leo the great in fairfax, vir virginia. we made several attempts to spoke with him about his troubled past and have not heard back. we were able to track done a family, local family who say they are one of the african-american families targeted by aichison back in the 0s and suffered hateful acts including cross burning on front lawn. the couple says they're still owed civil dams from aichison and even after 40 years they are not sure they can forgive him for what happened. they're not alone. classified documents of course taped from the late 70s found he burned crosss in front of self families in prince george county and made numerous threats coretta scott king threatening to kill her if they spoke at the university of maryland. if you look at the screen now these are threatening letters. some say stay off the maryland campus or you will day. africa or death by lynching take your pick. the catholic church has been remaining violent offing a statement saying they are deeply troubled, sad and deeply troubled by this on confe

police in fairfax county are looking - "miguel carrillo". he was last seen on thursday night, and police believe his life may be in danger. take a good look at his picture. his family tells police they were concerned when he didn't come home a wooded area off pole road in the mount vernon area - and police believe his disappearance may be gang-related. if you have information - contact fairfax county police right away. flags in maryland will be flown at half staff today, to honor a fallen sailor. xavier alec martin was killed back in june when the u-s navy destroyer "fitzgerald" collided with a continer ship off the coast of japan. six other sailors also lost their lives. martin is from baltimore county. he will be buried later today at arlington national cemetery. order breakfast, and help an injured d-c firefighter. this morning a fundraiser is being held for dane smothers. the 28-year-old was critically injured last week after getting hit by a fire truck while on the job. in just a few hours, his fellow firefighters who belong to the "sco

fairfax police are on the hunt for an attacker. a woman grabbed and dragged into the woods in reston. suzanne kennedy has the latest this noon. suzanne: there is a heightened sense of awareness after a woman was attacked in this northern virginia neighborhood in broad daylight. the incident allegedly taking place in these bushes in the 12,000 block of north shore drive. the 22-year-old victim says a man who she had originally seen at the reston metro station came from behind, grabbed her, drag her into the woods and tried to take her clothing off. police say something scared him and he was -- he ran away before he was able to sexually assault her. people in this community are scared about their safety especially because the alleged attacker has not been caught. >> i am walking by myself all the time. >> i try hard to stay alert about what is going me, but i will think twice about --sometimes getting a couple getting off a couple stops early and walking a bit at least until we find out what happened to this particular individual. su

for fairfax county high schools. that's where athletics leaders are reporting a 40% drop in concussions over the past few years. so what are they doing right? a look at how concussions are being prevented and treated. >> reporter: it's tryouts for the south lakes football team. >> we've got30 kids out. more than we had last year, so i think we're headed in the right direction. >> reporter: the heightened interest, may be because the seahawks made it to the football interest is steady all over fairfax county, which has a rigorous concussion policy. it requires everyone involved in high school sports, including parents, and students, to receive training. seahawks coach trey taylor points to changes on and off the field. >> adopting a lot of rug by techniques that get the head out of the equation. >> the last few years we've seen significant declines. but concussions across multiple sports, football being one. >> football does receive the highest percentage of concussion, but it's also important to understand, we have m

"fox5" evan lamb sbert live in fairfax with the details. evan. >> tony we're learning according to state records tonight that claudio ran this daycare here at his home for more than a month after these allegations surfaceded that he inappropriately touched two children. we also know that he has a license to care for up to 12 children out of fairfax country home. here's the mug shot fairfax country police released of 43-year-old claudio vargas. according to investigators he touched two children inappropriately. he is in jail tonight held without bond. we tried knocking on the door to ask anyone living here about the allegations. no one answered. this all started june 20 when an 11-year-old child reported vargas touched the child inappropriately. police identified another victim a 9-year-old after more than a month long investigation. they awristed vargas on wednesday achb and just told us about his arrest this evening. neighbors say vargas and wife have run this daycare out of their home near chantilly for four years. vargas's wife has not b

county parkway, just to the west of fairfax.we've seen some developing closer to the city of fairfax, shan tilly, some very heavy rain there, too and that will continue as we move on here. this is great falls to the north and towards herndon, already in, you'll see this move towards as you move on in. a lot of lightning and also dulles toll road, maybe some of the latest there, around our region because of the storms, dulles toll road and airport seeing the storms just off to the east. more storms, another big one. this one was in parts of montgomery county and crossed over just east, very large storm, around i-75 and another one just popped up this one in towards college park, right around the college park area, once again i told you yesterday, storm right over today, storm, right over ikea, there it is again. a lot of areas seeing storms back to back on numerous days. we have it back into portions of page county and watching this guy right here in prince william county around quantico, this will come up, so i'm watching a lot

fox5 paul wagner live in fairfax county with more tonight. paul? >> reporter: high there, guys, just off buck man road in the section of fairfax county, the area where miguel was last seen. in fact, it was just in that wooded area beyond this pond where i'm standing at right now that police were searching, not too long ago, now, let me tell you, police are not saying why they believe it is gang related, they're not saying why they believe he's endangered, how much, about an hour ago with his mother inside her apartment, not far from here, and she told me that he was last seen thursday evening casting a fishing line into this pond, and then someone saw several men attack him. let's show you a picture of miguel and some video of the search going on right now here in this area. fairfax county police say that they've been searching since thursday, when he was first reported missing, but that the endangered part of the missing report didn't come into play until sunday night when they got some new information, presumably the information about him possibl

this happened in the fairfax community of fairington.dward, ran in the burning building without hesitation putting himself in danger. tonight he spoke only with fox five about why he did. >> it is very hard. right now i'm happy because everybody is okay. >> at lee four families have been displaced by the fire. at last check victims were recovering in the hospital from smoke inhalation and burns, investigators are working to figure out what started it. >>> in prince georges county, investigators are still searching for a suspect and mote any of a deadly shooting man shot to death at palimar turn this morning. his identity was not released. his body was found along a trail that connects a sears is of town homes. if you know something about the shooting there is a reward of $25,000 for anyone who can help. >>> a virginia man is behind bars tonight accused of sexual ly assaulting a child. police arrested christian flores hernandez of manassas yesterday. they say he had an inappropriate relationship with a 12 year-old girl in br istoe. has be

the 18-year-old miguel jurio went missing from the alexandria section of fairfax county. investigators say he was murdered and it appears to be gang related. the killers are still out er county police charged three suspected gang members in connection with the man's disappearance. >>> devastated and heartbroken is how the chief of naval operations says he is feeling about the accident involving the uss john mccain that left 10 sailors missing. he's ordered a special review of the 7th fleet looking at performance and readiness. after this accident, one of four this year. this comes along with word that some of the missing sailors are from our area. here's marcella robertson. >> reporter: this is such a sad story. two of those missing sailors are from our area. tonight their families are still without answers. electronics technician second class kevin bushel is from gaithersburg. he graduated from gaithersburg high in 2009. his family is asking for privacy. information systems technician second class timothy echols, jr. of carroll county is also missing. his family sun he l

most in fairfax county. >> d.c. police are searching for a gunman who carried out a quadruple shooting. gunfire broeng out before 8:00 p.m. on 18th street northeast. it's near a gas station near lawrence and monroe. they believe the shooter was in a dark-colored malibu or impala. sne we're working with you regarding metro. >> it will shut down starting this weekend for an improvement project. derrick ward is live with how it might affect folks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning again. we're at the branch avenue station which ones it closes today won't open until august 20th. this will tell what you it will look like. it will make it effectively the naylor road station. that's going to be in place, all of these changes, until august 20th. what's happening is metro is going to be replacing some cross ties, some crossovers, which is an important piece of rail structure. it was a derailment at the east falls church station. it was a crossover issue. they're going to be doing rehabilitation to the station also. som

fairfax county police still searching for a man who attacked a woman in reston. this happened yesterday afternoon while she was out for a walk. the incident has residents on edge especially after an attack and assault of a little girl the day before. melanie alnwick is live with the latest. >>reporter: good morning, guys, you know, as you you mentioned neighbors understandably rattled . although you see a lot of woods here, this area does have a lot of homes, shops and restaurants. i want to give you a little information about the suspect. police say that he's in his 20s to 30s with brown hair and a beard. what he was wearing seemed to be something some might consider to be a uniform. it was a gray shirt with red writing, gray shorts and a red baseball cap. let's take you to sky fox video over the scene yesterday as the news broke. this is north shore drive in reston in the tall oaks neighborhood. police say it was two:30 in the afternoon monday. the # two year old victim was walking along the sidewalk when a man dragged her off of the path and into the woods. he

they're working with fairfax county detectives as well.her that means the place was actually the murder scene remains to be seen. but detectives say they are happy they are making this -- happy that they are, indeed, making progress with this case and hope to bring closure to the families soon. we'll have more on this story later on on news 4. we're live in prince william county, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> disturbing new video showing teenagers crying out in pain as they're pushed into splits over and over and teammates. we're want you to know some of this video is difficult to watch. >> please stop. a coach can be heard telling her she's making it worse. the video was taken at a cheerleading camp in colorado and to the nbc affiliate in denver. >> i just didn't expect to have to do elevated splits and be forced into it. >> this is a grown man pushing my 13-year-old girl so hard that he's ripping tissues in her body. he learned it growing up. it's nothing unusual for him. some coaches and school officials have been placed on leav

we'll take you to fairfax county. the summer officially ended today. >> sad story for a lot of kids. what you need to know as you send them back to class with ppyha giant has unbelievable pro tip produce prices. : so you'll never have to choose between your favorites. i thought i was your favorite. take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. >>> continuing to track the latest, extremely heavy rain fall pick up another foot of rain before this is all said and done. it's staying in louisiana. amelia draper down there live in houston. i've got the latest on what could be an impact for us for another tropical system, that coming into our region during the day tomorrow. >> all right. doug. in the meantime, a portion of beach drive re-opened this morning. another section was closed down. beach drive now closed to the northwest. drivers will detail around the construction zone. they can take connecticut avenue to avoid the congestion there. work along beach drive, now they've done in segments and the entire pr

already taking shelter here in our larry: breaking news from fairfax county. that is where the search is underway for a missing canoer. three people on the canoe. it tipped over. only two of those canoers have been accounted for. q mccray is live at the scene. >> we just found out that they are considering this a search and recovery effort. the fairfax county rescue department. they have the underwater search and recovery team. we have skytrak7 over the scene. sometime this afternoon three people were in a boat enjoying themselves here at burke park lake. when for whatever reason h boat capsized. i found out that some of the lifeguard here on the scene rescue two of the boaters. but the third person went underwater. the search for the third person has been going on ever since. that is the latest information. we will find out more about the boaters and those are the answers we are trying to get to. that is the latest. i'm q mccray. back to you inside. jonathan: thank you. one person is dead and another missing after a house exploded. the house on bear run road

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it includes fairfax county, and over towards the montgomery county. if you're down south.ots of heavy rain moving in. slater getting it now. that is moving northeast at 25 miles per hour. just have some patience. the back edge of it, here we go. it's already much drier into damascus than it was earlier this morning. here's what we're expecting. for the next couple of hours. still rain. locally heavy at times. this is future cast. we'll go hour by hour. 2:00, if you're east of 95, southern maryland, towards prince george's county, you're still in the rain at that point, but very light rain showers further north and west of that. towards culpepper, leesburg at that point. 4:00, we're starting to see things clearing out. by 6:00, it's mainly dry. i think we're going to clear out for the nats game this evening. the good news is, we're clearing out by then. delays there. here's that weather system, pulling in this really deep tropical moisture off the atlantic. by the way, there is hurricane gert. what do we expect the rest of the week? tomorrow, pretty nice. we'll see rain cha

the lake bar croft area of fairfax county was first hit. they were forced to quickly move branches and debris to get to people who needed help. part of columbia pike was shut down after a tree pulled a power line down near the shopping center. right now, 1500 dominion energy customers in northern virginia are without power. >>> also right now, d.c. police are searching for the person who shot power people in a neighborhood. one person died. police tell us gunfire broke out before 8:00 last night in the 3400 block of 18th street northeast near a gas station near lawrence and monroe streets. the other three victims are expected to live. >>> a drug overdose is showing how dangerous it can be for police to respond to the situations. in stafford county, a deputy was exposed to drugs outside of a preschool and he nearly overdosed. the sheriff's office says the deputy is doing okay this morning. he was getting the drugs out of goddard school in stafford. detectives believe he accidentally touched or breathed in fentanyl. the sheriff's office says

a cutie atina, such fairfield elementary and fairfax. burst.com/debbie j leigh is where you send those photos. -- burst.com/wjla three send them. veronica: send them to school looking cute. they will have cute it'll rain slickers today, they will need the rain boots, we will all have some neighborhoods will need more than an inch. grab the rain jacket, 61 as the temperature, north east two miles per hour in maryland, slightly higher winds around areas to the south in leonardtown, charles county. temperatures in the mid to upper 60's. trouble spots in virginia, southeast virginia, texas, if you are flying anywhere near that area there could be some airport delays. down through north carolina, the tropical system makes its way through the outer banks. areas like southeastern virginia, norfolk, newport news later today, for tomorrow we clear out. nice with the rain s making their way closer to us, that's where circulation is, making landfall somewhere late today. with rain,y , allday, rain from harvey that rain that has been falling for a w

he's an 11th grader in the fairfax county public school district.am searching for him today just after they left the woods late this afternoon. they've been looking and investigating since saturday and the information they developed only created more concern, that's why sunday evening they reclassified him as both missing and endangered. >> suffice it to say, we have acknowledged that we believe it's gang related, again it's so out of his character to just go missing, not let his family know where he is or what he's doing. so given the totality of the circumstances, we're very

. >> reporter: they packed bags as crews from fairfax county travel more than 1,000 miles away to help. >> unfortunately men and women have been around the world and had to deal with disasters. >> reporter: fema tapped the urban search and rescue virginia task force one on the shoulder requesting their water rescue skills. the team is expected to battles the effects hurricane harvey is leaving in its path. >> going down and helping the people out as best as possible we can and making sure nobody get hurt. that's a huge deal with us. >> reporter: the crew tells me they'll take four boats and three inflatables much like this one i'm standing in now. they're also taking several trucks equipment so they can operate as their own rescue squad. the 14 task force members are taking enough supplies to last at least 14 days, but it's not clear how long they'll be down there. >> we'll carry these bags. >> reporter: how heavy are these bags? my goodness. >> roughly it's about 115 pounds altogether of our three bags. >> reporter: this team is well known with international experience making rescues

fox5's paul wagner is live in fairfax county with latest. paul. >>reporter: shawn and tony, there is a lot of concern from my jill tonight. i'm in the neighborhood where not only he lives, but where he was last seen, just off of buck man road what we do know from police is that he was last seen in a wooded area that surrounds this pond here right off of pond road . but i talked to ago and she told me something that the police would not share and that is she said that he was fishing here in this pond when someone saw him being attacked. now, police are not confirming that. they're not saying that there was a violent incident, but they are saying that his disappearance is considered gang related. let's show you a picture of ma jill now. earlier today police were seen in this area. we were told that police had searched the entire wooded area around the pond. they used a k9 team. they've used a helicopter. they've used search and rescue personnel from the police department to see if they could find my jill. his mother told me that he does have a phone

justin finch head today fairfax. he'll have a live report at 5:00 a.m. >>> you may want to build in extra time in prince william county. 90,000 public school students head back to more than 800 will start in a new building. covington harper elementary school in dumfries. they open today. happy first day. exciting, first day of school. >> will be, for sure. >>> we're tracking harvey for you as well. the impact it's having on the houston area. a live look from houston. at the same time we're learning about the impact harvey may or may not have on your wallet. whether you'll notice a change at the gas pump. >>> a place you could see higher prices, your electric bill. the company looking to up its rates and by how much. >>> and forgetalling it c >>> welcome back at 4:43. changes could be on the way when it comes to your pepto bill. a hearing scheduled about possible rate increases to montgomery and prince george zimmerman -- prince george's county. -- >>> a sign that's supposed to alert you to traffic alerts in northwest

evan lambert in fairfax. thank you. >> former cloverly elementary school teacher john learned fate he was sentenced to 48 years for sex abuse of multiple girls. it was a very he motional day in montgomery country courtroom. victims and supporters were in court. and they spoke after the hearing. >>> he is not a groomer nor a predator. he has been wrongfully convicted. we will continue to fight until he's vindicated and justice is served. >> that's a very sad case because i'm sure that every person who has a child in montgomery county public school wants that child to be safe. wants every khooild to be wonderful. i'm sure mr. vigna was kind and nice to many of his students. >>> but he also acted imp improperly with at least four that he now stands convicted of after having been repr represented very, very well at trial. >> vigna taught third, fourth and fifth grade over course of 20 years and was convicted in june. >> montgomery county teenage areas caused and cleared of sex assault charges at rockvi pleaded gu

. >>> a confederate monument in fairfax is the latest target of vandleism. city officials sent us a picture. you can see somebody splashed white paint on to the base. the paint has been removed tonight. fairfax city's mayor says that crime doesn't reflect the values of the community. there are no suspects yet. >> now, to the shutdown show down between president trump and members of congress. they're fighting over funding for a border wall, a signature promise during the campaign. let's take you back. >> i will on our southern border. i will have mexico pay for that wall. mark my words. >> we're going to build that wall. we're going to build that wall. who is going to pay for that wall. >> mexico. >> we're will build a great wall along the southern border and mexico will pay for the wall. >> remember i said mexico is paying for the wall. >> but that was then. this is now. on tuesday in arizona, the president said he would be willing to let the government shutdown if congress doesn't provide funding for that wall. it's a story that has the potential to impact

fairfax county police believe miguel carrillo's death is gang related.5's lindsey watts is live in alexandria tonight with the very latest. >> reporter: shawn miguel carrillo lived with his mother in an apartment building not too far from where we are here in the mount vernon section of alexandria. the mother says that three weeks ago fishing in this pond near their home. she says she saw three men attack him and that was the last time she saw miguel alive. now police are saying he was murdered and this is gang related. initially fairfax county police said they did not think carrillo had any gang ties. but with further investigation, they found that he was associated with gang activity. police still are not saying which gang. of course, ms-13 has been a big problem in fairfax county as well as montgomery county. carrillo's body was found earlier this week about 30 miles from here in prince william county. we'll show you some photos now. these were taken by a viewer as police were recovering the body. this was in nokesville. you can see it looks like a la

. >> he needed help with -- >> the father is on leave of absence in fairfax. he's been working in the arlington diocese for decades. the church was aware of his past. >>> evacuate the property. >> those are police officers keeping people out, even people who called this condo complex home just 24 hours ago. police and firefighters went door to door last night at the lynn hill condos trying to get the last of the holdouts to leave. the temple hills complex was declared unsafe. neighbors say they were not given enough time to >> 24 hours, that's not enough time for nobody to up and leave and go to another place. >> many of the people who live there are in temporary housing or staying with relatives until they figure out their next move. anyone who couldn't get all of their items out can make an appointment with the county social services office to go back inside and finish packing. >>> today, summer is over for thousands in our area. more than 80,000 kids are heading back to school today in loudoun county. there are more than 800 new teachers in the county this

in fairfax, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. in thea: we have rain d.c. area today. josh is here with a look at the forecast. josh: fortunately, this system is moving much more quickly. a raining day in the area. about a half in fredericksburg. over an inch and a half in brandywine, maryland. have two separate areas. what's going on in texas and louisiana with harvey, if you look closely, the eye is back over the gulf. the center of this one is right around here off the coast of north carolina. it will bring rain throughout the majority of the day. just about everybody covered in green. as we switch to futurecast, you will notice some yellow start to move back in. we are not done with the heavy rain. unfortunately, for the drive back home at 6:00, still a good bit of rain around the area. temperatures today will have a tough time hitting the 70 degree mark. let's get a look at the roads. we are in mobile track seven. we have been monitoring the roads since early this morning. it has been nonsto outside, you can see our windshield wipers on. the roadways are very, ver

in fairfax county, summer ended today. news4's justin finch is live talking to the students at glasgow middle school. justin, did you teach them anything? >> reporter: hey, there, i may have taught them a thing or two about the importance of waking up earlynd schedule. students here can teach us all a lesson here -- one about sacrifice. you see, they've started the school year here a week earlier than usual. they are getting off early, too. however, their new superintendent says they'll also get in a lot more learning this way, too. [ cheers ] hugs, hellos, and more hugs. >> have a great first day! >> reporter: warm welcomes on a chilly back-to-school monday morning at glasgow middle. a first day for theban, whose day is starting sooner than it did in fifth grade. >> it's good because i can practice how to go to sleep early and wake up early. it's good for my health. >> reporter: her mom is excited marking her new school year and milesto milestone. >> they are growing. it is what is going to happen. >> reporter: dr. scott

right now fairfax is on the hunt an attacker.ry: the man grabbing a woman and dragging her into the woods and kidnapping her. suzanne kennedy has more on the story right now. suzanne? suzanne: there is certainly a inghtened sense of awareness reston for people walking to and from the metro station. this is where an attack happened yesterday afternoon. a woman saying that it was around 2:30 when she was walking in the 12,000 block of north shore drive where we are this morning. the man came from behind her and dragged her into the woods. she says that he threw her t police say that something scared the attacker and he ran away without assaulting her. this morning they are trying to find out the identity of the man wearing a gray t-shirt with a red baseball cap. it's believed that he got away with a gray or red hyundai with of the and the license plate. if you know anything about the man or the incident, you are asked to call fairfax county police. thank you. another disturbing investigation from police in fairfax county. a five-ye

live in fairfax. local news". >> thanks, mel, 5:35 now purple line said to get the green light from federal government. spokesman for larry hogan said agreement is in the near future. federal monday is needed. it will span bethesda to new carrollton and college park. it's a $2 billion project. once agreement is signed construction can begin in a matter of weeks. >> 5:35 is the time now. big day yesterday big event i have to >> did you watch. >> no, i did not. >> oh, my gosh i said it totally exceeded expectations. i was managing them because i was not really sure what 80% meant and all that you know. >> it looked like a cloudy day to me. >> no it was. >> it got dimmer it was looking tat with glasses on to see what was occurring. it was very cool. >> i loved the little girls next door when it first started it's starting it's startling we went out and watched the whole thing. >> it's cool. >> it happens pretty quickly doesn't take up the whole day it exceeded my expectations a lot of us are what do we s

meantime school bells are ringing in fairfax county. students were back at school today. it's a bit unusual you because the school year started after labor day. the county got a waiver from the start to start early. this pre-labor day opening i think is going to be an exciting development for fairfax county public schools. the school district i led in virginia as superintendent in lynchburg had had the before labor day schedule for several years and parents and students loved it. the very first year when your summer is a little shorter it's a bit of transition but we're going to have more trabs is time for kids to be more success tell on their ap tests, sol tests. he was really enthusiasmic about it. fairfax county is one of the biggest school district in our region with 189 now steuns students. coming up, tragedy at a d.c. metro station we're going to tell you you how the trains are moving tonight after a fatal incident on the rails. first here's ronica cleary. hey, jim, we speak with a red cross employee on the ground in houston about president trump's visit to the area

southern parts of fairfax dcouny down to silver spring and woodridge.and steadier rain to fairfax, virginia as well. we have two things we're wau watching for. the first is heavier rain that could cause flash flooding in the d.c. metro area today. and it will head down toward richmond. mainly an urban flash flood because heavy rain on the paved roads could cause an issue. rainfall amounts could be as much as one to two inches at times. our main threat will be heavy rainfall. any of those storms today in southern maryland could have a damaging wind threat as well. temperatures mid to upper 60s to around 70 now. we'll stay in the 70s all day today with a rain heaviest at times during the afternoon and the evening. once we get the rain stopped, some nicer weather comes our way for the next couple days. for more on that, let's go over to sheena. >> we could have more showers tomorrow but today could shape up to be a nicer day. make sure you pack the sun glat glasses later this afternoon. by noon tomorrow, 80 degrees, developing sunshine in the afternoon wit