from braddock road up to 66. >> astreet, are we in a position to break the losing streak this morning. stocks are looking higher this morning. >> "the early show" is going to have more on anthony weiner and the scandal including the conservative blogger who broke the story. >> and howard and myself, we're back in 25 minutes with another update on your traffic and weather. >> you can get your news, weather and traffic and so much more while you're at work by visiting wusa9.com. >> sunscreen and hydration among the two words you'll need today. we're back here tomorrow. we hope to see you then. have a great

park is accused of stabbing a 49-year-old woman to death at an apartment on braddock springs road. all three people knew each other >> court documents show a d.c. police officer spent hours with a woman before killing her and leaving her baby to die in a hot car. 39-year-old richmond phillips is charged with the murder of 20-year-old wright and man slaughter for the death of her baby. surveillance showed him talking with wright at a park bench for seven hours. the two were scheduled to be in court for a child support hearing hours after their meeting. after the murder, phillips moved wright's suv. investigators later found it with wright's baby inside, who died of heat exposure. >>> d.c. attorney general has filed a lawsuit claiming ward council member used his nonprofit as a personal bank account. according to the lawsuit, he secretly diverted $300,000 meant for a youth baseball programs and spent much of the cash playing golf at pebble beach and los angeles. it also says thomas purchased a $60,000 audi suv. the district is suing thomas for a million dollars to recoup that money.

the investigation unfolding on braddock road.gators confirm one person has tied in fairfax county in the centreville area. two other victims have been flown to the hospital. we do have a crew on the scene. we'll bring you updates as we get them. now, let's go overseas. the u.s. mull trisays five american soldiers have been killed in the central part of iraq. this news just coming in as well. unclear how the soldiers were killed. the information just starting to come in. we'll stay on top of this. we will get you more updates as we get them. >>> meantime, coming up on 6:30 now, let's take a look at our weather, tony perkins. kind of a humid day. otherwise, not too bad when we see what is heading our way later today. >> let's look at what is going on out there. we'll start with hd radar. no precipitation is falling. it is humid this morning with the humidity level up at 90%. that has led to the formation of some fog an we have some misty, hazy conditions across the region. as you can see, things are unusually quiet all across the e

we are looking pretty good around the capitally, overnight construction cleared as you leave braddock road and over 66. northbound i-95 clears of roadwork down in dale city. 59 in good shape headed northbound towards the occoquan. you are rolling at speed. no trouble spots on 395 between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. overnight construction was in place near 59 and college park tying up the two right lanes. beltway should now be cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> sulaimon brown finally speaking to d.c. council members. the former one-time candidate for mayor set to appear before the committee that is investigating the hiring practices of d.c. mayor vince gray. stacy cohan is outside city hall. let's get the late e. >> reporter: good morning. sulaimon brown has certainly made headlines with his accusations against the gray campaign of all sorts of payoffs and promised jobs. but until now, he has skillfully dodged coming before this council. that ends today. a superior court judge struck a deal in which sulaimon brown has to testify before the council co

sharp curve headed to and beyond braddock, up to i-66. volume only. through lanes are open. loop, pretty much the same situation. nothing blocking. lanes are open both ways. south of town to the woodrow wilson bridge between alexandria and oxen hill. into town or out of the district through southeast, along the sousa, both directions looking okay. out to catch a train, good news all the way around. metro, vre, marc, no delays >> out in arizona, firefighters are battling one of the state's largest wildfires ever. crews from across the country are there to help. the fire scorched more than 144,000 acres since it began last week. rising smoke can be seen from more than 150 miles away in southern colorado. the fire is continuing -- contributing to changing the weather conditions in the area. >> the air the last few days has been in excess of 30,000 feet. when you have something that large with that much heat it kind of generates its own weather. >> that's mazing. authorities ordered neighboring evacuations in neighboring communities. >>> melting snow and rain have crews trying t

this happened early this morning in an apartment complex along braddock springs road in centreville. that's where police found three people suffering from stab wounds. a man and woman were transported to a nearby hospital and another woman was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators say it appears to be the result of an isolate domestic argument. >>> a massive wildfire burning out of control in arizona is threatening mountain communities and forcing evacuations today. the flames are being fueled by high winds and low humidity. this as a massive heat wave stretches across much of the u.s. kurt gregory reports on all of this wild weather. >> reporter: in arizona a raging wildfire is growing, threatening homes and lives. >> we just saw the fire burning around the house. >> reporter: and forcing evacuations in mountain communities. >> they said you have to leave now because the fire was right there so we had to turn around and leave. >> reporter: burning for more than a week, there is zero containment and more than 2,000 fire fighters are battling the blaze. the thick, rugged terrain

it was early this morning at an apartment complex along braddock springs road in centreville. megan mcgrath has the details. >> reporter: this all began to unfold at around 5:30 this morning. neighbors who live in this apartment building heard someone screaming and banging on doors, crying for help and they called 911. when police arrived on the scene they found three people, two women and one man had all been stand. the man and one of the women were taken by ambulance to an area hospital with the same injuries. what happened? police are still trying to piece that together, but they believe that there was some sort of a domestic argument inside one of the amountpartments. >> we do believe at this point that the situation is contained. all of the people who were injured were the ones who were involved and we're not looking apparently for additional people. so it's not of a neighborhood concern at this point. >> reporter: just who started the violence, though, is unclear. what we can say though, is that all three people involved in this argument were stabbed and one is dead. two

this is in the 13000 block of braddock spring road. it occurred around 5:30 this morning. stay with us throughout the morning and we'll bring you the latest information as we get it. >>> we'll take a break, come back and look at o >>> sunny in the 60s now, later today in the mid-80s, 90 tomorrow with hazy sunshine. heat and humidity build midweek. how's traffic? >>> chopper 4 over closing east-west highway east of connecticut navn silver spring. the roadway shut down. serious accident. we'll keep you updated. >>> another news update in 25 minutes. have a great day. ♪ [ female announcer ] have you ever seen a glacier while sunbathing? why not? have you ever climbed a rock wall in the middle of the ocean? or tried something really wild? why not? it's all possible in the n. royal caribbean's floating nation. where you are free to do anything you want. which may be nothing at all. royal caribbean international. why not cruise from baltimore? visit royalcaribbean.com today. ♪ i'm on the top of the world >> loob 7:30 on monday morning, 6th of june, 2011. a hazy morning in manhat

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