now, fairfax county supervisor, pat, is trying to get handle on this problem here in fairfax county. he will behold ago town hall. >> unconscious, not breathing, inside her center ville home in early march. when police arrived they found evidence of drug use now the medical examiner has spelled it out. morphine, >> but i want to hear from the community, i want to educate the community, and i don't want to hear from the community on what they think we should be doing. this is two way conversation what a town hall should be about. >> county push to go get drug count back into the high schools. those positions were eliminated some years ago, during budget cuts, and thinks now is the time to bring them back. >> pat also told me that he's getting emails, weekly, about drug overdoses, and even deaths in the county, oftentimes by heroin abuse, and also, prescription drugs. so, tomorrow night, at the government's center, 7:30, the town hall, they'll have the dea there, elected officials, as well as the police, and there will be a survivor, a person who is recovering now, from a heroin addict

it is going to move right through the heart of fairfax, fairfax city in the next half hour. severe thunderstorm warning for prince william and fairfax counties. >>> if you've been thinking of asking for a higher credit limit on that credit card, odds are you're going to get it. you'll also get something you may not have expected. susan hogan joins us in the studio with what she's learned. >> we're in that mind-set if we up our credit limit we'll spend more and our credit score is going to tank. as a result, many people don't bother asking. however, a recent survey by bank rate found that almost 8 in 10 credit card holders who do ask for a higher credit limit have been approved. the problem is j have actually requested it. a higher credit limit can also help your credit score. how do you do it? when you call your credit card pa company, be ready to defend your request. don't appear desperate. experts advise keeping your use of credit to no more than 30% of your total credit limit. if you are a good kcustomer, it is almost a guarantee you're going to get some type of credit li

prince william county as well as fairfax county you've just gone under severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30, includes manassas, of course fairfax, look at the lightning showing up with this thing, and here is something i don't see very often. they are actually expecting hail damage to vehicles in this area. so, we want you to be ready for that. let me show you the storm itself. it is loaded with lightning. in fact, that's impacting some of the live shot. it has got very heavy rain as this storm tracks to the east at 20 miles an hour, and it is about to cross into the belt way. you can see some of the green, the lighter rain showing up. strongest part of the storm, coming across 66 right now, and we do expect that to continue to produce significant hail. this is estimate, folks, but saying there could be hail to the size of 1.2 inches, not too far from gainesville, half inhale. so if you can get your car into shelter, good idea. that's pretty much the lone ranger at the moment. there is definitely more activity down to the south west. look at all of the lightning with, that as well, and

tell me how a school system like fairfax county does this. where do you start? how do we begin there? >> started on small scale with the pilot. when our superintendent said, okay, we want to try this out. let's see what happens. and so we looked at the program instructionally because with the program in particular, there is a classroom component, which was going to impact our teachers and instructional time and then there was also a hands-on experience. we had transportation and lots of people were involved in sitting around the table. at the end of the day after the pilot, the teachers, the parents, the administrators said this is good for kids. we need to do this. >> so talk to me about fairfax schools and your role and what you do, just so folks watching this understand. >> fairfax county public schools is the tenth largest public school system in the country. we have 187,000 kids, almost 200 school sites. so ja actually has programs that encompass, are included in our programs, elementary, middle and high, all levels. so my role as social studies coordinator

. >> police in fairfax county are searching for a hit-d-run driver. investigators say at shiplet boulevard near cappella avenue at 9. a car, possibly a dark colored honda or toyota struck him and the driver stopped for a moment and then kept going. and he, the victim, was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> turning now to the latest in the trial of the baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. one of his long-time friends brandon ross took the witness stand in the trial of edward nero. he says he saw nero throw gray head first into a police van. he died few days later from a spinal injury he received in the van during the trip to jail. >>> we are getting started for the abc 10 news at 5. tomorrow marks one year since the crime that claimed the lives of two parents and a son and their housekeeper, the unanswered question in the dc mansion murders. >>> thousands of families living in fear of deportation, many of them in our area. why they are having trouble fighting to stay here. >>> aviation officials come up with a plan to night's l

a car hit a pole this morning causing a trfic mess in fairfax. police tweeted a picture of the scene chlgt the accident shut down westbound little river turnpike between braddock road and pine crest. >>> this morning the families of those killed in the maryland shopping center shootings are sharing memories of their loved ones. malcolm winfeld died after trying to help the woman at the westfield montgomery mall in bethesda. his wife said she always knew he was a hero. >> he was the most selfless person you've ever met. he was awesome in every way. he was my better half. >> and co-workers of claudina described her as a woman from bolivia who achieved american dream. she died in the parking lot of a giant store in the estranged wife of the shooter was shot outside of high point high school in prince george's county. her co-workers called her a happy chemistry teacher. and suspected gunman may have stopped his crime spree because he lost his glasses. that new piece of information was revealed during his first court appearance yesterday. prosecutors

reporting live in fairfax, peggy fox. >>> thank you. i'm sure the supervisors will have plenty to say, they have a closed-door session that will happen after regularly scheduled fairfax board of supervisors meeting tomorrow. >>> fenwick street in northeast washington is closed after a partial building collapsed. watch this, a new video shows one driver narrowly escaping as a brick wall crashed into the wall on sunday. there were no injuries.dc fire officials say strong winds may be the blame for the collapse. >> the win was picking up kind of heavy and it got heavier and the building came down. it was kind of scary if anybody was standing there they would have got hurt. >> it used to be a tomato packing plant and it is now being renovated. big hole there. >> you did see it fall as the car was going by. >> yes. >> stood we need to focus on a magnificent day and not so much focus on what we have to look forward to week. >> today was magnificent for april but not for may. i am ready for the warmth. as bad as it is here it could be worse. m

cyber bullying taking center stage in fairfax today.s one month after local after she was allegedly the target of vicious on line posts. we'll have a live report. >> plus the debate over plans to shut down dc largest homeless shelter heating up. the latest on the battle between the mayor and the city council, coming up. >> donald trump's one-on-one interview with megan kelly what he revealed about their very public feud, and his battle for the white house. >> looking little brighter little better throughout this wednesday morning, may 18th, 2016. we have weather and traffic with pepper and erin coming up on the five's at clock zero, a good wednesday morning, i'm allison. >> i'm steve welcome to fox5 news morning. developing at 71:00 middle school in montgomery county target of break-in overnight, police tell us somebody broke into lee middle school in silver principal just before 2:30 this morning. >> burglar alarm went off investigators say some items were taken, but not being very specific about which items may have been stolen

temperatures now in the 60s. 66 downtown and 65 in fairfax and silver spring. and then by 1:00, showers getting close to the immediate metro. showers showing up in hagerstown out towards i-81 and maybe as far east as frederick. in the beltway, you got until 1:00 to mow your grass. showers will move through between 1:00 and 4:00 and rumble of thunder. the good news won't last long. by 7:00 across the bay and temperatures still in the 60s tomorrow night. you got a great night and we will salvage a good evening tomorrow. go to the wusa9 will get the seven-day forecast. >>> looks gorgeous now. >>> why would a 17-year-old boy beat a 14-year-old boy to death? that's what prince william county police are investigating. the two teens were distant relatives. just before 9:00 last night. they found 14-year-old lewis cocoa dead after being hit with an object on the top of his body. the 14-year-old was charged with murder. lewis attended traditional school in woodbridge. >> we were at the home and he is always polite and answers the doors and stuff. and having conversation

in fairfax, peggy fox, wusa 9. >> all right, peggy. and they did tell us that his wife chose not to engage with those cyber bullies. then she moved on. he said she was adamant that she was in the fire department to do a job and serve the citizens of the county. they said he may never know why his wife killed herself. >>> the u.s. senate has approved a $1.1 billion in emergency funds to fight the zika virus. the funding is attached to a larger spending bill. now, the senate will have to work out a compromised measure with the house. the house version provides $622 million to fight zika. president barack obama said he can accept the senate figure, but he threatened to veto the house version, saying it doesn't provide enough money. >>> in that senate spending bill, there's also a provision aimed at helping our veterans. it directs the department of veteran affairs to reproductive treatment for veterans with service-related injuries to keep from from having children naturally. >>> maryland governor larry hogan has sign said noah's law. now

in fairfax, wednesday, but police say they have evidence at 5 a.m. even before they were missing they were already in jessup, maryland. now they feel they may be in baltimore. >> you know i love you so much. i cannot live without you. tom: his parents hope that somehow he will hear the message. >> we want you back. tom: police say that sadly, teenagers running away is not rare, but 14 teenagers in middle school to do this is rare. >> we don't know why. tom: the 14-year-old and 13-year-old are both students at a middle school in fairfax. early wednesday morning, somehow, possibly by taxi, they made it around the beltway and to jessup. they believe that from there they went to baltimore, where danielle has connections. danielle has had trouble in the past, but rudy has never done anything like this. >> come back home, please. come back! tom: the police say this is a wake-up call. the torzanos are good parents. >> it can still happen to good parents, where traditionally one would think people would not do this. tom: and danielleg rudy back safely, pleas

captain brian grace was arrested on wednesday by fairfax police. officers say he's facing three counts of possession of a drug and two weapons charges. the d.c. fire department released a statement saying it is aware of the arrest. grace has been with the department for more than 16 years. >>> a female security guard says she is not guilty of assaulting a transgender woman at a d.c. grocery store. a transgender woman claims jones confronted her wednesday at the giant on the corner of 3 8th streets. the woman claims the guard called her derogatory names afternoon dragged hand dragged her out of the story. ite it's the latest debate in the growing transgender. it's against the law to deny someone access to a bathroom based on gender identity. 17 states including maryland have similar laws that specifically protect transgender people. virginia does not and that is something d.c. experts say can lead to confusion on a local level. >> a local law gives people a sense of -- that their rights live and breathe in their community. >> the u.s. attorney gener

captain brian grace was arrested wednesday by fairfax county police. officers say he faces three counts of possession of a drug and two weapons charges. grace has been with the d.c. fire department for more than 16 years. >>> maryland judge may limit evidence in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a football player. derrick sheely played for frogburg state university. he suffered a fatal head injury during practice in 2011. his parents filed a lawsuit accusing the school of letting him continue kkt dricontact dri despite bleeding from the forehead. >>> a large food recall and it includes 400 frozen fruit and vegetable products affected. and the brands are so wide ranging, there are fears of glowing listeria-linked illness being sick and two people died. the items are from crf frozen foods, there it are too many to name. so we've put the link to the affected products on line on my twitter and facebook pages. search recall and of course this morning please check your freezers. at the live desk, i'm aiericka gonzal gonzalez. >>> sending your kids off to ch

she joins us life from fairfax with the outcome. lindsay?eporter: shawn, the parents here in fairfax county and really all over the metro areaer need to be aware of this. what i have heard ti from police, recovering addictst people who have lost loved ones is that heroin and prescription drugs effect all kinds of people, rich and poor, city and suburbs. the meeting that was held here at the fairfax county center wrapped up just a little whilele ago. just a few folks left here now. what we learned tonight is thati fairfax county leaders arere hearing about heroin overdoses about every day. the county supervisor who callel the meeting said just yesterdaye there was an overdose death and another woman left in veryin critical condition. of course yesterday we gote autopsy results for the centerville high school teenagea who initially was thought toho have overdosed on heroin. the report says alexia springeri actually died from a cocktail of morphine, oxycodone, an anxiety drug and alcohol. she had attended what's called a farm party where kids s

reporting live in fairfax, jeannette reyes, abc 7 news. alison: thank you. more trouble on the tracks tonight, a single your problem triggering another messy commute this morning. this as metro's leader plans a never before taken step to improve safety once and for all. jonathan elias joins us with the latest. another: seems like day, another problem, another fire on the tracks today. this was outside of the stadium armory station. was theys the calls train was making contact with the third rail and it is now being worked on. that caused the train to be disabled and cost thousands of people to face delays heading into work. the chemo tomorrow is happening as the metro g.m. sat down with "good morning washington." >> they are getting training and we are putting procedures in place. today is my first day of the new safety program. we hit the ground running. tomorrow, and historic move by paul wiedefeld. he will sit down with all 650 metro managers to talk about the ongoing situation. such a gathering has not happened since metro was first opened. we will be at

fairfax county police identify her as erika dunn of springfield. she was struck by a train last night just past 9:30 in the 9500 block of berk road in berk. she was with two friends when she was struck. >> their investigation determined that there were three friends walking near the tracks, a train approached. two of the friends moved away from the tracks. when they went back to find their other friend they found her injured. >> reporter: now, police say the two other friends stayed with the victim's side to provide some aid and also called police but erika dunn later died at the hospital. now, this isn't uncommon for folks to try to walk along the tracks. our i-team in fact found about 29 train accidents involving trespassers over the last two years in virginia. now, this investigation is ongoing. the medical examiner still has to declare a cause and manner of death here. no details yet on the type of train involved in this accident. the operator of that train still has to be interviewed. the victim's next of kin though has been notified. that is

live in fairfax county i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> 4:33 is the time. happening today. day five in the trial of a baltimore police officer edward nero charged in the death of freddie gray. closing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow. officer nero is charged with assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment as well. >> two police officers krimton montgomery and charles brown charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of james mc bride. medical examiner ruled his death was a homicide said he died of a broken neck caused by blunt force trauma. >> a 27-year-old taleb was charged with rain and sexually battery it happened in april and took place mannasas campus he was fired a week after accusations were reported to police. >>> the driver accused of being drunk and striking and killing noah lee ot athis year is sa court gostatpo is facing six months to five years in prison. >> the city is buzzing with excitement about "hamilton" because it has an upcoming assistant at the kennedy cente center. if you want to score tickets. >> beginning

the fairfax county fire chief calls them inappropriate. the personal facebook pictures were posted by the man responsible for investigating internal complaints within the department. a department that was just recently sued for sexual harassment. >> sexist, chauvinistic. >> he's talking about guy you'll find lots of scandily clad young women, often in provocative poses and tight shirts. guy morgan runs the office of professional standards. at the fairfax county fire and rescue department, which investigates workplace misconduct. >> here's the guy placing judgment on us for the inappropriateness of our actions and things we do. and we take a look at the profile page. and you know, it doesn't -- just doesn't add up. >> mike molar is the president of the virginia professional firefighters association and has been a fairfax county firefighter for 40 years. he said he told fire chief richard bowers about the picture weeks ago, after the suicide of nicole mitten dover. people who claimed to be firefighters had harassed and slandered mittendorf o

a fairfax couple said it happened to them. not once, not twice, but multiple times. >> georgia and joyce decided it was time to treat themselves. >> right before we retire we're going to go all out and get a brand new car. they brought a 2015 cherokee limited and they drove a gas-saving feature known as ess in which the engine shuts itself off as it stops and starts up as you continue to drive. while driving the intersection, the car according to george stalled. >> the lights flashed and everything locked up. >> you must have been in a panic. to say the least. this wasn't a one-time occurrence. >> again. >> and again. >> the jeep completely died. everything stopped. when george took the car in, service records show that particular issue even happened to one of the technicians in the service lane. the dealership replaced a fuel pod, but the car according to george continued to have problems. >> as you can imagine my frustration. the dealership could not duplicate the stalling issue and therefore offered no recourse initially an

back to fairfax. michelle: thank you. jonathan: a lot of folks hit the road yesterday to get to the beach. that is a three and four-hour ride depending on traffic. maybe more than that. what if you want to get to the beach but you don't want to park yourself in your car for three hours? cheryl conner is joining us to give us an idea where to go to get to the beach without the three hours in the car. cheryl: yeah. look at this. i got my toes in the sand. i'm walking toward the water. it doesn't feel so bad out here for memorial day weekend either. my goodness, am i getting paid for this day? we are in edgewater in anne arundel county. look at this. look at the beach here. this is narrow but it has a lot of room to spread out. we have been out here throughout the day. talking to people who want to do just that. they want to dodge the traffic, dodge what can be the craziness of ocean city. so they came here. now we also did some homework. we look around the this is one part you can come to. we asked around. if you want to do

it is being held here at the fairfax county government center. we're going to have much more for you on this very important conversation in our newscast later tonight. we're live in fairfax, lindsey watts, fox5 local news. >>> the search is on for a killer after a shocking discovery in prince george's co police found 22 year old rashod hair grave dead in the middle of general lafayette boulevard in brandywine. investigators say, heargraved was shot to death. office are canvassing the neighborhood this evening a passing out flyers. $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to arrest. >>> well, straight ahead tonight, fox5 exclusive. the mother of an american journalist executed by isis is talking about her ongoing efforts with the government to intervene and better negotiate hostage situations. >>> then a memorial mix-up. the us marine corps is now investigating the hiro jima memorial a mid claims there was mistake identifying one of the men who helped raise the flag during that crucial battle. e.t. phone home. when you find <

fairfax county police received two 911 calls, that happened about 11:30 last night. we're working to get more on suspect information and a motive here. police have wrapped up their investigation here at the scene. again, we're in the 2900 block of stillwood circle here in falls church. back to you in the studio. >>> it is 6:02. ka today in the trial of a baltimore police officer, we expect the judge to hand down his verdict. officer edward nero faces assau assault, high schomisconduct in and reckless endangerment. prosecutors say he arrested without probable cause they negligent. chris ghor done will be in the courtroom when that decision is announced. follow him @chrisgordonnews to be the first to learn the verdict. >>> today two men will be sentenced for their role in a murder in oxon hill. williams and washington were found guilty back in march of helping in the robbery of the clarion hotel. a worker was killed. >>> right now deputies are asking for the community's help in finding a missing man. you see his photo here. this is roberts carter iii. he was last seen

this all started at a jewelry store in fairfax yesterday. diane spoke with a friend of the jewelry store owner who witnessed the ordeal. diane: the lights are turned after the springfield shopping center turned into a shootout between an armed robber at officer. this man who works nearby asked us not to identify him. he says he is friends with the owner of the jewelry store. he noticed his friends hands were tied up behind him. >> he called -- i just go to help him, but the police tell me don't do anything. started before 12:30 on saturday. the armed gunmen and walked outside and when the officer challenged him, the suspect opened fire. they believe one of those bullets hit an innocent bystander. offce say the gun man took in a getaway car and crashed it less than two miles away. police say he carjacked a vehicle and took off, crashing again, this time in the 7600 block of hose road. >> i hope catch him. i hope that is the guy. diane: policeay the by standard suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and the officer was not hurt. if you know a

so far, three cases in fairfax county. [phone rings] richard: it begins with a phone call. the scammers called an unsuspecting parent saying there shall has been kidnapped and demand a ransom. a child who is kidnapped was a 17-year-old girl at west springfield high. investigators say the woman acted quickly and intelligently. she took a second phone, put it on speaker, and c she repeated her address out loud. the police responded. meanwhile, a human resources officer confirmed the girl was ok and never in danger. at some point the call disconnected. voicey hear the child's either crying or stating they have been kidnapped, next thing you know the man's voice comes on and says i have your child, demanding a ransom in return for the child safety. i don't know. richard: was it scary? >> of course. in one: the police say of these cases, the targeted parent was a 33-year-old mother with a 10-year-old daughter. the police say the best thing to contact the somehow child upon school to make sure they are safe. richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: veteran first responder in charge of

he runs the office of professional standards at the fairfax county fire department. several women firefighters complained his posts on facebook were disrespectful and many of the photos are too racy to show you here. >>> and two fairfax county families are in tears, worried sick about the missing teenagers. the 13-year-old lima who goes by the name danielle and her friend, righty terrible orzono, who is 14 years old, they left their homes early wednesday and spotted together later that day in a truck stop in jessup, maryland. the family was pleading for them to come back home. >> no matter how long it takes me, i am -- [ indiscernible ] and i will be looking for you that is for sure. to come back home, please. >> the families tell us the teenagers might be headed to baltimore wh people. if you have seen the kids, contact fairfax county police. >> imagine a woodpecker going on a tree and just tap, tap, tap. >> thamay not seem soothing, but to this woman, those sounds are saving her life. up next, the story you will see on 9. a breakthrough treatment for depression. >>

by 10:00 still okay and 66 down and 65 in buoy and 65 in fairfax. by 1:00 now, we see showers getting close to leesburg and frederick and certainly showers by one p.m. along i-81 and east. in good shape in the beltway 1:00 and we will see showers and thunderstorms by 4:00 and thunderstorms down to the south and showers in gaithersburg and silver spring and manassas and temperatures by 4:00 in the upper 60s and then boom, everything rolled through by 7:00 and most of the showers across the bay and most of the showers out to sea and temperatures in the 60s. we will come back and talk about how cool it will be behind the second front and we made a few minor adjustments to sunday. we will explain. >>> coming up, president obama welcomes five world leaders to the white house at the same time. >>> both branches of congress and the white house appear fight against zika. >>> the house and senate are far apart on the zika bill. there will be additional funding revealed to fight the zika virus but much less than the $1.1 billion bill. >> introduced and the on

if you saw in that parking lot between about 1:00 and 3:00 in the morning, fairfax county police want to hear from you right away. >>> metro gm paul weedfeld is cleaning house. today he fired 20 ramada managers who report directly to him. seven of them were senior managers, many from metro's rail division. and the firings are part of his effort to streamline the management and improve the effectiveness and the account anti-- accountability. >>> get ready for a cold rain tomorrow and that is certainly good enough for a yellow weather alert. first alert chief meteorologist -- i can't even get the words out, topper, because it's so beautiful today and hard to believe we won't see this tomorrow. >> yeah, today was really spectacular. an average may day, when we get average may weather it is spectacular. a little bit warmer too over the last 24 hours, 6 degrees warmer than this time yesterday and generally the whole east coast was warmer withe talk about the evening planner. your plans are safe tonight, 74 at 6:00, 68 at 8:00, and by 10:00 65 with clouds. we are dry, though until about 3:0

fairfax county and we have of course the storms to the west so we are not done. back around 15 and warrington and out leesburg and not far from middlesburg and those are still going to move. if northeast towards leesburg and the one towards waldorf in the southeast and then this storm north of fairfax is moving essentially to the northeast. so tons of warnings are still out. right now we don't have any tornado warnings out. yes, jan? >> i got a question from a viewer here. they are asking about the lightning because they are seeing a lot of strikes. how bad is the lightning on the radar showing. >> lightning is bad. i will take everything off. it is not crazy bad but there are the strikes if it is a white strike it is newer. there is pretty good lightning out towards aldi and you go out 50 with that storm and the storm in tyson, a fair amount of lightning. i have seen more but a fair amount of lightning. >> do you think the system that is coming from the west, you said that there was another system that you are watching, how quickly is the system coming towards u

. >>> angie goff back here at the live desk where we're getting new information on a shooting in fairfax county. molette green just arrived to the scene. this is in the 2900 block of still worth circle. a man was shot outside of an apartment complex. we're told that he does have life threatening injuries. police still on the scene there speaking with know let. we'll check in with her and bring to you as soon as we gather it. >>>let. we'll check in with her and bring to you as soon as we gather it. >>> in the day ahead, two men will be sentenced in the murder in oxon hill. they were found guilty in march of helping in a claire i don't know h clar clarion hotel three years ago. >>>a teen unknowingly tried to help an armed man on the run from a violent crime spree. last night andrew breer became an eagle scout, his training to help others put him in a very dangerous situation on saturday. the teen came face-to-face with the map who allegedly had just robbed a jewelry store in fax. investigators say the robber shot a bystander during a gunfight with police and had just crashed a stolen car.

female firefighters defending the fairfax county department against allegations of mistreatment of women. this follows the alleged cyber bullying of a former firefighter who committed suicide, and it also comes as new calls for an independent investigation. >> 10 firefighter organized today's event. she was concerned about the impact if you black sheep have had on the fire department. this comes in the wake of the follow of firefighter, nicole. my fellowver really firefighters and that may have prompted her to take her own firefighters got it at the inn and delphi department to set the record straight. they say what has happened in recent weeks has had a negative and the trustle the department works to gain from the community. >> i love my job and i love this family. as a woman, i am not afraid to come to work, and i am not ashamed to be a member of this fire department. we trust our lives in each other's hands every y looking at what may have happened. ot ofg speculation -- a l speculation but i feel like this event has brought us together. suzanne: how she feels and what she said today

just now coming into fairfax out of fauquier, prince women yim. a couple areas of moderate showers coming into the afternoon and evening hours, but brighter days ahead. we'll look at that and a warm-up on the way this half hour. >>> new this morning, wet roads are making for some hazardous conditions out there for drivers. take a look at that accident on the in-are loop of the beltway. kevin sent these photos this. the moving truck crashed. mo rescue is urging drivers to slow down, avoid distractions. of course windshield wipers and headlights on. >>> dominion virginia power is still work to go restore power after a tree fell on tennessee avenue in alexandria. now, alexandria police tweeted out this photo. you can see how many damage that tree actually did cause. it cut power to about a dozen customers in that neighborhood. >>> a traffic alert to pass along with you. you're going to want to avoid most of downtown d.c. this morning because of road closures. derrick ward is live in northwest with more on the inaugural d.c. bike ride. rain didn't sto

rescuers had to fly him to innova fairfax last night. neighbors say they have been worried about an increase in people swimming there over the past few summers. >>> metro isge project out. starting saturday, safe track will address major issues. the first phase will affect the orange and silver lines in northern virginia. ♪ >>> so you tell me if a 4-year-old child can get through the physical barrier, is that a safe barrier? >> that comment today from an animal rights activist who is calling for the maximum federal penalty against the cincinnati zoo for having inadequate enclosures as he puts it. as you know by now, a gorilla was shot and killed over the weekend when a child managed to get into that exhibit. today a prosecutor's office says police have opened an investigation into this incident. >>> the polls are now open for d.c. voters to cast their ballots before the june 14th primary. 1 judiciary square is the first location it allow early voting. today through june 11th, polls will be 8:30 in the morning through 7:00 in the evening

now fairfax county police have made an arrest. his wife. >>> potholes and the lack of lane striping on roadways are just some of the issues the president of the park police union says is causing roadways to be dangerous and potentially deadly. coming up at 6:00 >>> it's been nearly a year now since a man in virginia, in vienna virginia, a husband, father of two, was found shot dead in his bed. police have now made an arrest. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports the >> reporter: kim pham la roke and husband eric la roke in happier times. both virginia tech grads and successful in their careers. he was an engineer at dewberry consultant and she worked at fannie mae. they started a family and had two young children. last summer eric la roke was found shot to death and monday night after she left work, kim laroke was arrested accused for shooting her husband to death. >> somehow it led to a 35-year-old woman killing her 33-year-old husband. >> eric laroke was found dead in his bed on july 31, 2015. police discovered a ha

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we begin with breaking news out of fairfax county where police are on the scene of a shooting in the falls church area. what we know this morning is that in the 2900 block of stillwood circle, they arrived, they found an individual shot. now we're told that the person does have life threatening injuries. molette green is on the scene right now speaking with police, she will bring us the very latest information coming up. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist p. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to check our forecast. more doom and gloom to start our monday. >> is it really that severe? >> it's just the consecutive days of this kind of weather. >> just gloom. >> if it's any consolation on your side, it won't be a flooding rain or severe weather event kind of a monday, but it will be lost to clouds and drops again. thick fog now across northern maryland, half mile visibility in frederick. so if you're traveling 270 up here authority of montgomery county, watch out for some local areas of thick fog. the heaviest rain though is this southern maryland headed down toward staffor

if you get a call like this one, call fairfax county police. we told but a similar scam in prince william county last week and it's not just schools. news 4 exposes a new trend of so-called virtual kidnapping in an iteam investigation. watch the full report on the nbc washington app. >>> time for a check of weather and traffic on the 1s. we can finally stick to some good news in the forecast. >> chuck bell, tell us more. >> it's all good news from this point forward. last of the raindrops running downing a cross parts of southern st. mary's. not interested this sem back ane soon. kids can leave the umbrella at home. recess gets a "b" because still a lot of puddles on the playground. but we'll have highs up to 80. and sun dresses back in fashion and the umbrellas can be put away for a little while. back to shorts and t-shirts weather into the holiday weekend, too. 7 day forecast in ten minutes. bringing news no longer in first 4 traffic. >> it could come back, but inner loop here at new hampshire avenue, do have a crash here top of the beltway.

and by that, we mean fairfax west. so fairfax, loudoun county, and certainly out along i-81.noon sun tomorrow will take a while. then very, very nice on friday. and then a cold rain on saturday. heaviest, it looks like, will be between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. if we're lucky, it will be tapering off or possibliening by the time the preakness begins. and we got an article on that. and it's on our website as well. 10:00 tonight. we have temperatures in little upper 50s downtown. mid-50s in the burbs. and generally just cloudy. here at 6:00 in the morning. future cast. trying to keep showers west of us. we can't rule out a shower, peeling off across 95. just be advised, coupling of light showers possible also in bowie and 56 in fairfax. by 12:30. couple of sprinkles here and there. but we're back in the low to mid-60s with a few breaks in the clouds. by this time tomorrow, we see a lot of breaks. with the breaks in the clouds, yes, a couple of showers are possible. temperatures in the upper 60s by then. so maybe a sprinkle at 9:00. 57. 61 by 11:00. and just a few breaks in the cl

. >>> right now the fbi wants your help finding two missing fairfax county teens. the 13-year-old and 14-year-old have been missing since may 10. they both may be in need of medical attention. if you know anything that can help find these teens, call police. >>> there is outrage after accusations that two people ripped off a local college for more than $34,000. grand jury indicted ernest taylor junior and his ain't tracie mixon yesterday. both are from louisi stole the identities of four people and registered them as students at northern virginia community college. prosecutors say the pair then cashed in on excess student loan money in a loan fraud scheme. >> it's unfortunate there are many people out there that do need financial help and for people to be taking advantage of this kind a of university, of any university, but particularly a community college where people who don't have the financial backing to support themselves, it's really disappointing. >> an indictment shows taylor and mixon used their own addresses for the student identities they created and tha

then two day days later, they say the trio killed steve carter in fairfax and stolen his car.an kerman: he concert's 15 years to life imprisonment but he could get out of prison as a result of this bill it was good for him prosecutors believe this bill is good for them it was back in october with tourist was killed in golden gate park place latest the car was shot to deaththey were caught on october seventh in portland. >>dan kerman:police says the three had carter's car, some of his property as well as stolen gun that was allegedly used in both killings. >>dan kerman: the district attorney and the variances in good first-person testimony of the murders could be critical and send the remaining two suspects he said the plea deal has been now works for months and he thinks it is inappropriate one. >>reporter: it will fetch continues to like this and to come through after a trial in terms of the other to defend their expected to make the next court appearance on may 9th, that is when the preliminary hearing is expected to. >>jackie sissel: >>catherine heenan: home than two days l

. >>> this morning female firefighters with the fairfax fire and rescue department say they are fed up. their frustrations have to do with what others say about the culture within their department. erika gone zalez is live with me on this announcement. >> reporter: in a little more than an hour, a group of women firefighters will speak out at this firehouse in dispel that harassment exists inside this workplace. meanwhile, the board of supervisors will hire a consultant to be the judge of that. this comes just days ago when the fire official in charge of the professional standards within the department, guy morgan, was put on leave after inappropriate images and comments were found on his facebook page. but there are even greater questions swirling as to if and how allegations of harassment in an anonymous online forum allegedly at the hands of coworkers impacted the lives of firefighter nicole mittendorff who killed herself last month in shenandoah national park. here's what the board of supervisors had to say about the reason for hiring a consultant, quote, to assess the working envi

taking a look at 66 from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, no worries. take you about nine minutes. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. 95 here at triangltriangle, loo good. going to be very different as folks start heading out of town >>> coming up on 4:34. a former fairfax county fire investigator is taking her ex-co-workers to court. this is the latest allegation of a hostile work environment for female firefighters. patricia worked for the department for 20 years. she's now seeing 17 firefighters after she says she endured bullying and sexual harassment. some says it started when she became a firefighter in 196 and only on news 4, she said that harassment continued for years. >> on a number of occasions, i had a couple of firefighters come to my room 2:00, 3:00 in the morning and just constantly harassing me about sex. >> a judge had dismissed her case two years go. recently the department has come under fire after another firefighter took her own life and lewd comments were >>> the man who crashed in to two emt