gallmon is facing up the 25 years in prison. now the last time gallmon was in court, a judge asked her if she killed messerschmitt. she bit her lip and said yes. sentencing today is at 9:00. we'll be in the courtroom and we'll let you know what happens. live outside the donovan hotel. i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> to the campaign trail. a college football stadium in alabama is about to be a packed house tonight. not for a game. but for a visit from donald trump. the next stop in a series of town halls for trump. earlier this week the develop front runner -- gop front runner called for the deportation of undocumented workers and trump questions the birthright citizenship of their kids calling them anchor babies. republican rival jeb bush has used that term in the past and faced questions about that yesterday. >> i don't. i don't regret it. >> you don't regret it. >> do you have a better term? i'm serious. i'll use it. >> other republicans meanwhile directing their criticism at hillary clinton. bobby jindal suggests clinton would

attorneys for both gallmon and johnson asked for less than the recommended sentence. in the end gallmon will serve 24 years in jail and five years probation and johnson will serve six months. messerschmitt's widow spoke but only in private to the judge. she was emotional the entire time. outside the d.c. superior court, i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> a woman shot by d.c. police during a tense standoff appeared in court today. police say they confronted renita nettles last month and told her to drop a knife she was holding and when she didn't, they opened fire. nettles was hit while she was standing in front of her home in southeast d.c.. nettles' family says she has mental help issues and -- health issues and is a drug user. >>> former baltimore rave' cheerleader molly s -- ravens' cheerleader momly stattuck learned today she will spend 15 years in jail -- 15 months in jail. the boy's parents asked for jail time to send a message to other sexual predators, the judge could have sentenced her to 15 years in prison. >>> members of the wootton high school family will celeb

golic's -- from jamyra gallmon's mother. we heard how gallmon was repeatedly sexually assaulted from the age of 13 and left with ptsd and emotional problems. the judge handed her a sentence shy of the 25 years prosecutors wanted her accomplish in the planning of the robbery which went wrong. got a much milder sentence. posing as a man she went online looking to hook up for gay sex. the plan dupe a victim toiletry strain him and rob him. 30-year-old david messerschmitt agreed to meet gallmon at the donovan hotel for sex. but he realized she was a woman and they got in an altercation. gallmon pulled a knife and stabbed him repeatedly and left messerschmitt to die. >> a person lost a good person. >> messerschmitt's wife made an appeal in the case prior to football gal's arrest. today she and messerschmitt's brother told the judge of their pain. the judge sentenced to gallmon to 2 years in prison, citing the violent nature of the murder. her former girlfriend and the woman who helped gallmon plan the robbery got six months. domi

gallmon admitted to stabbing metro in a robbery gone wrong at the donovan hotel in february. her roommate 19-year-old dominic johnson was sentenced to six months. we'll have more on the emotional hearing coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00". jonathan: d.c. now has the first human case of the west nile virus. d.c. department of health says the person that got the virus is doing just fine and is in constant contact with the health officials. this is the third straight year a person contracted the virus. symptoms are similar to the flu. most people who get the virus don't show symptoms. kimberly: pretty bad news for the redskins. quarterback robert griffin iii suffering a concussion in last night's preseason game against the lions. jonathan: the big question is will the redskins ever get a break, do you think? ever? kimberly: of course they will. if you remember to the super bowl days in 1980 -- what was it? jonathan: long time ago. get robert burton in here. shoulder injury, and now a con -- concussion. robert: it was a concussion. was i born then? kimberly: i got to get out of coo

dominique johnson pleaded guilty with gallmon to rob him. messerschmitt posted an ad on craigslist and looking for other men. gallmon could face up to 25 years in prison today when she's sentenced. >>> a montgomery county man accused of trying to cook meth at a federal facility will be in court today. the fbi says christopher bartley triggered an explosion at the national institute of standards and technology last month in gaithersburg. he was a leader of the police force there. he's facing a single charge of trying to manufacture methamphetamine. if convicted he cold spend as much as 20 years in prison. >>> students past and present will gather today to remember a montgomery county high school principal. a memorial service will be held tonight for wootton high school principal michael doran. police found him dead in his apartment on wednesday. they believe the 64-year-old died of natural causes. it will take place at wootton stadium at 6:00. grief counselors will be on hand to support students and families. >>> i'm kristin wright at the liv

in may, jamyra gallmon pleaded guilty to killing david messerschmitt. a judge ten sensed her -- sentenced her to 24 years in prison. her partner will serve six months in the gait. gallmon stabbed messerschmitt but he fought back. they found each other on an ad on craigslist. wall street reeling as the dow plummeted 530 points, 3.5% loss on the heels of yesterday's 350-point selloff. they combined to give wall street the worst week since 2011. oil prices dropped today closing at just over $40 a barrel. that is territory we haven't seen since the recession. tense moments on the campaign trail today. [inaudible] >> in iran and isis, it's a governmental body executing them for homosexual -- leon: that about res ellen paige squaring off at the iowa state fair with ted cruz. paige pushed cruz to answer for laws that allow lgbt people to be discriminated against in the workplace. the exchange lasted five minute. cruz said he had no idea that woman was paige. the exchange though a part of the fire works on the campaign trail today. as we look, it's over immigra

gallmon's attorney says she had a flashback of being abused as a teen. the judge, bile acknowledging the past problems, say she is shouldn't have made them messerschmitt's problems. johnson's attorney, jonathan zucker, sought probation for his client. >> she had no role in the murder and only the most tangential role in the robbery. >> reporter: there was an unusual aspect to the victim impact statements delivered in court today. while it was an open courtroom, messerschmitt's widow presented her victim impact statement at the bench, only be heard by the judge, the attorneys and the court reporter. anguished and intermittent crying were all that were audible to spectators. also tears from the families of the defendants. dominique johnson's father expressed sadness for the victim's family and gave his opinion on his daughter's sentence. >> i am truly, truly saddened by this whole entire incident and i think it was fair. you know, we got to be held accountable. we got to be held accountable. >> reporter: jam maya gallmon will be blinds five years' probatio

gallmon and johnson were both convicted. according to court documents gallmon told police she went to the donovan hotel to rob messerschmitt but stabbed him after they began fighting. >>> a former federal police officer pled guilty today to trying to make meth while on the job. christopher bartley admitted it was his attempt to manufacture methamphetamine that caused the explosion inside the lab at the national institute of standards and technology in gaithersburg. bartley was the only one hurt in that blast. now he's facing up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in november. >>> coming up new york politicians are trying to solve what they call a topless woman problem in times square. we'll explain. >> up next friday night lights in alabama, where donald trump is hoping to fill an entire i believe in america. we invented the lightbulb! we built the first skyscraper and the assembly line. we were the first to fly and walk on the moon. and made the first cellphone; and dreamed up the internet. then why can't we lead on

gallmon posed as a man and robbed and killed him. she could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. >>> right now, nerves on high alert in los angeles. this after a big explosion downtown. the explosion happened underground from below a 19-story office building. these are pictures inside of that building. the explosion loud. felt for blocks. the blast sparked a fire and knocked the power out down the street. all the way down to the staples center where a shania twain concert was going on. several people were hurt. sounds like not badly. our sister station out there knbc said a generator may have exploded. >>> family, friends and students will gather today to remember a montgomery county high school principal. a memorial service will be held tonight for wootton high school principal michael doran. police found him dead in his apartment on wednesday and they believe the 64-year-old died of natural causes. the service will take place at wootton stadium between 6:00 and 9:00 tonight. grief counselors will be on hand to support students

a judge sentenced jamyra gallmon to 24 years in prison. her accomplice domonique johnson was given six months for her role in the crime that claimed the life of david messerschmitt. prosecutors say gallmon plotted the robbery, tricked messerschmitt into thinking she was a man and stabbed him. we caught up to her father after the sentencing. he expressed remorse for his daughter's actions. >> we are truly saddened for this day and we got to be held accountable. >> messerschmitt's widow made a private impact statement to the judge. >>> also today the judge sentenced former baltimore ravens cheerleader seen here to 48 weekends in jail. molly shadduck pleaded guilty in june to raping a 15-year-old boy. she could have received up to 15 years. the victim was a classmate of her child and that boy's parents asked for jail time to send a message to other sexual predators. her attorney spoke to the media after sentencing. >> i think we may all find ourselves doing something that's completely out of character that we would never do and regretted it.

investigators stay in february, gallmon posed as a man when she answered an online ad placed by messerschmitt who wanted to meet at the donovan hotel on dupont circle. she mapped to rob messerschmitt and ended up stabbing him seven times when he resisted. >>> now for an update you will see only on news4. a school board member wants back on the prince george's county school board after being accused of trying get free school lunches for her kids. lynn monday works for the government accountability office and one of several employees charged with falsifying their income to get their kids free and reduced lunches at school. she resigned before the charges went public but then rescinded it the board chair has not accepted her request and, in fact is speeding up her resignation date. >>> how many times have we seen it, rg3 on the ground, getting carried off again? it happened last night, knocking him out of the second preseason game, maybe more, a lot of you got a pit in your stomach. so, tonight, we have been getting gut reaction to the injury. the mood's mixed. prince george's county bureau chie