delia gonsalves tells us the mix-up started when a police officer shot a dog in adams morgan. >> thiss my pretty girl right here. this is my baby. >> reporter: meet scott allen, a animal lover and man who wants to set the record straight. >> you should do your research before you get on somebody's personal website and start bashing them. >> reporter: a viral bashing. >> so you get off on killing innocent animals. >> reporter: his face book page was inundated with 500 messages with titles like dog killer, human waste and karma will get you. hate messages from people who thought he was d.c. police officer scott fike who shot a pit bull during a festival last month. >> i cannot stand to see a animal suffer. >> reporter: the officer threw the dog down this stairwell and then shot him. and now there is an online petition circulating that action be taken against the officer. so farwell over 15,000 people have signed on. but police say the dog lunged at the officer and he was acting in self-defense. but there was outrage. scott allen admits his profile picture may have added to the confusion

new at 5:30, delia gonsalves tells us the conversation hazmatured beyond the birds and the bees. >> formine gordan and maria davis started with sexual education and condoms. >> they passed them out when they know a lot of sexual activity is going on. >> reporter: according to a study by the center for sexual health, more african-american and hispanic men are using condoms. researchers credit hiv and aids out reach. but many contribute it to open discussion with your friends. >> the people i associate with, they say they use condoms. >> reporter: he said talking about sex isn't as shameful. >> the effects of not using a condom, especially in d.c., everybody knows the high hiv rate and it scares people. >> the study finds that 80% of young men between 14 and 17 are using condoms, however health experts say there is still a lot of work to do on college campuses. >> there is still a need for the 18 to 25-year-old age group to increase their condom use. >> reporter: erin snow den said the university offers free testing and even makes free condoms available. >> we like to make the conversatio

. >> delia gonsalves reporting. thank you. >>> in the meantime police want to know who killed a man near the takoma metro station. 46-year-old rodney terpin was found stapped in the 6900 block of blair road late last night. he died at the hospital a short time later. >>> the serial burglar in northern virginia is at it again. police report five attempted break-ins in vienna just last night. peggy fox joins us live with reaction from the recent victims. >> reporter: the total number of burglaries in northern virginia that police believe may be responsible by the same person is now over 100. and just last night here in vienna, five homes were hit, including one outside in fairfax county. it's left a lot of people rattled. >> i'm realizing that tonight i'm going to be really scared. and maybe every night. >> reporter: sometime last night, a burglar broke into her home and stole her purse. he got in through the garage. >> it was always kept locked but they had jimmyd it open with a screwdriver. >> reporter: the burglar