gilberti deceased of an apparent gunshot wound.lieve this gunshot wound was self-inflicted. >> an attorney who represented gilberti when his wife filed that protective order against him told fox 5 yesterday that he believes that mcgwire's current boyfriend had just sent gilberti some compromising photos of his wife and that that may have been what pushed gilberti over the edge on tuesday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a big night for rick santorum. he scored two wins in the south cutting into frontrunner mitt romney's momentum and ensuring the republican race for the white house continues on. fox's jennifer davis has more now from capitol hill. >> reporter: is a southern sweep for rick santorum as he breathes new life in his bid for the white house. even rick santorum seemed a bit surprised to learn he won both contests in the deep south but he did, scoring victories in alabama and mississippi. >> we did it again. >> reporter: santorum says these wins in the deep south cement his position as the conservative candidate and undercut

gilberti was released. >> reporter: late they're same day gilberti would kill himself as police searchedor him. today in rockville a handful of protesters gathered to keep the case and the cause alive. the days following that violent encounter it was learned that on the day gilberti was released the montgomery county district court system computers were down and that when judge hamilton let gilberti go he may not have had access to information such as the threats, assaults, and trespassing charges he amassed over a lengthy and troubled relationship with mcguire. mcguire's mother says her family was also in the dark. >> she had no idea that he was out on the streets. >> reporter: other information that was not out there, gilberti's attempted murder conviction dating back seven years before mcguire was killed. that conviction stemmed from gilberti trying to kill a girlfriend in nevada. mcguire's mother says the laws here need to be strengthened especially pertaining to repeat offenders. derrick ward, news 4. >>> a truck spilled gravel on the beltway of prince george's county this morning s

hours later after a massive policeman hunt gilberti took his own life. fox 5 beth parker has more. >> reporter: philip gilberti was a 300-pound ex-con with a long history of violence. tony robacci has known him since high school. >> loose cannon. we're all afraid of him. we tried to be on his good side. i helped him a lot, one of a few friends. he lived out of his car and if i met him today, i'd walk the other way, but we were high school friends and he basically just lived the wrong life. >> reporter: r osackas was at work tuesday when his phone rang and his father told him he had showed up at the house. he was told the story about how gilberti went to the house where his estranged wife heather mcguire was staying. >> he found her there and worked her over. he actually broke the butt of the gun, the stock of a gun on her, and he had taped it together with duct tape. >> reporter: police say gilberti shot and killed mcguire and dumped her body on connecticut avenue as witnesses watched. >> he just tells us the whole story of what he did and he had the fir

this morning, the montgomery county police say that gilberti killed mcgwire in the intersection at 9:39 a.m. a surveillance camera mounted on the officer of the shell station at connecticut and knolls cammured this footage in the seconds after the shooting. witnesses say they heard a pop, saw a body in the road and ran for help. first aid attempted with cpr and the wound the woman suffered was fatal. a man driving a big rig was directly behind the van and had to swerve to miss the body. the drivered that he heard a pop and saw the victim fall into the roadway. >> what the witness said was that the victim was attempting to get out of the car. the suspect pulled her back in and shot her and then pushed her out and took off at a high rate of speed. >> both crazy, man. he's real crazy. i wouldn't mess with him at all. >> and everyone said to keep him away, you know. he's a bad guy. >> reporter: that man is a neighbor where police went searching for gilberti today, it was a house in rockville. they barged in and searched it but didn't find the man there and it was not where he lied but whe

the next day gilberti killed her. pat collins will have a live report coming up on news 4 at 5:00 tonight. >>> today president obama answered critics like newt gingrich who says he would bring the price of gas down to $2.50 a gallon if he were elected president. mr. obama says the nation can't drill its way out of our dependency on foreign oil. he made his remarks at prince georges community college in largo. >>> with positive reports on unemployment and strong retail sales last month, stocks made some of their biggest gains of the year. the dow closing 58 points higher at 13,252. the nasdaq gaining about 15 points and the s&p 500 closed above the 1400 mark for the first time since june of 2008 with an eight-point gain today. >>> for three weeks the new york woman known as the soccer mom madame has been held at rikers island prison on a $2 million bail. well, today a judge told anna christina she'll continue to be held because her defense hasn't offered a good reason why it should be lowered. meanwhile the judge is st

a l >> reporter:alone.níne theway ing gilberti.at gilberti is out of jail and knows that heather mcguire is home alone. trouble is on the way. while sam helene was in court getting the protective order "dz laterí[ phili gilbe kicks in the back door insi inside beats up heather mcguire, drags her out, puts her ki her van, and then takes off. >> minutes later philip gilberti de3ots kensington. laterrockv i, kills himself at a friend's home in rockville. now we tried to talk to the judge about his decision in this case but so far no response. news 4. >>> man who24-year- woman rÑ:d polices county. this happened along commonwealth boulevard in burke, virginia around 10:00 last night. a 24-year-old woman told police someone came up behind her dragged her into the shakin up&r d.c.xca but 4 that anyone with information is asked to call the fairfax county during u >>> there is a new twist in the campaign scandal shaking je who politics. is tos thousand momentof new businessmank÷ forxn! cam involvi the center of a sweeping 1ck jury datinxád;

show you his picture, he is phillip gilberti. a boxer who allegedly shot and killed his estranged wife this morning. he was apparently tracked down to a house in this neighborhood late this afternoon, early this evening, they tried to make contact. they were told by people he was in this house. but then they went in just a short time ago and confirmed that he had in fact killed himself. the video tape from earlier this morning, this was around 9:40 this morning at connecticut and knowles in the heart of kensington where witnesses say the couple, phil gilberti and his estranged wife, were in a van and they were on connecticut avenue heading southbound when witnesses say she tried to get out, jump out of the moving van. he pulled her back in, allegedly shot her in the head, pushed her out of the minivan and took off. this is a man who had restraining orders against him, not only from his estranged wife, but others in the community and i asked the chief a short time ago if there were threats to anyone else during the course of today

this man, gilberti, 51 years old, a former boxer.g, troubled relationship with his only current wife. they had been together for years, had three children. he, we know for a fact, lost parental custody of the children. they are in two separate foster homes about to be adopted by these two families. he was to met with the children for the final time as father next week before this happened today. this long, more than 12 hour ordeal here in montgomery county is over tonight, guys. >> thank you so much, again, phillip gilberti found dead in a home in montgomery county of what they believe as a self- inflicted gun shot wound. much more at 11:00. >> wrapping up the weather forecast? >> we were in the middle. the good news is, we are going to continue on with what we've had. so here is a shortened weather cast and we are looking for another warm day tomorrow. would not be surprised to see people hitting 80 degrees. it will be dry. we had isolated showers and a couple thunderstorms. that is not in the cards for tomorrow. a quick look at you

that conviction stemmed from gilberti trying to kill a girlfriend in nevada.re's mother says that laws here need to be strengthened especially as they pertain to repeat offenders like the man who police say killed her daughter. now, a memorial fund has been set up to help support the children left orphaned by the tragedy. the couple had three children between them. we have information in our website, nbc washington.com, meanwhile, joann kennedy says she is taking her cause for stronger laws to the maryland state senate. back to you. >> all right. derrick, thank you. >>> well, switching gears now, we are starting to see some sun just in time for sunset, doug. >> a lot of sun out there. we have about almost two hours left to see some sunshine and that's what we're seeing right now. we'll call it a mix of sun and clouds across the area. temperatures 52 degrees. i would not be surprised though to see these numbers go up just a little bit over the next hour or so. winds out of the east right now about 9 miles an hour. the clouds and the east wind, the shower activi

i feel happy for once. >> but gilberti was released again. this time joanne kenny got a phone call from police. >> they told me they were coming to my office to speak to me and when they told me that, i was like oh, no. i was like i lost it because i knew that he would not just hit her. i thought this is bad. this is my worst nightmare come true. >> some witnesses saw that nightmare unfold. police say gilberti shot heather mcguire and dumped her body on connecticut avenue in kensington tuesday morning just a day after being let out of jail. her stepfather david still can't understand why judge barry hamilton released gilberti. >> after three or four of these restraining orders that had been violated you should be locked up for a certain amount of years and if he was locked up, heather would be here today. >> we are at least safer now because he's gone. it's unfortunate he had to take my beautiful daughter's life. >> joanne kenny did what she could to protect her daughter. >> my life is never going to be the same. >> now she said she will work

gilberti had been arrested for stalking and violating a protective order on saturday. >> there was an incident over the weekend involving his wife and another acquaintance. he was supposed to be in court this morning for i believe a couple of hearings. we are still trying to nail that down. he was in court for some time this morning. but then did not show up for a later hearing. we know at the time of the homicide was just after 9:30. >> reporter: we believe that the acquaintance that the chief is referring to would be the boyfriend or companion of kimberly mcgwire. couple has three children all under the age of 10. the children have been -- they are being cared for in foster care and they have been for some time. we understand the foster families have made plans to adopt the children before this incident happened. however, gilberti was supposed to have his final meeting with his children next week. >> thank you. >>> the latest now in the race for the republican presidential comcastsportsnet.com nation. voicing big wins for rick santorum. >> big wins. he won both primaries in alabama

gilberti. >> do you think he's on foot? >> it remains a possibility. we're not sure, but that's why we put that in that release. >> anticipate he's armed? >> we believe he could be. he was involved in a violent enkounltder this morning. >> what should people do if they do run across him? >> thanks for asking that. we need to hear from folks. we don't want them to approach him. they should contact police by dialling 911 immediate lay. >> thank you. now more on this murder suspect. the murder suspect ird phied as phillip joseph gilberti, 51 years old, 6'0" dual, 250 pounds. he's armed, he's dangerous. sources tell news 4 the victim was his ex-wife. she had a stayaway order against him. according to court documents, he told her, i catch you with another man, i will kill you both. and if you call police on me, i better be locked up for a long time. because i'll be coming back for you. the manhunt for the murdered suspect first led police to this aspen hill neighborhood. streets closed off, neighbors warned, the s.w.a.t. team deployed. they say phillip gilb

the suspect 51-year-old phillip gilberti.ictim is his ex-wife who had a stayaway order against him. he may be armed and police consider him dangerous. federal prosecutors this week are sending out a flurry of subpoenas in the city's ongoing scandal against campaign corruption. >>> republicans are casting their votes in presidential primaries in the south. analysts say if mitt romney wins alabama and mississippi tonight, it could be curtains for his opponents in the gop campaign. >>> a man sentenced to 25 years in prison today for setting a series of fires in our area. >>> one of those blazes seriously injured d.c. firefighters. darcie spencer has more on the motive for that arson spree. >> reporter: was it good being there and being able to state how this impacted you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: robert alvarado gave a victim pact statement in court as the man who set the fire that injured him was sentenced for his arson spree. >> this is something that's going to affect all of us for the rest of our lives. never going to for

we tried to reach the judge to talk about why gilberti was released. the maryland state judiciary says the computer system that would have shown judge hamilton more information about gilberti's past was broken at the time of monday's bond hearing. >> when their system was down, then hold him. >> police say after killing his wife gilberti took his own life. it's something this woman has talked to her daughter about. >> because i'm sad for his children. eye sad for the girl and i just hope that he has -- i'm sad for the girl and she said i just hope that he has peace now because he never had any peace in his life. >> i spoke to the montgomery county attorney who said this is an enormous tragedy and it would be an even bigger tragedy that f this case led people to believe -- if this case led people to believe protective orders did not make a difference. he said this just happened to not be one of the cases that worked of the thousands that have worked. >>> a stunning look at what smoking can really do to your body, the campaign aiming to keep kids from li

i told her call 911 of. >> reporter: since she already had a protective order gilberti went to jail.ext day and says he got out on $4,500 bond. i'm like how? >> reporter: helene says he followed her and early sunday morning police picked gilberti up and took him to jail again. >> the police did their job well over and over. they knew him. they knew what he was about and they responded like that. they picked him up like that. >> reporter: helene said he assured heather gilberti could not possibly get out again, but he did. >> i didn't believe it. i thought, you know, i just said there's no way that he's out. >> reporter: when helene returned to his house tuesday morning, he saw the door kicked in, blood inside, not far away heather had been shot. investigators say her body was dumped on connecticut avenue in kensington. >> how does somebody with his record with the crimes he's done, with the 28 protective orders he's had, with the assault charges he's had, with the history he had with heather, how does somebody get out of jail that was locked up back to back for stalking in 72 hours?

after being shot, the manhunt for philip gilberti came to an end last night.ice found him dead inside his home. if witnesses saw and heard the two are getting on connecticut avenue yesterday morning in a van. moments later he shocked heather mcguire in ahead and pushed her out of the vehicle. if officers searched aggressively for him all day long. he was found late last night dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. we spoke with the victim posing fathe -- 's father. >> he says i am scared of him. he is mean. >> philip gilberti did have a long criminal record including attempted murder in nevada. battery and stocking. the two were married in 2009. the children have not been harmed. she told a rockville commissioner that she feared for life, on saturday. that was shortly before her death. >> are other big story this wednesday morning, rick santorum's southern sweet. the former pennsylvania senator took the alabama and mississippi primaries last night, proving he has support from conservatives and evangelicals. mitt romney, looking for a knockout blow, finished

later that night, gilberti kills himself at a friend's home in rockville. now gilberti had an extensive criminal record in montgomery county. it goes back to the '80s. we tried to talk to judge hamilton about this case. we called him a number of times. so far, no response. live in rockville, pat collins, news 4. >> thank you, pat. >>> a virginia dentist under arrest tonight accused of illegally prescribing thousands of prescription pills and giving them to patients and women he dated. 50-year-old hermana mccache called in prescriptions under the names of employees and patients police tell us. prosecutors say he told his patients to return their unused pills to him. he is accused of giving the pills to women he dated and then taking explicit pictures while they were passed out. mer cada could face 20 years in prison if convicted. >>> some scary moments this afternoon at dwi airport after a small plane's nose gear collapsed forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing. about 2:30 the pilot and passenger were the only ones onboard and neither was hurt. the e

less than two days later mcguire was abducted by joseph philip gilberti who killed her before taking his own life. bruce leshan has our followup report. >> reporter: heather mcguire's murder caught on tape, although you can barely make it out. she and her husband were headed to another court hearing tuesday morning when he shot her and dumped her body out on the street at the corner of connecticut and knowles in kensington. police later found the former professional boxer dead in a rockville home from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. mcguire had a protective order against him. she said he had told her, "i don't need a gun. i can just snap your neck." authorities arrested gilberti twice over the weekend for violating the protective order, but each time he got out. the last time the judge released him on a $57,000 unsecured bond. >> the judge who made the ruling in this case, he's a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that apparently the computers in the courtroom were down. some of the criminal history of this guy was not available to the judge. >> reporter: gilberti's

gilberti killed himself tuesday as officers closed in on him. >>> new developments in a d.c.olitical scandal involving the mayor. sources tell news4 that mayor vincent gray at a crucial moment early in his 2010 campaign personally handled as much as $1 hubble in campaign contributions from businessman jeffrey thompson. federal prosecutors raided thompson's house and businesses earlier this month. this is part of a wide-ranging probe into possible campaign wrongdoing involving gray and other politicians. the mayor has declined to comment. >>> staying on top of breaking news for you this morning in prince george's county. an amber alert for a 9-year-old boy has been canceled. news4's tracee wilkins is live at palmer park now with the latest on this. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: 9-year-old gilbert garcia was found in nevada of all places. he was evidently there with his mother. they were found inside an airport. let me show you the video and pictures that were released yesterday by the prince george's county police department and also the school system has been working clo

heather mcguire had filed several protective orders against him and this past weekend gilberti was arrested not once, but twice for violating that order. >> she was so happy sunday morning. she was like i feel free, mom. >> reporter: heather thought after years of abuse she was finally safe, but just one day later judge barry hamilton let him go free. >> the judge who made the ruling in this case, he's a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that apparently the computers in the courtroom were down. some of the criminal history of this guy was not available to the judge. >> reporter: 9 news now can't independently confirm that computer glitch, but if it happened, it likely means that the judge missed gilberti's long and violent criminal history. >> no one as fares a know notified her that he was -- as far as i know notified her that he was let out again out of jail. >> reporter: tuesday less than two hours after gilberti had gone before the judge in court he broke into the home where heather was staying, beat her, kidnapped her, shot her and killed her. >> i hope that her death

we learn that philip gilberti is dead. police tracked him down after he woman.e killed the it happened in kensington. exclusive reaction from the victim's former father-in-law. >> all of these dramatic meelopments unfolded behind in a neighborhood about and a tamaulipas behind me -- about an mile behind me. authorities found the wanted killer that apparent gunshot head.to the >> we had probably over 100 officers watching the nichols, watching -- watching vehicles, watching homes, and everyone understood how dangerous this individual was. we did have information that he had begun with him. >> they say -- that he had a gun with him. they said they did find that weapon on him. why was there such urgency in this case? had to do was look back his dark history. >> george -- george and his fear. were living in >> we were scared to death of him. says the man wanted for was mount -- was once married to his daughter. >> she said he was going to kill me. e was just that scared of him. he was mean. >> the now 51-year-old was supposed

police believe philip gilberti is on foot right now. they say he is also armed. >> now to the story that everybody is really talking about today, the weather. temperatures of at least 80 degrees. it feels more like the middle of may instead of the middle of march, and it could get warmer. doug garrett -- doug hill is not here with more of what we can expect. >> 81 degrees today and right now it is still very warm. heavy downpours dropped the temperatures in annapolis. another storm is coming across western charlotte county. all that activity will move out in the next couple of years. 79 at the top of the hour reported at reagan national and gaithersburg. as we get through the evening all the showers will end and it go back to mostly clear skies for the overnight hours. it will hold in the 50's for most of the overnight hours. the complete forecast an seven- day outlook in just a couple of minutes. >> while the conditions are quite pleasant outside there could be problems if you happen to suffer from allergies. >> we watched for about th

philip gilberti was found in a home in rockville. he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. surveillance video at a gas station on connecticut avenue shows gilberti throwing mcgwire from a minivan to the street. mcgwire filed a protective order against him in november. sources tell news4 gilberti had been living out of his car since the couple split and was upset over the possibility of losing contact with his 1-year-old son. >> this man had a -- a pretty significant criminal history . m i'm glad we were able to resolve the case without further loss of life. >> police have searched the house gilberti was found in. the victim, healther mcgwire, is survived by her four children. >>> there is still no sign of the man who carjacked an suv with a 5-month-old child in the back seat. this happened in southeast washington yesterday. the baby in h just been strapped into the seat when a man jumped into the suv and took off. there was an intense search that ended a half-hour later a mile away. police say the carjacker ditched the suv with the child inside. the child was not injured. >

last night police in rockville found the body of philip gilberti in a home on the 800 block of fordham street. that ended a 12-hour search for the man who shot and killed his former girlfriend. >> this happens in kensington where authorities found the body of heather mcguire dead on the roadway at connecticut avenue and knowles avenue. john gonzalez as the latest. >> the 36-year-old mother who had three children with her estranged husband filed for restraining order on saturday. after being shot and killed yesterday morning, if the manhunt ended in his rock hill neighborhood. more than 100 montgomery county police officers scoured the area tuesday night looking for a killer, 51-year-old philip gilberti. was found dead late last night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> at different locations watching vehicles, watching homes. every one of them understood how potentially dangerous this individual was. we did have information that he had the gun with him. >> george horman says the man wanted for murder was once married to his daughter, who left him after abuse. he was harassing his e

>> she'd gone to court for help, but judge barry hamilton set an unsecured bail and philip gilberti was back on the street. bruce phillips live in rockville with the terrible story. >> reporter: one of the really sad things here is heather mcguire did what she was supposed to do faced with these multiple threats, alleged threats, by her husband to kill her. she went to the authorities, but when her case went before a judge at district court, the computers were down and the judge did not see gilberti's long, long criminal record, violent criminal record, that goes back for decades. heather mcguire's murder caught on tape, although you can barely make it out. she and her husband were headed to another court hearing tuesday morning when he shot her and dumped her body out on the street at the corner of connecticut and knowles in kensington. police later found the former professional boxer dead in a rockville home from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. mcguire had a protective order against him. she said he had told her i don't need a gun. i can just snap your neck. authorities arrested gilb

last year, she got a stay away order on gilberty. she said he threatened her. i catch you with another man and i will kill you both. last weekend, she said, he threat and her nened her not on twice. my children believe he is going to kill me if i do anything to upset him. gilberty arrested by police, but then let go by a judge. how did this happen? renee sandler is a prominent attorney. >> we must have stricter bond requirements where there's a history of domestic violence and take the disgreg away. >> reporter: when police were hunting down gilberty yesterday, cops didn't need a picture. most of them already knew who he was. sheriff darren pop kips has a long history with police. >> he had a length:criminal history in montgomery county and sheriff's office has been dealing with him and a number of criminal cases over the years. >> reporter: now, i called the judge today to ask him about this case but so far, no response. live in rockville, pat collins, news4. >>> today, the naacp is calling for the justice department to formally look into the case of neighborh

gilberti is a former professional boxer with a history of violence. court records show he was convicted in las vegas and according to neighbors and friends he frequented the cone -- the home in aspen hill, that he had children with the woman who live there but they were a strange and had been trouble here in the past. >> i would not come across his path at all. >> i think he is a sick person and i think the better catch him. >> police right now are not exactly sure what happened at this house this morning but they think is clear that everything started here. they continue to search for feelphil gilberti and say he is armed and dangerous. >> for people who were in the area of today's shooting that location and have brought back some bad memories. that same intersection was the scene of one of the sniper shootings back in 2002. lewis rivera was one up for sniper victims on that day. >> you can keep an eye on wjla.com for any development as police continue to find out new facts on this shooting. >> now breaking news be we have just learned that d.c. city

they were on the hunt for the former boxer, philip gilberti. police say he shot his wife, heather maguire, on tuesday morning. the couple did have a troubled relationship. their three children about to be adopted by foster parents. an attorney who represented gilberti when he was placed under protective order believes he was upset by maguire's current boyfriend. >> the friend told me this morning that some photographs were sent of his wife in the altogether and they were september by that individual. >> to phil? >> to phil. phil told his best friend -- is he spent the night with his best friend but the friend didn't want to seat pictures but phil told him that. he had every rope to believe him. i have every reason to believe him because i think that is what pushed him off the end. i don't think he could handle this individual being involved with his wife. >> reporter: montgomery county police chief tom manger said gilberti had made a number of threats over the phone. he believe he was armed. they believed -- they wered he was armed. they believ

she and gilberty had children in common. last year, she got a stay-away order on gilberty. she said he threatened her. "i catch you with another man and i will kill you both." last weekend, she said, he threatened her not once, but twice at her home on granden avenue in rockville and then again at a friend's house. my children believe he is going to kill me if i do anything to upset him. gilberty arrested by police, but then let go by a judge. how did this happen? renee sandler is a prominent montgomery county attorney. >> we must have stricter bond requirements where there's a history of domestic violence and take the discretion away from the judges in terms of what they are able to do. >> reporter: when police were hunting down gilberty yesterday, cops didn't need a picture. most of them already knew who he was. sheriff darren popkins has a long history with police. >> he had a lengthy criminal history in montgomery county and sheriff's office has been dealing with him and a number of criminal cases over the years. >> reporter: now, i called the judge today to ask him abo

>>philip gilberti career up here and kensington. i have heard story after story. he was a bully, he was mean. everybody was afraid of him. his reputation for violence goes way back. high-school boxing buddy says even now he had been giving him money and free haircuts to stay on his good side. >> we were all in fear of him. he was 300 pounds. he was an ex-con. he had been in jail for attempted murder. >> he killed himself ending a day long manhunt that started when he shot estranged wife heather mcguire at a busy intersection and kensington. he experienced his intimidation first hand. crookesite dated one of his ex- girlfriend and he got jealous and came after me -- i once dated one of his ex-girlfriend and he got jealous and came after me. >> court documents showed he had been arrested last weekend for stocking and violating a protective order. >> my children believe he is going to kill me. he started yelling and threatening. he said, i will kill you both. he was released from jail without posting cash bond pending a hearing that was supposed to occur yesterday. i

inside is believed to be gilberti and a woman. he shot her in the head before dumping her body in the middle of the street and sped off. when we asked tom if he thought his friend was capable of such a thing, he said -- >> i'm afraid so. he's a 260-pound bully. >> he has had nine restraining orders since 2004. he also has two open cases in montgomery county. domestic violence, and an on going divorce case filed in december. tom has this message for his friend. >> calm down and turn himself in. >> kristen fisher, 9news now. >> location of this morning's shooting is not far from another tragedy. it's feet away from where one of the sniper victims, lori ann lewis rivera was killed back in 2002. >>> district police are looking for the carjacker who put a real scare into a mom in southeast d.c. her minivan was stolen and her baby boy was strapped in a car seat in the back. that vehicle was taken from their home this morning right inside the garage on suitland road. luckily it was found banded a mile away. police are looking for that ca

gilberti deceased of an apparent gunshot wound. we believe the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. >> reporter: we tell you we poured through court records and they indicate that the estranged couple were married in 2009, going through a divorce. they were actually scheduled to appear in court the morning of the murder. coming up in my next live report in a half-hour, i'll tell you what friends and family members of the suspect were doing and how they were reacting during the whole tragic scene yesterday. back to you. >> thank you, delia goncalves reporting live from kensington, maryland. >>> 5:04 now. d.c. police are looking for a carjacker who stole an suv with a baby inside. the carjacking was yesterday morning on suitland road in southeast d.c. the mother put her 5-month-old in the car, went back inside to get her son. that's when the carjacker jumped in and drove off. officers found the suv about 30 minutes later, less than a mile away on rail street. the baby was still inside and was not hurt. >>> an arsonist who seriously inju

gilberti is accused of shooting his elk wife yesterday morning.lance video at connecticut avenue in kensington shows gilberti throwing her from a van to the street. mcgwire filed a protective order against him in november. sources tell news4 he had been living out of his car since the couple split and was upset over the possibility of losing contact with his 1-year-old son. >> this man had a pretty significant criminal history. i'm just glad that we were able to resolve this case without further loss of life. >> police say they've searched the house that gilberti was found in. the victim, heather mcgwire, is survived by her four children. >>> still no sign this morning of the man who carjacked a family's suv with a 5-month-old child in the back seat. this happened in southeast washington yesterday morning. police say the baby happen strapped into the car seat when the man jumped into the suv and took off. there was an intention search that ended a half-hour later a mile away. police say the carjacker ditched the suv with the child still inside. th

she was shot and killed in kensington days after getting a protective order against phillip gilberti. and six children, the industry fathered by gilberti in a. , dangerous storms, tornadoes and flooding pounded residents in texas. it is not over yet. evidence in a phone call, the police as a key clue in the killing of the 17-year-old boy? hillary clinton >>'s new cause. >> warming and could blow in. >> the pressure is mounting on police in florida or the fbi is investigating the controversial shooting of a 17-year-old. >> he was killed three weeks ago by neighborhood watch volunteer. the case is sparking public outcry. >> it is potentially damning evidence in the case of trayvon martin, the u.n. and a 17-year- old shot to death by neighborhood watch captain. martin was on his cellphone with a 16-year-old girl surely before his death. the conversation please apparently missed in their initial investigation. >> he said they were watching him. >> she spoke to the martin family attorney about what she heard. >> somebody pushed him. >> the line went dead. seconds later, he was shot by geor

. >> a friend says that gilberti was the most dangerous man that he ever met. a former boxer and cage fighter with a history of domestic violence and a criminal record including attempted murder. the man broke into this home and at a standoff with police. >> every week i would give him some money. >> tony, an old high-school friend and sparring partner was the last person to see him alive. >> he was talking humor and was out of his mind. >> he said that the owners broke into his rockville home at 6:00 yesterday afternoon looking for a place to hide just hours after killing his estranged wife. >> he had two magazines and they were full and he was checking them. my son and i were sitting there talking to him and if i tried to tell him to turn himself in. i told him that he could not stay here. >> 36-year-old heather mcguire had filed a restraining order against him this past saturday. they were scheduled for court but they never made it. instead he confronted her. >> he had taped together the gun with duct tape. >> police tried to negotiate a suspect out of his f

the victim's estranged husband. 51-year-old philip gilberti. surveillance video captured the crime as gilberti shot heather lynne mcguire and then pushed her body out of the vehicle before speeding off himself. court records show the two were married in 2009, had three children who we're told are all safe at this hour. the couple was going through a divorce. after the victim filed several restraining orders against him. the suspect was released from jail just three days before the murder for violating those restraining orders. she told police and the courts she thought her estranged husband was going to kill her. >> we had probably over a hundred police officers at different locations watching vehicles, watching homes, and every one of them understood how potentially dangerous this individual was. we did have information that he had the gun with him. >> reporter: police say gilberti shot and then killed himself as the manhunt moved in on him late last night. he was at a friend's house in rockville. coming up in my next live report, i'll have mu

mcgwire was shot and killed tuesday by her estranged husband, phillip gilberti. he dumped her body and later shot and killed himself. he was locked up twice over the weekend for violating and attempting to violate a restraining order. the family says he was stalking heather. mcgwire's mom says he never should have been let out of jail. >> i think the best we can do is try to help other people from having this happen and that would be in heather's name. >> gilberti and mcgwire have three young children together. the computer system was temporarily down and the judge who oversaw the bond hiring didn't have access to the entire criminal record. >>> around the metro area, people had one question. what is that smell. is it mulch, flowers in bloom or something else? we have the answer coming up. hi, gary. >>> thanks a lot. not a lot of sunshine today. the temperatures kind of depended on where you were. the weekend forecast is coming up. >> thanks. >>> if you have a story idea, call the fox 5 tip line. the number is on your screen.  chili's $20 dinner for two has a b

gilberti just hours after he was released from jail after violating a protective order.anne kinney said the current law did not protect her daughter and thinks the laws should be changed. >> i would like to see the stalking laws strengthened for the state of maryland because i looked things up and they don't have very much compared to many of the other states. >> joanne kinney says she wants to see stricter penalties for repeat offenders. phillip gilberti had been in and out of jail days before macguire was murdered. -- mcguire was murdered. gill bittery later killed himself. >>> the -- gilberti later killed himself. >>> the secret service is looking into a massive identity breach. visa and mastercard are reporting the security breach due to a third-party credit card processor. >> reporter: a major scare for mastercard and visa card holders, their accounts potentially compromised after hackers may have gotten access to their personal data through a third-party payments processing firm. >> we don't really know all the details, but they're talking about 10 million with an

police say her soon to be ex- husband philip gilberti woke her from her sleeping bed, beat her and drove her van down connecticut avenue in kensington. he shot her in the head leaving her to die in the middle of the street. >> the last text she sent me she said mom, i think he's going away for a long time now. >> reporter: gilberti has a long and violent criminal past with several restraining orders filed against him. when police finally cornered him later that night, he took his own life. >> i just feel that the judicial system absolutely let her down. >> if they don't change anything, then everything is going to stay the same. how many more people are going to die? >> reporter: today mcguire's friends and family members, including two of her children rallied outside a montgomery county courthouse where they say the judge made a deadly mistake when he let the repeat offender back on the streets. >> he is a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that the computers in the courtroom were down. the criminal history of this guy was not available to the judge. >> reporter: mcguir

authorities arrested gilberti twice over the weekend for violating the protective order, but each time he got out. the last time the judge released him on a $57,000 unsecured bond. >> the judge who made the ruling in this case, he's a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that apparently the computers in the courtroom were down. some of the criminal history of this guy was not available to the judge. >> reporter: gilberti's criminal history stretches back decades, assault, drugs, steroids, seven years in a nevada prison for allegedly trying to kill another girl friend. did the system fail heather mcguire? >> i would say that heather mcguire did everything she needed to do. >> reporter: authorities say that the last message they want to go out to battered women is that police cannot protect them. the sheriff says the data very clearly shows women who seek help are far safer than those who try and tough it out alone. in rockville bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> yvette cade knows well the dangers of domestic violence and knows them much better than most. she was also attacked b

on monday a maryland district judge released gilberti.olice say he found mcguire, shot her in his van, and dumped her body on the side of the road in kensington. >> how does somebody like that get out after two arrest in 72 hours on violating a protective order against somebody he's already beaten, stalked, and harassed over and over and over? the judge is a disgrace. >> police say gilberti killed mcguire as her friend was trying to file another protective order against him. gilberti killed himself tuesday as officers closed in on him. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of a shooting rampage that killed 16 afghan civilians including nine children could be back on u.s. soil as early as today. nbc's jim miklaszewski reports that charges could be filed against the staff sergeant about his return. the soldier was flown totuate yesterday to move him away from the backlash over the rampage. a seattle-based defense attorney who has been selected to report the staff sergeant says that he spoke with the soldier previously yesterday. he described him as

that person is believed to be 51-year-old phillip joseph gilberti. a man that had nine restraining orders against him since 2004. >> he is a powerful guy and he acts before he thinks. >> reporter: he has been friends with gilberti for the last 40 years. he stopped shortly after the shooting took place. >> i said wow, that kensington is all shut down. somebody just killed a lady and dumped her out and he started, well tom, i got to go. >> reporter: he was gone, but he ditched his van. police believe he sped on foot and spent the afternoon searching for him in south sock riel. we asked tom if he thought his friend was capable of committing murder. >> he's a 260-pound bully. reporter: the search continues into tonight. police believe he is armed and dangerous. if you see him, you're asked not to approach him, call 911. in kensington, 9news now. >>> in d.c., police are looking for the person who carjacked an suv this morning with a five month old baby boy still inside. it happened around 7:30 a.m. at this house on suitland road in southeast. according to

soon after that is when phillip gilberti was named a suspect in this investigation.t's when police began a region wide search for phillip. they searched throughout kensington, throughout aspen hill, all areas of montgomery county. late this evening they got a tip he may have been here in the college gardens area. that's why police came out to this area, a s.w.a.t. team was here just like you heard chief major explain. they located the house they believed he was at. when they did have an opportunity to look inside, they found the suspect dead inside from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. of course, police are still going to be out here for a good portion of the night. the good news here, guys, is that the suspect is no longer on the loose. back to you. >> all right, ken molestina, we thank you. >>> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum shaking up the republican race for president tonight, winning both the alabama and the mississippi primary elections and keeping his campaign very much alive. gary nurenberg is with us to tell us what the number

in rockville delia goncalves, 9 news now. >> mcguire said she and gilberti had three children togetherthose children have been harmed police say. >>> an old virginia furniture plant being demolished has now burned to the ground. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fair at the bassett superior lines plant. flames shooting 20 feet in the air last night spreading across the roadway into the woods sparked a brushfire. one firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. >>> firefighters in colorado are racing to contain a 6 square mile wildfire before the weather changes this weekend. residents of about 180 homes who fled the wildfire earlier this week are waiting to hear when they can come back. the jefferson county sheriff's office says the challenge for the coming weekend will be the forecast for higher winds, record heat and low humidity. not good. the fire has already killed two people and one person is missing. at least 27 homes have been destroyed. >>> caught on tape a school bus driver in henryville, indiana, outruns this month's devastating ef4 tornado with nearly a

police say phillip gilberty shot and killed his wife, heather mcgwire. in november, mcgwire filed a protective order against her estranged husband. her friends and family are calling for a judge who released gilberti from jail to step down. he was in jail for harassing mcgwire despite the restraining order. >>> let's get a first look at our forecast now. a cool start, tom. >>> and bless you again. the pollen count four times higher than the day before. if you're waking up with a sinus headache, pollen count up over 2,000. mostly oak tree pollen. clouds are moving in across the mountains. around the metro area, clear, 37. culpeper, manassas, gaithersburg, frederick down to 34. there may be a little scattered frost west and north, shenandoah valley into the mountains this morning. closer to washington, southern montgomery county, arlington, eastern fairfax and much of prince george's counties in the low 40s. low 40s in southern maryland right near the bay. parts of the eastern shore in the mid 30s right now from easton toward the atlantic beaches. there's

gilberti violated a protective order against him.er is working the story. >> a van pulled up to this intersection and the woman in the passenger seat threw open the door. witnesses say she was covered in blood, screaming for help. that's when the male driver

hours earlier, gilberti was released from jail after arrested for stalking mcguire. her family says he should not have been leased in the first place. >> she said he was going to be put away for quite some time, and she told me that she felt happy sunday. we spent the day together. >> reporter: mcguire's mother says a computer glitch allowed gilberti to go free. the district court system was down, so the judge may not have had access to the man's previously crimes. she's calling for stronger laws against domestic violence offenders hoping her daughter's death will help keep the cause alive. >>> penn state administrateors lied dozens of times to the grand jury about the actions of jerry sandusky, according to prosecutors. the attorney general filed the report that listed 33 statements from former athletic director tim curly and vice president gary schultz are fighting the perjury charges. >>> an attorney representing the u.s. soldier accused of killing 17 afghan civilians earlier this month says the u.s. government is not giving the cooperation promised. he says is he

philip gilberti killed his estranged hisheather cqguire before killing himself. -- he killed his estranged wife before he killed himself. >> today we are told the court house officials that a computer failure may be partly to blame. >> barry hamilton seen here in an educational video released gilberti from prison the day before he killed his estranged wife. he was arrested at mcdonald's for violating a protection order. he threatened -- despite the threat, the judge allowed him to walk out of court on bond without putting up a dime. >> we thought we had done everything to keep them incarcerated. no matter how much we do, there are really sometimes tragic endings to these. >> the share said they knew about the long criminal record. judge harrington may not have. the judge cannot access criminal records from the department of corrections. >> no child leaves here hungry. >> they came to the justice center several times for help. she used social services and counseling available here. >> she was in shelters several times because the situation got very violent. >> everybody feels terrible that

. >> reporter: but gilberti was released again. this time she got a known call from police. >> they told me they were coming to my office to speak to me. when they told me that, i was, like, oh -- i was like -- i lost it because i knew that he would not just hit her. i thought this is bad, this is my worst nightmare come true. >> reporter: police say he shot heather mcgwire and dumped her body on connecticut avenue a day after being let out of jail. her stepfather david can't understand why judge berry hamilton released him. >> after three or four of these restraining orders have been violated, you should be locked up for a certain amount of years. if he was locked up, she would be here today. >> we are at least safer now because he is gone. it's unfortunate that he had to take my beautiful daughter's life. >> reporter: joanne did what she could to protect her daughter. >> my life will never be the same. >> reporter: now she will work to help others in her daughter's memory. >> i don't want people to forget. i want things to change