police say the man shot his exgirlfriend on tuesday night and then holed up inside of a home with their -year-old son and another woman for more than 24 hours. officers answered the home when negotiations broke off yesterday afternoon and they found the man with a self- inflicted gunshot wound the chest. the gunman died earlier today. the woman and boy inside the home were okay. the exgirlfriend is listed, however, in critical condition. >>> well, if you are headed near the wilson bridge you need to bra yf ouelrsfor a elw ne traffic pattern because the right lane ofw the outer loop alexandriawill be diverted on to the eisenhower avenue connector. the beltway traffic will be will the connector and it not be open ertoth o vehicles. armando trull has more on the changes. >> traffic on the outer loop in alexandria heading from springfield to the wilson bridge is being shifted as it approaches the eisenhower avenue exit. >> they will continue to carry two lanes and the third lane is routed down the eisenhower connector ramp and back to the beltway. it is a stretch of three quarters of a mile

dismissing any personal responsibility for his arrest after he was stopped while following his exgirlfriend in her car with her exhusband. >> the blame aught to be on the park police. that's what started all this. illegally arrested me. we would not have some of this going on. >> you apologize to the council members. >> because i had brought . intended consequences t emth >> emwhat about the contracts? he hired donna for consulting wo eythwereeyngtida to pay her some $60,000 in taxpayer funds. >> donna had very serious financial problems. and some other things that i don't want to get into that were personal. >> wait a minute. let me finish a minute. >> and we were talking about how do you work that out? also at the same time i started this program. >> the fact you needed this money to control your personal relationship? > absolutely not. >> for the first time, the councilman produced a document that he says represents their work. >> took their resume, the bachelor's degree and a master's degree. >> authorized a private attorney, robert bennett to investigate barry's contract with his exgir

marion barry stalked her exgirlfriend. why barry was arrested. for some council members, it's all getting to be too much. michael flint has the story. >> i welcome this. >> reporter: marion barry reacting to news that the city will conduct an independent investigation between the contract between him and his ex-girlfriend. she's wearing pink in this file video with barry. vincent gray announced the probe. >> i believe the an independent review is the logical first step. >> i cooperate fully. i know what's going to happen. there's no question about the propriety of this contract. >> news 4 was first to obtain barry's arrest report in july 4. the former mayor was driving erradicly. on the wrong side of the road when park police pulled him over in ancosa park. she said barry was harassing her and continuing to threaten he would use his powers of influence to have her ex-husband arrested. they dropped the stalking on thursday. >> barry defended himself against the announcement, david qahtaniya walked out saying he had enough. >> there's noallyg behin

>> there's a son-in-law's exgirlfriend, had photographs been taken of in woman's -- of this woman's body which might indicate had she been involved in a struggle. >> sherri was worried that someone had been following her and this her husband's ex-girlfriend had accustomed her on a couple of occasions. >> they told the police that the ex-girlfriend had gone to sherri's workplace and confronted her and told sherri that if she couldn't have john, then no one could. >> but no matter how many times they called the investigators and even wrote a letter to to police chief, they couldn't get the lapd to look beyond the burglary theory. >> whenever anybody would bring up the ex-girlfriend and what's the the status about her, he was told that he'd been watching too much tv. >> sherri's boss at the time also had her questions. she reviewed the coroner's report which said that sherri fought back. >> sherri was six feet tall, very athletic and would have taken on a woman. it was really odd that she would fight with robbers with a gun. >> there was other evidence. one of the few items missing from the

after he was stopped while following his exgirlfriend in a car with her ex-husband. > the blame aught to be on the park police. that's what started all this. if they did not illegally arrest me, we would not have some of this going on. >> you apologize to the council member. what would you apologize for? >> i brought unintented consequences to em>>. what about the contracts? e hired donna for nscongtiul work whereyth thwere dating to pay her some $60,000 in taxpayer funds. >> very serious financial problems, and some other things that i don't want to get into that were personal. >> wait a minute, let me finish a minute. >> we were talking about how you worked it out. the same time i thought about this program. >> did you use this contract on fact she needed this money? >> absolutely. > absolutely not. >> for the first time, the councilman produced a document that he says represents her work. >> she qualified, she had a bachelor's degree, almost a master's degree. >> robert bennett to investigate barry's contract with his exgirlfriend and other contracts in the councilman's office. >>

. >> reporter: council member marion barry's spokesperson says his exgirlfriend, donna watts, was seeing a psychiatrist and her allegations of stalking against him is a product of mental instability. >> miss watts should not be believed. her allegations against mr. barry are simply not true. they are lies. >> reporter: but miss watts crashed that press conference and denied those accusations. >> only heard a little of what she said and what i did hear is not true. >> reporter: barry's spokesperson admitted that watts had been awarded a $60,000 no bid contract for a poverty reduction program in ward 8 but said it is legal. >> it is not unusual nor is it illegal for council members to award contracts to supporters or family members woodwale fie or can provide the services that are required. >> reporter: barry's spokesperson says the former mayor and watts were romantically involved was irrelevant to the contract process and offered this explanation as to why watts was given the award. >> miss watts was about to lose her house, her car and due to stability of finding employment. mr. barry d

the former mayor is accused of stalking his exgirlfriend.rm per girlfriend donna watts reaction. >>> another video of a metro worker texting surfaced on youtube. metro says at the moment it has no way to identify the driver. a train operator was suspended without pay for a week. >>> a group of developing nations calling themselves the g-5 are appealing to the g-8. representatives from brazil, china, india and south africa hear their economies will be stilled by efforts. just like the last several days happy to be reporting another keeper. real nice outside. t t'e ges moving geand take a look around. 67 here. winchester a pair fives. southern maryland you have a nice case oferow l 60s. that'sowod for you. the satellite-radar loop. sprinkles moving in to western west virginia. a few more clouds than yesterday but decent day across the board. temperatures will take a trip up to, why did the pollen come up, any way, low 80s was supposedded to be the graphic. you will like what you see later today. >> the forecast is hot hot hot like you ladies i

tense situation began at 6:30 last night when a domestic dispute turned violent when he shot his exgirlfriend in the head. the armored vehicle parked in front of the house on lyle avenue swarmed police. you can see, virginia state police utilizing their high- tech robot. the man has been in the house since last night and it has been putting residents on edge. >> i've lived here 12 years and i've never seen anything even remotely like this before. i always would tell everyone what a safe neighborhood it is to live in, you know. a lot of people around here didn't close their doors. >> and again, back here at the command post, as officers come in and out, there's also a woman inside that police cruiser. don't know exactly who that is. again, right now stand by mode and of course everyone wanting a peaceful resolution and of course they want to do and take care of everything before another night fall sets in. live here in falls church, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> thanks for that. now to a rather amazing story of survival from ocean city. an 11-year-old boy who was in cardiac arrest after a sand t

the headline, barry's exgirlfriend accuses the former mayor of an unmentionable act. last week we asked if you thought it crossed the line. 23% said yes. 37% no. 30% hadn't seen it. as always thank you for logging on to www.myfoxdc.com and sharing your opinion. >>> police in are searching for a motive in the murder of a wealthy couple that opened their home to children >> investigators took two more suspects into custody. leonard p. gonzalez and his son. they face murder and home invasion charges. while gonzalez sr., the father was charged with evidence tampering. police say he painted over the damaged red van. seen leaving the home after the murders. the billings opened their home specifically to children with down's syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities. >> they loved children that others did not see as normal. to our mom and dad, their children were perfect. angels that provided them with to love eternally. >> reporter: the children were home when the murders happened but investigators say none were harmed. >> they know what's going on but trying ju

his spokesperson said that barry's exgirlfriend, donna watts was seeing a psychiatrist and her allegations of stalking against him is a product of mental instability. >> miss watts should not be believed. her allegations against mr. barry are simply not true. they are lies. >> reporter: miss watts crashed that press conference and denied those accusations. >> i only heard a little of what she said and what i heard was not true. >> reporter: they say that watts had been awarded a $60,000 no bid contract for a project in ward 8 but said it is legal it. >> is not unusual or is it illegal for council members to award contracts to supporters or family members who qualify or can provide the services that are required. >> reporter: barry's spokesperson says the fact the former mayor and watts were romantically involved is irrelevant to the contract process and offered this explanation why watts was given the award. >> miss watts was about to lose her house, her car and due no to instability of finding employment, mr. barry did do this primarily not because of miss watts but because of mrs. watts

a man shot his exgirlfriend and then holed up inside of a home with their 8-year-old son and another woman. officers entered the home when negotiations broke off late yesterday afternoon and found the man with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. the woman and boy inside are okay. both the man and the boy's mother had life-threatening injuries. >>> police are on the lookout for a man who attacked a woman along a trail in northern virginia. i happened between air hill avenue and the vienna town line. police say the man was on a bike. he stopped and exposed himself when he saw the woman. when she started to run the man grabbed her. she managed to get away and call police. >>> it is 5:04. >>> coming up on the first "living $mart" report of the morning, jessica doyle is here with a preview of the day on wall street. >>> good morning. another day of earnings and the economy, the major focus for investors today. this is a really big day. weekly jobless claims and earnings from j.p. morgan chase, ibm and google as the trading so far today another rally in asian ya. that is after the

. >> reporter: council member marion barry spokesperson said barry's exgirlfriend donna watts was seeing a psychiatrist and her allegations of stalking against him were a product of mental instability. >> miss watts should not be believed. her allegations against mr. barry are simply not true. they are lies. >> reporter: but miss watts crashed that press conference and denied those accusations. >> only heard a little bit of what she said and what i did hear is not true. >> reporter: she said she had been awarded a no bid contract for a poverty reduction program in ward 8 but said it was done legally. >> it is not unusual, nor is it illegal for council members to award contracts to supporters or family members who qualify or can provide the services that are required. >> reporter: barry's spokesperson says the a fact the former mayor and watts were romantically involved was irrelevant to the contract process and offered this explanation why watts was given the award. >> miss watts was about to lose her house, her car and due to instability of finding employment. mr. barry did, in fact, do

council member marion barry's spokesperson said barry's exgirlfriend, donna watts was seeing a psychiatrist and her allegations of stalking against him were a product of mental instability. >> miss watts should not be believed. her allegations against mr. barry are simply not true. they are lies. >> reporter: but miss watts crashed that press conference and denied those accusations. >> i only heard a little of what she said and what i did hear is not true. >> reporter: barry's spokesperson admitted that watts had been awarded a $60,000 no-bid contract for a poverty reduction program in ward 8 but said it was done legally. >> it is not unusual nor is it illegal for council members to award council members to supporters or family members who qualify or can provide the services that are required. barry's spokesperson said the fact the former mayor and watts were romantically involved was irrelevant to the contract process and offered this explanation as to why police watts was given the award. >> miss watts was about to lose her house, her car and due to instability of finding employment mr. b

authorities say a man shot his exgirlfriend on tuesday night and holed up inside of a home with his 8-year-old son and another woman. they found the man with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. the woman and boy inside are okay. both the man and the boy's mother had life-threatening injuries. >>> prince georges county police are investigating an apparent homicide in capital heights. the caller heard gunshots and saw a man lying on the ground. officers found him dead at the scene. no word from police on the man's name or other circumstances surrounding the shooting. >>> police are on the lookout for a man that attacked a woman in northern virginia. it happened between air hill avenue and the vienna town line. police say the man was on a bicycle. he stopped and exposed himself when he saw the woman. when she started to run the man grabbed her. she managed to get away and called police. >>> a confirmation hearing for sonia sotomayor should wrap up today. during questioning yesterday, senators asked the judge about hot button issues like abortion and gun rights. >> we would keep

inside the home, police believe is a man involved in shooting his exgirlfriend in the head in the 7600 block of lyle avenue here in falls church. this all unfolded around 6:30 last night when a domestic dispute turned violent. they are nervous about giving too much information at this point. hopefully we will find out something very soon. live here, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> thanks for that. >>> meantime, a loudoun county woman has been indicted in a mortgage fraud scheme. there are more than 100 victims out there. lindsey has the story. >> the loudoun county sheriff's department says diana faces racketeering, money laundering, and ten counts of mortgage fraud. they believe she fled the country. police gave us this address, but neighbors say she is no longer there. >> there are a lot of police here one day taking a lot of stuff out of there. >> this family is renting the place. >> how did the scheme work? police say she targeted people with bad credit. she would falsify documents, saying they made more money and had great credit scores. then she would take the commission. >> at closi

and his exgirlfriend and she is hospitalized in grave condition. >>> a developing story we have been tracking overnight for you. the president of indonesia vows to arrest the terrorists involved in the bombing of two hotels. at least nine people died in the twin attacks and 50 others were hurt including at least one american. a j.w. marriott and ritz carlton hotel were each hit. police confirm the suspect bombers were guests in one of the hotels. >>> president obama sighs the work of civil rights advocates in the ' 50s helped him to get where he is today. he spoke last night to the naacp which is celebrating the 100th anniversary he said while discrimination is fading it is still being felt. >> african-american women are paid less than people doing the same work than colleagues of a different gender and color. latinos are made to feel unwelcome but muslim americans viewed with suspicion because they kneel down to pray to their god by our gay brothers and sisters still taunted, still attacked and still denied their rights. >> the speech marked the 45th anniversary of the civil rights

. >> chris brown who is accused of violently striking her exgirlfriend rehan a earlier this year is speakinghe posted a web based poll gee to -- apology on his website and youtube. we want to know what you think of his apology. the phone lines are open at (410)481-4545. you can us a tweet. we've already gotten some at fox baltimore. our first caller is anthony in baltimore. hello, anthony. >> i want to say that chris brown does deserve to be for given, because he chris brown does great music and he is a role model for kids us today. i think that it's a sad accident but i think that now he won't do it again because of the consequences that he is facing. >> let me ask you, what makes him a great role model. >> he makes great music and he is a great role model for dances. >> so when it comes to his music and style but not necessarily a role model when it comes to his actions. you wouldn't want people to imtatimitate him when it comes o that kind of thing. >> just everybody, don't -- >> okay. got it, anthony, thank you so much. >>> nicole in dundalk is on the phone. good morning, nicole. >> hi,

barry was accused of stalking his exgirlfriend. arrested him on saturday. he was supposed to take a trip to the beach with the woman for the independence day holiday when she changed her mind. the u.s. attorney office will not pursue stalking charges after reviewing the evidence. >>> president obama will meet at the g8 summit. samantha hayes has the latest from washington. >> reporter: president barack obama at the g8 summit in laqula italy. part of his goal a renewed focus on the economy, meeting with world leaders in an effort to fix global markets. mr. obama talks ways united states and other countries are working to tighten financial regulations. >> we talked about the importance of europe and the united states raising standards on financial institutions to ensure that a crisis like the one that has taken place will never happen again. >> reporter: the g hi8 summit s hosted by italy this year. italian prime minister chose laquila to highlight the struck of thousands of italians displaced by an april earthquake. and leaders tour

. >>> singer chris brown publicly apologized to his fans for beating up his exgirlfriend rihanna.ere's the video that he posted on his website. >> i wish i had a chance to relive those moments again but unfortunately i can't. i'm not going to sit here and make any excuses. i take great pride in me being able to exercise self-control and what i did is inexcusable. i'm very sad and ashamed of what i have done. >> chris brown says that he has repeatedly apologized to rihanna. he pleaded guilty to felony assault and will be sentenced on august 5th. >>> a convicted rapist who escaped from an indiana prison has been captured after more than a week on the run. police found him in rockport, indiana. he was 250 miles from the prison and escaped with two others. the other was caught outside of a vacation home. >>> the children in pennsylvania who says that the swim club discriminated against them, singer perry will be paying for them to go to disney world. >> the celebrity name is robert perry. the website says that the kids will be there next month. remember the swim club invited for them