here to tell us about their upcoming annual, madame c.j. walker, one of my favorite events. we welcome back cathy adams. hey, cathy. >> thank you. >> it's a pleasure to have you back here. you're always up to fabulous things, my dear. and looking fabulous, i might add. >> thank you. >> i like the black-and-white motif. >> thank you. >> tell us about madame c.j. walker. if there is someone out there that doesn't know who this woman was, enlighten them. >> she was one of the first african-american self-made million a. what we love most about her is the work show did around phil an 31y. and we mostly associate her with the hair care industry, and i think that was the beginning of the whole mogul thing and making the money to invest into the community. >> start with the stories. some don't know the details. >> yes. >> and how she became a millionaire? >> in the book, it's called on her own ground. her great, great granddaughter will have the book, too. >> great. >> and of the stories that we learn and the films we have seen, she was like a social life, the beginning of going to

. >> good evening, not only have police made five arrests in the murder of charles c.j. walker. they provided us mug shots and other killings very soon. tonight, here's how we are going to lay it out for you. we'll start with the arrest and c.j.'s murder, then we'll talk about a shooting last night where two more teenagers were killed in prince georges county. >> five arrests, all of them charged with first-degree murder. who pulled the trigger? police aren't saying yet. but someone shot charles c.j. walker in the back monday afternoon as he was trying to run away during an attempted robbery. >> all five are at the scene. all five were in the suspect vehicle and all five participated in the murder of charles walker, jr. at this time, we are continuing to investigate and to determine which one actually pulled the trigger. >> the murder suspects, 20- year-old derek green from alexandria. 18-year-old witner from temple hills. 23-year-old lives in southeast d.c. 21-year-old williams from oxon hill. and this 21-year-old, kevin smith, lives in temple hills. investigators say they all c

. >> those two suitland high school students, 15-year-old chuck, c.j. walker, killed over a pair of shoes he planned to give to his girlfriend on monday. police announced they made arrests. and lastly, a mother dropped her son off to school for the very last time. she would never see him again. he would not live long enough to see his child's birth expected next month. >> there's no going back, you know. >> surae chinn, wusa9. >>> and prince georges county leaders are fed up as well. prince georges state's attorney with some very strong words about the crimes and the role of families in the community and stopping this title wave of teen violence. >> after we arrest and prosecute, it's not enough. and i want the community to understand that i stand here today as the state's attorney, not just concerned, but i am really enraged that a young person in our community can't walk the streets with a shopping bag without being shot in the back. that's something that aught to be of concern to our entire community. something greater has to be done. we need our parents to

they chose 15-year-old suitland high school freshman, c.j. walker, who was killed monday for a pair of timberland shoes. here's chief mark mcgal. >> most of these detectives have been up for the last 48 hours. most of this department has been up for 48 hours. it's been a trying time for all of us. >> this announcement this afternoon has come as yet another suitland student, 18- year-old aaron kidd, was gunned down yesterday in forestville, just over 24 hours after walker's murder. a cam uponon, 18-year-old andre, was also shot to death. >> the next generation, for no reason. >> at suitland high school, near disbelief that a second student has been murdered in a little more than 24 hours. >> everyone wants to be a gangster. it's not about that. you need to be focused on your school work. >> outraged by the teen murders, reached new heights in the wake of these student murders which police said are not related. so now, the total of prince georges county public school students to die by murder this year has reached six. and everyone is looking for answ

. >> we are talking about the murder of charles c.j. walker. the freshman at suitland high school was walking to a bus stop monday afternoon carrying a bag with a new pair of timberland boots when he was shot in the back and killed. let's show you the suspects all in custody. all charged with first-degree murder. 20-year-old derek green from alexandria, 18-year-old jermani from temple hills. 23-year-old gwen leech from southeast d.c. 21-year-old thai con williams from oxon hill also charged with first-degree murder. kevin smith from temple hills. they all confessed, according to police, the men were in a van, pulled up next to c.j. as he walked along 28th avenue. police say the men demanded the shoes without even getting out of the van and c.j. tried to get away, took off, and someone shot him in the back. now to the newest teen killings in prince georges county. tuesday night about 5:30, aaron kid was standing with a group of friends in a parking lot in forestville when someone shot him. the 18-year-old died. one of his friends, another 18- ye

the murder of 15-year-old suitland freshman, charles c.j. walker monday was solved in 48 hours. it was less than a week in the case of friendly high school junior, marcus jones, who was shot to death in january. in each case, twitter was alive with tributes to the victims and within hours of the deaths, information was flowing to investigators. >> four of the six cases will be closed, saying in no small part, to social media. >> prince georges county police capitalized with a twitter page of their own. also a text address. and a reporting system online. in each case, information can be sent anonymously without ever having to talk to police in person. which is just the way many kids want it. police are still getting a large number of phone calls the old fashioned way to their crime solver's number as well. the lesson learned is, if you combine outrage, justice is soon to follow. now, i want you to have all the information as to how to contact police. to do that, go to our website, wusa9. look for the story. i have them listed right there. scott broom, wusa9. >>> sounds good. the

but all five are charged with first-degree murder for the monday shooting death of charles c.j. walker jr. the 15-year-old is among six prince george's county school students to be murdered just since school started in august. and as outrage mounts over the epidemic of teen violence in the county, police are promising they are on the verge of closing another one of those cases. they have continued to spiral out of control. the good news is that police, they are now promising that this case, that it is solved. here is the police chief speaking on tuesday. >> i'm already seeing that they are making progress, the homicide investigation. and that they are not going to bring the son back. >> reporter: that's their mother here today. >> it's like a numb. >> reporter: who is quietly reliving the horror of her son's tragedy. >> it had is the memory -- this is the memory case. >> reporter: as three more students have been murdered on central avenue in capital heights in what appeared to be a robbery. >> i just feel sorry for their loss. i can't grieve for my own son as you see every day it is s

charles walker, known as "chuck" or "c.j." died not far from iverson mall. his brother, tyrek. the 911 call came in yesterday. >> i said, "are you ok?" i said "baby, you are ok." she called after seeing the body on the ground. she said she sought a shopping bag and a shoe box not far from the body -- she saw it. she said the gift that walker bought for his girlfriend is the reason why he was killed. >> he was buying shoes for his girlfriend. that is why he is dead. >> she could not even do anything. she bent down to her knees. >> walker is the six -- the fifth student to lose his life since the beginning of the school year. it is said the senseless acts of violence against our children are becoming too familiar and far too common. >> as soon as i heard it -- >> at the high school, yet another call for grief counselors in the wake of walker's murder. the chief mentioned there have been several tips in charles walker's debts that have come through crime stoppers and they hope to make an arrest very quickly. he did say in four of the five juvenile murderers this year detectives in

walker, jr. he was one of two suitland high students killed this week. c.j.ed yesterday for a pair of shoes. >> criminals need to know if they come to this county and commit senseless acts of violence, we will find them and bring them to justice. >> these are