jennifer donelan looks at how one neighborhood is going old-school to fight back against crime. as the ongoing time rave crosses over the district -- >> i'm concerned about the uptick in crime. jennifer: ward 4 council members want new eyes for an old program. >> i'm looking to revive neighborhood watches. has 50 news area block captains trained in the last three weeks. >> that is something we should have right away. is afer: kevin taylor brand-new captain, motivated after becoming a victim of crime. >> if it happens to you, you realize how him and it is to be part of the neighborhood watch. jennifer: his house and garage were broken into. it's a wayr: for the neighborhood to get involved. jennifer: she is a block later. there are 1500 trained block captains of the city, with an estimated population of more than 658,000 residents. if the goal is one captain for every 50 residents, to help the police come you would really need 13,000 block captains. >> being involved in looking at for each other. jennifer: some neighborhoods are more involved than others. 800 block captains are in

jennifer donelan has more. jen, what is the story? jennifer: so many lives shattered, to the students who should be heading back to school tomorrow. buried, one will be later this week, the other is now wanted for murder. 17-year-old jajuan mccrae spent the summer with his grandmother in north carolina. days after he arrived back home, he was shot and killed. his family shared cheers from the candlelight vigil last night. >> pretty horrible thing, considering how young he was. in ther: neighbors tightknit townhome community were rattled by the shocking eruption of violence friday night. ally children play there the time. they were just there before the incident. jennifer: another teenager, jr.,ar-old chet jarrett was allegedly responsible. they say that jarrett pulled out the gun, fired, and ran off. rescue members made every effort to try to save mccrae. friends and fellow students had to the first day of school at do vall high, prince george's county police say that a crisis intervention team will be on hand. first and now facing sec

i'm jennifer donelan.t story is coming up. leon: later nearly 30 years after terrifying crash a woman is reunited with the medics who saved her. the emotional meeting coming up at 2:00. doug: doug hill back to the storm weather 7. it will be 86 with the partly cloudy skies and mostly on saturday. sunny and 86. more humidity. a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. it's cooler at the beaches because of wind direction. partly cloudy skies both days. farther south, warmer. low to mid-80's for virginia beach and the outer banks. there will be chances of the afternoon evening showers and the thunderstorms. the next seven days, in more 90's for a while. it's close a couple of days but looks good. shower and storms in the forecast for wednesday and thursday. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this. jennifer: i'm your fighting back against crime investigator jennifer donelan. this is the "7 on your side" wall of justice. police across d.c., maryland and virginia ask for your help for those who escaped

jennifer donelan has both sides. jennifer: frankie was 2-year-old rottweiler. jessica loved her 10-year-old son. >> frankie rides him around on the skateboard. jennifer: saturday, the dog was shot and killed by a prince george's police officer. >> how do you tell a 10-year-old the cops shot and killed your dog? jennifer: police came to the house in beltsville after gonzalez's adult brother suspected of vandalizing a neighbor's car. the brother appeared to be under the influence of drugs. in the arrest report officers said beyond the screen door there was a big route wileer getting a -- rottweiler getting aggressive and the officer screamed "get your dog, get your dog" as the defendant discharged the dog toward the officers by opening the screen door without controlling the dog. it went on to say the officer shot the dog in the head after it ran toward him in an aggressive manner. the sister believes the dog just wanted to go to to the bathroom but she wasn't there. there is another mystery with the story and it's about the home surveillance video. parts of it,

jennifer donelan joining us after the couple appeared in court today. this is a heart-breaker, jennifer. jennifer: this is a heart-breaker. when this 2-year-old boy came in world the prosecutors say he had meth in his system. saying his mother used crystal meth while pregnant. in the final weeks of his life there was a series of falls inside the house. the parents said his head was floppy. he said lacerations and bruises all over his body. the parents are accused of murdering their 2-year-old son. inside a rep tall apartment in a home in wheaton on charles road. three weeks before 2-year-old matthew died on february 13 according to the court documents reyes placed the boy on a kitchen table. left the room to care for her three other children and returned to find matthew on the floor in a pool of blood. the parents told detectives they noticed the next evening he was missing his teeth. his say they did not take him to the hospital. >> they were quiet. didn't say much. jennifer: days later the mother admitted to striking matthew because he wasn't eating. a

i'm your fighting back against crime investigator jennifer donelan. kimberly: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" a mother's desperate search. find out why she is asking for your help to bring a special item home. leon: plus, the redskins say he is their man. a look at the new quarterback ahead in sports. announcer: abc7's countdown to kimberly: artifacts from the titanic are going up for auction next month. one high priced item is the luxury cruiseliner's last lunch menu which could sell up to $70,000. that menu includes corned beef, chicken ala maryland. it's butter fried chicken with sauce. it was signed by a first class personal who survived the sink -- class passenger who survived on lifeboat number one. leon: survived? the menu signed by someone who survived. in lifeboat number one. kimberly: yeah. leon: amazing. it probably is worth $70,000. tonight, something else worth quite a bit as bell to talk about. maryland woman desperately searching for a lost necklace. kimberly: especially the emotional price. it's not because it is worth a lot of money. we report

jennifer donelan looks at how one neighborhood is going old-school to fight back against crime. s the ongoing time rave crosses over the district -- >> i'm concerned about the uptick in crime. jennifer: ward 4 council members want new eyes for an old program. >>

jennifer donelan, back to you. kimberly: horrible story. thank you, jennifer. alarming news as we head to this weekend. a fifth woman attacked in ash ash and police believe -- in arlington and police believe the incidents could be connected. horace: virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg live in arlington now with the latest in the investigation. jeff? jeff: well, it's just after 10:00, the woman in the early 20's was dropped off after work at the corner of south frederick and columbia pikes. she headed this direction north to the apartment complex when she tells police a man grabbed her and took her in a wooded area. thankfully she was able to successfully fight off the attacker. the woman tells police initially she noticed a man holding a stick nearby but thought nothing of it. then as she was about to make a call on the phone she says that man came up and grabbed her from the side. pulled her toward wooded area and demanded she take off her clothes. she kicked and screamed, got away, running home and called 911. he took off with the cell phone. this is the fift

i'm jennifer donelan. the story is coming up. >> good. we are agreed on that. >> no, we're not.on't do that. reporter: actress ellen paige going toe to toe with ted cruz on the campaign trail. what was discussed and the controversy that is dividing the gp candidates. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. reporter: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. leon: preaking news now happening in lower manhattan where at least two have opinion shot outside of a federal pilling. we are told one of those hurt is a federal employee. we are looking at the live pictures from the abc affiliate. we are gathering details at night. but we know the accused gunman is at custody. today they faced a judge on the charge that king killed matthew shlonsky. stephen tschida stepped out of the d.c. superior court where moments ago king faced a judge. steve: even though he -- stephen: even though he did not spend to kill shlonsky, opening fire on busy street required him to remain in custody. a gun battle raged across 7th street northwest on saturday at 5:00 p.m. 23-year-old shlonsky got out of a cab and

are saying they are fed up with this rushing gun violence. 7 on your side's jennifer donelan space with one neighborhood and its newly appointed black captains -- newly appointed captains. leon: a number of firefighters had to respond to this scene and many were injured. one never covering from severe burns. brad bell is live with the latest. how is that firefighter doing? reporter: what we can tell you is that the firefighter is still in the burn unit in his injuries are still considered serious. the others have been treated and released. the fire was at 11:00 this morning, just about 15 minutes ago the fire investigators pulled out and turned it over to the boarded-up specialists. you can see yet again the danger for firefighters. they run into burning buildings not knowing what exactly is going to happen. it started in this third for apartment -- floor apartment. >> i realized there was smoke everywhere. reporter: she had to run naked from the building, calling for her friend to get out as well. a two alarm. firefighters raising to the scene. >> they found heavy fire coming from a to

that happened last friday in 4300 rockport lane in glenn dale. "7 on your side" investigator jennifer donelan is joining us live with the latest on the search. what is the latest? what do you know? jennifer: well, leon, we have a 17-year-old who is dead and another 17-year-old who is wanted for murder. get to the picture of the victim in this case. this 17-year-old jajuan mcrae. we have just met with his family, his grieving grand mother, his mother and his aunt. they tell us that mcrae had just spent the summer with his grandparents and just arrived back on sunday night. let's get to the video. days later this past friday, it hadn't been a week he was in town. the police say there was a fight with him and another 17-year-old. the 17-year-old that was known to him but they weren't friends. when the 17-year-old produced a gun and in the struggle shot jajuan mcrae through the arm. the bullet entered into his chest. all life-saving efforts failed. he died at the scene. get to picture of the wanted 17-year-old who has been charged as an adult. we have his picture and the name for you and the sear