jennifer donelan is at the scene. what have you learned? jennifer: i have information coming in as we speak. this is an incredible scene on rhode island avenue, completely shut down. this is the united states capital regional area task force that may the takedown. the search for the man wanted in the heinous murders of four human beings in northwest -- the search for him, we confirm, is over. repeat, he is in custody. rhode island avenue, shut down. we have a huge presence of u.s. marshals ndc police. i can tell you they tracked him from d.c. up north to the new york area, and back here, he was in a hotel, we are told, on route one. u.s. marshals, doing their thing. they got to that hotel. they discovered that he was in a car. from what we understand from sources, they follow that car. there were two cars involved. it was him trailing a truck, the truck allegedly being driven by his brother. we are told at this point it is unclear if there were weapons in the car, but there was a ton of money in the truck driving ahead of daron wint, wanted

i'm jennifer donelan abc7 news. leon: thank you, jennifer. tonight the family of savvas savopoulos, ammy and phillip released a response to the arrest of daron wint and it reads in part it does not abate our pain we hope it will restore a sense of calm and security to the neighborhood and to our city. they go on to ask for space to grieve time to grieve. our coverage of the mansion murders and a search for possible suspects continues on wjla.com. you will find pictures from the arrest. in the meantime now we turn to breaking news in the murder of chandra levy. abc7 confirmed a new trial has been ordered for a man convicted of killing congressional intern in 2001. senior political reporter scott thuman is in the newsroom with what he has learned about in the case. what is the latest? scott: remember the man convicted of killing chandra levy as an intern on capitol hill and it's now expected that he will get a new trial. government attorneys are no longer opposing that request. we just got hands on the four-page motion. in it prosecutors hey ar

jennifer donelan, abc 7 news.ormer aides to new jersey governor chris christie have been indicted, stemming from the 2013 bridge-gate incident. they are accused of creating politically motivated traffic jams on the george washington bridge. a port authority official implicated days as part of a cooperation deal with prosecutors. mayor muriel bowser has announced an expansion of the summer youth employment program. this will be available to people up to the age of 24. today was the career exploration fair, with employers meeting with potential employees. >> to give kids an opportunity to get a job, not be on the streets. >> i'm glad they extended the age range because that gives people like me an opportunity to work longer and get more experience. kellye: 23,000 people applied for the program this year. 16,000 were deemed eligible to participate. coming up -- rocking the red while staying in the black. the new trick that scammers are using to root out your cash while you cheer for the lets say this is your tv and t

jennifer donelan, abc 7 news. kellye: taser just announced the next generation of its body cameras that will operate automatically, beyond the officers control. d.c. mayor muriel bowser said a are deploying cameras in the city but there is a holdup. mayor bowser: we also recognize the technology is changing fast and that we need to come up with a robust set of rules. kellye: the council is at odds over those rules and regulations. balser says the cameras will not roll out until those are set in stone. d.c. has spent $5.1 million on 2800 cameras. a montgomery county police officer is being hailed a hero after saving in infants life. tonight, there are questions as to what happened to the child in the first place. it started thursday night when officer david reed found a woman frantically crying in a parking lot in the white of shopping center. her one month old little girl was not breathing. officer read immediately took action, taking the child into his arms. officer: i struck the back of the baby between the shou

abc 7 is on your side, and jennifer donelan takes us through this. jennifer: she penned a letter when she was 19 years old. all of her plans were in black and white -- get married, have a child, start a career, go to europe. >> she had lots of dreams of what her future would look like. it's nothing like this. jennifer: decker has been gone without a trace since 2011. her former husband will not voluntarily talk to detectives anymore. her boyfriend is and still is a person of interest. in the case is further complicated by a three-week delay between the last time she was seen in the first call to 911. >> a lot of evidence and leaves evaporator. jennifer: at the time, decker was 21 and married. she and her husband had a young son. she was taking classes at george mason university and working at a restaurant. a coworker began an affair with decker while her husband was serving in afghanistan. he moved into her apartment in ashburn. the family says it went badly. >> he was physically abusive. jennifer: the timer for disappearance, she was three months pre

reporting live, jennifer donelan, abc 7 news. maureen: count on abc seven to track the manhunt for darin wint . we have a crew on the way to new york. meanwhile, the jury whether at the start of the holiday weekend. we will get a look at the roads in the moment. first we check in with doug hill about when the rain will move out. doug: the rain has left the area and is now over the eastern and continues to move to the ocean. still cloudy around this area. a quick look. there is the rain and there was a lot of it. heavy thunderstorms through the carolinas. although that moving out. it is left is cool, damp, and cloudy. 55 at quantico. later tonight schedule surgically or. western suburbs might get a bit of that before sus -- sunset. it will be 45-54 degrees tomorrow -- tonight. and to upper 70's over the weekend. a beach forecast coming up in a few minutes. maureen: we are at the peak of one of the worst traffic days of the entire year. for our look at the roads, we turn to jb sullivan on traffic watch. -- jamie sullivan. jamie: ju

jennifer donelan abc7 news. kimberly: taser just announced the next generation of the body cameras will activate automatically beyond an officer's control. coming up at 11:00, how the business of body cameras are booming. the mayor says the team is laying groundwork to deploy this in the city but there is a holdup. >> we recognize that the technology is changing fast and we need to come up with a robust set of rules. kimberly: the council is at odds over rules and regulation and mayor muriel bowser says they will not rule out the camera until they are set in stone. d.c. spent $5.1 million on 2800 cameras for the officers. it has been a day to remember in the nation's capital as vintage warplanes buzzed over the national mall. 50 planes were flying to mark the 70th anniversary in victory in europe day. people gathered along the national mall at the world war ii memorial on the roads and bridges to watch the plane's hour-long flyover. among those crowds were members of the greatest generation. as horace holmes sho

alison: abc 7 is on your side as jennifer donelan hits the streets, finds repeat offenders and gets answersnnifer: critics say that maryland is a great place to drive drunk. >> you can drive and be a repeat offender countless times and not be charged with a felony until you kill somebody. jennifer: mothers against drunk driving says maryland is one of five states that does not have a felony dui statute, nor does d.c. while alledge drunk drivers are locked up, they keep drinking and driving. we saw first hand on a warm april night in montgomery county with the dui enforcement team of maryland state police. >> i only drank a little. jennifer: records show what was his third dui arrest. we were at this corner where the driver in that red blazer literally crashed into the back of a state police vehicle. >> not even one drink whatsoever? are you sure about that? jennifer: records show what is his second dui arrest. we ask repeat offenders what would get them to stop drunk again driving. you have a dui in 2001 2002, 2003 and 2014. they believe a solution is a proposed bill for mandated interlocks

jennifer donelan will have more on how wint was captured in a moment. but first brianne carter is outside d.c. superior court where she has learned much more about the criminal investigation underway right now. brianne: we have been poring over the documents in the last few hours and it's in the documents that they allege that the savapoulos family and the housekeeper were held by wint and others and possibly that others may be involved as well. this comes as tonight the u.s. attorney's office say they anticipate additional charges to be filed. 34-year-old daron wint is held without bond facing first-degree murder charge in connection with a quadruple homicide. news tonight the court records show amy and savvas savopoulos their son phillip and the

and our jennifer donelan led the charge. she continues our team coverage now. generaller if if you can -- jennifer, if you can give us perspective. what was it like being there when it came to a conclusion? >> jennifer: i will be honest with you scott. i was dead asleep when i got the information from a source that indeed ours or the made the arrest. i was jumping out of bed and running down here. i am here exactly where i was hours ago. this is rhode island avenue. this area right here at the intersection is where the box truck was boxed in. if you look up rhode island avenue is where the white chevy was where they found wint. i have pictures to show you. pictures i was taking as i was walking up to the scene. so when you turn the corner rhode island was filled with flashing lights. both sides of rhode island avenue have been completely shut down. you saw the u.s. marshall in the street. dozens of them. there were more than 20 vehicles on the scene. that is when they in that white vehicle. you see that. as far as wint himself, we understand from sources he was

jennifer: i'm jennifer donelan with the abc7 on your side team. a woman's leg is pinned between two vehicles and her leg decimated. alison: a moment that changerred a mother's life forever. iris was packing her car when a driver blasted through a stop sign, crashed into her and then took off. fighting back against crime reporter jennifer donelan revisits the unsolved case and the battle the mother is still fighting. in an interview you will see only on 7. >> someone said get the license plate. he backed up. drove off. jennifer: drove off and left 44-year-old iris of d.c. an amputee. >> that is scary. jennifer: the summer of 2008. >> how bad does it get at night? >> to the point i pray. jennifer: when a driver ran through a stop sign on 28th street southeast and slammed her as she was packing her trunk for vacation. >> nobody has been brought to ous tis. -- brought to justice. jennifer: she has been fighting back. >> i had to live with my mother. i'm a grown woman. thank god i'm strong my kids are strong. i'm proud. jennifer: when we met her seven

jennifer donelan, back to you. alison: thank you. coming up tonight on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a rockville couple found killed at their home. new information we just got from police. plus fairfax firefighters light a fair to celebrate a milestone. what they learned no other department achieved before. two milestones for a city recoveringcovering from a riot two weeks ago. we take you to baltimore in a few minutes. leon: take you to weather center. doug hill watching it. doug: it's cooler. but wednesday, thursday friday it's average. well above average. that trend continues at this hour. give you a time lapse from the weather bug at the army-navy country club in arlington. clouds in the day. light rain drops throughout the afternoon. this is how it looks at the moment. we are tracking rain but well west of the washington metro area. mostly we have a partly sunny and muggy and a tropically warm afternoon. 81 in washington and manassas. 82 in fredericksburg. through the evening, partly cloudy and muggy. patchy fog with light winds. look

fighting back jennifer donelan is on the hunt for a thief that struck while the woman was dying. jennifer: 54-year-old substance abuse counselor was in unbearable pain on april 24. >> the doctors told me i could have died in the house. jennifer: her husband called an ambulance and gave ro byson her purse. >> my purse was with me. jennifer: neither of them thought about the $1100 of financial aid money she had in her wallet. >> i literally got the money the week before. generaller if: she clung on to that purse for dear life from the apartment to the ambulance to just across the street at the emergency room at the united medical center in d.c. but then her life started to slip away. >> that's it. i'm out. i am in cardiac arrest. jennifer: she awoke with a ventilator tube down her chest and fellow church members praying over her. her husband asked the nurse where was the wife's purse? it was there. but the wallet was bear empty of the much-needed $1100. >> empty. nothing. >> robinson says she believes somebody at the hospital stole the money while she was unconscious but she has bee

i'm jennifer donelan live in northwest. back to you. alison: thank you. still to come on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- flying high. we will introduce you to the first female pilot with the blue angels. leon: check of the traffic situation. robert altman is watching it for us. robert: thursday has been bad. friday early is bad and then we break it up. take a live look now heading to the area roadway. out to 50. slow from maryland to virginia. don't get me wrong. we have breaks in there. heading to connecticut avenue you can see the traffic continuing all the way through prince george's county. earlier delays on the outer loop beltway from springfield and 95 over the wilson bridge still there. slowing beyond route 5 to 95 in college park. southbound 795 most of the way but with some breaks. out toward the area of 123. plenty of stop-and-go. eastbound route 50 through annapolis. we were slow before the seven river bridge as a seven mile backup. from 97. once you get to the bay bridge it looks okay with no major problems. also along the outbound side of 66 stop and

our fighting back investigator jennifer donelan travel to scott they'll, arizona, to meet with one of the leading manufacturers of the cameras to help answer your questions in a special report -- traveled to scottsdale, arizona, to meet with one of the leading manufacturers. authorities near charleston south carolina, plan to release more information today in the shooting of a black homeowner by a white police officer. it happened during a home invasion call yesterday. shares officials say the man was shot outside his home after refusing t drop his gun. law enforcement officials plan to meet with community leaders this afternoon to discuss that shooting. an estimated 30,000 mourners are expected to gather in new york today to remember a police officer killed in the line of duty. officer brian moore was shot in the ace last week and another officer tried to stop and question a man who was walking on the sidewalk. investigators say that man pulled out a gun and shot both officers. the 25-year-old officer was a member of the police force for less than five years. four people died in a sm

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investigator jennifer donelan has a look at what is happening at the phone bank. jennifer: we have the whole i-team here. this is "7 on your side." as you mentioned i'm one of the investigators. i'm fighting back against crime investigator. i covered crimes here in d.c. for eight years. when we brought the abc7 i-team back to life i joined the team. i am dealing with crime across d.c. maryland and virginia. betry to help you find the bad guys. have you been the victim of a crime? has your family been touched by crime? call us now. i'm answering the phone. everybody is here. you will meet them throughout the hour. call the number. we'll take to you soon. leon: if you're fit where you live might have something to do with it. alison: d.c. with arlington and alexandria are call the fittest cities in america. kellye lynn is live along the national mall with more on helicopter -- with more on health matters. kellye: this is the second year that the area earned the title. there are a few good reasons why. in the d.c. area there is no excuse for not exercising. >> we have

alison: jennifer donelan talked with him about his recovery and how things are going one year later.eporter: frank written well-known and local acting circus for his talent, type -- kindness, and support is loved by too many to count in the d.c. theater community. and the relationships he made in that life got him through one of the darkest moments in his life. >> i had a shattered cheekbone. reporter: he just wrapped up in performance. as he walked away from the runners leader in silver springs, foreman jumped on top of him, beat him, and robbed 10. >> this is something i will be living with every day. i think about it but i try not to all the time. reporter: he was hospitalized with severe injuries. an amazing -- and an amazing brush of support, his friends did everything they could do to help. >> the anger is tempered by the fact that so many people have loved him and been taken care of him. >> it shows me how much good there is and that absolutely outweighed anything that -- that give -- bad. reporter: what is life like for him at your later? >> it has sharpened my perspective on

jennifer donelan, abc 7 news. leon: this has to be so frustrating for the residents in that area. you can get breaking news alerts from abc 7 news right on your phone. go to wjla.com. alison: let's switch gears to whether because there is a chance we could see some storms popping up across the area today. doug hill is in the weather center. what is the latest? doug: we have some downpours coming up but not as nearly -- not nearly as much as yesterday. the heaviest action is northeast of our area. more to the south and southwest. more locally we have storm activity very much stationary to the south of manassas. that is about it. if you were will pop up here and there, but further southwest over southwest virginia, there are numerous showers and storms stripping to the east and northeast. we have a chance for a few more showers and storms in the area tonight. if you look closely, you'll see most of the storms along the front range of the blue ridge. those are drifting east and southeast. and looks like if there is any storm activity, those showers and storms will be few and far betw

alison: jennifer donelan has been following the developer is all they. -- out there.ter: i'm standing in a neighborhood where they have been desperate for information. people haven't been passing by this house every day since the horrifying incident. you can see that char. the windows are covered up. you do still smell the fires. you can see into the home. children are walking by from school. neighbors tell us these to see the 10 year old boy putting in the driveway. we used to see the mom walking around the house heree. they were murdered. the housekeeper murdered. by all accounts, it was a horrifying hour spent inside the house. with at least one suspect we can now identified. that suspect is 34-year-old darin wint. police are on the hunt. the best in the business are currently searching for him and they are expecting to capture him eminently. we will be keeping on top of that. that has been welcome news in this neighborhood. >> i don't know. it is such a tragedy. such a horror. don't know where it came from but it was awful. reporter: so many people telling us whil

jennifer donelan: i'm the reporter for "7 on your side." we're in scottsdale arizona, and we have traveled hundreds of miles to meet with the folks at taser international. tase herb, you probably know the name -- taser, you probably know the name. famous for the stun gun technology. police departments across the country are buying taser police body camera. you can see the picture of the police officers standing there on the front of the company's headquarters. we are going to be talking with taser about police body cameras, how they work and the recent boom in business. that is all coming up on abc7 news. scott: you can see jen's report from arizona on "abc7 news at 5:00" and 11:00 tonight. alison: first coming up at 4:00 -- an airport x-ray results in a shocking find. inside a suitcase a little boy what customs officials are saying about how he got inside. scott: and "7 on your side" with a consumer alert for anyone booking hotels. the hidden fees that you need to look out there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to