d.c. policet up to the car, the wild shoot-out happened at 11th and h streets. >> we have a team of reporters covering this story. we begin with shomari stone who is at the census bureau building. >> reporter: right now silver hill road has reopened. prince george's county police had it blocked off so people could not go through. and there were people on lockdown here at the u.s. census bureau headquarters. all is clear right now on campus. this all started this evening. the suspect ran the front gate at the headquarters. police say he shot the guard in the chest and got away from the scene. prince george's county police federal officers shut down the campus. they searched for the suspect, not knowing if he was still on the property. they looked in the parking garage. they looked in the area. u.s. census bureau employees were on lockdown at the time. we'll now hear from matt expense. he told me he was terrified. >> about 6:30 we saw -- we heard gunshots. and i thought it was just people in the ne

. >> reporter: jeannette was scared when she heard police bang on her neighbor ronald anderson's door last night in southeast d.c. >> i couldn't go to sleep. i was afraid. >> reporter: she had no clue that anderson was in critical condition at a hospital after police say he got in a shoot-out with officers on h street. it all started around 5:30 yesterday evening. police say anderson kidnapped his girlfriend in northeast d.c. drove her to the u.s. census bureau in suitland maryland where they say he shot and killed a security guard. he left as d.c. police spotted him in southeast and he started shooting at officers. police chased him to h street northeast. the mayhem ended with a crash and lots of gunfire. according to court documents released we found out that police say they searched the suspect's car and found a .45 semiautomatic handgun. >> it actually happened right near the middle of this block. >> reporter: carmen whitaker manages touche supper club. the shooting caused her to cancel an event. how much did you lose. >> between 3,000 to $4,000 in revenue. >> reporter: according to court documents police sa

d.c. police have put out several surveillance videos in the hopes of catching some crooks, so we put our debra alfarone on the case. >> reporter: it's the video that will make your heart skip a beat and it happened in this aisle. cops want you to see it and so does the owner of newton market. inside northeast's d.c.'s newton market two men walk in. within seconds one has a got. the other makes the worker open -- gun. the other makes the worker open the register. this violent robbery happen over a week ago. since then d.c. police have posted several new videos of robbery, burglaries and theft but say there's no uptick in crime in northeast. there's just more video, of this robbery with a knife, this burglary, this stolen package. >> you just have to be careful around here. >> it can happen anywhere. i'm not that worried. there's usually good police presence here. streetlights are on. it feels safe to me. >> reporter: surveillance cameras are everywhere including here in our wusa9 lobby. we don't k

went back into d.c.. police did spot the vehicle. there was gunfire that was shot from the car as it tried to escape. now, everything ended up at 11th and h streets in northeast, that's where police blocked in the car, forced the gunman to crash that vehicle. there hat that point was an exchange of gun suspect and police. the suspect was shot so was an officer. and things wrapped up there. no word on the condition of that gunman. should mention that his wife was located and she is said to be okay. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, megan. part of h street remains closed as police are still investigating the violent end to all of this. following a police chase officers cornered the suspect and blocked him if in with their cruisers which led to a terrible crash there. witnesses say the gunman got out of his car and started firing shots at officers. >> i heard gunshot, guy got out of a green car shooting at the police officers and they shot back. i thought somebody was shooting a movie at first and then i said, no this is real life

on april 9th, d.c. police chase a murder suspect where she was having dinner but her car got trapped inside the crime scene. after waiting for hours, she approached an officer. >> my purse is in the trunk. here's my key. can you get my purse for me? my supervisor which he did and the supervisor said no. reporter: she managed to get home planning to retrieve her car the next morning but -- >> the street was still blocked off. reporter: when she found out the crime scene was clear and went to get her car she had been ticketed. since the sticker had expired 8:29 the night before. >> i couldn't get my car or my possessions. the money it costs me to get home and back and they have the nerve to give me a ticket. they should be sending me a letter of apology. reporter: but it gets worse. when she drove to meet us at this interview, she stopped to tell u

census bureau in suitland, shot a security guard who tried to help her, took d.c. police on a high speed chase, shot and wound an officer on h street before being shot himself. again it began between anderson and his girl friend but didn't end that way. >> we have for so long thought of it as a private issue, something between two people we need to keep in our families, but it does impact our communities. >> reporter: lawrence buckner didn't know anderson or the girl friend. he was simply doing his job when he checked on the two in anderson's car before he was shot and killed. >> why did this man jump in? why did he step up and really to save a life? it was because he was doing what we all do. we want to step in. we want to be able to help when we see something going on. >> reporter: it's something buckner's co-workers came to expect of him. >> he was a good guy. somebody lost a husband, their father. >> reporter: is there a concern that because yesterday turned out the way that it did some people might be discouraged from helping? >> i don't think that's human nature. >>

d.c. police want to know if anyone has come into contact with the e-mail address chrissanchez0906@yahoo!.com. perhaps the information can provide more information about what happened inside the donovan hotel behind me. here's why. according to court documents lawyer david messerschmitt logged on craigslist and elicited responses from men. ma jamyra gallmon showed up and stabbed him in the donovan hotel. tonight she's charged with murder. she's the person of interest shown in this surveillance video at the hotel moments before the murder on february 9th. according to court documents messerschmitt used the handle dcguy 456. he communicated back and forth with someone identified as chrissanchez0906. the meeting was set up in his hotel room. officers arrested jamyra gallmon yesterday afternoon. d.c. police want anyone with information, if you have come in contact with that e-mail address, keep in mind you can call police anonymously regarding this issue. live in northwest d.c. shomari stone, news4. >

d.c. police. developing now the ohio man accused of plotting an attack on a u.s. military base is expected to plead not guilty today. the man only became a u.s. citizen last year. investigators say he bought a one way ticket to greece and then slipped into syria where he trained with terrorists. they say he planned to come back to the u.s. to "kill three or four american soldiers execution style." a three judge panel in new orleans will hear arguments today concerning president obama's executive orders on immigration. the judges are considering whether to lift the injunction granted by a federal judge in texas in february at the request of 26 states that oppose the plan. the executive orders shield millions of people in the u.s. illegally from deportation. republicans are converging on new hampshire today. more than a dozen potential presidential candidates are attending the first in the nation republican leadership summit. that two-day summit to help them seek traction in new hampshire. so far t

alison: in d.c. police are looking for the person who shot a teenager to death. it happened last night on 37th street and southeast. police found 16-year-old luke holt of northeast suffering from gunshot wounds and he died at the hospital. police are asking anyone with information in this case to contact them. leon: about 25 minutes ago, fairfax water said a 14-inch break along route 1 in alexandria had been fixed but traffic congestion in the area does continue. right now, only one lane of traffic in each direction is open on richmond highway between fryload and highland lane. this morning eight town homes were affected by this break. residents there were surprised to wake up to find no running water and a flooded street. >> saw the flashing lights and i opened the window and then i saw like water all over like a flood. leon: water service has been restored. that happened before noon. crews hope to finish repairs and fully reopen the roads later tonight. alison: loudoun county sheriff's

less than two hours ago, d.c. police chief cathy lanier announce the frightening kidnapping, rolling it to maryland. alison: the kidnapping took place on third and p streets at 5:30 tonight. from there the suspect drove to the u.s. census bureau where a security guard was shot while approaching the car. leon: our coverage begins with tom roussey, live where it all ended near 11th and h streets northwest. tom: it all started with the armed kidnapping, about a mile and a half from here. then it goes to prince george's county then back here, a giant police chase. it all ended here on h street. a lot of police on the scene but there were a lot more earlier this evening. this is video of what the suspect's car wound up looking like after the police pulled them over to stop him, a crash, and that is when he was finally stopped after a long police chase that started in southeast washington with shots fired then to northeast, more shots fired, then on h straight. the suspect was hit in an exchange of gunfire, as was a police ser

d.c. police want to track the online activity of a woman they say killed an attorney and they need your help. police want to speak with anyone who had contact with the e-mail address chrissanchez chrissanchez0906@yahoo.com. according to court documents, david messerschmitt communicate the with someone on craigslist using that e-mail and handle. police say the e-mail is linked to jamyra gallmon's cell phone. police believe gallmon stabbed messerschmitt to death at the donovan hotel. >>> parents of a 5-year-old virginia boy found dead will face neglect and abuse charges. noah thomas' mother and father are in jail this morning. noah was found dead inside a septic tank last week. he'd been missing for five days. the pulaski county sheriff's office says it doesn't snow exactly how noah died. >>> we're waiting to learn whether a man who barricaded himself inside a fredericksburg hotel will face charges. this happened at the relax inn on princess ann street. the map ren refused to out on of his room. af

police. in the fact chief lanier sent out, she said if d.c. tried to do that it would take 150 years because the technology is so slow. coming up at 6, what seattle police say about that and why others are questioning whether the chief's fact sheet is actually factual. in the newsroom mark segraves, news4. >>> redskins fans have been waiting for tonight the nfl draft's first round. dianna russini is live in chicago at the draft to give us a little insight on who the team might take for the fifth pick. di? >> reporter: hey jim. it's definitely one of the most exciting nights of the year for redskins fans. it's like christmas morning here and underneath the tree there are all these gifts and the fans don't really know which is theirs. well, the redskins have the fifth pick in the first round tonight. now, there are two names that you're going to want to keep an eye on if you're going to watch tonight at 8:00. dante fowler jr. out of florida the defensive end really athletic. he's big, strong and he can start on this team immediately. now, if fowl

alison: charges of excessive force by d.c. police department. was severely beaten by a officer in front of her children. sam ford is live with what the department is saying. sam: we have given police the video that was given to us and police are looking into this to determine whether there were any inappropriate actions by their members. they have an incident

d.c. police are looking for arsonists who set fire to two cars this morning on night street, like behind the fourth district police station. they found matches lying nearby. neighbors say they were fast asleep when loud noises shook them. >> i heard a big explosion, then several smaller explosions. i looked out and i saw fire shooting up the telephone pole and the whole car was engulfed in flames. kimberly: thursday and this morning, vandals smashed car windows in the very same neighborhood. if you have information, contact the ec police. -- contact d.c. police. the father and his seven children were laid to rest today. the funeral took lace at the university of maryland eastern shore campus. the family died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a generator at their princess anne home. the family used it for heat after the power company disconnected them. happening now, a dog rescue underway near blair high school in silver spring. a puppy was reportedly trapped in a piece of pipe about 12 fee

that's ultimately who's to blame. >> an italian aid worker lo porto also died in the strike. >>> d.c. policere investigating a murder in northeast. investigators found a man's body in the 4300 block of gault place yesterday afternoon. someone shot him. police are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. >>> today a college community will celebrate the life of a murdered student. a vigil for grace mann being -- begins at noon today at the university of mary washington. fredericksburg police say her roommate killed her inside the off campus apartment. organizers want attendees to dress in bright colors to symbolize the joy and good she brought into the world. steven van der briel is charged with strangling here. >>> today, the man who shot ronald reagan returns to federal court for the third day to argue for more freedom. john hinckley jr., is asking to leave a d.c. mental hospital for good. government lawyers are against any sweeping new freedoms for hinckley. they want him banned from facebook and don't want hinckley googling himself. today the court will hear from

she was at the d.c. policeartment's precinct and telless me thattells me detectives were not telling her a lot but her daughter has been charged in first-degree murder in what happened at the donovan hotel behind me. 21-year-old jamyra gallmon is shown here in february. the woman presses an elevator button and then decides to walk up the stairs trying to hide her face. investigators arrested gallmon this evening on the 1100 block of 14th street northwest near the donovan hotel. that's where lawyer david messerschmitt was stabbed to death in february. she went to the hotel for a sexual encounter. she allegedly met messerschmitt online. he was found laying on the floor with stab wounds to his back. they say they found blood on the walls and the dor of the hotel room. detectives also tell us they found a wallet credit cards, a condom lubricant, a watch, an enema, a cell phone and some keys in the room. last week messerschmitt's wife kim vuong told us about her husband. >> the world has lost a good person. david's

it truly was embraced the whole team concept. >> d.c. police chief cathy lanier and other you a lakers -- law makers were on hand for the ceremony today. >>> uva announces a new policy to improve the way sexual assaults are handled on campus. debra alfarone writtens us that story coming -- brings us that story coming up at 5:30. >> plus a driverless car completes a cross country trek but coming up, why this push for hands free driving is hitting the speed bump. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow. just light jacket weather out here on the weather terrace. as high temperatures were only in the upper 50s to around 60. for most of us. but a big surge in temperatures is coming up in the first alert seven day forecast. >> a maryland politician reveals his deepest darkest, most personal secret at a public hearing. i'm scott broom. in annapolis, coming up. what charles county dele >>> it is one politician's darkest secret. tonight, the shocking courageous way he chose to break his lifelong silence. ct wilson a maryland state delegate from the

kimberly: d.c. police are asking for your help to find a missing teenager. 13-year-old jordan phillips was lasting yesterday near the intersection of v and fourth streets in southeast. she is 5'1" with brown eyes. jordan is the cousin of 22-year-old chanvonne phillips, the young mother who dropped her daughter off at edc day care and was never seen again. the police are stressing tonight that these disappearances are not related in any other way. d.c. police are also looking for 11-year-old jerome jackson, less seen thursday. this is the second time this month he has gone missing. last time he was found on the metro. the police are asking you to keep a close eye as you commute to work tomorrow morning. people in fairfax county are coming together to show support for victims of crime, part of national crime victims week. among the crowd, groups providing resources to the victims, to raise awareness and let evil know there is help available. a 5k walk in candlelight vigil will loss -- were also held. baltimo

the two gallmon and messerschmitt d.c. police say, communicated for hours and arranged to meet up here at the donovan hotel. and police say yes, they have arrested gallmon and charged her with the felony murder in his death. in court yesterday where a judge denied her bail saying she was too dangerous and her family of course as you can see there refused to talk the us. they were too upset. now although police no gallmon -- know gallmon communicated with messerschmitt using that e- mail address they want to know if anyone else ever communicated with that e-mail address. it's critssanchez0609@yahoo.com and they are asking for anyone. just do a quick search in your e-mail inbox. ever communicated with that e- mail address. if so d.c. police want to hear from you. latest statement from his wife saying she has faith that the courts will find justice for david. that's the latest here at the donovan hotel. i'm nikki burdine, back to you. >>> men while police are searching for ants over a suspicious death in annandale. officers say a ma

country that has no bearing on -- is not related to us at all. >> it might surprise some to hear the d.c. police union is not supporting a waiver for police body cam video. >> if there's special things we need to do in order for them to produce the video, fuzz out faces, blur license tags, that type of stuff. >> like you do with documents now. >> that's what we need to do. >> a police department statement to wusa 9 today adds another reason for wanting to limit access to this video is to protect individuals privacy rights from other people who are just simply curious. this is bruce johnson reporting from northwest washington for wusa 9. >>> a montgomery county man convicted of sexual assaultingmen that he met at beer pong tournaments will spend 150 years behind bars. joey poxtindeer was sentenced today. in two trials earlier this year juries found him guilty of 12 counts of second and third degree sex offense. prosecutors call him a sexual predator unlike anything the county has ever seen. >> 150 years is a huge number. it's a sentence that will probably mean that mr. poindexter will die in jail

if you know anything about him, call d.c. police. and let's take a live look outside at this day of colder temperatures and cloudy skies. and the stormy weather is not over yet. chief meteorologist doug hill joins us with a first look at the forecast. doug? doug: very quiet outside the belfort furniture weather center cloudy and cool and damp. we're watching showers and some thunderstorms getting closer and closer to the metro area. but the number of lightning strikes diminishing every time we look near the lightning counter. winchester to front royal west to culpepper. that's one line of very heavy downpours as smaller lines ahead of it moving into the western suburbs right now. we'll look for showers and thunderstorms probably about 7:00 moving into the city into the metro area. definitely having an effect at the beginning of the nationals game but much larger picture shows a much bigger area of rain. this is all being propelled to the south and east into this cooler and damp air. that will take the starch out of it all and giving

has been locked up accused of a deadly shooting near the old walter reed hospital in northwest d.c. police arrested herman odom. investigators say he shot and killed a man last week in an attempted robbery near 13th and van buren streets. >>> wisconsin avenue is back open in both directions but police are still looking for a man who hit and officer and took off. the officer was off duty. he was working security around the high-end shops near south park avenue. that's the friendship heights area. the officer approached a suspicious car and the driver took off dragging him a short ways. the officer was not badly hurt. investigators don't know why the driver sped off. >>> support is pouring in tonight to replace a fire engine destroyed in a huge fire yesterday. capitol heights lost rescue 33 the truck, yesterday, while fighting a fire at a warehouse. the station set up a go fund me account. it has already raised $1300. there's a long way to go since the department would like to raise $250,000. the rescue engine was insured, but the price to replace the 15-year-old vehicle is more than the ins

>> reporter: lesli just into the newsroom as you said just learned d.c. police making an arrest in the puzzling murder of 30-year-old capital hill attorney david messerschmitt. he was found dead in room 400 of the upscale donovan hotel about a month ago. and his wife had reported him missing a day before. now police had asked us to put on the air and for people to watch surveillance video taken from the hotel of a woman. a woman who they say was a person of interest. at this point they weren't saying if that woman is the woman they arrested. in fact at this point, they're in the saying anything -- not saying anything and also not saying the tip led to the arrest though at this point they have to talk to the family of course 06 messerschmitt first. his wife did make an emotional plea just last week asking the public to help find her husband's killer and our moe la again lee is out on the oat -- mola lenghi is out on the streets chasing down the chase. back to you guys. >>> thank you. and at the district's population grows and developers and longtime homeowners ar

if you recognize the man here in this video, please call d.c. police. >>> tonight montgomery county police are concerned a man charged with assaulting a woman with learning disabilities might have assaulted other women. 23-year-old warren giddings from waldorf met the young woman through an online dating site plenty of fish. giddings went by the name charged up 989. police say he went to the woman's home, threatened her and then sexually assaulted her. now he's held on a $150,000 bond. >>> trying to you want race the cops almost never works out for anyone, but it seems somebody is always willing to try regardless of the risk. case in point, richmond highway, monday morning a county cop from fairfax tries to pull over 31-year-old roger garcia for a routine traffic stop, but garcia has other ideas and zooms away. the officer gives chase and has to use a precision immobilization technique to stop the guy. turns out garcia has a 1-year- old child in the back seat of that car. now he is charged not only with reckless driving and failing to stop for an offic

. >>> d.c. police want to track the online activity of a woman they say killed an attorney and they need your help. police want to speak with anyone who had contact with this e-mail address. chrissanchez0906@yahoo.com. david measure schmidt communicated with someone on craigslist using that e-mail. the e-mail is linked to jamyra gallmon's cell phone and police believe gallmon stabbed messerschmitt to death at a hotel in d.c. >>> and crews are working to repair an eight-inch water main break. water began rushing down the street this morning before crews located the problem. the work is expected to last most of this day. >>> you're only going to see this on "news4 midday." look at these incredible pictures. we want to show you. new pics of three bald eagle nests in the d.c. area. some with their babies or eaglets. our own mark seagraves got the pictures and tweeted them out. the aerial shot from the d.c. police training facility and st. elizabeth's hospital. they are active nests with adults either brood

if you did see anything, please call d.c. police. >>> a grand jury has indicted a man on second-degree murder charges in a deadly crash along bw parkway. 27-year-old anthony lamont payne of district height, maryland allegedly ran another car off the road march 20. 19-year-old bowie state university student ter respect lagrue was killed. >>> still ahead at noon, a fire is burning near the site of europe's biggest nuclear disaster as hundreds of firefighters battle the flames. >> plus, the trouble with tow trucks has a montgomery county law maketory put the brakes on >>> it appears marion barry's son will not be following in his father's footsteps. the race still remains too close to call. only 118 votes separate the front runners. laruby may and tryon white. in ward 4 it wasn't close. brandon todd will fill muriel bowser's seat after receiving 47% of the vote in that race. >>> the race to the white house now vermont senator bernie sanders says he will make an announcement tomorrow about his intentions to run for president. sanders, a

we're just getting started. >>> four yirs 4 traffic. 94 south right lane shu >>> d.c. police are considering using drones to preserve crime scenes before they're contaminated. law enforcement officials from across the country visited d.c.'s forensic science office in southwest today. the group watched a drone that can create 3-d, 360-degree images. this device costs about $65,000. the drone could also be used by security officers to map out routes like inaugural parades and public gatherings looking for security weak spots. >>> a former teacher's aide from virginia is in trouble tonight, accused of hitting special needs students on the school bus. peggy jordan is charged now with two counts of assault and battery. she worked for colonial heights public schools, which is near petersburg. one mother who didn't want her face on camera said the teachers aide struck her 7-year-old son who is severely autistic. >> to strike a child who does not have the ability to communicate should never be the reaction. >> jordan no longer works for the school system, and the district tells us it

right now, d.c. police are looking for a hit and run driver. they say the person struck a woman on southern avenue southeast. this happened right outside of the united medical center. we don't know the woman's condition right now. we're also working to find out whether the road is still shut down. >>> d.c. police are investigating a double shooting between the congress heights and southern avenue metro stops. this happened just after 8:00 p.m. in the 3500 block of stanton road southeast. both victims were conscious and breathing on their way to the hospital. >>> 4:36, your time right now. and the news4 i-team uncovered new details about how the capitol responded when a gyrocopter landed on the grounds there. police -- capitol police were warned about a possible drone about 24 minutes before that landing. they saw the gyrocopter two minutes before it hit the ground. police told senate members about a brief lock down but they didn't tell house members and that is according to testimony expected today from the capitol police chief and the house se

you recognize this man, please call d.c. policece george's county police are looking for three bad guys after a home invasion last night. the masked gunman busted into the home on manorfield court and largo and during a struggle a man living inside was shot. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. the crooks made off with some property. >>> the jail cell image of boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev was a major focus at today's second day of testimony in the sentencing phase of this trial. the image shows tsarnaev making a rather crude gesture into the surveillance camera just hours before his arraignment back in 2013. prosecutors said the gesture shows tsarnaev to be callous about those he killed and injured in the bombings. today defense attorneys tried to downplay that middle finger salute there. the jury is deciding whether tsarnaev gets the death sentence or life in prison. >>> it is a word so hurtful it's often referred to by only one letter. its first letter of one arlington filmmaker is devoting her lif

and the role a young d.c. police department played after the assassination of president lincoln. ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out... ...and take it. and the ones who do... ...these are the kings and queens of america. ♪ >>> i'm pat lawson muse at the live defkt. hundreds of people roe marching through downtown new york city in the middle of rush hour traffic to protest deadly police shootings. this is video taken a short while ago from nbc new york's chopper. the group is marching from union square to 1 police plaza. this was organized by the activist group stop mass incarceration to protest the recent killing of walter scott by a white police officer in south carolina. earlier today, about 500 people stopped traffic to cross the brooklyn bridge. some were arrested and commuters have been warned to expect major traffic delays because of this. at the live desk, i'm pat lawson muse. >>> a volunteer sheriff's d

d.c. police are offering a $25,000 reward for information that solves this case. >>> and d.c. police need your help finding a man who shot a man not far from gallaudet university. paramedics rushed the victim to the hospital and he's in critical condition. >>> there are a lot of questions this morning about white house cyber security after a report that hackers obtained some of the president's e-mails. "the new york times" says russian hackers gained access to the e-mail archives of people in the white house. and that's how the hackers ultimately obtained some unclassified e-mails sent and received by the president. the hack took place as the u.s. and russia were in a standoff over ukraine. the white house did not comment to nbc news. in recent weeks the defense secretary has stressed the importance of cyber security. >> the first is defending our own networks and weapons because they're critical to what we do every day. they're no good if they have been hacked. >> the president e-mails frequent frequently. chinese breached then senator's e-mails in 2008 when he was campaigning

he left the d.c. police and he started shooting at officers. police chased anderson to h street northeast. the mayhem ended with a crash and lots of gunfire. >> it happened here in the middle. >> carmen manages the supper club. it caused her to cancel an event. >> how much did you all lose? >> probably between 3,000 to $4,000. >> a cell phone was in anderson's car. he has been charge with kidnapping and not charged with the killing of the security guard. >> the 59-year-old was a husband and a father and a grandfather. he was married for 36 years and served in the army before spending person 20 years in security. he worked for the security as an officer for nearly two years and stationed at the census bureau. they said we considered the man a hero who died in the line of duty. we led up to that crime spree on the nbc washington app. president obama will mead with raul castro in panama. they shook hands at the summit of americas. they are expected to discuss u.s. and cuba relations and talk about the u.s. removing cube from the terror list. >> fa

that's the d.c. police chief kathy lanier she stopped by the program and decided to have fun with the colleagues of ours there. hopefully she didn't call her squad cars and have them waiting for us in the parking lot after the show. with a breathalyzer waiting for everyone of them from that segment. alison: their demeanor changed immediately. it went from party to uh-oh. that was funny. coming up here on abc 7 news at 4:00, a special honor for a local child on world make a wish day. a look at what's sure to be a magical trip for him. snau>> it was one of the most frightening things in your entire life. leon: you'll agree when you see it. dramatic crash caught on camera. how an alert driver is alison: today is world make a wish day. and a local 4-year-old boy is getting his today. leon: all right, our sam sweeney was there for what well wishers say is going to be a magical trick. sam: picking him up in a limo. he had no idea the welcome he'd get at reagan airport. he is undergoing treatment for leukemia and

maureen: first at 6:00 d.c. police arrest a second woman in connection with the stabbing death of a d.c. lawyer at the donovan hotel. brianne carter is live outside of the police headquarters in northwest washington whochlt is in custody tonight, brianne? brianne: maureen, according to d.c. poli19-year-old dominique johnson was arrested earlier today in connection with the death of 30-year-old david messerschmitt. according to d.c. police we understand that johnson who lives in southeast d.c. is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. now, this comes less than a week after 21-year-old jamyra gallmon was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of the d.c. lawyer. now, according to neighbors, they tell us that the two lived together in southeast. our tom roussey in that neighborhood tonight. he spoke to a neighbor who says that they never had any problems with either of the two women. now, david messerschmitt was found dead in a room at the donovan hotel back in february. according to court documents, messersch

d.c. police arrested 19-year-old domonique johnson in connection with the case charging her with conspiracy. this is their second arrest. last week they charged 21-year- old jamyra gallmon. she's seen on this surveillance footage. she told police she went to the hotel to rob 30-year-old david messerschmitt and ended up stabbing him after he grabbed her arm. >>> coming up a pair of followup reports to stories we've been following closely, first more on a big story that broke last night at 7:00. the white south carolina police officer charged with murder after shooting a black man over the weekend is out of a job officially. of, this after video from a bystander showed that officer -- officially, this after video from a bystander showed that officer firing eight shots into the back of 50-year-old walter scott running away. slager claims he killed scott in self-defense. the chief from north charleston where it happened faced reporters this morning. >> i have watched the video. i was sickened by what

after taking gun frooir anderson d.c. police officers rammed their car into anderson's to end the chase. but anderson continued shooting at police who this time returned fire wounding anderson. a police officer was also shot. >> we know that our officers put themselves in front of harm's way. >> reporter: now the sergeant who was shot was grazed in the leg. we're told he's doing just fine. the condition of the suspect has not been released. as for the woman who was kidnapped, there's no word on how or when she escaped but she is found and unharmed and she is safe tonight. coming up at 6:00 you'll hear from witnesses twr the scene last night and we'll give you more on the charges anderson is facing. pat, back to you. >>> the roads are open again, but the northeast community are where the chase ended is still shaken up. part of h street stayed closed until 9:00 this morning. more than 12 hours after the chase and the gunfire ended. the dramatic shoot-out with police happened in front of a sandwich shop. the h street corridor has s

sometime later, anderson was spotted by d.c. police on bruce place in southeast where anderson opened fire on officers. a police chased anderson he opened fire again, this time near the intersection of 3rd and m streets northeast. about 8:00 the chase end near 1 11 and h streets northeast with a crash and a hail of gunfire. >> we know that our officers put themselves in front of harm's way. >> reporter: in fact a d.c. police sergeant was shot in the leg. anderson was also shot. >> i thought it was like shooting a movie at first. then i said no this isn't a movie, this is real life. >> reporter: that police officer who was shot is doing just fine. we're told he's been released from the hospital as of today. as for the suspects his condition has not been released. now, the charging documents reveal that the suspect has been charged with kidnapping and that that victim was at one point his girlfriend. the charging documents also reveal that the officer that he is charged with assaulting is not the officer who was shot here on h street dur

while d.c. police in the inspector general's office investigate, morales is on leave, cannot enter the building, and his gun and badge taken away. scott thuman, abc 7 news. kimberly: the 7 on your side i-team is raising questions about the contractor involved in last week's prisoner escape at inova fairfax hospital. allied protection services as a federal contract to guard prisoners for the u.s. marshals service. the i-team discovered problems with the company's leadership. two of the three men listed as top executives on their website say they have no ties to allied protection. there was a california businessman who had no idea the company had been using his name for years. >> that is all you have is your reputation, so when someone yells tries to use your credibility, to run an organization, and to have something this occur -- kimberly: allied's website disappeared after the i-team started asking questions. the company's owner said it was a test website and mistakes were made without malice. learn mo

although d.c. police can't say for sure if gallmon is the person of interest in this surveillance video or not. up until recently police weren't even sure if that was a woman or not in that video. we also don't know why david messerschmitt, a local attorney who lived and worked in d.c. was in his hotel in the firstly . police tell us condoms, lubricant and credit cards were all found in this hotel. meanwhile we are learning more about the suspect. her former employer tells us she worked part time for the private security company up until december. they released a statement saying she represented herself as a squared away individual and we never had any problems with her. he said i thought she had a lot of promise for her future, especially when said said she stated she was resigning to pursue a career in law enforcement. now that was just in december. that's the latest from the donovan hotel, nikki burdine, back to you in the studio. >> nikki, thank you. >>> meanwhile closing arguments are set for today i

alison: charges of excessive force by d.c. police department. a woman was severely beaten by a officer in front of her children. sam ford is live with what the department is saying. sam: we have given police the video that was given to us and police are looking into this to determine whether there were any inappropriate actions by their members. they have an incident with an assault on a police officer last year. , this is straight up police brutality. sam: this was shot i a friend of the victim. they were there to help a family move. police say they were there after report of four people fighting. they found no one fighting but set in their report the husband staff a wad of saliva onto the scout car and then continued to walk eastbound in the alley. video shows the officer detaining him and then they are all over the ground. police say his wife ran up to the officer and started grabbing him, attempting to free her husband. she said one his hat and cell phone fell and she attempted to pick them up -- >> they shoved me onto the back of a police c

d.c. police are trying to figure out who shot two men killing one early this morning in northwest. a 39-year-old man from waldorf maryland, was killed on butternut street. a second person was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. if you know anything about this, please call the police. roadwork starting tomorrow in arlington could slow your drive to work. vdot is reducing traffic from three lanes to two in each direction on washington boulevard over jefferson davis highway. crews will be widening the bridge. the project will last until 2018. if you regularly drive the area, you may want to look for a different route. coming up -- a bizarre rant and allegations of racism. a man goes off in front of a room full of kindergartners. and questions after a reported hack. but first, a high seas rescue. kellye: we have breaking news from baltimore. a media conference is underway right now in baltimore involving the mayor, stephanie rawlings-blake. i believe we hear her voice right now, likely standing at a podium somewhere, if we can get the camera panned over. there she is. let's list

d.c. law firm, but police say he also placed an ad on craigslist looking for a sexual hookup with a man the day he died. a psychotherapist says it's not up common for risk taking behave to -- uncommon for risk taking behavior to escalate when a person is essentially living two lives. >> and you take risks. it's easy to think okay, i took this risk and nothing bad happened. i can take it further and keep pushing the envelope and taking more and more risks and perhaps becoming more lax about the safeguards and precautions that we take. >> reporter: at the donovan hotel, debra alfarone, wusa9. >>> the former basketball coach of jamyra gallmon told wusa9 he thought she had great potential. >>> fairfax county police looking for a man who tried to force a woman into his truck in the oak hill area. officers responded to the call yesterday and found a 20-year- old woman who said she was waiting at the bus stop when the man grabbed her arm. she got away. he describes him as a hispanic male 40 to 50 years old with straight black hair driving an older pickup with a ladder rack and tan colored interior

she's live at d.c. police headquarters. >> the recent past is what's significant because it fills in some of the blanks as to motive for what happened yesterday. 48-year-old ronald anderson was due in court today, due in court to face charges of assault on his girlfriend in february at the suitland home the two shared. instead tonight he is clinging to life in a hospital, shot by police after can kidnapping that same woman who moved to the district and was hiding from him. it is not clear he figured out where she was. he headed out on a murderous rampage that ended at 11th and h streets in northeast washington. by the time it was over an officer at the census bureau had been shot and killed a d.c. police sergeant shot and two others injure. the kidnapping victim 20 years old, did manage to get away from anderson in that confrontation at the gates of the census bureau. coming up on news4 at 5:00 this is certainly not ronald anderson's first brush with the law. >>> evidence of the chaotic shoot-out along the h s

police. law enforcement officials visited the d.c. forensic science office yesterday. police are considering using drones to preserve crime scenes. the group watched the drone that can create 3-d 360 degree images. but it comes a at a price with the device it costs about $365,000. >> if you screw up the scene, then anything that comes after that might be compromised. >> the drone could also be used to map out routes like inaugural parades and public gatherings and find the weak spots in security. >>> new endorsements for maryland's donna edwards. seven of the nine members of the prince george's county council say they support her as she runs for barbara mikulski's seat. edwards represents parts of prince george's and anne arundel counties. she and representative chris van holland are both vying for the democratic nomination. >>> a judge is refusing to stop a virginia woman's college from closing the doors. sweet briar announced it was closing last month. yesterday, a judge refused to stand in the way but he did issue an injunction. it forbids the college from spending c

freddy gray died of a spinal cord injury while in police custody. >> you'll hear baltimore and d.c. police say their department is more progressive. this isn't ferguson. >> but this kind of stuff keeps happening. >> reporter: he brought his four sons and daughter to the march. >> it's a very important time in history for them. i'm scared for them. >> no justice, no peace. >> reporter: students from montgomery county community college. >> we're trying to change the culture of our campus and pave the way for young, social actists. >> we ain't gonna stop until our people are free! >> reporter: here in washington, d.c. bowser wants the video tape exempt from freedom of information regulations. these demonstrators say they want to see the video tape. the organization agreed they say releasing that video will show that most police officers are just doing their jobs. this is bruce johnson reporting from the west lawn of the u.s. capitol. >>> a month of got under way. jurors will decide if convicted bomber should live or die. during today's hearing, the jury was shown large, vibrant picture of the

police officer. at the southeast d.c. home that ronald anderson used as a mill drop and to meet his pro -- mail drop and to meet his probation officer, marcus barr said he was shocked to hear he was the man who allegedly kidnapped his girl friend, shot and killed a security guard, lawrence buckner in suitland, and then led scores of police on a chase that ended on h street. >> he never displayed any of that. he was always nice and kind to us. >> reporter: but court records show anderson was convicted of manslaughter in 1991 and that when he allegedly kidnapped his 20-year-old girl friend outside a battered women's shelter, he was already facing an assault charge that had left the woman shaking, crying and visibly afraid. >> now move, move, move! >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams locked down the census bureau and used explosives to breach the doors after the shooting. >> i can see where the cops are coming in and someone on the ground in a black uniform trying to get resuscitated. >> reporter: but anderson had already raced off

. >>> top honors for a d.c. police officer tonight. the award for the hero of the navy yard shooting. david? >> reporter: and they're scouting out parking lots like this one, targeting thieves. next at 5:00, we'll tell you what you need to know about the so-called felony lane gang. >>> a pretty nice day on wednesday. thursday even better as temperatures climb another ten degrees. i'll show you what that means, plus our next chance for showers and, yeah, maybe a couple of at book club they were asking me what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to softball! i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. where's your wife, todd? vacation. discounts like homeowners' multi-policy -- i got a discount on this ham. i've got the meat sweats. this is good ham, diane. paperless discounts -- give it a rest, flo. all: yeah, flo, gi

leon: d.c. police say they need your help in finding a man caught on camera stealing a package from a home. the theft took place last friday outside of a home on ninth street northeast. the house surveillance camera captured a person taking the package off the porch and then walking away. if you know anything police want to hear from you. now, let's get back to the weather and let's get ready for another round of rain tonight. alison: yep, chief meteorologist doug hill joins us with a check of the forecast. how is it looking, doug? doug: it's coming our way. not a question of if just a question of when. we're tracking rain out west. doppler radar, live images and off to the west of the metro area well west other side of petersburg, we have a line of showers and some thunder. you can see the marks. 22 lightning strikes in that segment alone. we expect that area to diminish. what will not diminish is the rain potential. with the rain we've had through last night and today as well inch and quarter in laur

if you have information, d.c. police want to talk to you. scott: the police arrested a suspect of a sexual assault in rockville. now they want to know if there are more victims. the police say that warned giddings sexually assaulted a woman with learning disabilities. tom roussey has the latest on the investigation. tom: scott, the police want everyone to take a good look at this mug shot we are about to show. this is warren, 23 years old, facing a host of charges related to this alleged sexual assault. giddings lives in charles county, in waldorf, but he is accused of the sexual assault in rockville. montgomery county police say the alleged victim has a cognitive learning disability, she is 20 years old. she met giddings on an online website. >> they exchanged messages through the online site and again through texts they agreed to meet at the victim's house. then the victim was assaulted. tom: giddings is facing 10 charges tonight, nine of them having to do with the alleged sexual assault but he is also accused of stealing a tablet computer

he left the d.c. police spotted him in southeast and he started shooting at officers. it ended with a crash and lots of gunfire. >> it happened in the middle of this block. >> carmen manages the supper club. the shootout caused her to cancel the event. >> it caused at least $4,000. >> she has been charged with armed kidnapping. he has not been charged with the killing of the security guard. >> woor are learning more about the husband, father and grandfather who was married for 36 years and served in the u.s. army before spending more than 20 years in security. buckner worked for the security as did officers for nearly four years. the company released a statement saying we are mourning the loss of a man we considered a hero who died in the line of duty. we have more on what led up to the deadly crime spree on our nbc washington app. >> in the day ahead, family and friends will lay to rest a man shot and killed a police officer in north carolina. he was shot in the back a week ago. dash cam video shows the moments before the shooting and cell phone video captures the act