ken molestina is live where we are hearing a change of heart from the county. ken. >> yeah, that's right, derek. they backed off from their original plan. initially, county officials along with police were expected to come in here at 5:00 and evict some eight families that remain here. the living conditions isn't safe, but that's something the focus here refute. the residents stood their ground, sticking to their plan no not be kicked out. power was never restored here. so these neighbors set up a makeshift electrical system. that according to county officials is a safety hazard. the entire debate is working it way through the courts, which is why neighbors are refusing to leave. their homes are safe and further more, the county has no authority to force them out until a judge rules on the matter. >> i feel bad. i feel bad for the county, you have to leave. why they don't say, okay, you have to leave, but i have a place for you guys. i don't have much money to pay rent on another place. >> reporter: the families say they realize their living conditions aren't id

it all happened on monday on a farm in upperville, virginia, and our ken molestina is live in fauquiernty. ken. >> reporter: anita, she lived here by herself in a tenant house she rented on the farm. an off duty firefighter saw heavy flames and fire coming from the house. that's when he called for help. >> the fire department was conducting their fire fighting restoration, they discovered the body of a female. >> reporter: james hartman says the body was later identified as sara greenhall, a reporter for the winchester star. >> she was a prolific facebooker, if you will, and in social media. she had a lot of friends. >> reporter: her colleagues at the winchester star said they began worrying about her when she didn't show up to work on monday. in a phone conversation, the star's editor said the 48-year-old was bubbly. she described her as someone who would light up the room when she walked in. she said she can't think of any reason why someone would want to harm her. they're trying to figure that out and they may be on the right track to getting those answers. >> we have several person

ken molestina is live at the diner. ken, what are you hearing? >> reporter: it's been mixed. a lot of people are upset. others are frustrated. others actually think pepco is doing a good job. the american city diner is serving as an overnight cooling center for some of the folks around here sitting without power tonight. but take a listen to what some of the people told us when we gave them the microphone. >> pepco, here is the thing. friday electricity went out in new carrollton. phone call was made saturday morning to you asking you to come out and take care of the electricity outage. i still have no update. i am not in new carrollton anymore. i'm staying in chevy chase because i can't be at that house. not even a courtesy to let us know if we could stay when the house is semi surrounded by live wires. very, very unfortunate. and just not a good sign of business and even any regard for your customers. >> it's upsetting me a lot it's taken this long. i think a lot of people agree with me. and i think they should do something about it. it should never take this long to get po

ken molestina explains what this may mean.we begin from calls from city council members that mayor vincent gray resigned. gary nurenberg is here with that. >> reporter: three members called on gray to resign. those declarations coming after the u.s. attorney yesterday described an illegal $650,000 shadow campaign to elect gray mayor in 2010. >> this is not the campaign that we intended to run. >> reporter: the federal investigation into his 2010 mayoral campaign disclosed a widespread pattern of illegal activity in the underground non-official campaign run by 75-year-old eugenia harris. >> whether the mayor knew or not, he is the beneficiary and he should resign. >> reporter: they elected him mayor. she's been charged with no wrongdoing by the u.s. attorney. he has no claimed wrongdoing. >> i think that's coming. i think yesterday's court proceedings certainly telegraph there will be more coming. his campaign engaged in the largest criminal offense. >> reporter: long time gray ally marry chay also said -- mary chay also said g

ken molestina joins us live at georgetown waterfront where keeping cool is the name of the game tonight. ken? >> reporter: you know, matt, it's not getting any cooler. i checked my temperature on the smart phone a couple of minutes ago. it's 95 degrees out here and it's 11:00 at night. over all the area people are having to deal with this record breaking heat. the sun has been gone for hours but the temperatures here near the georgetown waterfront are still unbearable, and everyone knows it. >> 100 degrees. >> reporter: so for these kids and even some adults, the only way to stay cool was a soaking in the fountain. >> but at least today is very hot. >> reporter: earlier in the day, people throughout the national mall who showed up to the folk life festival dealt with the brunt of the heat. many spent the day cooling off in misting stations, the heat enough to make visitors to washington cringe. >> it seems we are melting or something. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and just when you thought things couldn't get any hotter, the smithsonian community museum put together a go-go show on the mall honoring

in montgomery county, ken molestina, 9news now. >> those pictures are amazing. temporary replacement buses have been brought in until the county get as new permanent fleet. the change will affect some routes today. the routes will be placed on a holiday schedule now. if you'd like to find out what schedule your entails, go to our wusa9.com -- to our wusa9 website. >>> the supreme court justice john roberts has temporarily blocked a maryland court of appeals ruling which barred the practice of collecting d.n.a. alonso king, jr. was found guilty of 2003 rape after his d.n.a. was collected following his arrest for assault in 2009. the order will remain in effect until king responds to the appeal by july 25. >>> syria's president has not been seen in public since the bombing of a public building killed three of his top officials. >> his brother-in-law, syria's defense minister was one of the three people killed in this bombing. as randall pinkston reports, the bombing is the most brazen attack by anti-government forces yet. >> reporter: syrian college students chant

our ken molestina is live in woodbridge with the details. ken. >> reporter: well, you know, derek, earlier today the residents who were out here, the few that remain were bracing themselves getting ready to be evicted. to get yanked out of their home against their will. it was last year that severe storms and flooding devastated this whole mobile home park. and the mobile home park was left uninhabitable. something that the residents that remain here tonight refuse. >> you need to step back. >> reporter: they're deeming the trailer homes left here are unsafe. they advised residents of the dangers and issued them to get out. >> i feel bad. i feel bad because the county come and say, okay, you have to leave. >> reporter: this low income immigrant caught a break. the county decided to back off and stay at least for now. >> they have to look. the weather is bad right now for the people. why they don't leave us alone. >> reporter: ray jackson has taken issue with the makeshift electrical systems and he seemed a little bothered by our question abou

ken molestina reports. >> reporter: the stars turned advocates for the fight against aids are in town to kick off a week-long international conference aimed at getting yet another step closer at finding a cure for the disease. this event at the kennedy center was head lined by bill gates. >> the challenge is a lot of people don't know they have aids. >> we're trying to find drugs that not only are reliable and successful but are endurable. >> reporter: the last time the conference was held in the u.s. was back in 1987. since then the aids epidemic has spread across the country and especially in d.c. where it's reported many are living with aids. it's something those at the conference are aware of. >> it has an aids rate comparable to a middle african nation. >> it's at the forefront of everybody's conscience. >> reporter: across town at the washington national theater an enter faith service was held honoring the aids quilt memorial. there was praise and celebration. all of it paying tribute to a symbol for all the lives lost to aids. >> i think it was really important to come support

we're live tonight in downtown silver spring, ken molestina, 9news now. >> great insight there.nk you, ken. >>> at least it wasn't a terror attack. that may be one tiny more sell of comfort many americans hold on to in the aftermath of this awful crime in colorado. but tonight derek says that's a lot less comforting if you really think. >> you know what, i said the same thing when i heard the news this morning. at least it's not a terror attack. then it hit me. yes, it is. james holmes is merely the latest. we had seung-hui cho at virginia tech. they're terrorists. they just are terrorists. but imagine if these guys did work for al qaeda, we wouldn't just be sad about it but furious. there would be hearings and congress members racing to write new laws to stop the madness. but when it's a lone wolf with suspected mental problems, we shrug our shoulders and figure nothing can be done about that. you know what, i'm not sure. by now you've heard about james holmes arsenal. the ar-15 rifle, the shotgun and the two glock pistols, not to mention 6,000 rounds of ammo all purchased lega

ken molester yay joins us now with the -- ken molestina joins us with the reaction. >> reporter: you mix it with the triple digit temperatures we've been seeing and that's created a pretty steamy party out here on the national mall. ♪ the smithsonian anacostia museum brought the chuck brown tribute down to the national mall and although under a large tent make no mistake. the heat was being felt. people out in the mall tried the stay cool drinking lots of water and going to misting stations and taking in the air- conditioning at nearby museums. but for these go-go fans, the temperatures were no match for the heat they bought an stage and on -- brought on stage and on the dance floor. just and chuck's daughter kk. >> if my father was here he'd be out here. i have to do it for him and i appreciate it. the love especially in this heat. >> just blown away. the dance is so passionate and the music is very accessible. >> 105 degrees out here. i think it's a good turnout for what we know as the godfather of go go. >> reporter: back out here live here the chuck brown tribute is over for now

ken molestina live in landover, maryland with some answers. >> reporter: yeah, bruce, many people that you talk to out here, they will tell you that they have yet to see a pepco crew on their streets. we did see a couple of them out there today. i will tell you something, they are slowly but surely starting to make their presence. here is what is making a big presence. take a look at this. the trucks from across the country, crews who have come to help us all arriving. this is the cavalry, the first group that has showed up here to help us out with this problem. they're expected to go to their hotel rooms, get some rest, and start the work tomorrow morning. it's been more than 48 hours since the storms devastated our area. and now pepco crews are starting to pop up in neighborhoods. >> and our street, they've been very visible today. >> reporter: off breach avenue in montgomery crews have been working since early sunday morning. over in potomac a similar sight. pepco president tom graham says until now their fleet of trucks and crews have been working on critical infrastructure. in oth

back to you. >> that is good news, ken molestina, thank you. >>> we have new information tonight on a computer glitch that shut down metro twice over the weekend. metro says computer crashes were caused by a failed module in an information management network device. they say once they replaced the module, the problems were fixed. the computer error prevented controllers from remotely controlling switches and knowing where the trains were located and that caused major delays on metro saturday and sunday. metro says the problem is now fixed and it's been working to make the system more robust so it doesn't happen again. >>> signed, sealed and delivered, robert griffin, iii is now under contract with the washington redskins. >> the two sides made the deal this morning allowing robert griffin, iii to take part in redskins rookie camp. he's a little late but better late than never. >> everyone can breathe a big sigh of relief. robert griffin, iii is now officially a redskin. rg3 missed the last two days of camp trying to work out those final contract details, but the redskins tweeted out t

our ken molestina is live. he has the latest. ken. >> very active police investigation out here. 4520 south, 31st street. i want to show you what it looks like. police investigating two bodies that were found dead inside an apartment, as you can see, police still standing guard out front as investigators are inside trying to figure this out. let's show you video. here's what police are telling us. a relative walked into the apartment and they found the dead couple inside. they called police shortly before 3:00 p.m. that couple right now only being described as being hispanic and they were involved in some kind of a romantic relationship. police aren't saying if they were married or what the situation was, except to say they were involved in a romantic relationship. right now they are still a lot of details coming out of this investigation. still very fresh and very new to police. police right now tell us they are trying to get to the bottom of all of this. >> detectives are on scene. they are making contact with family members, tr

in montgomery county, ken molestina, 9news now. >> some temporary replacement buss have been brought in till the county gets a permanent new fleet. the change is going to affect routes starting today. the routes are being placed on a holiday schedule. we have the whole list on wusa9.com. >>> let us take another look at our question of the day. i love this one. parents, what's the number one thing kids tend to stick up their noses? a, crayion, b, french fry, or c, a bean. >> mimi carter wrote fingers of course. second answer b, though. then the fry goes in the mouth after that. >> she knows kids. that's for sure. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we're going to reveal the answer in about an hour. >>> good morning. 5:22. you're going to need your umbrella today just in case you see a shower or storm come through. here's a look at your day plan forethis thursday. 83 degrees, partly cloudy conditions at noon. a chance of a shower or storm. better chances will be later this afternoon and this evening. temperatures will top out in the lower 90s. looks like we coul

our ken molestina is there. he has the gory details. ken. >> reporter: derek and anita, this happened just yards away from a firehouse out here. this is an unfortunate case of just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. take a look at the tree. it still remains here on the ground along georgetown pike. officials say this massive tree is centuries old and it simply just fell over. the rescue operation quickly became a recovery effort. it took hours and a 70-ton crane for crews to hoist the massive tree just enough to pull the mercedes out from underneath it. inside fire officials was an unidentified man who was crushed to death. >> it was very traumatizing to see it. it was just shocking to see a tree fall. >> reporter: witnesses who saw it happen say traffic along georgetown pike was backed up and at a stand still when the tree came crashing down. >> i don't see how a westbound person cannot be sitting in traffic here this time of day. >> reporter: this tree is about 200 years old and it weighs about 12-ton. the bottom of the tree w

some of the folks that live in ward 8, they don't have all the cash to do those things and as ken molestina tells us, they are having to find their own ways to keep cool. >> horrible. horrible. >> all throughout anacostia, you'll find hot, angry washingtonians to find help. >> we don't have any hope. we don't have anything to look forward to. i am fed up with it. i'm tired. i'm disabled. >> like many other places, ward 8 got hit hard. these residents, is this day three of battling sweltering heat without any electricity. >> 104. 104 and 98. something like that. it's hot. >> heat and humidity -- >> utility trucks have remained absent. even worse, these residents have had no help from district leaders or emergency personnel. people like robert and his navy base are simply trying to survive. >> i'm starving, sweating, no ac. can't think straight. >> this is killing me. >> clifton says he has been living off of what few things he has been able to stash into his cooler. >> you can't buy a whole lot of stuff. >> ice and food is hard to come by. and many don't know where their next meal will come

ken molestina spoke to some of his loved ones tonight and is live with their story. >> reporter: yeah, his family and friends say the 23-year-old was full of zest and patriotism for his country. he joined the marines because in his heart, he felt it was the right thing to do. >> he sacrificed his life for us to be doing what we do every day. >> his stepsister along with friends and family gathered for an informal ceremony. they came to remember 23-year- old marine lance corporal, nile cody sears, their friend and their hero. >> an amazing person inside and out. beautiful soul, so much energy. and the kindness person anyone could have ever known. >> earlier in the day, the mood was a lot more somber. [ trumpet sounding ] >> the 23-year-old was layed to rest in arlington national cemetery. he died last month after stepping on an explosive during a dangerous operation in afghanistan. hundreds of those who knew him came to say their good-byes and pay tribute to a young life cut short by war. >> the power of seeing so many people behind us while we were walking behind the

ken molestina 9news now. >> thank you.s not just the dc area and the grip of this massive heat wave. 18 areas across the nation have set all time records. day after day of temperatures are causing roads as far north as chicago and wisconsin to buckle. oxygen levels continue to drop killing off thousands of fish and the corn drops are in danger because of heat. >> you can tell the corn is being stressed by the way the leaves are curled up. >> new york city is expected to see triple digit temperatures tomorrow. the average high for the big apple, the low 80s. >> is this early summer heat wave coupled with mild spring a result of global warming? gary looks for the answer and we'll have his story in just a little bit. >> meanwhile , it was one week ago to the hour that the epic storm tore through our area. more than a million of you and neighbors were in the dark. pepco promised to have the power back on by tonight. they met that goal on wednesday. little comfort to thousands who are still without electricity going into this w

ken molestina, 9news now. >> temporary replacement buses have been brought in until the county gets a permanent fleet. these changes affect the routes tomorrow which are placed on a holiday schedule. >>> the dulles toll road back open tonight after an accident involving an airport super shuttle. the driver and four passengers on that shuttle were hurt and one of them has life- threatening injuries. super shuttle officials say they are investigating. and today's accident comes nearly one year after a deadly accident involving another super shuttle van along that very same stretch of road. one person was killed in that accident. the driver was charged with reckless driving. a 9news now investigation revealed long hours for super shuttle drivers and a record of speeding and reckless driving for that driver in particular. >>> in campaign 2012 news mitt romney trying to keep the conversation focus on the economy and the president's record. romney told voters in bowling green today there's a job crisis in ohio and president obama isn't doing anything about it. >> his priority is not creatin

pepco trucks have been spotted on river road in bethesda and that is where our ken molestina is live right now >> reporter: if you're talking to pepco officials, president of pepco tom graham was out here earlier and finally we'll see some of the pepco trucks coming into the neighborhoods. until now they have been working on what's called critical infrastructure, which are the substations, firehouses, hospitals, police departments and water facilities. over my shoulder you can see some of the work being done here along bradley and river in potomac just in front of congressional, the golf tournament just ending. we're getting ready to see a lot of traffic coming through, but this is some of the work they say they are now doing. the trucks will become a lot more visible according to mr. graham of pepco. we're also being told some of the crews coming in from out of town as far as georgia are also starting to arrive in the staging area for those trucks over at the montgomery county fairgrounds. once again the trucks are now starting to come a lot more -- become a lot more visible. we've

our ken molestina was in the bristol neighborhood, and he is live now with details. >> reporter: thesamaritan who answered the door said the boy seemed lost. what he didn't know was he had just escaped alleged abuse at the hands of those who were caring for him. >> my wife and i were watching television. there was a ring at the door. >> reporter: he answered the ring at his door. >> i saw him standing there and i opened the door and said, can i help you, son, and he said, i am lost. >> reporter: the unidentified eight-year-old boy had been looking for a safe place to run away to. he came to the crimers' home. the couple tack him in and called 911. >> one of the young ladies from the drugstore asked him, did he have other bruises, and he just stood up and pulled his shirt up and his whole chest was just a mess. he looked like he had been pounded on. >> reporter: hours later police got a call from the child's mother, 41-year-old amy kathleen sweeney reporting the boy had gone missing. police connected the dots and arrested the woman and her husband, 39-year-old matthew sweeney. both ha

ken molestina is live. what are you seeing and hearing out there?e no mistake about it. some of the destruction we have seen out here in these parts with the blacked out conditions and extreme heat have been discomforting to say the least. we came across a group, they are making the best of this and in the dark and having a party. >> we'll make the best out of it. i mean, what are you going to do? >> reporter: milton and his friends aren't letting the heat and blacked out conditions get in the way of a good time. they decided to have a party. they have been hanging out in the dark with music and an inflatable slide. >> we got ourselves a slide, invited friends over, and television the it's the july 4 weekend. >> pepco officials and crews working around the clock. no set time for when the power will be restored. for this group, that doesn't seem to be a concern. they say the weekend is here and that means it's time to unwind. >> we came down here to hang out together and support each other and through this tough time, because there's no power. >> rep

ken molestina with more from rockville. >> reporter: this has been a known problem for years now. it was in 2007 the county bought a fleet of 50 buses. a couple of years after they started catching fire and the fight has continued until today. county executive ike leggett made it official these buses will not return onto the streets again. no one was hurt in this morning's bus fire in silver spring. the cause is still under investigation, but early speculation is that it had something to do with an electrical issue. since 2009 this particular model of bus, the champion model, has had 13 instances where they just go up in flames. the president of the union that represents the drivers says in all cases it's been due to stress put on the buses. he says they weren't built to be used the way montgomery county officials have been using them and the result is more than a dozen of them catching fire, a fight both the union and county have agonized over for years. following today's event the executive ordered the remaining 37 buses on the fleet to be taken off the streets. >> we have been

our ken molestina is live now to explain why dan kathy's business may be bad. >> reporter: the opinion he publicly offered on opposing gay marriage has ignited a gay marriage debate. today boston's mayor as well as chicago which i are saying they're going to keep the restaurant off their streets. >> i think we're shaking our fist at god when we say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage and i pray god's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we would -- the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about. >> that was chick filet president and ceo dan kathy last week making comments opposing gay marriage. since then there has been quite a debate. the fallout playing out on social media. kathy's comments were his opinion but many see it as more than that. >> someone who owns such an establishment to come out and say that publicly. >> reporter: local customers are reacting to the controversy. some believe he is being unfairly targeted for voicing his opinion. >> if there is something you believe in, then you should be ab

as ken molestina reports this was all caught on tape. >> reporter: the video was take fran a gas stationthe 5300 block of sheriff road in prince george's county on wednesday. pay close attention to the black mercedes suv circling the pumps looking for a victim to prey on. they zero in on a woman. the passenger gets out of the suv, sneaks up and takes the woman's purse if inside her car -- from inside her car. >> i heard about it today and good idea to take precautions. >> reporter: word is autoin prince george's county that at least two different sets of handbag hustlers are creeping on their streets. police say on wednesday they recorded four different hits. some not all they say are the work of the same crooks. this woman who didn't want to be identified says she fell victim to a similar crime last year. >> i saw someone jumping in the passenger seat of the car. i looked and it was a guy bent oh scooping my stuff out. >> reporter: among the similarities in each and every case of the robberies police say the cars have their windows open. others include distracts female victims and their

ken molestina is there.talked to people who were able to escape just in the nick of time. >> reporter: anita, they were flightened after what they saw -- frightened after what they saw here. we're talking about an entire building that burnt. fire crews still on the scene here. we understand firefighters hitting some of the hot spots. miraculously, no one was hurt but a dog that had nowhere to run did burn to death according to witnesses. >> couldn't nobody do nothing for that dog. oh, my god, that dog was screaming and hollering. >> reporter: a dog is, in fact, unaccounted for. the massive blaze burnt through a total of 22 apartments. it was a police officer on patrol who noticed the fire and called for help. by the time firefighters got here, all four floors of the building were bursting with smoke. >> the flames were just like that. it happened all of a sudden. >> reporter: many residents were inside their apartment building when the commotion broke out. there were people yelling telling them to get out of

i'm ken molestina, 9news now. >>> the republican controlled house of representatives has voted once again to scrap all or part of president obama's health care reform. this was the 33rd vote on this. this time the tally was 244- 185. comes two weeks after the supreme court upheld the law's constitutionality. most democrats called the vote a waste of time because the measure is certain to die in the senate but house republicans say the issue is a priority for their constituents. five democrats broke ranks and also voted to scrap the law. >>> in campaign 2012, today vice president joe biden is scheduled to address the naacp convention in houston, texas. yesterday g.o.p. presidential candidate mitt romney addressed the convention. it was a tough crowd for him. they booed him after he told the delegates president obama had failed to improve the economy. >> i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. that includes obama care and i'm going to work to reform and save -- [ crowd booing ] >> most members of the civil rights group support president obama, so governor rom

district heights, ken molestina, 9news now. >>> a teenager pulled from a pond in laurel, maryland has died. prince george's county police say the teenager was found around 10:30 last night at the bottom of a pond at willow lake apartment complex which is on old stagecoach road. police say witnesses reported the young male went under water around 8:45 but did not come back up. crews searched for 80 minutes before they were able to find him. emergency crews tried cpr but it was too late to save his life. the teenager was pronounced dead at the hospital and they're not releasing his name at this point. >>> the death of two people in arlington appear to a murder- suicide. a relative found them at the park shirlington apartment complex on south 31st street. investigators haven't released their identities but say the man and the woman were in a relationship. we are told this is arlington's first homicide in more than two years. >> this morning one of the victims from the colorado shooting is celebrating the birth of her child as her husband still is trying to recover after being shot. hugo

ken molestina is here to explain. >> reporter: anita, in all these cases it's been unsuspecting women have fallen victim to the thieves but now police are hoping the latest case will get them one step closer to nabbing these punks because it was all caught on camera. this surveillance video was station from a gas station in prince george's county wednesday. pay close attention to the black mercedes suv sir cling the pumps looking for a victim. they zero in on a woman who just finished pumping gas. the passenger gets out, sneaks up and takes the woman's purse from inside her car. >> i heard about it today. a good idea to take precautions. >> reporter: word is out in prince george's county that at least two different sets of handbag hustlers are creeping on their streets. police say on wednesday they recorded four different hits. some, not all, they say, are the work of the same crooks. this woman, who didn't want to be identified, said she fell victim to a similar crime last year. >> by the time i got out of the car, turned around to go to the pump i saw someone jumping in the passenge

ken molestina spoke with the survivors. >> couldn't nobody do. screaming. >> reporter: prince george's county fire officials confirm a dog is in fact unaccounted for. the massive blaze burned through a total of 22 apartments. it was a police officer who noticed the fire and called for help. by the time firefighters got here, all four floors of the building were bursting with flames and smoke. >> it was terrible. just like that. like it happened all of a sudden. >> reporter: many residents like linda pierce were inside their apartment building when the commotion broke out. she said it was yelling and people screaming telling them to get out of their apartments fast. she was able to get her cats and bolt for the door. >> i was not going to leave my pets in there to get burned. i couldn't do that. >> reporter: you can still see the heavy haze. firefighters from all over the county were called out to try and battle this blaze. many of the firefighters were also treated for fatigue and minor smoke inhalation. investigators say the fire originated on a

ken molestina, 9 news now. >> a local police officer is recovering after being shot while working security detail at a longly park nightclub. officer rachel jacobs was shot in the leg last night after she clashed with a rowdy group of pateons at the gavelon nightclub. she kicked the group out of the club and then they drive by and the driver fired gunshots, one of the bullets striking the officer. >> this is the 5th time in a little more than 18 months that a prince george's county police officer has been shot at or shot. this is unprecedented. >> police apprehended the alleged gunman after the shooting. he has been identified as 32- year-old kelly gillis and he is facing several charges including first-degree attempted murder. >> a howard county officer was struck by an alleged drunk driver this morning near washington boulevard in laurel. private first class earnest newhouse was in his cruiser at a stop sign waiting to make a left turn when another vehicle jumped the curb, cross the median and struck his cruiser. the driver of that car identified as yolanda marchinson. tonight the office

i'm ken molestina, 9news now. >>> this has been going on since late february. jack taylor toyota was hit three times. police believe two steal the cash and two others are lookouts. if you recognize the suspects in the video please call alexandria police. >>> another child is dead after a gun accident. this time, in maryland. the sheriff's office says a 13- year-old boy may have shot an 11-year-old girl with a hunting weapon. the girl was taken to the hospital. according to delmarva now the girl has died. >>> neighbors of the family of the 4-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head have been showing their support by leaving flowers and teddy bears. police say kyrell mcneil of woodbridge found a gun. the stepfather works as a security guard. no charges have been filed at this time. >>> he was told to step aside and come back to the council. you've been given that courtesy at the post office right? that move got a man stabbed in silver spring yesterday. apparently another customer in the new hampshire avenue post office thought that man cut in line. so p

ken molestina is live at west hyattsville takes with the latest. the best news, no injuries, right?r: that is the good news. we just spoke to fire officials who say there are no injuries. there was one 26-year-old pregnant woman taken to a local hospital just for precautionary measures. i want to show you something. look over my shoulder. these gray sort of steel looking doors coming out of the ground is an emergency evacuation shaft. we understand from metro officials and fire officials this is where