news4's jackie bensen has uncoveredne some w information tonight in this high-profile case. >> in hisirst filing as being named in a civilsut, the lawyer for officer lucas vineyard denies all allegations of wrongdoing saying the 25-year-old's injuries were the result of his own tentional, illegal or otherwise wrongful condt. the filing claims vineyard filed in seth-defense. family says he was unarmed isat night. the information confirmed in the pice report. this is cruiser dash cam video from the pursuit. last october, frustrated at thef pace o investigations that include one by the justice department civil rights divisn, ghaisar's family seeked a civil lsuit. the suit seeks damage. lawyers said they expected a decision from the justice twortment as to whether the will face charges for civil rights violations. a spokesperson for the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. tells news4, there are no updates at this time. in northwest, jackie bensen, news4. >> only on news4, a surveillance amera caught a car slamming into a scooter. v theideo is hard to watch. a car making a left turn hit the wom

in woodbridge, jackie bensen, news4. ha> this morning we are learning more about led to president trump's sudden announcement to delay sweeping immigration raids. they were suposed to happen today. trump tweeted the policy changed yesterday. he says at the request of the democrats he is putting the raids on hold for two weeks to see if lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can work out a deal. nbc news is reporting house speaker nancy pelosi called the president last night urging himl to ff the raids. but nbc news is alsothisputing president's rationale. their reporting indicates that a plans wereed off largely because details were leaked to the media andmmigration fficials did not have plans in place toan detain tho of immigrants set for deportation. the raids were a big topic onvention emocratic in south carolina yesterday. >> that is sickening, that is disgusting, and that is everything that this country does not stand for. we need comprehensiveim gration reform. >> leaders in theer district among those pushing back ag

news 4's jackie bensen went to the d.c.eighborhood where all this happened. >> reporter: take a good look at that burglar ose image was captured by various security cameras at a house on ellicott street northwest. it was just befored dawn s morning. the police report sayshe homeowner left a back door open because their kids were having a back yard camp out. the man wearing a baseball campt and sho can be seen bringing small electronic devices out of the house. he appears to be hecking them out before putting them in a backpack. at one point he plugs a charger into a phone. it's not clear if it'shis phone or one he stole. that struck people as a particularly bold move. >> that seems anwa odd to carry out that activity. >> despite the a tount ofme he spent lingering, the n was able to leave the property without alerting the hoerm owom who only realized something happened when they noticed missing items. police want to hear from anyone else in the neighborhood who feels they may have been targete by this burglar. northwest, ja

jackie bensen is going to join us wi live report in just a uple of thminutes. >>> now to yet another tragedy on our baltimore-washington parkway. >> this time a father of five was killed by a hit-and-run driver. mark johnson sr. was walking to a gas station last night when he wasd sudly struck. >> his car had run out of gas near the ramp to the beltway. news 4's darcy spencer smoke to his wife and son today about ible loss. >> reporter: he just didn't deserve to die that way. >> reporter: angela lost the husbandnd a father to their five sons and high school sweetheart. >> i need you to listen to me and remain calm, okay. >> reporter: she had to break the news to her sons th their dad is nevuter cong ofmi gas on the bw parkwaywednesday night. his family says he was walking to a gas station when he was killed by a hit-and-run driver. >> the person without a soul, with no regard for human life, and i would ask that person put yourself in our shoes. what if it was your father, hour brother? > reporter: he had his own plumbing business and was on his way to an emergency call when he got s

live in northwest, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> thank you, jackie.t >>> new a 11:00 tonight, the father one of the victims of last week's deadly shooting n has a terrible job of presiding over his own son'sra fune tom costello spoke with that father whose son died as a hero. >> reporter: pastor ray cox was preparing for a funeral of a church member, his own son, keith >> he's one of the finestns so that any father can have. >> reporter: keith was the man who rushed seven c-workers to a safe office during the rampage whilee went looking for more he was gunned down on the other side of the door. >> he gave his life to save seven of us. >> god knew what he was doi doing -- he gave us a guardian angel. >> reporter: today he says his son's action did not surprise him. >> he was a very protective person. >> reporter: put others before himself? >> yes, indeed. took great joy in doing it. >> reporter: twelve people died in the shooting and four others remained hospitalized. the suspect dwayne craddack killed by police. new gun safety laws including on aan on aseawasault weapons and bump stocks.

in northwest, jackie bensen, news 4. >> stealing saxophones. find the guy playing it, you know who stole it. unless he sells it >> i would probably think he would do that. >> nice detective work. >> absolutely. >> be a terrible detective. >> is it going to be sunny today? >> a great day to play outside. >> oh! >> playing instruments outside. >> can't get this kind of entertainment anywhere else. >> welcome to your saturday morning. hey, listen, adam and i are going down to the parade today. going to be really nice out there in terms of walking in hat parade. walking with me this time. >> go to brunch first. >> okay. you don't have to twist my arm. all right! all rit. i actually already had breakfast. you want to go? got a kid's birthday to go to. >> come on! >> outside, not that bad right now. cloud cover out te. got a few streaks of sunshine. this is the way it's going to be out there today. mostly dry through today. overnight tonight is when the showers start coming in. listen, i say mostly dry. i've kept a chance of a shower or sprinkle. fre

type of suspicious vehicle, something they are't look right asprli co toll ca live in woodbridge, jackie bensen, news4. >> we'll bring you more as we a learnout it. >>> and we are tracking a major breaking news story of the day. president trump's sudden andouncement that su's sweeping immigration raids are now on hold and we are learning more about what went on behind the scenes leading to that postponement. mr. trump announcing that policy change today via tweet. he says at the request ofde crats he's putting those raids on hold for two weeks to see if lawmakers can work out a deal. nbc news is reporting that house speaker nancy pelosi called the president last night urging him to call off the raids but nbc news is disputing the president's rational their reporting indicates the plans were called off because details were leaked to the media and immigration officials did not have plans i place to detain thousands of immigrants who were set for deportation. the raids are a big topic during th democratic convention in south carolina today. >> that sckening. that is disgusting. and that is everyth

jackie bensen spoke with the couple who were targeted. >> i l just sawike ten guys beating him.nd i did instinctively, i jumped on top and tried to like show them and screaming help, help, help. >> reporter: carol cracl raven describes the split second when it turned into a blur of pain fueled by hatred. both remember hearing an anti gay insult. both were r obbed. braden was taken to the hospital and treated in the emergency room. and that bill alone is in the thousands ofdollars. he has no health insurance and he may need more treatment. >> it hurts where i got hit at the beginning right re. karl has set up a gofundme page to help with expenses a exceeded his goal. >> like a flood of support from just i guess the gay community and also i'm part ofr fernity at my school. a lot of support there. a lot of his family, a lot of support from his family and friends. so a lot of support. >> reporter: both have been utinking about what comes next, whether their fe is still here in the nation's kapts. >> we're kind of deciding whether or not we wnt to stay. because we're not sure. >> rep

in northwest, jackie bensen, news4. >> sodi urbing. jackie, thank you. >>> we have w videotonight showing the impact of all that rain from our passing storms this evening. this is south capitol street he under malcolm x avenue perpass in southeast. you can see waterling in the street there. several cars got stuck. we saw one that had to be towed out. southbound traffic was diverted, backed up for a long waysuntil that water could drain. >>> of course, that was just some of the severe weather that hit our area today. we have this clip of hail coming down in maryland earlier tonight, some of it the size of golf balls. >> noisy out there. and this was only the ginning of the wild weather you should expect this week, folks. our storm team 4 meteorologist is here from the storm center with our first look at the forecast. >> yeah, it was a very active night out there, but things are beginning to finallyow gr tranquil. as we head through tomorrow we could be singing the same tune again. let's get to the radar. we have a few showers still in th

we've got news 4's jackie bensen headed in that direction and th'll see her life report as soon as she gets e. from the news desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thanks, erika. >>> another tragedy on theor baltimwashington parkway. >> this time a father of five killed by a hit-and-run driver. mark johnson sr. was out walking to a gas station last night when he wasy sudde struck. his car had run out of gas on he the ramp near beltway. news 4's darcy spencer spoke with his wife and son about this hoible loss. reporter: mark johnson sr. was a husband, father and grandfather. he was also a plummer. he was working wednesday night when he ran out of gas on e bw parkway and his family says he w took offlking to find the consest gas stati, and that's he was struck and killed. the driver didn't stop. >> i don't want my dad to get lost in the news as just a name, just another hit and run on the bw parkway. his name was mark johnsonsr., and he has a lovingife, family, grandkids who all want to see his killer brought to justice. >> reporter: johnson was 52 yearserold, the fath to five sons. he had 13 gran

heard an anti-gay comment and both men were robbed and they describe the terrifying attack to our jackie bensen >> i saw ten guys beating him. i jumped on top of them and screaming help, help, help. >> brett was seriously hurt. a go fund me page has been set up to help with his medical expenses. s>>> is a candidate to take over the role permanently but has competition. a search firm established b larry hogan submitted caltiple idates for the job. former ceo kevin maxwell tenure ended amid series of scandals. angela will announce her c ice this morning. the new ceo will take on a big sponsibility. prince george's county's school district is the s ond largest in maryland with more than 128,000 enrolled students and about 19,000 employees. >>> today, the d.c. council will attack to move the washington redskins back to rfk stadium. the mayor wants the team to return to d.c. and return to a new stadium on the old rfk site. it says the city's sports and convention authorities should fund other projects. the council will vote on emergency legislation to protect city workers being fired for illegally u

. >> jackie bensen has tonight's top story. >> reporter: there was anger, ouage, and more than a few tears. ♪ we shall overcome >> reporter: more than 200 gathered to r ember transgender women murdered in the district, all women of color. the most recent the shooting death in march and on june 13th, both murderedn the maryland side of the d.c. border and eastern avenue. carmen's fiancee struggled to express his grief. >> my niece and nephew knows her. th made this shirt for her. >> reporter: speakers talked about the draegz oniscriminati employment that has pushed many into rvival, sex work. arey described a feeling of constant fe. just three days ago a man threatened her yelling anti-transgender epithets. >> i survived an attack this week. i wachased, i was followed. >> reporter: other speakers talked of the need to reach back into lgtq historyto battle hate and hostility and support the victims. >> we had also so many other peoplin our community who have gotten hurt and have experienced violence in ways they shouldn't just because they're lgbtq. >> reporter: orgz nianizers say next

jacki bensen, news 4. >> friday can't come soon enough. thank you, jackie. >>> spite that rainout, the nats' best player still managed to get injured today. we'll have more on how max scherzer broke his nose and what it means for the star pitcher. that's ahead in sports. >> i stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as president of the united states. >> president trump and vice president mike pence want four more years. they launched their 2020 re-election campaign tonight in orlando, florida. news 4's leon harris joins us from the newsroom with more on that story. we know when the president talks to his base he likes to focus on immigration. that crowd heard a lot of familiar themes tonight. >> that's right. in fac one nbc news producer said it was like a rock concert. the president came out and his greatest hits, th crowd loved it, but there wasn't a lot of new material. in fact, there was a lot of talk about the last election. president trump called his win in 2016 a defining moment in american history np in ne

cause of the fire was electrical in nature, t buthey did not provide anyic specif in northwest, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> turning now to our forecast, a return to heat, humidity and of course with that, doug, you ready for some storms? >> yeah, i'm ready. >> chief meteorologist doug kammerer joining us. talk about what we're in for tonight and tomorrow morning. >> right now tracking some shower activity. we didn't see a lot earlier this afternoon, but we're seeing a couple of moderate downpours going on across the area. you can see those showers developing right around t metro area, right here moving into parts of southern maryland, prince george's county in through c. and fairfax county as well. i'll zoom into this area. the heaviest shower we've got one right over 50 and the beltway. and the wider view owing more back to the west. we'll talk about what this means r tomorrow and the weekend. see youback here in just a minute. >>> breaking tonight and all new at 11:00, president trump reiterates his threat to slap tariffs on mexico. the president tweeted after talks between u.s. and mexican

live in fairfax county, jackie bensen, new >> jackie, thank you. >>> turning to our weather, don't let the sunny skies out there at the moment fool you. some o you may need your umbrella this evening. doug is tracking it as well as this heat. doug, it looks perfectly fine t us. >> yeah. we saw a couple showers in spotsylvania county. that's it. the rest of us dry. actually not a bad night, but the heat is definitely on. we hit a high temperature of 90. that's the sixth 90 degree day so far this season. we've got a few more coming our way, but not anytime soon. as a matter of fact, big changes coming in the next couple of days. 88 right now. 86 hagerstown. 87 richmond. you mentiod the chance of howers way down south of fredericksburg. that's the only area we've seen. the rest of us haveeen on the dry side. unsettled to saynhe least parts of the southeast and all of that unsettled weather is moving our way. that means you will need the umbrellas and talking much cooler temper.ures too we'll talk about it. see you back he in a couple minutes. >> doug, thank you. >>> they were so young and

jackie bensen has reaction from neighbors and what we know right now abouthe police investigation. >>orter: detectives and crime scene instigators from prince william county police are tryingto piece together details of how and when the bodies of two men came to be in a wooded area behind the conve ience stor alabama avenue in woodbridge. >> if anybody saw anything at that me between last night and up unt the call came in, we will definitely like to hear from them. >> reporter: the bodies were found just after 10:30 in the morning, but into the evening investigators kept alabama avenue blocked off by yellow police type as they searched for evidence thatould lead theto those responsible for the murders. the scene caused concern to those who live on the street. >> it's just a very unfortunate situation. we live here in this community, very family oriented community, and it's just very sad. we're very concerned. >> reporter: police could release few details in the early thursday of the investigation, but theydid try to calm neighbors' fears. >> it's isolated to the wooded area here. ther

they describe thettack to our jackie bensen. >> a vivid image. ten guys were beating him. i jumped on topf them and them and like -- screaming help, help, help. >> brech was seriously hurt.un a go fme page has been set up to help with his medical expenses. >>> today we find out who will lead the prince ge's county school system this fall. >> dr. monica goldson has been serving as the interim since last year. goldson s a candidate to take over the roll permanently but she has coetition. a search firm established by larrgan submitted multiple candidates for the job. former ceo kevin maxwell tenure ended amid series of scandals. county executive will announce her choice for ceo this morning. >>> today, the d.c. counciltaill at to move the washington redskins back to rfk stadium. the mayor wants the team to return to d.c. and return to a new stadium on the old rfk site. it says the city's sports and convention authorities should fund other projects. the council will vote on emergency legislation to protect city workers from being fired for legally using marijuana. >>> the comm

news 4's jackie bensen was there for the hearing and joins us live from the courthouse in fairfax. jackie. >> reporter:t this was j cruel blow to a family who now has to relive their nightmare through a trial. the man charged with strangling 16-year-old joely moussa and leaving her body in a park in fairfax county decided to change his mind at the last minute. joely disappeared under mysterious circumstances in january of 2018. her family including her twin sister were beside themselves with wry because it wasso out of character for her. >> she was doing my hair and she stopped to text someone. out oout of nowhere she was, li i've got to go. >> reporter: after the tragic discovery of her body in a fairfax county park almost two weeks later, her then 17-year-old ex-boyfriendec immediatelye a suspect. he was already facing charyss of phically assaulting her a few weeks earlier. he was arrested in august of 2018 after he finished serving time for the earlier assault. police say he confessed to luring joely out of the house with a snapchat conversation the night she disappeared, then se

jackie bensen heard from the neighbor who followed wilkerson. he said, quote, when i heard my neibor scream for help, and saw him fleeing their house, i instinctively knew i couldn'tlo alhim to get away. the neighbor told benson he does not considerhimself a ro. he said, i think my neighbor is the hero for getting herself and her daughter out of the house. >>> we're tracking new developments now in the virginia beach mass shooting. city leaders are mulling over what to doith the municipal building where a gunman killed 12 people last friday. > while the rest of the sprawling complex has reopened, building two, the scene of the mass shooting, remains closed and all nonessential staff who work there have not returned to work. >> meanwhile, a memorial service just wrapped up for a employee in sha shooting. chris is live there with the latest. >> reporter: aaron and molette, we are here at the stafford county armed services memorial and moments ago a sad tribute to th former director of public works here, christopher kelly rapp as well as the1 other

in arlington, jackie bensen, news 4. >> time for an update on our weather. storm team 4 has declared a weather alert eveninguseof sevee thunderstorms popping up out there and there's new warnings out. >> we could be seeing more big branches coming down. amislia is tracking th for us in the storm center. >> this the latest. this just in from the national weather service. i have a new severehunderstorm warning in effect until 7:00 p.m. in effect for parts of northern fauquier, the northern most parts i prince wiam county and western loudoun county as well and back into parts of clark and jeffersontcounty. t part of the warning has just expired. again, for the area here in orange, a new severe thunderstorm warning mainly for nouithern fauqer. parts of western loudon and the tyrthern most ports of prince william counntil 7:00 p.m. the rain in that warning is slowly moving towards the south at about 15 miles an hour. this is e situation right now. seeing very heavy rainfall in that area. also seeing some very heavy rainfall in the county of fairfax and we just ha

the shop owner tells jackie bensen this isn't the first time that suspect tried to rip her offs >> not of guitars. no, no. this is a sax player. >> reporter: herself an internationally recognized musician, myrna sislen knew exactly who broke into her store about 12:30 thursday morning. >> it's a very special interrupinterrup instrument. maybe most famous of the gerald albright is what everyonewants. >> reporter: in fact, sislen never before had a break-in at the store she's owned since 2002 has a hunch three similar break-in attempts sin last august where the work of that same man obsessed with the workmanship of a very special saxnhone which comma a significant price. >> $4,400. >> rorter: as she keep as watchful eye on the busy store a haven which has budding musicians, the wrries of e all business owner. will her insurancpay for a fourth $ 00 door repair? she can't even think about the financial loss of the saxophone and hopes it will somehow be recovered. >> it's a ve distinctive horn. if anybody sees that, call the police. tell somebody, because there are not that many players in