jackie benson in palmer park with more. jackie? >> reporter: both officers are african-american. they were offduty when they participated inhe video at the request of a local actor/comedian. it was supposed to be funny. but prince george's county police chief, mark mcgall was not amused. >> depicted a traffic stop, prince george's county police car, pulls up behind the vehicle. two individuals, both african-american men, dressed in uniforms, exit thecruiser, approach the vehicle, being driven by an african-american male. there is -- demeaning language, racial slurs. >> even the chief described the video using a popular phrase. >> i believe it was a spoof on driving while black, depicts officers and community in a terrible light and just unacceptable. >> officials say a county police cruiser is also seen in the video, the insignias on the vehicles and uniforms are blurred. head of the fraternal order of police, union that represents officers appeared by the chief's side. >> we're concerned about some of the content contained, inappropriate. shouldn't have taken place, shouldn't ha

jackie benson is live at the scene. >> jackie, what can you tell us about this brazen robbery and just how it unfolded. >> i can tell you, when you see one of the bulletholes in this vehicle, you realize this was a close call. now, what we're told is that a group of men said they were part of five leaving a popular late night club on 18th street northwest around 6:00 a.m. and they were approached by three men, two wearing ski masks and all three had guns. the suspects robbed the victims and then fled to a waiting car. at that point, two of the victims jumped in an suv and tried to follow until the suspects fired on them. the victims asked that we not show their faces. >> had the gun behind me. i looked at him, i smiled. >> police are searching for the suspects and their get away car. it's described as a silver lincoln with d.c. license plates. something about the dangers of taking the law into your own hands like this. we'll tell you more about this coming up on news 4 at 5:00. reporting live in northwest washington, jackie benson, news 4. >> thank you. >>> this year's west nile virus

jackie benson at the scene now near lafayette park with more on this. jackie? >> well, jim, it ended when the victims drove in to lafayette park with a vehicle, with a fresh bullet hole in the windshield is bound to get the attention of law enforcement. one of the victims believes the robber suspected he'd be carrying a large amount of cash. >> maybe i had money, but i didn't. >> reporter: the bullet hole in the windshield of the porsche cayenne shows how close the victims came to serious harm. they ask that we not identify them. >> i'm out of it. >> reporter: the men say they were part of a group of five people who had just left mia lounge, a popular late-night club on 18th street northwest when they wer approached by three men with guns. two were wearing ski masks. there was a scuffle and the robbers took many and cell phones and fled in the waiting get away car. that's when two of the victims jumped in the suv and started following them until a bullet came through the windshield. >> chased the car and that's when they could stop. they don't follow them. >> r

reporting live in northwest washington, jackie benson, news 4. >>> tonight, we're learning and hearing from a man who came to a woman's rescue after she had been attacked in her upper northwest d.c. home. news 4 pat collins joins us live with his reaction in the chevy chase neighborhood where it all unfolded. pat? >> jim. two things tonight. first, official charges for that teenager accused of beating and robbing an 81-year-old woman. and then we hear from the postman who came to her aid. >> it's hard. i never seen anything like this in this community ever. it's strange. unfortunately, it had to happen to someone like her. >> this is teddy, he's the mailman in this neighborhood. he came to the rescue of that 81-year-old woman beaten and robbed in her home on mckinley street. >> knocked on her door to give her the mail and i notice she was disturbed. and she reached out to me and said, you have to help me. i said, what happened? she said, she had been attacked and robbed. i said, do you need the police? she said, yes, could you please call them. >> reporter: this happened wednesday and