carraway is also serving a 75-year federal sentence. we're continuing to read through the suit...more details coming up. this morning - police are searching for a motive in a deadly shooting spree in northern california that could've ended a whole lot worse if it weren't for quick thinking by staffers at an elementary school. a guman killed four people in the rampage that spread across 7 locations. one of his targets was an elementary school..but he was unnable to get inside. once staffers at rancho tehama heard gunshots nearby..they quickly placed the schoool on lockdown. shoot at a number of classrooms - hitting one student. police shot and killed the suspect a short time later after he crashed a stolen car. new overnight.. president trump appearing to express his condolances.. but for the wrong shooting! in a tweet just after midnight.. he said quote "may god be with the people of sutherland springs, texas. the fbi and law enforcement has arrived," many on twitter responding confused and critical overnight. and the tweet.. coming as

the student allege s that nearly ate months before carraway was arrested principle met with carraway and raised concerns about his quote, inappropriate w contact with students in private places within the school. her concerns are documented in an e-mail she sent to carraway and according to the suit of carraway's 23 victims nearly all suffered serious psychiatric damage most requiring therapy and some are now suicidal as a result. deonte carraway was arrested in ebb if of 2016. he was indicted on 270 counts of sexual abuse, sex offense and child pornography of 23 minors. carraway pleaded guilty back to september to the charges and was sentenced to 100 years in prison , a sentence he is now serving in an arizona pen tense yair i. >> these harasser prop silingses such as are you going to be a good girl to perpetrators expos ing their genitals to victims having their private parts grabbed on the house floor . that was california congress woman jackie spears she detailed explosive new allegations of sexual misconduct on capital hill. she says she knows of two members of congress , a repu

carraway was hired in november of 2014. the first student complained in december saying you need to check deonte's phone. there's some things with kids on it. nasty things. the complaint says that student was ignored. the principal sent carraway a warning e-mail reminding him of a conversation they interacting with the students. the principal gave him a security badge calling him faculty and staff, even though he wasn't. teachers also reported being confused about his role in the building. school officials say they have taken steps to ensure this won't happen again. >> we hope the changes we have made will be a model for us moving forward and for other school systems as they try to protect kids. >> reporter: michelle williams no longer works at the prince george's county school system and is no longer the principal here. we made several attempts to contact her and have been unsuccessful. i contacted her attorney for comment, he said he's not making other comments. but he said his client knew nothing about what deonte carraw

carraway was hired in november of 2014. the first student complained in december saying you need to check deonte's phone. there's some things with kids on it. nasty things. in june the principal sent carraway a warning e-mail reminding him of a conversation they had about using good judgment when sper ainteracting students and only engaging with them in plain view. carraway was downsized but then brought back as a volunteer and he was given a security badge calling him faculty and staff, even though he wasn't. school officials say they have taken steps to assure this won't happen again. >> those are the allegations we heard in the most recent complains, we wanted t sure everything is verified and that the changes we have made will change for the future. >> the sprawl no longprincipal here, and she hasn't been since last year. her attorney said he is not making more comments about this but he told the "washington post" that his client knew nothing about what deonte carraway was doing in this school. i'm tracee wilkins, becau

a 72-page lawsuit in the dante carraway case -- deonte carraway case.hughes is live with disturbing allegations. students lawsuit says reported deonte carraway to teachers and administrators, but it also says those concerns were ignored. it also goes on to say how inappropriate behavior when taught to go on for so long. it was 72 pages long. it is filed against deonte carraway, the prince george's county school board, as well as the principle here at judge sylvania woods elementary school. it was filed on behalf of one of carraway's victims, who was only nine years old at the time. it calls judge sylvania woods "an unchecked breeding of carraway's inappropriate behavior by students, yet no meaningful investigation or action was taken. the court filing also alleges nearly eight months before carraway with arrested, the principal met with the teacher'' questions andd documented the competition in an imo, but let him still work at the school. carraway was arrested, indicted on 207 accounts after sexually multiple students. two months ago, he pleaded guilty

it alleges that the school leadership's failure to act allowed deonte carraway abused 20 students and produced pornographic videos over 15 months until he was caught. justin finch is live with more on what the court documents revealed. very disturbing, justin. >> reporter: disturbing indeed, took so long to get him away from the kids. the post report points to several missed opportunities that put children in jeopardy according to civil lawsuits just filed. the post reporting that less than two months at the elementary a fourth grader came to an administrator and said carraway had nasty things with kids on his phone. the administrator did not investigate any further. the civil suit alleging here that then principal michelle williams allowed carraway around children despite the allegations here. the post also knowing that carraway was able to get students at will out of their classrooms and he volunteered after being fired up until his arrest in february of 2016. of course, carraway is serving a combined 175 years in prison of sex abuse of children -- of abusing, rather, more than 20 c

the post is also reporting that the complaint about carraway began early in his time here. the suit cites a fourth grader said carraway's cell phone had things with children on them. saying, quote, they were nasty things. administrators here were slow to act. the report pointing out that then principal michelle williams allowed carraway around children despite allegations. her lawyer said that is not paid aide in 2015. the post notes he volunteered here until hess february 26th. he has a 100 year county term for the abuse of the children. a lot of people will be talking about this. back in to you. >> justin finch live for us in prince gorges county. thank you. >>> 5:04 right now. dna is helping the fbi build a stronger case for the man accused in the death of ashanti billie. eric brown's dna matches evidence found in billie's car. he often made crude sexual comments to her. she didn't show up to work at a military base in norfolk. >>> we're following a developing story right now. authorities say quick thinking teachers saved the the teachers heard gunshots and placed their

first up new lawsuit in the deonte carraway child sex a bows case making shocking claims.months before he was arrested. the principal referred to the abuse claims in an e-mail. carraway plead guilty to nearly two dozen counts of child sex abuse and will spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> president trump is back at the white house this morning after his 12-day trip to asia. he doesn't have much time to row lack. tack top of his to do list. gop leaders in congress are pushing for roy moore to step aside. also trying to figure out what to do if he wins. at the same time tax cuts are moving through capitol hill, but senate and house republicans are divided. president trump has made his preference clear and expected to do some in personal lobbying on capitol hill tomorrow. >>> first the senate and now the house taking action in the wake of growing claims that sexual harassment is prevalent on capitol hill. house speaker paul ryan says the house will immediately implement mandatory anti harassment as well as anti discrimination training for all lawmakers and staffers. thi

the court filing specifically accuses then williams of allowing carraway for having influence.the post she had no knowledge of abuse before february 2016 and did not foster an environment to permit any abuse. >>> dna is helping the fbi build a stronger case against the man accused in the death of a shon tai billy. eric brown's dna matches evidence found inside her car. witnesses say brown did construction work near billie's job. she did not show up at work. she was found in north carolina. >>> we are following a story where sheriff credits quick thinking teachers for saving the lives of countless children. a man went on a random shooting rampage. after shooting someone at home, the gunman headed for an elementary school. teachers heard the first shots and locked the school dow with a semi-automatic rifle and tried to get into the classrooms but could not. >> this incident, as tragic and as bad as it is, could have been so much worse if it wasn't for the quick thinking and staff at our elementary school. >> the man shot into the building and hurt one student. in all four people

the lawsuit involving deonte carraway.. another deadly shooting rampage.his time - a school in california, targeted. the new details about what may have sparked the violence.. and the reaction from president trump that's causing confusion on twitter. and harassment on the hill current congresswomen testifying about their own experiences in the workplace. good morning washington. toss to eileen - sun to clouds today; cool - showers overnight - a few showers late saturday - cooler, windy sunday today: sunny early, becoming mostly cloudy. cool. highs: 50-53 winds: n to se 5 mph tonight: cloudy with scattered showers. patchy fog. lows: 37-44 winds: s 5 mph thursday: partly cloudy. breezy to windy. seasonable. highs: 56-60 winds: wnw 10-15 g 25 mph

you will remember nick carraway was from minnesota. -- great gatsby. remember that nick carraway was from minnesota. he went to world war i. he thought it would be dull to move back to minnesota, which he saw as the ragged edge of the universe, and he decided to move upnew york, and he got mixed in the roaring 20's on long island with gatsby and all that bookof characters from his . in the end, he begins to see the midwest where he came from as .he warm center of the world that contrast is what i try to draw out, from warm center to ragged edge. the midwest was seen by many commentators as the place where literature was the most active, where there was the most dynamic economy, the place where grow.cal power was most of the presidents after the civil war came from the midwest, seven of eight. , indiana,from ohio iowa. the midwest, in addition to its political and economic clout, had a great deal of cultural clout because of its writers, the cousin of a strong -- because of a strong regionalist movement. most of the writers will have been forgotten by m

it calls the school and unchecked breeding ground for sexual abuse by carraway. it claims the principal and school board were aware of the inappropriate behavior, but no meaningful investigation or action was taken. happening right now, police in prince george's county are on the lookout for a gunman who shot a man multiple times along 295. the victim was inside their car on eastern avenue, the d.c./maryland border. the victim is still alive, but condition and do not have any word on a suspect. also right now, firefighters are investigating a fatal fire in charles county. crews responded to a mobile home engulfed in flames. one man was pulled from inside the trailer, but died a short time later. there is no word on what caused the fire. the republican effort to dismantle the affordable care act continues, as janai norman explains. moverats say the latest could hike taxes and premiums for middle-class americans. taxes and health care -- two of republicans' biggest priorities coming together with the push to reform the tax code. senate republicans proposing repeali

one of the biggest in recent times is deonte carraway he is that school volunteer serving a 175 year sentence after bleeding guilty to 23 abuse and pornography charges. the cases stemmed from february 2016 when carraway abused and recorded dozens of boys engaged in sex acts. i'm side judge sylvania woods elementary. in 2016 vincent mack duffy was arrested for having sex with a 17 year old girl. the principal of that school also placed on administrative leave during that investigation. and a few months ago in september former substitute teacher and basketball coach why is toafer spites was indicted on child pornography charges. he's you a queuesed of having contact sex. so what have prince george's county school officials done to help prevent these kinds of crimes against students? a spokesman says since 2016 the board approved new student safety policies which include mandatory training for employees , contractors and volunteers. they also have specific policies that spell what behavior is not tolerated when it comes to relationships between adults and students. those policies also m

we saw it in carraway's case. he got 75 years at the federal level which helped prevent victims from having to come forward in the courtroom. >> how is the school system dealing with this and where do we go from here? >> well, the charles county school system is still in the midst of investigating what has happened and having communication with parents. they had meetings at the beginning of the school year where multiple meetings parents could come in and ask questions, find out more about the investigation. i think that in all of these instances, you have families that feel like we could always use more information. there are a lot of questions wh about how was this allowed to happen. and you have a will know what prince georges went through with the deonte carraway case. but for the kids, i have been in the room with them after the carraway case and i talked with a mother and her son on multiple occasions. and i watched take that child who even with therapy was obviously distressed, not really good with communic

deonte carraway allege that the school staff, educators and principal were told by students the former teacher's aide was sexually abusing them. >> there is no penalty if you fail to report. >> time to fix that. >> we are setting houn those we are trying to protect. >> only two no law protecting those. >> i didn't realize we are only one of two. is there they drafted legislation to make it misdemeanor with six months jail time for failing to report child sex abuse. >> they feared lawsuits on members that didn't know how to file the >> i expect the bill to return. so hopefully we come off the list of those who don't report. larry: several are calling for roy moore to step aside. despite allegation of the sexual misconduct decades ago moore is refient. refusing to leave the race. it gives the democratic opponent doug jones 51-39 lead. moore's attorney is holding a press conference. we are unsure if moore is going to speak. we will watch it for you. you can watch it on newschannel8 now. alison: they were arrested for shoplifting in china. three ucla won't be returning to the team soon. uc

the suit also says that among carraway 23 young victims nearly all suffered s psychological damage.hat some children are now suicidal. you may recall that deonte carraway plead guilty in december to 270 counts of child -- of sex abuse and child pornography involving 23 minors. he's serving a 100 year sen sentence. the lawyers in this case would like a jury to decide how much money should be awarded for damages. live in upper marlboro, melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> all righty. live look over the area now as melanie continues to follow that story for us this morning. >>> 39 degrees now. >> is that sun i see. >> i think we're seeing a little. >> i see the sunshine! >> yes. mostly sunny start to the day. we'll take it it feels like it's been a couple of days. >> bless you erin. >> she's having a sneezing fit. i think it's my new man cologne i've been wearing. [ laughter ] >> kentucky fried chicken smell they were talking about? >> 40 now in washington. >> i smell it, too. >> pitt whiskey. is that what it was? i still smell like it today. >> lovely. >> 32 dulles. 38 at bwi marshal