overwhelming show of no confidence for police chief cathy lanier in an online police union vote. roughly a third of the union members participated. >> we are hemorrhaging police officers. we have a toxic work environment. stephen: some officers are displeased with the chief's response to the spiraling homicide rate, dismantling of the vice unit and the crime fighting efforts such as the police tents manned 2/7 in violence prone neighborhoods. the vote stunned some city residents who suddenly are reassessing the chief. >> she has done a great job in the past but time to move on. >> high capacity magazines, multiple rounds fired from multiple guns. stephen: cathy lanier historically enjoyed sky high approval rating among city residents, despite the union members vote. she still has plenty of support on the street. >> i think so far she has done a good job. there are issue but i don't know if it's her fault. >> 1,22 voted no confidence and 22 voted they had confidence in the chief. stephen: the no confidence vote was symbolic but she did receive a ringing endorsement today from mayo

police officers have no confidence in police chief cathy lanier. the police union held a vote this weekend. it comes amid a huge spike in crime and the highest homicide rate in years. the police union says it doesn't agree with the chief's decision to end plainclothes vice units. she thinks the past weekend all hands on deck initiative bothered officers who were originally scheduled off of work. she said quote, when we have violent crime we have to make the sacrifices that we all swore we would make when we took this job. now, d.c. police just put out some new numbers as well from the all hands on deck weekend. they say they seized 21 illegal guns across the city since friday night. they arrested 16 people for possession of those guns. earlier this month, chief lanier blamed illegal guns in part for the spike in crimes. >>> evidence markers lining the block where d.c. police say someone shot two people. one of them a little girl. officers talked with neighbors at third street southwest around 7:00 last night. they say both the girl and the man who

a vote oflso no-confidence on chief cathy lanier from the police union. matt has the latest. matt: another weekend of violence in washington, two more shootings tonight, bringing the weekend total to 13. the police union has voted no-confidence in chief lanier. the nice shootings took place about a block apart on k street in southeast washington. the victims were a 13-year-old girl and adult male. both were conscious and breathing when taken to the hospital. >> it is something we have been frustrated with for a long time. matt: this happened despite the all hands on deck. the police union says given the increasing levels of violence, the time has come for major changes in the police department, the strategy and the top brass. conducted an online vote of no-confidence in chief cathy lanier. >> we need to move in a new direction. we want to make sure the chief and the leadership and the citizens understand we are frustrated with what is going on and we need to move in a new direction. response to the no-confidence vote, chief lanier said, "i find the timing of this interesting

police chief cathy lanier's response to the no confidence vote against her.ce johnson will have a live report. >> also at 6:00 remembering the man who led maryland for a decade and the scandal that unraveled his political career. >> reporter: forcing fast food restaurants to make kids' meals healthier, i'm brian webb in new york with more on the healthy happy meals bill coming up. >>> some fast food restaurants could soon be required by law to make those kids meals healthier. >> not surprisingly doctors say. it's a good thing. brian webb has more on the so- called happy meals bill in new york city. >> reporter: many fast food restaurants already offer healthy alternatives for kids. >> they're easy and he likes them, but we try and not get the french fries, get the apple slices instead. >> reporter: but under the so- called healthy happy meals bill in new york city fast food restaurants would be required by law to make kids' meals healthier. the proposed bill targets meals that come with a toy and would mandate the meal be under 500 calories and include a serv

police union will announce a vote on cathy lanier. the officers were surveyed for a possible no confidence vote on the chief. the homicide rate is 43% higher this year than the last and today when the vote comes out, we'll send a push note anication. you can get that if you have the nbc washington app. >>> we are working to learn the overall effect of this weekend's all hands on deck program in the district. the program flooded every part of d.c. with extra officers to serve as a visual crime deterrent. the officers also get a chance to interact with the community. now, despite the extra police presence there was more than half a dozen shootings an two men died. >>> and developing this morning, atlanta police investigating how a man fell to his death at a baseball game. police say the man fell from the upper deck at turner field in atlanta. looking at video just in to our newsroom. this shows the medics carrying the man away. people saw when it happened and they talked to our affiliate there. >> to my left, he just came down like a th

chief cathy lanier is here. mayor bowser is here and a number of commanders are here. this was a shooting. we don't know if it were inside or outside. three people were shot. not fatal injuries it appears, at least so far. we are still waiting to hear from authorities about exactly what happened. we know at 3:48 this afternoon, there was a call of a female shot at 1331 savannah street southeast. this is an area called congress park. a lot of folks were outside. a lot of folks pretty shocked and cop certained about something like this -- concerned about this happening in broad daylight. we understand the three people have been transported. we don't know their exact status now. but again, multiple shots tired at this location. authorities still trying to sort it out. we will get the latest as soon as we find out more information. richardry, abc7 news. kimberly: that shooting a couple of hours after a chaotic scene outside a southeastern washington church today. where a man was shot to death in front of the church. it happened outside st. luke's church near northeast capi

do they have confidence in their boss, chief cathy lanier. news4's jackie bensen is live with more on this rare move against a very popular chief. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, as far as we've been able to determine, there has not been a vote like this held on a d.c. police chief in more than two decades. just after 9:00 tonight, d.c. officers responded to reports of a large fight at the d.c. convention center in northwest. things calmed down quickly, but the large showing of cops was possible due to this being 19 is an all hands on deck weekend. the anti-crime initiative requires all d.c. officers to hit the streets friday, saturday, and sunday. sunday is when the d.c. police union will tally the results of a surae of its members, known as a vote of no confidence on chief cathy lanier. during the past few months as the district's homicide rate climbed to 40% higher than the same time last year, the chief and the union have become increasingly at odds over a solution. rank and file officers question the dismantling of vice units, and take issu

this weekend, the police union is asking officers if they have confidence in their boss, chief cathy lanier. officers had until 6 p.m. to answer the online poll. we are working to find out the results. the question, do officers have confidence in lanier's ability to manage the department's resources and keep residents safe as the city grapples with a spike in violence. the chief and union have become increasingly at odds over a solution. >>> an emotional memorial service today for the two journalists killed in an on-air ambush in roanoke. family, friends, colleagues and community leaders came together at a church in roanoke to remember reporter alison parker and photographer, adam ward. some of the mourners were able to laugh through their tears as they watched a video montage of ward and parker. wdbj station manager, jeff marks, spoke about the pair's positive affect on everybody around them. >> adam and alison saw as their mission to awaken us to what was good and fun in life. you've heard that adam was the newsroom cutup. suspected alison ever became angry, she might have said an emphati

amelia. >>> in the day ahead, the police union is going to announce the results of a vote on chief cathy lanier. this weekend the union surveyed its officers for a possible no confidence vote on lanier. the homicide rate is 43% higher this year than with last. the chief and the union have been at odds just over how to solve the problem. today when the vote comes out, we'll send you a push notification. you can get that as long as you have the nbc washington app. >>> d.c. police is all hands on deck initiative just ended as we came on the air this morning. that program flooded every part of the district with extra police to serve as a visual crime deterrent. the program also gives officers a chance to interact with community members. despite the extra officers there were more than half a dozen shootings and two men died. >>> with the rise in homicides in the district, the police department is now facing a lot of pressure to close cases. news4's darcy spencer takes a closer look at the families impacted. >> i still hurt. i still hurt. >> reporter: in the shaw neighborhood of northwest washington

comes to an end as officers pull a no confidence vote on police chief cathy lanier. >>> it's back to school time for thousands of students in our region as some of the biggest counties in the area head back this morning. >>> good morning. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm nick giovanni. it's the rush hour edition of 9news at 6:00. let's keep did moving with larry miller and erica grow. not going to feel like summer for kids heading to the bus stop. >> they'll have the shorts and t-shirts on and even then it might be a little warm as they're heading back from the bus stop. it's a warm and muggy start on the michael & son weather cam. already 76 degrees at 8:00 a.m. 85 at noon. that's our average high temperature for this time of year. # 9 degrees at 4:00. just -- 89 degrees at 4:00. just the slightest chance of a shower or thunderstorm. 57 right now in downtown washington. 7 -- 75 right now in downtown washington. 73 in leesburg. time for timesaver traffic and larry miller. >>> we had some earlier issues on the red line causing some delays but that's been resolved heading primarily toward gle

that vehicle, as police chief cathy lanier is telling us was stolen from bowie, maryland.e also now is learned that there is another vehicle of interest and at least six poefrns interest near this case. there is new video, very clear, vivid video of these persons of interest. a live report at 5:00. let get a check of the weather with lauryn ricketts. >> as we have -- done continue through much of the day temperatures are moving into the 90s. yeah. we are in the 90s now. 93, d.c., 98, gairtsburg, frederick, a little bit on the warm side, you head off to the bay, temperatures in the 80s, 86, annapolis, 86, patuxent river station. a few pop-up storms around baltimore. aren't moving, hang out there, lightning into baltimore, but for the most part, any of these showers or storms are just through the central shenandoah valley, headed out this evening it is going to be hot and it is going to be sticky. we are going to have more on the (plays throughout) ♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪ ♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪ helpi

mayor muriel bowser and police chief, cathy lanier, today about the crime wave and illegal guns.a tip leading to an arrest or seizure of an illegal gun has now increased to $2500. the tip for an arrest and conviction in a shooting increased to $10,000. coming up at 5:30 tonight, news4's tom sherwood will have much more from mayor bowser and chief lanier about this new gun and reward initiative. >>> a united airlines flight is being closely inspected now after it rammed a jetway at dulles international this afternoon. take a look, flight 127 had just arrived from dublin ireland and pulling into a gate when it hit the jet way, damaging an engine. none of the 170 passengers and crew on board was hurt. in a statement, united says tonight the plane will be inspected and repaired. >>> and repair crews have been trying to fix a 74-year-old water main that burst in bethesda. the pipe broke around 6 this morning on goldsboro road between macarthur boulevard and tulip terrace. crews replaced about eight inches of the old pipe and now patching up the road, but until they wrap up, traffic ca

chief cathy lanier told reporters it's -- messy situation. the shooter and the victim knew each other. the neighbors told us that the dead woman was a popular figure. middle age who is known for helping children. >> there were shots fired. officers took cover and started a dialogue with a suspect on the course at the time. >> the chief told reporters that the woman was the 99th homicide victim in d.c. so far this year. in the last three or four months the homicides soared in this city. one local pastor used to paper his walls with funeral notices and said he is concerned, and calling for other religious leaders to come together. >> they remember jackson shot to death in the explosion of the recent homicides. >> don't hear us. sleep. don't have to deal with the world nowhere. through and wonder who let in next. >> this is dÉjÀ vu. he did over 100 homicide and vigils. >> my wall got so cluttered with the people who were dying from the ages of eight up. they are trying to figure out a solution. we have to do it now. we can't wait. >> black lives

and cathy lanier said the surge of illegal guns is causing it. however, the union says the end of a plainclothes officer program prevents police sources from openly talking to officer. the union is against fixed assignments on city blocks. >> the officers feel like they're not doing their job, not able to do their job. the department doesn't want them to do proactive policing, because they're afraid of lawsuits. they want to be reactionary and visible. >> now, chief lanier said she believes the programs are effective, but police officers are resistant to change. >>> and baltimore has matched the number of homicides in the city for all of last year. the 211th killing was reported yesterday morning in the penn north neighborhood. that's the same part of the city that saw rioting and looting after the death of freddie gray. homicides rose dramatically. 42 reported in may alone. >>> and one woman is suing the baltimore police department. ciara brooks said she was beaten and injured in a so called rough ride in a police van. that's when they don't buc

. >>> the police union criticizing police chief cathy lanier about the rising homicide rate and now the d.c. mayor is firing back. >>> a guy with a knife tries to rob the barcelona. but a bartender, he's got an answer for that. i'm pat collins much the story coming up, news4. >>> severe thunderstorm warning for parts of northern virginia. doug also watching a flash flood warning that just re >>> we do have a couple of warnings out there right now, that line continues to progress, some of that line falling apart, other parts continuing. >> we are tracking a severe thunderstorm warning now for fauquier, prince william county counties. we are talking the national weather service saying wind, we are seeing folksily some hail, too. >> maybe hail with this storm, too. storm team four radar tracking this line. one thing became the to show you here, live in montgomery county, howard county, along i-95 north of the river, the storms intense and now falling apart. storms continue in the area, now all the active the south of the potomac the most part. i'm going to take the lightning off, i want to

posted anice union poll today, asking officers if they have faith in chief cathy lanier. >> we want to make sure the chief and the leadership of the city and citizens understand we are frustrated with what is going on. we need to move in a new direction immediately. >> jefferies believes chief lanier cannot be held chiefly responsible. >> police officers can only do so much. once they are arresting people and people can go to court, the judge is the side them to let them go back into communities where they can commit the same crime again. i don't think that's a police chief issued. >> while today's findings will not be released until tomorrow, when they are released, it will make a clear statement of whether or not chief cathy owner is respected by her officers. i am kevin lewis, abc 7 news. >> d.c. police investigating another shooting, this one near the anacostia metro station. you can see a car with its windows shot out. this was around 3:30. police tell our cruise that there were no life-threatening injuries. a prince william county man safe after spending three days missing in the

police union is announcing the results of a vote on chief cathy lanier. this weekend the union surveyed the officers for a no confidence vote on the chief. the district's homicide rate is 40% higher this year when compared to last. the chief and the union have been at odds over how to solve the crime problem. today, when that vote comes out be sure to have our nbc washington app and we'll send you a push alert with the results. >>> we're working to learn the overall effect of this weekend's all hands on deck program in the district. a program essentially flooded every part of the district with extra officers to serve as a visible crime deterrent. and it's despite the extra police presence there were more than half a dozen shootings and two people died. >> and the police department is facing a lot of pressure to close cases. darcy spencer looks at the families impacted. >> i still hurt. i still hurt. >> reporter: at 7th and "o" streets in northwest washington stands a memorial to one of the unsolved murder victims. tamara gliss was killed when she was hit

cathy lanier says tips from the public and good police work are helping to close some of the city's open murder cases. police made three arrests for homicides in 24 hours on thursday. the most recent case was this past saturday near howard university. >>> today we expect a judge to sentence a teenager for helping another teen join isis. a ali shukri amin pled guilty to conspireing to support terrorists and he admitted to helping another teenager travel to syria and to using social media to ask for donations and support for isis. >>> in the newsroom here, we are tracking erika. new warnings are in effect for the dominican republic and the bahamas right now. it's pounding puerto rico with rain right now. it's killed four people on the island of dominica in the eastern caribbean. erika knocked out power there and brought severe flooding and mudslides after dumping 15 inches of rain and 20 people are missing in dominica. erika could -- is expected to hit florida on monday. possibly as a hurricane. >> kristin wright, thank you. >>> new details in the on air ambush that left the virginia repor

speaking, this is one of the most violent weekends of the summer and that is why police chief cathy lanier has activated the all hands on deck initiative. here's how it works, every officer in the district will be working this weekend. it starts at 3:00 this afternoon and runs through sunday morning. they will be walking the streets and talking with neighbors. up,ctives will be following police recruits will be passing out information to help fight crime. this is about increasing visibility. it has been a bloody summer in the district, 103 lives lost to murder. it to stop.nts but most of all, the residence in southwest and southeast are desperate for help. >> it is a good initiative. it needs to be longer than a weekend. we are on the going to have safe grounds for a weekend versus the whole year. >> it might work. you got to have faith. a lot of people have faith things will begin to change but they are also skeptical. this area has seen a spike in homicides, up 95% year-over-year. last night there were 2 shootings looting three people injured. policee grateful for the initiative and they

police officers have no confidence in police chief cathy lanier. the d.c. police union is putting out the results of a vote it held this weekend. it comes amid a huge spike in crime and the highest homicide rate in the city in years. the vote also came at the tail end of the latest all hands on deck initiative to limit crime. chief lanier said it may have influenced the vote with so many officers called in. she said, quote, when we have violent crime we have to make the sacrifices that we all swore we'd make when we took this job. >>> we have new numbers from the all hands on deck campaign. d.c. police say they seized 21 illegal guns across the city since friday night. they say they arrested 16 people for having those guns. earlier this month, chief lanier blamed illegal guns in part for the city's spike in crime. >>> a live look at the capitol for you this morning. we'll tell you why you may see emergency crews or helicopters flying around. >>> we're getting close to the end of summer. chuck bell is back with a first look at your labor day weekend forecast

>> at the time that cathy lanier came on the force there was a big hiring -- >> early 1990. >> early0s where we retired a lot of police officers and they are eligible for retirement. we learned a lesson in hiring back then, you have to be careful with hiring. we know that we hired some people that weren't doing the job in the best interest of the district of columbia. we know recruiting and training that people -- that should be out on the street with a badge and a gun, we can handle about 300 a year. so we are fully funded to do exactly that. the other thing that we are doing that i got funded in this year's budget with the council's support and i appreciate that, we want to retain officers. we give our officers the best training and they get picked by the neighboring jurisdictions to come on their forces. >> often for more money. >> often with more money. >> easier jobs? >> maybe closer to where they live. there's a lot of factors but we want our officers to know, we make the commitment, investment in you to train you. we want to keep you here. and so we are going to be offer start

reached out to cathy lanier for her side of the story and she has decided not to comment on camera. reporting in southwest, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: police investigating a stabbing death in wheaton. around 9:00 last night, a man was found lying in a service lane near veirs mill road and was taken to the hospital where he died. his body will be taken to baltimore with a medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy. a bumpy first day back for some students in montgomery county. a school bus rear-ended another school bus in potomac this morning. luckily, no students were hurt. jeannette reyes takes a look at what happened. jeanette: it happened around 7:30 along glen road at falls road. one bus hit the other from behind, shattering the windshield and crushing the rear end of the other. montgomery county fire and rescue say the students suffered mild injuries. the first on scene says a latter was brought out to take the students out of the bus one by one through an emergency exit. >> they were in good spirits. they were concerned about being late for school and wondering how

one woman took chief cathy lanier to task for would she said was an imbalance of resources from northeast to southwest and mocked the chief for saying she hadn't slept in three days. but the chief pushed back, arguing that perception that communities east of the river get more police attention doesn't mesh with reality. speaker after speaker suggested more community policing, more social programs, or more parental involvement could stem the violence. >> i don't care how much you tell me that as police, it's sad. >> reporter: at 8:30, mayor bowser arrived. her appearance settled some of the raw emotion. >> this is not the worst time. we don't want it to become the worst of times. >> reporter: it's clear this meeting is not going to solve the violence problems here east of the river, but it is also clear that the passion in that room means this community is going to keep fighting. garrett haake, wusa 9. >> very emotional out there. perhaps there is some small comfort in the fact that d.c. is far from allen and struggling with a spike in violence. today, as a matter of fact, baltimore record

the police department. 97.5% police union members are giving a no confidence vote to their chief cathy lanier. delia goncalves tells us why and what it all means. >>> the chairman of the d.c. police union says even though only a third of their union members voted, the message is still clear. they say chief lanier cannot be trusted, has created a toxic environment and without change they fear the violence will continue. so far our murder rate here in d.c. stands at 105, the same as all of 2014. residents report gunfights happening in every quadrant of the city. the latest a double shooting on 3rd and k street southwest. sunday evening a 13-year-old girl who was walking home from the library was among those shot. police union members blame the uptick in violence on the dismantling of the vice squad and record number of retirements. >> we used to get members that stay here 35, 45 years. at 25 years and one day they're leaving. they're not leaving because of the union. they're leaving because of the leadership style of the current chief. if she wants to ignore that, she can ignore that at her own

more than 1,100 cops said they had no confidence in police chief cathy lanier and 2,800 officers supporting her. the union represents 3,500 members of the department. most did not vote. lanier launched an all hands on deck this weekend putting every available cop on the street to combat escalating violence. despite that two men were shot to death late friday night. >> it doesn't prevent crime. this weekend is a prime example. it creates significant staffing shortages in the middle of the week. >> late this afternoon chief lanier issued a statement saying in part, "i will continue to make the tough decisions that need to be made to make washington d.c. the safest city in america." mayor muriel bowser said lanier has her full supported. >>> the all hands on deck initiative did not help this 13- year-old girl hit by a bullet meant for someone else while hanging out with her friends. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in southwest d.c. 13-year-old taije chambliss was sitting on the steps right here with her friends when a guy came running past her into the house and out the other side trying to esca

all three are in custody according to police chief cathy lanier. the chief tells us that the shooting happened inside an apartment at 13th and savanna streets here in southeast. three people, an adult woman, a 17-year-old male and a 12-year- old boy were in the apartment. police say the two boys had gotten into some sort of argument earlier in the day and that the 17-year-old came back to the apartment with a gun. it's unclear exactly how, but all three people, the two boys and adult female, ended up being shot. the 12-year-old was shot in the body, the 17-year-old in the arm and the adult female we're told suffered the most serious of the injuries. the relationship between the three is also unclear, but we know that the 17-year-old and 12-year-old are not related. the chief says they are neighbors. lanier blames this shooting as well as the citywide uptick in violence on access to guns, specifically illegal access to guns. >> when people say what's driving the spike in the violence and homicides, it is illegal firearms in homes and in the hands of

police officers have no confidence in police chief cathy lanier. the d.c. police union held a vote this weekend. it comes amid a huge spike of crime in the city and the highest homicide rate in years. it came at the tail end of the latest all hands on deck initiative to limit crime. the chief think it could have influenced the vote. she said, when we have violent crime, we have to make the sacrifices that we all swore we would make when we took this job. >>> it is now 4:35. today you may see helicopters and emergency views landing in front the u.s. capitol. but it's just a drill. u.s. park police, capitol police and officers will be with the district and they'll be conducting evacuation exercises today and tomorrow. the choppers will land on both the east and west front of the capitol building. that begins around 6:30 this morning. so you may run into street closures in the area. >>> marvin mandel has passed away at the age of 95. governor larry hogan released a statement saying maryland lost a great leader and friend. the general assembly appointed mandel

police union as they tally up a vote surrounding chief cathy lanier. what we could learn in a matter of hours. >>> summer break winds down. we are getting you ready as a huge chunk of students get ready to head back to school tomorrow. >> "news4 today" starts now. >>> on this sunday morning, good morning. welcome to "news4 today." i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. it's sunday fun day. >> it is, yeah. starting off nice out there. >> yeah.

police chief cathy lanier wants anyone who knows anything about what happened to come forward. >> the people who know the individuals involved in this, they have to come forward. it's that neighbor today, somebody else's neighbor today. it's that child today, somebody else's child tomorrow. >> there are six people, half a dozen people that are interested in talking to in this case. they also say they recovered a burgundy chrysler that drove away from the scene. you're looking at a picture right here. they say it was stolen last week. >>> chief lanier revealed new numbers about crime in the district. we have been told that homicides are on the rise. the chief said as of last night, there are 94 homicides in d.c. this year, compared to 72 last year. they have arrested 52 homicide suspects. >>> today, a controversial vote for lawmakers in frederick county, maryland. the county will vote on whether to invoke an english only ordinance. it requires county business to be conducted in english. supporters say this allows the county to avoid printing documents into multiple languages which gave

police chief cathy lanier said tips from the public and good police work are hoping to close some of the city's open murder cases. police made three arrests for homicide in the last 24 hours. the most recent case just this past saturday. it was near howard university. chief lanier is urging people to continue sending those anonymous tips, and to engage with officers in your neighborhoods. >> i will not be shouted down because i'm telling the truth. >> meanwhile, a small group of protesters tried to interrupt mayor muriel bowser this morning while she was announcing her plan to fight the rise in murders in the district. protesters with the black lives matter movement say they fear a police crackdown on poor communities. bowser specifically denied reports that police would enter homes searching for guns. >>> president obama is back in the district tonight. he spent the day in new orleans marking ten years since hurricane katrina hit. thousands of people lost their homes. many lost their lives when the storm ravaged that region in 2005. president obama and new orleans mayor mitch landri

cathy lanier says illegal guns are one of the major causes in the surge of murders this year. however, the police union says recent limits on officers keeping them from doing their job. they say the end of the plains clothe program earlier this year prevents sources from openly talking to officers. and the city is againsted affixed assignments on the blocks. >> there's no more proactive policing. they're putting up pop-up canopies, but not able to move around. >> chief lanier believes the programs are effective, but officers are resistant to change. >>> this morning we are learning new details about another shooting victim. his name, johnson jonas. we are told that a woman found his body while walking her dog near an apartment complex on stanton road southeast. jonas had been shot. the commissioner for the area said the recent spike in violence has been overwhelming. >>> a killing of a young american university graduate near the shaw metro stop has ignited a lot of frustration in d.c. and tonight you can take your questions and concerns to a public meeting about crime and safe

police chief cathy lanier says she has 100 extra police officers on d.c. streets every week to combat this recent surge in violence. nearly 100 times people have felt this way in d.c. this year, distraught over the shooting death of a loved one, the latest today 21-year-old a mary jenkins shot outside -- amari jenkins shot outside st. lukes church and while police investigated this three more people were shot in an apartment at 13th and savanna streets in south east. police say the two boys got into an argument earlier in the day. bradley holmes is fed up with youth violence. >> they have no one to understand no concept what friendship is. these guys got to be taught these things. >> reporter: police are working overtime as these shootings underscore the violence this year that involves both suspects and innocent bystanders. this year alone there was the mother shot and killed on memorial day day and the young journalist caught in the crossfire in a southeast shootout, 3-year-old dalis cox killed when a 7-year-old accidentally shot her in their apartment a

out patrolling have another responsibility this weekend to, vote on how they think police chief cathy lanier is doing. >> why not do it on a weekend when everybody has to work. >> reporter: and some more eager to give their opinions? >> we have a toxic environment when it comes to discipline, when it comes to the ability to do your jobs. >> reporter: the police union said they'll be polling their members on their confidence in their police chief's job on sunday and that it's all done online and confidential and is collected by a third party. i'm ileana diaz, wusa9. >>> tonight in d.c.'s brookland community neighbors gathered to light candles, shed tears and share stories of loretta coswell killed 1 week ago today shot outside her d.c. home in northeast. tonight one by one friends and neighbors took to the microphone to sing her praises. if someone was hungry, loretta had a hot meal. if they were cold, she had a blanketten and if they needed money -- blanket and if they needed money, somehow she would find it. >> we thank you, father god, for her kindness, for her goodness, dear lord. >> poli

. >>> it is a big weekend for police chief cathy lanier. the police union conducting a vote of no confidence in the chief. the district's homicide rate, 43% higher this year compared to last. over the past few months, the chief and the union have been at odds on how to solve the problem. >> i have been with the department 25 years. i don't think the union speaks for every police officer but they are the representation for the union members. this is their right to implement their survey and see ha the members think. >> tallied last year, lanier received a 75% approval rating from registered voters. the union is going to tally the vote tomorrow. when the vote comes out, we are going put a push notification to your phone. if you have the nbc washington app, you will get that. >> thanks, david. developing, an all-out search for a cop killer. detectives are looking for a man they say approached the sheriff's deputy from behind last night, shot him and kept on firing once that deputy fell to the ground. the deputy served ten years with the sherif

police chief cathy lanier says she is on board with the mayor's recently announced crime initiative. >> she feels the same way law enforcement feels there are times you got to draw a line in the sand. >> reporter: that leads to an effort to curb the violence that pushed the number of killings in the toy is the city to 103. the chief says there is a pattern involving violent offenders out on parole. >> have long, violent criminal histories just continuing to commit crime. >> reporter: crimes with guns. the plan says violent offenders out on parole could be subject to search by their officers. >> this is new york and california. >> some people play is served time, it doesn't mean all thank all of them back on the streets doing their thing. >> reporter: also parts of this plan that make it easier for misdemean misdemean misdemeanor offenders to qualify for work release. a multistrong approach to fighting crime, the chief says there can be multiple causes for that crime some of the aspects go into affect now and others the middle of next month. live in northeast d.c., derrick ward, news4

kimberly: you have been listening to police chief cathy lanier give update on the prime investigationsrticularly, two homicides that happened just this weekend. this is interesting because the chief obviously and the mayor talked about an approach to fight crime. in the district this summer we have seen a spike. this is the second time they held news conference in the middle of the news day. it's nontraditional but they know it will get tips from the public. jonathan: they are reaching a boiling point they have had enough of the crime. in the recent case, six people. it relates back to a burglary. but it is almost tough to keep track of the different crimes we have been reporting in the last few weeks. we'll stay on top of this. you can get more on i have type 2 diabetes. i started with pills. and now i take a long-acting insulin at night. i take mine in the morning. i was trying to eat right, stay active. but i wasn't reaching my a1c goal anymore. man: my doctor says diabetes changes over time. it gets harder to control blood sugar spikes after i eat and get to goal. my doctor added n

the mayor and chief cathy lanier have been trying to pinpoint a cause of the violence. police will be moving to an all hands on deck operation in the 5, 6, and 7 police districts. the chief has asked the mayor to hire 100 civilians to replace officers on desk jobs so she can increase beat patrols and the mayor is calling on more outreach affected by violence. >> the last one was southeast, outside of luke's church. i know a few people in that area. hits home. the more it hits home the more you feel it. >> i don't have an option to sit back and do nothing. none of us do. yes it will affect you if you are on a subway, it will affect you if you are in your corporate building down. everybody is responsible to make sure we get to the root of this issue. >> reporter: it affects awful us and is now all our responsibility. police increasing cash rewards $25,000 leading to solving it. >>> witnesses are telling a horrifying story about a deadly crash in lanham. it happened at washington boulevard and seabrook road. debility tis say a man and woman in a relationship had an argumen

police chief cathy lanier referred to this, this was an issue.t eight shootings in the city involved this kind of thing. this is still a developing situation. investigators here at the scene to figure out what happened. it sounds like there is no homicide here, no one has been killed here, no fatal wounds here but certainly three people shot down in the middle of the day here. quite a bit of concern. reporting live from southeast, richard reeves, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. it appears that the new england patriots quarterback tom brady will not attend tomorrow's federal court hearing in deflategate. the scandal that has been brewing since the bowles. usa sports report that brady missed team practice today in west virginia because he attended a settlement talk in new york city. however, those talks didn't progress anywhere so brady decided to skip tomorrow's hearing and rejoin his teammates. brady is trying to fight the nfl decision to suspend him for four games for underinflating footballs. this is not something we thought we'd say. tiger in det

i have tell you, 15 minutes ago i got a response, an e-mail from chief cathy lanier. i want to share what she has is say. she is not interested in responding to or commenting on an anonymous online survey conducted by the fraternal order of police. she goes on to tout what she says was all hands on deck move over the weekend and she lowered the violent crime 30%. overall crime by 50%. compared to the same weekend last year. the rank and file, fraternal order of police unhappy with the leadership style. this is what chair of the f.o.p. had to say about the findings of the survey. the turnout was roughly a third of the members. out of the third the vote is 1,122 voted no confidence. 28 voted they had confidence in the chief. stephen: the chief stressing this is an anonymous survey over the weekend. the same weekend when they were ordered all hands on deck. some may have planned vacation and were required to work. so it may have tainted the view of the chief. chief lanier has had one of the highest approval ratings of any official in the city. the most important approval

. >> reporter: later, the mayor specifically praised police chief cathy lanier. >> she knows these neighborhoods. she has responded. >> reporter: and the mayor said protests won't stop her community meetings. >> listen, tom, i don't fear being any place in the district of columbia. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >>> a developing story in fairfax county now, divers recovered the body of a teenager who disappeared during a fishing trip along little hunting creek near the potomac river last night. his family tells news4 he went into the water and couldn't handle the strong current. know meagan fitzgerald is on the scene with more on what the teenager was doing before he disappeared. >> reporter: a decision cost a teen his life. how can you begin to say goodbye to a 16-year-old who had his entire life ahead of him? >> he was the best person a brother could have. . >> reporter: vladimir flores was his best friend, they came here to go fishing. juan says he wanted to leave vladimir at home but changed his mind. it's a decision, he says, has left him with tremendous guilt. any time

if may -- the mayor defended cathy lanier that city police officers are not properly trained to fight against crimes. >>> and one person has been treated and released for the west nile virus. there are steps you can take, use bug repellent, avoid standing water and take extra precaution from dusk to dawn when mosquitos are out in full force. >>> a man accused of threatening to kill four u.s. presidents is back in jail. archie monroe glass has admitted to threatening to kill president obama, clinton and hillary clinton on four occasions since 1996. he was recently released from a prison in oklahoma but court records say he made two trips to d.c. the secret service stopped him outside the white house and that has people upset right now. eleanor holmes norton said someone dropped the ball. >> i'm surprised because the secret service is known for capturing or at least tracking people who threaten the president. what happened to them this time? >> news4 learned that glass stopped taking the psychiatric medication before the latest trip to d.c. >>> police are staying tight lipped about what

. >> the union says it also is against fixed assignments on the city blocks and police chief cathy lanier said she believes they're effective, but officers are resistant to change. >>> and johnson jonas, he was 29 years old, we're told that a woman found his body while walking her dog near an apartment complex on stanton road southeast. police say jonas had been shot. the commissioner for the area said the recent spike in violence has been overwhelming. >>> baltimore has matched the number of homicides in the stir for all of last year. the 211th killing was reported yesterday morning in the same part of the they saw rioting and looting after the death of freddie gray. homicides rose dramatically after the riots. there were 42 reported in may alone. >>> this afternoon, the man accused of murdering university of virginia student hannah graham will be in court for a pretrial hearing. jesse matthew is charged with capital murder. today, a judge will hear about a dozen motions, one calls for banning people in the courtroom from displaying any symbols supporting graham. >>> a woman is facing ch

. >> reporter: police chief cathy lanier says she knows what it's done, she talked about this latest all hands on deck on the politics hour on wamu radio today. on average, 32 all hands on deck we have done now on seven years, the average decline and in violent crime 10%. >> reporter: if that happens, they may see more support where it's needed. >> the all hands on deck, it might be good, a good idea. >> reporter: the surge is scheduled to last 48 hours. interestingly enough this is happening the same time the fraternal order of police, police union in d.c., is surveying officers to see whether they have confidence in the chief's ability to fight crime. she says she knows probably less popular at a time she has changed a lot of people's schedules around but calling on these officers to do what they were sworn to do, on news4 at 6:00, a broader crime initiative that can take place now and into the next few months. we are live in northeast, derrick ward, news4. back to you. >>> two guys were arrested for this fight on top of a d.c. fire truck. you can see them swinging at each other in

all three are in custody according to police chief cathy lanier. tells us that the shooting happened inside an apartment at 13th and savanna streets here in southeast. three people, an adult woman, a 17-year-old male and a 12-year- old boy were in the apartment. police say the two boys had gotten into some sort of argument earlier in the day and that the 17-year-old came back to the apartment with a gun. it's unclear exactly how, but all three people, the two boys and adult female, ended up being shot. the 12-year-old was shot in the body, the 17-year-old in the arm and the adult female we're told suffered the most serious of the injuries. the relationship between the three is also unclear, but we know that the 17-year-old and 12-year-old are not related. the chief says they are neighbors. lanier blames this shooting as well as the citywide uptick in violence on access to guns, specifically illegal access to guns. >> when people say what's driving the spike in the violence and homicides, it

mayor muriel binders the police chief, cathy lanier, they are urging the community to help fight the spike in crime and they are offering a new incenti incentive, rewards are going up for any tip that -- in regards to shootings and illegal guns. tom sherwood explains. >> reporter: there was one chart showing homicides up 35% this year. another doubting the closed case in the summer of violence. >> several tragedies across our city because of guns. we, i speak for us all saying this is unacceptable. >> reporter: mayor bowser and chief lanier announced higher rewards and more police deployments to fight a spike in homicides that have shaken many communities aren't district. >> glad the mayor's here. glad there is a plan of action. my constituents want more than rhetoric they want a plan. >> we have increased reward for certain crimes. we are headed in the right direction. crime remains -- violent crime remains out of control in the city. >> we have added a reward of $10,000 for shootings because we are seeing shooting with high-capacity magazines and the tension to be lethal is greater

issue in the city today, the police union announced that the officers have no confidence in chief cathy lanieris minute, 100 a & c commissioners across the city meeting to discuss possible solutions to this crime spree. i'm chris lawrence. >>> we got sports coming up, we know rg3 is no longer the starter. what some questions can't wait until morning. so i'm one of many nurses at cigna with answers, anytime, day or night. i'm lauren, and i've got your back. >>> kirk cousins will be the starter for 2015. >> hmm. >> hmm. >> what in the world is going on with this franchise? >> a lot of people -- what we have been talking about. >> a lot of people agree with the move, clamoring for kirk cousins a long time. now your starting quarterback. >> just seems like a dysfunctional operation year after year after year. >> we will talk about that in a second. let's get to what's going on for today. the end might be near -- we will talk about it in a second, vance. the end might be near for robert griffin iii when it comes to his tenure with the redskins. today, jay gruden informed the team kirk cousins would

on the scene, police chief cathy lanier. >> what the motive is behind the disturbance, whether it is family or not that would cause someone to use a gun to take someone else's life, i can't tell you, pat, but tragedy nonetheless. >> reporter: the victim is said to be a retired metro bus operator. jeannette knew her well. for her to die -- >> die like this and especially a good person. i could say she would give you the shirt off of her back. >> reporter: for hours upon hours, this neighborhood was on lockdown. they are not used to this sort of thing here. this is the 99th murder in our city this year. >> that's ridiculous. i don't know what they are going to do i don't know what they can do i guess it is just a way to the situation on the world. >> very sad and unfortunate, it is a human life, like yours and mine. >> reporter: the police strategy here is simple. wait and talk, wait and talk and hopefully, in the end, that gunman will walk out and surrender. chris, back to you. >> all right. i think we are all hoping that, pat, thank you. >>> tonight, a former high-ranking federal pol

cathy lanier wants anyone who knows anything about what happened to come forward. >> to the people who know the individuals involved in this, they have to come forward. it's that neighbor today, it's somebody else's neighbor today. it's that child today, somebody else's child tomorrow. >> there are six people of interest in the case. police have recovered this burgundy chrysler, they say it was stolen last week. >>> today a controversial vote for lawmakers in frederick county, maryland. the county will vote on whether to revoke the english only ordinance. that requires business to be conducted in only english. it allows the county to avoid printing documents in multiple languages which saves money. >>> okay, another glass ceiling broken. two women made history by successfully completing the army's elite rangers school. this is one of the toughest combat training courses in the world. at this point we don't know their names yet. the army only telling us that they are west point trained officers. they will be among 96 soldiers who graduate friday at ft. benning in georgia. however, the w

mayor muriel bowser and police chief cathy lanier wrapped up a news conference about the recent crime in the city. the big take away, they are upping the reward for tips that lead to the seizure of illegal guns. people in the community can now get $2500 for that information. now, today's announcement comes after recent shootings involving illegal guns, including the shooting that killed that mother that we told but just a few minutes ago. >>> we are working to learn more about funeral arrangements for congressional trail blazer, retired representative louis stokes has died at the age of 90. he was ohio's first black member of congress. stokes came to washington after winning a landslide election in 1968. he served 15 terms. stokes headed a committee investigating the assassinations of president kennedy and dr. martin luther king jr. he retired in 1999. >>> veterans in arlington want their flag back. on tuesday morning, the stars and stripes disappeared from the american legion post on washington boulevard and the vets found the p.o.w. flag like on the ground. they are trying to figure

coming up at 6:00, police chief cathy lanier. i will see you then. now back to you. pat, thank you. >>> as pat reported, the victim in today's shooting is the city's 99th homicide victim this year. that's 36% spike from the same time last year. in fact, in all of 2014, we saw a total of 105 cases. we posted an interactive map for you where you can see the latest stats and a map of all of this year's homicides on our nbc walks app. you can find it by searching d.c. homicides. >>> the man who led police on chase after a carjacking in d.c. had just been released from prison. police say guy hernandez was released from the montgomery county detention center on monday. officers say 30 minutes after he got out, he was carjacking a woman at knife point about a mile from that prison. on wednesday, officers say he carjacked another person in the district and led police on a chase in beth these d.a. he was eventually arrested when he came back into d.c. >>> new developments tonight and the story of a lost little boy. d.c. police just told us they have located one of his parents