and one of those arrests came just a few days ago in the murder of eric lee smith. someone stabbed the 44-year-old man one week ago tonight after he got off a metro bus on h street northeast. tonight darcy spencer spoke with his family on an interview you will only see on news 4. darcy? >> wendy, as you said, this crime happened here at 8th and h streets in northeast washington. i spoke to his widow. speaking to the media for the first time today. she became so emotional that she had to stop the interview. >> someone stabbed my husband in a senseless crime for no reason. >>. >> reporter: this is family devastated by the loss of a husband and father. stabbed in the heart near a metro bus in broad daylight. >> he didn't deserve that. he did not deserve -- he was a mild-mannered man. >> reporter: eric lee smith, father of seven, murdered in the street, when a dispute erupted into a fight when he bumped into a child. then a man wielding a knife stabbed him at 8th and h streets northeast in front of dozens of people. >> loved his kids with a powerful love. that's what he

police say hector felix stabbed eric lee smith in the heart at a bus stop on "h" street northeast. this happened after smith bumped a little girl with his bag. you heard from smith's widow there. here's what his children had to say. >> i'm going to miss him. i'm just going to give him a big old embrace. >> he was a good dad. he is a good dad. he's a great dad. outstanding dad. outstanding father. >> smith's family says they're now struggling to pay for his funeral. they started a gofundme page. we put a link to that on the nbc washington app. we did check for you this morning, it's only raised about $190 so far. >>> well, a father facing murder charges for the death of his 5 week old son. police arrested 28-year-old robert smith sr. yesterday. news4 cameras were there when police responded to the home on 9th street northwest. it was for an unconscious baby at the time and the child's death we're told was suspicious. the infant died from blunt force injuries. >>> closing arguments start in a few hours in the case of a white north carolina police officer. officer randall kerik faces

hector felix is accused of stabbing eric lee smith after an argument over a bag hitting a child on the. he is due in court at 9:30 this morning. >>> a woman is telling a terrifying story about being attacked in an arlington park. it happened just after 8:00 p.m. friday at luber run park. the woman says a man grabbed and groped her as she was holding on to her 3-year-old daughter. the woman screamed for help and the attacker ran. this is the sixth attack in arlington park this year. >>> we should know the final decision today on pepco's plans to merge with exelon. the public service commission plans an open meeting at 11:00 this morning followed by a vote. critics say the proposed $6.9 billion merger would lead to rate hikes and other problems. among those opposing the merger, the office of people's council, maryland's consumer advocate. >>> prince george's county students, it's your turn to head back to school. today is the first day of school. summer break is officially over. here now to talk about all the exciting things happening here at prince george's county schools is kevin maxwe

police arrested hector felix, they say he stabbed eric lee smith in the heart last week. it happened after smith bumped a little girl with his bag. some members of smith's family spoke exclusively to news4. >> i know he was my father, but he was more like a friend. the best friend, number one friend. basically, i lost a best friend when he died. >> now, we have put more of what smith's family had to say on the nbc washington app. we have put up a link to a gofundme page they started. they said they're struggling to pay his funeral expenses right now. that gofundme page has raised about $190 as of this point. >>> a father is facing murder charges for the death of his 5 week old son. d.c. police arrested 28-year-old robert smith sr. yesterday. police responded to the home on 9th street northwest and the call was for an unconscious baby. now at the time detectives did tell us that the child's death was suspicious. the medical examiner said he died from blunt force injury. >>> in prince william county, police dealt with three child neglect cases. a woman left a 1-year-old at