the demanded $20 and stabbed him several times when he didn't comply. 14-year-old elias portillo has been charged as an adult. the 13-year-old was charged as a juvenile and not named. jonathan: this is scary. i want to focus your attention on this guy here. he is holding up a.r. rifle as if he is inspecting it to buy it in a pawnshop. the next second he pulls out a maggie: for that rifle. a -- a magazine for the rifle, fully loaded magazine and opens fire. as one of the workers pulls his gun and fires back. amazing no one is shot. no one is even hurt. the man manages to escape with the stolen rifle but the police caught up to him later and arrested him. nancy: that is remarkable. a quiet city council meeting turning to chaos. what was inside the woman's purse that exploded into flames without any warning at all? jonathan: powerful and frightening video from the district. look at this. a shootout. a woman and a child are ducking for cover. what you nd police need your help with up next. nancy: "7 on your side" helping your wallet. you can ask financial adviser by calling 703-236-9220.

14-year-old elias portillo, will be charged as an adult.nd a 13-year-old approached the man in adelphi on july 27th - and demanded money. when he wouldn't give it to them - officers say the teens stabbed him to death. both are facing murder charges. in virginia-- blogger is suing the city of charlottesville for relocating a rally expected to draw hundreds of alt-right activists. jason kessler says the decision to move the rally from emancipation park in downtown charlottesville, is a violation of free speech. he is being represented by the virginia chapter of the aclu. the city says the event was moved to another venue due to security concerns. elsewhere in virginia-- a black hawk helicopter - making a surprise landing outside a school in mclean! the chopper made a precautionary landing at long fellow middle school thursday. it had to land because of a caution light in the cockpit. no one was hurt - and some kids got to go outside and take a closer look. seven is on your side with a surprising story on excessive drinking. an estimated one o

this is 14-year-old elias portillo. investigators say he and a 13- year-old accomplice stabbed a 47-year-old man to death in prince george's county. wusa9's sarah konsmo is live in adelphi. the suspects are so young. what are police saying about this? >> reporter: that's right, two teenagers, aged 13 and 14, facing first and second degree charges tonight after killing a homeless man here at this park in adelphi off the footpath you can see behind me. police say it was a botched they stabbed the 47-year-old. he was dead by the time police found him there. charging documents show there was a witness who saw the boys the day of the murder here on july 27th and recognized them when they returned to the scene weeks later. both boys are now in police custody. the 13-year-old admitted to the crime. police say they charged the 14- year-old as an adult because of the brutal nature of the crime. >> i can't say that all 14-year- olds are charged as an adultwhen it comes to murder but in this particular case i believe that because

elias portillo is being the murder happened july 27th at a park in adelve phi. >> i can't say that all 14-year- olds are charged as an adult when it comes to murder but in this particular case our detectives believe because of the robbery, because of the heinous nature of this crime, that being charged as an adult was warranted. >> charging papers say a witness recognized the boys when they returned to the scene of the crime weeks later. police say the 13-year-old admitted to the crime. 14-year-old portillo did not. >>> the d.c. firefighter who was badly hurt responding to a call last week was scheduled to undergo more surgery today. would be the fourth operation for dane smothers who remains in critical condition tonight. the 28-year-old rookie firefighter had been out of the academy for only three months. he was hit by a ladder truck last week while responding to a fire in northeast. his colleagues today shared their thoughts. >> got a long road to go with recovery. on behalf of the fiance and family, they just want the community to know they are completely overwhelmed at the amount

called there about a body that was found during their investigation they learned 14-year-old elias portillo and a 13-year-old boy approached the francisco sagastizado and demanded cash from him. we're told when sagastizado refused that's when portillo stabbed him several times. officers reasoned -- pronounced sagastizado dead at the scene. at that time they said they didn't have any suspects or persons of interest at that time. it wasn't until two weeks later on august 9th when police were interviewing a witness at the park and that witness then saw the two suspects, the two suspects walk by and pointed them out to police. now, police at first detained the juvenile and questioned him and after questioning him they will later arrested portillo and himself and were charged with this horrific crime. >> it's certainly troubling to us as a police department and certainly understandably to our community that two young people so quickly escalated to extreme violence which ultimately led to a man being killed over something so trivial as a small amount money. >> reporter:. >> reporter: now, both po

police say 14-year-old elias portillo and a 13-year-old boy approached francisco sagastizado and demandedly stabbed him several times. the 13-year-old is charged as a juvenile. >> plans to build a natural gas pipeline under the potomac river in western maryland is drawing controversy this morning. the proposed three and a half mile line would be a link between gas producers in pennsylvania and manufacturers in west virginia. the pipeline would run near hancock maryland under the river and over the berkeley springs west virginia. critics of the plan are calling on governor larry hogan to reject the project because it would carry gas produced by fracking which is banned in maryland. >> coming up on fox5 news morning, two very popular restaurant chains are preparing to close a number of their locations. >> thanks to science we now know the proper dunk time for an oreo cookie because you need science to figure out how long to put your cookie in milk. >> more on that. as we head to break here's a live look across on the d.c. region. time right now is 71 degrees. back right after this. i like t

his name elias portillo. he is charged with first-degree murder. it's alleged that in the adelphi park on july 27, portillo and h homeless man after a failed robbery attempt. >> the suspects approached the victim. and demanded money from him. the victim did not comply with that. at that time, is when the victim was fatally stabbed. brad: the man's body found in a wooded area off the foot path in adelphi park. farther the woods a memorial to the victim. 47-year-old francisco sagastizado. it was set up by his friends who also live in these woods. they knew the alleged teen killers. saw them with knives. they have a killer on what went wrong. we are protecting this man's identity. >> really sad. i think the main reason they did that is because they become addicted to marijuana. brad: nobody answered the door at portillo's house. even the veteran detectives >> especially over something that appears to be trivial. amount of money. fatally stab somebody so quickly is unsettling. brad: why is one charged as an adult and one not? you can't be charged as an

then they say he identified his friend, 14-year-old elias portillo as his cohort. he, too, was arrested. police releasing his picture because he is old enough to be charged as an adult. barely. >> a 13-year-old is charged as a juvenile. that is based on the way that maryland law is written. 14-year-old charged with a first-degree murder can be charged as an adult. however, a 13-year-old can't. brad: the victim was living back in these woods. a few moments a conversation with some of his friends. they are talk about their feelings and we'll have that at 5:00. brad bell, abc7 news. nancy: fire in shady side, maryland. this is the view from skytrak7 of the fire. one person is dead in the home there. it took dozens of firefighters from the ground and the water to get it under control. they are looking into what caused it now. jonathan: this marks a year since the natural gas explosion tore through the flower branch apartments in silver spring. seven people killed. more than 30 others injured. kevin lewis was one of the first reporters on the scene last august and he jo

during their investigation they learned 14-year-old elias portillo and a 13-year-old boy approached the victim francisco sagastizado and demanded cash from him. now we're told when sagastizado refused, that's when portillo, if the 14-year-old stabbed him several times. now, officers pronounced is ing ssagastizado dead at the sc. almost two weeks later when they were interviewing a witness at this park that's when the witness said he spotted the two suspects walking by at the park. now, police detained the juvenile at first for questioning and then later arrested both him and portillo. again, they say for committing this horrific crime. >> it's certainly troubling to certainly to our community that two young people so quickly escalated to extreme violence which led to man being killed over something so trivial as a small amount of money. >> reporter: now, both portillo and the juvenile are currently facing first and second degree murder charges. portillo is being tried as an adult. the other tried as a juvenile and that's because of that age difference, the one year gap from 13 to 14 yea

police say 14-year-old elias portillo and a 13-year-old boy approached francisco sagastizado and demandedm several times. portillo is charged as an adult. the 13-year-old is charged as a juvenile. >>> we're back with what's hot on the web this morning. the stories you are engaging with most this morning on social media. >> first up what's trending this morning, president trump says that he did the military a great favor with a ban on military. he announced the ban on twitter which came as a surprise to the pentagon. the president says he has great respect for the transgender community and that this is a complicated and confusing issue. >> nba star zach randolph facing drug charges this morning after police arrested him for having 2 pounds of marijuana in his possession. tmz reports he had just enough marijuana to be charged with a felony. this comes after randolph signed a $24 million contract with the sacramento kings. >> high school student in long island has died after a log fell on his head during football practice. 16-year-old joshua miletto was doing a drill where the players carry

county two young teens accused of murdering a homeless man at a park in adelphi. 14-year-old elias portillos charged as an adult. police say he and a 13-year-old man approached the man and demanded money. when the man refused portillo allegedly stabbed him several times. >> ♪ >> let's turn now to the escalating war of words between president trump and north korean leader kim jong un fueling the tensions north korea's detailed plan to launch ballistic missiles towards gaum. >> as annie yu tells us the president now says he may not have sent a tough enough warning. annie. right steve and allison. good morning to you both. president trump not backing down and this morning is touting our nation's nuclear arsenal: president trump doubling down on his strong words for north korean leader kim jong un as tensions between the communist nation and the u.s. mr. trump saying perhaps his fire and fury warning to the north wasn't enough. >> been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years and it's about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other c

county two young teenagers accused of murdering a homeless man at a park in adelphi. 14-year-old elias portillo is charged as an adult. police say he and a 13-year-old boy approached the man and demanded money. when the man refused portillo alleallegedly stabbed him severl times. >>> it is time for our zip trip. today we're in culpeper virginia. >> maureen umeh kevin mccarthy and tucker barnes already having a a whole lot of fun. >> yay! >> good morning. >> whoo-hoo! [cheers and applause] >> good morning from beautiful culpeper, virginia. oh, my goodness, this place is just fantastic. well worth the drive from d.c. the hospitality insane. >> i've already had an entire cinnamon roll to myself and it was the best cinnamon roll i've had in my life. deli sandwiches. the hospitality is culpeper is amazing. i can't believe how many people turned out so early this morning to say hello its, what, about an hour, 15 from d.c. >> yeah. >> about. it's well worth the drive. you cannot beat this. we are in a very good place for a zip trip. we'll you all about culpeper, the beautiful things you can do, the be