did you know vern holbrook? >> i knew of him.wn to be one of the big movers and shakers in the real estate industry in the yakima valley. >> the detective had been called to the house where vern was found that saturday night. he'd heard from the responding officer, the one who wore this body camera and captured these scenes from the moment he arrived just before 8:00 p.m. that a colleague had gone looking for vern when vern's wife became worried that he didn't return from the showing. the colleague found him here, lying in a pool of blood at this rural home near the small town of cowiche. >> the last people talked to vern around 11:15. and so we had surmised that he had likely been attacked sometime around noon. >> he'd been lying there for, what, maybe seven, eight hours? >> yes. >> not a whole lot of evidence to go on at the beginning. >> no. >> vern's truck still parked outside offered little. >> his wallet was in there with his i.d. and his credit cards. >> so presumably not robbery. >> right. >> in fact, as police inventorie

it's near morris and holbrook in northeast d.c. right now we're working to try to get information on what happened to the suspect and how all this went down. we have two crews, shomari stone and jackie bensen, both headed to the scene. we're going to keep bringing you updates as soon as we get them. >>> chopper 4 over the scene of a fatal crash in reston tonight. a driver hit a woman who was walking along reston parkway and dulles drive. the driver did stay on the scene and will be okay. >>> the results are in for some 200 women who had to be retested for the zika virus in the district after a botched batch of testing. seven more pregnant women who were told they were not infected with zika have learned their tests returned false negatives. one of them is now a confirmed case of zika. the other six not yet pregnant women in the district who you were given incorrect test results to nine. there's a race to develop a vaccine to protect us from the zika virus. only on news4, the top infectious disease specialist tells the vaccine would

. >> they are conscious and stable apparently, and this happened at moore street and holbrook in northeast, and we are looking into reports that a suspect was shot, and it's not condition. we do have a crew on the way to the scene. we will stay over this over the next half an hour and of course on our wusa 9 app and website. >>> so in the shenandoah valley, the natural beauty of laray caverns has drawn people to its caves since 1878. >> scott rensburger takes us on the open road to larae, virginia. >> reporter: if you look over the railing, you're going to be seeing your first glimpse of totem poll valley. >> reporter: it's older than the dinosaurs. >> estimated to be around 450 million years old. >> reporter: it's one of the most popular caverns in the united states. >> currently we are around 100 feet below the surface of the earth. >> reporter: and tourists come by the millions. >> we will be >> reporter: and it's home to one of the most lucrative wishing wells on earth. money is thrown in like a toll booth, and once a year, it's cleaned out. making a wish is the easy part. getting all

the informational hearing is for 5:30 this evening at holbrook school. on ronald way in concorde. >>> it was a wild start of the season. who came out on top of the daytona 500 and how some of the most popular names got pushed out of the runnings. >>> more than 30 people heard after a truck plowed into a crowd in new orleans at a mardi gras parade. terrorism is rolled out. what investigators are saying about the driver. >>> >>> 21 people are in the hospital in new orleans. after a suspected drunk driver plowed into a crowd during a mardi gras parade. it happened saturday night. the driver neilson rizzuto hit 2 cars before a pickup truck ran into the crowd of people. people scattered and the whole scene was chaotic. >> i was crying hysterically because i saw the entire thing happened. if i had walked two steps forward it would have been me.>> altogether 32 people were hurt. reports say he had a blood alcohol level of almost 3 times the legal limit. he was charged with multiple counts including hit and run. more charges could come. there is no suspected lin

investigators may have a key witness in last night's shooting at the intersection of holbrook and moore streets in northeast. this morning wusa9 found exclusive video on social media from a man sitting in a parked car filming almost 1 minute of the incident. we want to warn you that what you're about to see and hear is disturbing. >> [ sirens ] >> d. c. police have not confirmed the video but say they are not resuming it. wusa9's macoya turner was at the scene where neighbors were still on edge calling that deadly shooting too close to home. >> the dramatic scene unfolded right here at the intersection. death spent hours out here investigating -- detectives spent hours out here investigating. >> my room is toward the front, so i was sleeping at the time, but i heard quite a bit of bullets. >> when annette appearson woke up to the sound of gunshots, she ran to the window and saw this, blaring lights on her street. she says her first thought was to. >> duck, duck, just get down, you know, because you don't know where it's coming from. >> d. c. police were in the area around night when gun

in this video posted on twitter, you can see some of what unfolded on holbrook street in the trinidad neighborhood last night. in the portion we are not showing, you hear shots. you see the suspect on the ground and an officer fall. police say the video only shows a small part of what happened. >> i'm hopeful that anyone who's looking at one small piece of evidence doesn't draw any conclusions. >> reporter: the shooting happened arounds 10:40 at night. police responding to an earlier report of shots fired. that's when they tried to stop timothy williams of no fixed address. there's a struggle, then exchange of gunfire with the suspect. the suspect is shot and killed. two officers with alare also sh. both are expected d eed to be o >> that's another thing we'll we don't know at this point. >> reporter: police who responded did activate their body cams. that footage is being reviewed. >> any time you have an exchange of gunfire between citizens, police or just the sounds of gunshot it's alarming, it's disturbing for everyone involved. >> reporter: just a short time ago a man pulled up h

in this video posted on twitter, you can see some of what unfolded on holbrook street in the trinidad neighborhood last night. we're not showing the entire video because of its graphic nature. in the portion we are not showing, you hear shots. you see the suspect on the ground and an officer fall. police say the video only shows a small part of what happened. >> i'm hopeful that anyone who's looking at one small piece of evidence doe d conclusions. >> reporter: this man says he's a relative of the suspect who was killed. he doesn't want to be identified. >> because for him to be on the ground and them still shooting, that's not a good thing. that's definitely not a good thing. he was on the ground and he's shot already. >> reporter: the shooting happened around 10:40 at night, police responding to an earlier report of shots fired. they tried to stop the suspect identified as 48-year-old timothy williams of no fixed address. there's a struggle, then an exchange of gunfire with the suspect. the suspect is shot and killed. two officers are also shot. both are expected to be okay. the chi

we had ever crime suppression team officers in the area and at the intersection of holbrook and morset in northeast, we had shots that were and as of the results of the shots, we cannot distinguish who fired the shots because we are still in the preliminary stages. john: the circumstances surrounding the shooting still unclear, at least one of the wounded officers was brought to the hospital by one of the officers in their police cruiser. there is a specific reason why the officers were in the neighborhood and to tell us more about that is my colleagues at the scene there. >> it is about eight hours after this happened late last night. this happened at 10:40 last night and there is still police officers out here, they have cordoned off three blocks but the incident happened at the corner of holbrook and morse. these officers were part of a crime suppression team patrolling the area because of some crime that happened earlie -- road actually in southeast were four people were shot in three different incidents. the area patrolling and somehow confronted the suspect who opened fire and t

we wanted to started with megan mcgrath near holbrooke street in the northeast. >> the shooting happened last night at the intersection behind me, the trinidad anybodihood. we still don't have much in the way of detail in terms of what led up to the gin firunfire. officers came here because of another shooting. when they got here, there was more gunfire. >> reporter: many residents were winding down for the evening when sde was dead and two d.c. police officers wounded. >> seven or eight bangs. a few sirens and then half the cops in the city. >> reporter: it happened around 10:40 at the intersection of holbrooke and morse street in northeast. the officers with the crime suppression team came to the area after shots were fired earlier. once at the intersection, shots rang out again. a suspect was killed, the two officers hit in the lower body. police say they found a gun which they believe belonged to the suspect. residents say there have been problems with drugs and other shootings in the neighborhood, but this is extreme. >> it's not even safe to bring your children, let them play, don'

holbrook the sun terrace, and the avenue arts magnet school. the information meeting is that 5:30 at holbrook school.>>> the supreme court will talk about facebook today. we will tell you about today's arguments of the law that might go too far when it comes to safety. >>> is it time to man up? researchers discover something that has changed between younger men and the older generation. >> >>> president. trump's nominee for navy secretary withdrew because of concerns about conflicts of interest. philipp building took himself out of the running. he thought he would not be able to get senate confirmation because of his business interests in china. earlier this month vicent viola decided not to accept the nomination for army secretary. because of his extensive financial holdings. >>> the supreme court will hear argument on a case involving sex offenders and their presence on social media. centers around a man -- years ago he was convicted of having an inappropriate relationship with a minor and served time in prison. he was later found duty of vio

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they are the holbrook language academy, son --, and the rent avenue arts magnet school. it is at 5:30 this evening at holbrook school. >>> sending a message -- why hundreds in the east bay met to address a california u.s. senate or even though they knew she would not be at that event. >>> more than 30 people were hurt in new orleans. a truck plowed into a crowd at a mardi gras parade. what investigators are saying about the man who was behind the wheel. >>> i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. so, i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated, so i get a better clean. tide. number one rated. it's got to be tide >>> and south america chilling dealing with massive rain in the andes. rushing water caused landslides lane for four deaths. the water supply in the capital of santiago contaminated by flooding at 4 million people have no running water and to the situation clears out. >>> in this country 21 people still in the hospital in new orleans. a suspected drunk driver plowed into a crowd at a mardi gras parade. i

a shooting that happened behind me here at the intersection of holbrook and morse street. it happened at about 10:40 last night. officers with a crime suppression team, they were in the area for shots that had been fired earlier in the evening. they were at this intersection when shots rang out again. two officers were hit. the suspect was killed and police said that they did find a gun that they believe belongs to the suspect. they found that gun here on the scene. anc commissioner cathy henderson, she heard the shots from her home. she was upset to learn what had happened. >> i turn said two officers were shot and i'm -- i'm shocked. i'm disgusted. this is just unbelievable. >> reporter: and there are still a lot of details that need to be sorted out. we don't know exactly what happened in the moments before the shooting obviously being able to talk to the two wounded police officers will help with all of that, but we are expecting to get an update later on today. back to you all. >> thank you. >>> five minutes after the 6:00 hour right now, and this shooting we know hap

except this time, he said a team came here to morse and holbrook. around 10:40 last night, a citizen cell phone video of a confrontation that left two officers shot and a suspect dead. the police chief was back at the scene >> we task them with getting illegal fire arms out of the community. as a result of them being involved in that task. both of them ended up in the hospital with gunshot wounds. >> the chief was talking about the crime suppression team. the residents complained of hearing gunshots. hors later they spotted timothy williams it started with a physical struggle and ended with gunfire. >> we need to make sure we have not simply saying i think we need more police. i would like to see more police. we need to be out here on the streets with them, walking with them every day. >> this all came hours after the mayor named newsham her choice f >> make sure crime is something we plan this around and be available day and night. >> newsham is out of home and the other officer under went surgery last night but still in the hospital. prognosis is

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. >>> two dc police officers recovering this weekend after being shot thursday near holbrook and mooren the trinidad neighborhood in northeast dc. the suspect was shot and killed but it's not clear who pulled the trigger first. tonight it's up to mayor muriel bowser if and when she'll release the officer's body cam video of the incident. >>> on the wake of that shooting, bridging the gap between police and the community. it was the goal of an event this afternoon and it was centered all around basketball. >> reporter: it's no secret. sports can unite us. that was the case at the friendship collegiate academy. game one was all police. game two was former prisoners who served times behind bars. >> hurt people hurt people and we're people hurt on both sides. >> reporter: ronald organized the event t community. >> i'm all about pulling people together. when we see things in our community, it's one thing to protest, but it's another thing to pull people together in a way we can communicate and talk about the problems and lead to something that's going to get us outcome. >> reporter: the gam

. >> we had our prime officers in the area and at the intersection of holbrook and morse street we had shots that were fired. as a result of those shots being fired, we can't distinguish exactly who fired the shots at this point because we are in the preliminary stages. officers hadolice been patrolling the neighborhood because of reports of shots fired earlier in the area. the circumstances surrounding this shootout still unclear this afternoon, but we do know that at least one of these wounded police officers was brought here to the hospital by another officer in their police cruiser. they did not wait for an ambulance. reporting live at medstar, john gonzalez, abc7 news. jummy: powers later after that shooting, another police-involved shooting this time at howard county. amy: this started just after 3:00 this morning. .ere is what we know right now an officer was called to the 7200 block of fun crossing drive in clarksville. president did nore car in the driveway. the officer called the tow truck and a little later a man showed up saying it was his car. the officer found out that ma

he was last seen in the 12-hundred block of holbrook terrace i anyone who may have seen him should calldent at a weekend party in gaithersburg turning violent.. montgomery county police say on saturday night, about 30 people were turned away from a party-- because they weren't invited. as they walked away, someone in a white car started shooting. two men were shot... with at least one bullet... going through the window of a house nearby. the injuries were not life threatening. a controversy is brewing over what's believed to be a former african-american cemetery in bethesda. community members protested yesterday against a proposal to build a garage on top of a paved driveway. that area behind the westwood towers apartments is believed to be the site of a former african-american cemetery. a trustee of the macedonia baptist church says he's always wondered what happened to the remains that were buried there. he wants the developers to investigate. the county's planning will follow all maryland laws that govern burial sites. and it says it intends to commemorate the history of the cemetery

your outhe left of screen is a live picture fromctm that scene along morse andng moe holbrook streetsand you cand see it's still an active sceneve this morning. both officers are said to b ee said to e in stable condition at medstar and washington hospital centerpr and you can see a live picture p from the right of your screen.rf now, the suspect was also shots and later died but it's still unclear what led to thatto that shooting. >> i can tell you that we haveel had a number ofl shootings sh across the city over the last la couple of days. dys our officers have beenen responding to that very aggressively as you can see we e had gunshots here earlier this evening. we have patrols in the area and unavfortunately as ae pa ret of this incident tonight we had two of our officersr oicers su local hospital. >> the shooting camns amid ad a violent night in d.c. afterc. at chief peter newsham was nameds e acting police chief. cief. >> one council member isncil mes calling it a state ofca emergency. annie yu live at policeve at poi headquarters with the latestarte on this story. annie. >> rep

. >>> two dc police officers recovering this weekend after being shot thursday near holbrook and moore street in the trinidad neighborhood in northeast dc. the suspect was shot and killed. it's not clear who pulled the trigger first. tonight it's up to mayor muriel bowser if she'll release the officer's body cam video of that incident. >>> in the wake of that shooting, bridging the gap between police and the community. that was the goal of an event this afternoon centered around a >> reporter: it's no secret, sports can unite us. that was exactly the case today. the friendship collegiate academy, two games were held, pitting dc against baltimore. game one was all police. game two was former prisoners who served time behind bars. >> hurt people hurt people and we're hurt people on both sides. >> reporter: he organized the event to bridge a gap between the police and the community. >> when we see things in our community, it's one thing to protest, but it's another thing to pull people together in a way where we can communicate and talk about the problem and lead to something that's going

what he was doing in the 1200 block of holbrook and the exact circumstances that led to him being shot and killed remain unclear. >> i can't say from everything i've seen and everything i know exactly what happened. and i talked to people to not jump to any conclusion until they've gathered all the evidence. >> reporter: the officers injured were part of a crime suppression team called to the neighborhood earlier in the day. this neighborhood has seen an 11% increase in violent crime over this time last year. this man says he's a riv williams. >> i want there to be justice. i want them to thoroughly investigate what happened, why he was shot. >> reporter: a gun was recovered and has been taken into evidence. jackie benson, news4. >>> the democratic national committee is set to vote on its chairperson today. another top candidate is keith ellison. he's the first muslim ever elected to congress. democrats hope their new chair will lead them into the midterm. >>> today is the final day of the conservative political action committee. one issue has been the repeal and replacement of obamaca

. >> reporter: in this video posted on twitter, you can see some of what unfolded on holbrook street in the trinidad neighborhood last night. we're not showing the entire video because of its graphic nature. in the portion we are not showing, you hear shots. you see the suspect on the ground and an officer fall. police say the video only shows a small part of what happened. >> i'm hopeful that anyone who's looking at one small piece of evidence doesn't draw any conclusions. >> reporter: this man says he's a relative of the suspect who was killed. he doesn't want to be identified. >> i want to see justice. i mean, i want them to thorou thorohl happened, why he was shot. >> reporter: the shooting happened around 10:40 at night. police responding to an earlier report of shots fired. that's when they tried to stop the suspect identified as 47-year-old timothy williams of no fixed address. there's a struggle, then an exchange of gunfire with the suspect. the suspect is shot and killed. two officers are also shot, both are expected to be okay. police released this photo of the suspect's gu

except this time, he said a team came here to morse and holbrook. around 10:40 last night, a citizen cell phone video of a confrontation that left two officers shot and a suspect dead. the police chief was back at the scene

what he was doing in the 1200 block of holbrook street northeast and the exact circumstances that ledunclear. >> i can't say from everything i've seen and everything i know exactly what happened. and i caution people, try not to jump to any conclusions until they've heard all of the evidence. >> reporter: the officers injured were called to the neighborhood after gunshots earlier in the day. this neighborhood has seen an 11% increase in violent crime this man says he's a relative of timothy lionel williams. he asks not to be identified. >> i want to see justice. i mean, i want them to thoroughly investigate what happened, why he was shot. >> reporter: police tell us a gun was recovered and has been taken into evidence. jackie benson, news4. >>> the democratic national committee is set to vote on its new national chair today. and there are seven candidates. now, one of the top candidates is former montgomery county council member and labor secretary tom perez. another c another top candidate is keith ellison. democrats hope their new chair will be able to lead the party into the 2018 m

this happened at holbrook and morse street. it is still closed off and everything is closed for about a block in each direction around that intersection. here's what we know so far. this all happened around 10:40 last night. officers with the crime suppression team were in the area for shots that had been fired earlier in the evening. they were at this intersection when shots rang out again. two officers were hit. the suspect was killed. police say they did find a gun that they believe belongs to the suspect. that gun found here on the scene. now we spoke to anc commissioner, she's very upset about what happened and she says now is the time for the community to step up and show their support for the police department. >> we certainly will not have anyone shooting at our officers. that is unacceptable and needs to be addressed and this is not just a police matter. it's a community matter. we want everyone that hears anything about this to resolve immediately to lock arms with the police. >> reporter: and the two police officers

we are here at the holbrook and morse in northeast washington where this confrontation with the suspect still here on the scene. chief peter newsham came back to the scene this afternoon to answer many questions surrounding the incident. he said earlier yesterday evening shots were fired in the area so the fifth district suppression team in. around 10:40, they spotted 47-year-old timothy lionel williams on foot. when they tried to stop him a struggle ensued. followed by gunfire police said. a citizen's cell phone video appears to show the suspect shot on the ground. two officers were shot in the incident. and williams of no fixed address was killed. police say they recovered a semi automatic handgun from the scene. the chief said both officers body worn cameras were on. he has seen the video and is recommending that the mayor release the video if the u.s. attorney agrees. the chief said much evidence is being review and looking at just the cell phone video is not enough. >> one partial, a view of the incident after the incident had already began. we of course will locate the individual

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. >> megan mcgrath is live where this happened on holbrooke street. >> reporter: yeah, the shooting happenedt the intersection that you see behind me here at morris and hill brook in northeast washington. the suspect was killed and a gun was recovered. now, two d.c. police officers are shot. they're going to be okay, they're in stable condition and said to be in good spirits. investigators are trying to figure out what led up to the shooting. waiting to talk to those now, with more on other breaking news, traffic breaking news, we go to melissa mollet. >> big problems on the beltway. we have the crashes, three mile backup outer beltway as you approach arena drive. the inner and outer loop, no major issues. before colesville, that crash is on the shoulder. look at 66 and 95, overall not terrible. northbound 95 at the ramp to the inner loop you have problems there but not slowing things too much. >> we'll check your forecast next. stay with us. >>> get out and enjoy today. the last of our stretch of incredibly warm days. 78 today. still near 70 tomorrow, but rain showers cot afternoon. bluster