it happened at the intersection of connecticut and knowles avenue. connecticut is closed in both directions between pliers mill road and knowles. >> reporter: a van pulled up to this intersection and that's when a woman in the passenger seat threw opened the doors are started screaming for help. witnesses say she was covered in blood. that's when the male driver grabbed her, pulled her back inside the van, shot her in the head and then threw her out into the middle of connecticut avenue before speeding off. the victim's body i'm sad to say still in the middle of the street behind this barricade as montgomery county police continue to investigate. this all happened in broad daylight at the tail end of the morning rush. there were dozens of witnesses. in fact, when police arrived, several people were already giving the woman cpr. police took over but it was too late. the woman died on the scene and now there is a manhunt under way for her killer. there are conflicting accounts of what he looked like and what his van looked lying. what we do know is he

closures are at knowles avenue. police are investigating.olice avoid the area to allow them to investigate. if you are traveling on connecticut avenue, you can see here intersection shut down. they are diverting traffic. avoid it awl together. on the rails, we have scheduled track work slowing down on both the orange line and the green line. you can expect delays in both directions on both lines. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> drivers in maryland can soon get a particular felt they light up with a child in the car. the senate approved a bill. the bill would make it illegal to smoke in a car carrying a child 8 years old or younger. lawmakers are also blocked -- blocked two related amendments. one would have made smoking in a car with a child secondary offense while the other would have prevented the child from riding in a car that someone had smoked in ever. >>> not such sweet news for men that drink soda and other sugary drinks. researchers at harvard found men that drank 12-ounce sugary drinks every day had a 20% increas

body at the intersection of connecticut and knowles avenue. they believe it was domestic in nature. he had a history of violence. -- then dumped her body at the intersection. >> i am just glad that we were able to resolve this case without further loss of life. >> police say that the suspect was supposed to be in court today morning but never showed up and deeper and several people including family members. he and the woman had children together and he had she had children from another relationship. >> yesterdarick santorum is making a comeback. the former pennsylvania senator defeated newt gingrich and written mitt romney in mississippi and achieved the same results in alabama. santorum wanted to solidify its position as the true conservative while romney was open to appeal to southern voters. >> this campaign is about ordinary folks doing extraordinary things, sort of like america. going out there and exceeding expectations. >> the conservative candidates got nearly 70% of the votes. if you are the front-runner and keep coming in third you are not much of a front runner. >> newt g

tuesday morning when he shot her and dumped her body out on the street at the corner of connecticut and knowles in kensington. police later found the former professional poxer dead in a rockville home from a self- inflicted gun shot wound. mcguire had a protective order against him. she said he had told her, "i don't need a gun. i can just snap your neck." authorities arrested gilberti twice over the weekend for violating the protective order, but each time he got out. the last time the judge released him on a $57,000 unsecured bond. >> the judge who made the ruling in this case, he's a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that apparently the computers in the courtroom were down. some of the criminal history of this guy was not available to the judge. >> reporter: gilberti's criminal history stretches back decades, assault, drugs, steroids, seven years in a nevada prison for allegedly trying to kill another girl friend. did the system fail heather mcguire? >> i would say that heather mcguire did everything she needed to do. >> reporter: authorities say that the last message they

tuesday morning when he shot her and dumped her body out on the street at the corner of connecticut and knowles in kensington. police later found the former professional boxer dead in a rockville home from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. mcguire had a protective order against him. she said he had told her, "i don't need a gun. i can just snap your neck." authorities arrested gilberti twice over the weekend for violating the protective order, but each time he got out. the last time the judge released him on a $57,000 unsecured bond. >> the judge who made the ruling in this case, he's a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that apparently the computers in the courtroom were down. some of the criminal history of this guy was not available to the judge. >> reporter: gilberti's criminal history stretches back decades, assault, drugs, steroids, seven years in a nevada prison for allegedly trying to kill another girl friend. >> for a very long time i've been very aware of mr. gilberti. >> reporter: the prosecutor did ask the judge here to set a higher bail, but apparently only heather

yesterday was a domestic dispute. 36-year-old heather mcguire's body was dumped at connecticut and knowles avenue yesterday. philip bill gearty -- gilberti committed the murder. >>> will a high end casino end up in prince george's county? rushern baker is backing a plan for it. now a package at the statehouse in maryland has a hearing set for friday. lawmakers are concerned that a casino at national harbor would threaten business at rose kroft raceway in the county. penn national gaming bought the track last year and reopened it last year with racing with hope it is would expand gaming there in the future. >>> a federal grand jury wants to find out more about relationships between d.c. elected officials and businessman jeff thompson. federal agents raided thompson's home and offices earlier this month. we've learned that council members yvette alexander and jack evans were subpoenaed. council member vincent orange says he has not gotten one. however, he was forced to explain campaign contributions from people with ties to thompson. he spoke with our bruce johnson yesterday. >> what you wou

he eventually pulled her into a car, killed her and left her body on connecticut and knowles. the restraining order was there. but you said the challenge was himself? >> i think he had no regard for the restraining orders. he had been stalking her. he had gone to -- tried to tack her down whenever she was and had -- wherever she was and had a history of doing this. when you've got somebody who has no respect or fear of these type of restraining orders, that's a whole different individual in materials of trying to -- in terms of trying to prevent further abuse from happening. >> we heard some reports after computer glitch, the judge not having the backgrounds, the violent background of this gentleman, where do we stand with that? >> i don't know the answer to that. what we do know, when we immediately respond to this thing and this gilberti's name came up, everybody knew about him because he had had such a long history of criminal activity for years stretching back 20, 25 years in the rockville area. all the cops there knew him. so i'm not sure what the computer glitch was. cer

he dumped her body at connecticut avenue and knowles. hours later they found his body in a house in rockville. he apparently killed himself. three days earlier he she had gone to a commissioner. saying she believed gilbertty might kill her. each time he got out. last time the judge releasing him on a $57,000 unsecured bond. >> the judge who made the ruling in this case is the judge. he is a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention the computers in the courtroom were down. the criminal history of this guy was not available. >> gilbertty's criminal history extends become decades. assault drugs steroids. 7 years for trying to kill another girlfriend. >> did the system fail heather mcguire. >> i will say heather mcguire did everything she needed to do. >> one in four women in this country have experienced severe physical violence from their partner. that's according to the cdc. >> there is no way to ignore this next statistic. women who leave their abusers especially at first are 75% greater risk of severe injury or death than tho

he shot her in the head and dumped her body near the intersection of connecticut and knowles avenue in kensington. he was found 12 hours later. police set up a barricade around the home. they went inside after hearing a gunshot. >> we were able to see the suspect laying in a hallway in the house so the tactical units entered the house and determined that the subject was deceased from an apparent gunshot wound and there was a rifle laying next to him. we believe it was a self- inflicted gunshot wound. >> court records show he had recently begun divorce -- his ex-wife had just recently begun divorce proceedings. >>> aggravated involuntary manslaughter, just one of the charges victor eldana is facing for a drunk driving crash that killed an 8-year-old boy. he had been drinking for five hours before he ran off the road near landmark mall in january. 8-year-old brian hernandez chavez was killed in this. his mother suffered a broken pelvis and two broken legs. >>> the man accused of setting a fire was seriously injured -- who seriously injured several d.c. firefighters will spent 25 years be

the video tape from earlier this morning, this was around 9:40 this morning at connecticut and knowles in the heart of kensington where witnesses say the couple, phil gilberti and his estranged wife, were in a van and they were on connecticut avenue heading southbound when witnesses say she tried to get out, jump out of the moving van. he pulled her back in, allegedly shot her in the head, pushed her out of the minivan and took off. this is a man who had restraining orders against him, not only from his estranged wife, but others in the community and i asked the chief a short time ago if there were threats to anyone else during the course of today. >> spoken with several acquaintances and had made threats regarding a number of individuals, including members of his own family. and so we had folks, police officers ensuring their safety all the while we were searching for this man. >> now this is a couple that had been together for more than a decade. they had three children under the age of 10, but only married two years ago. and it was trouble ever since. according to a lawyer who repre

her body pushed out of a van near the busy intersection of connecticut avenue and knowles in kensingtonolice identified that woman. her name is heather lynn mcguire. also identified a suspect. 51-year-old phillip gilberti. court documents show the two had been married, but in the mist of a divorce. gilberti violated a protective order against him. kristen fisher is working the story. >> a van pulled up to this intersection and the woman in the passenger seat threw open the door. witnesses say she was covered in blood, screaming for help. that's when the male driver

where authorities found the body of heather mcguire dead on the roadway at connecticut avenue and knowles avenue. john gonzalez as the latest. >> the 36-year-old mother who had three children with her estranged husband filed for restraining order on saturday. after being shot and killed yesterday morning, if the manhunt ended in his rock hill neighborhood. more than 100 montgomery county police officers scoured the area tuesday night looking for a killer, 51-year-old philip gilberti. was found dead late last night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> at different locations watching vehicles, watching homes. every one of them understood how potentially dangerous this individual was. we did have information that he had the gun with him. >> george horman says the man wanted for murder was once married to his daughter, who left him after abuse. he was harassing his estranged girlfriend heather mcguire. >> she was scared to death of him. >> on connecticut avenue in the morning it is where police believe the two were arguing when she was fatally shot in the head. eye witnesses a la connectic

. >> this was on connected and knowles avenue where authorities found the body on the roadway. >> theyear-old mother who had three children with the estranged boyfriend filed for a restraining order on saturday. after being shot, the manhunt for philip gilberti came to an end last night. police found him dead inside his home. if witnesses saw and heard the two are getting on connecticut avenue yesterday morning in a van. moments later he shocked heather mcguire in ahead and pushed her out of the vehicle. if officers searched aggressively for him all day long. he was found late last night dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. we spoke with the victim posing fathe -- 's father. >> he says i am scared of him. he is mean. >> philip gilberti did have a long criminal record including attempted murder in nevada. battery and stocking. the two were married in 2009. the children have not been harmed. she told a rockville commissioner that she feared for life, on saturday. that was shortly before her death. >> are other big story this wednesday morning, rick santorum's southern sweet. the fo

silver or gray minivan along connecticut avenue in the southbound lane just before knowles. there was some kind of a fight, and that a woman was shot and was killed. this is how montgomery county police chief thomas major describes the situation as witnesses related it to police. >> what the witnesses said was that the victim was attempting to get out of the car, the suspect pulled her back in. shot her, and pushed her out. and then took off at a high rate of speed. >> we are standing at the kensington shell station. it was with ten years ago the d.c. snipers struck here killing a woman who was vacuuming her minivan. the manager said when he saw this, it opened old wounds. traffic is back to normal now. for a couple hours, it wasn't moving north or south. the woman's body has been removed we are not giving you her identity. there is a manhunt. she was found here in the street shot in the back of the head bear foot. that's the latest from kensington, maryland back to you in the studio. >>> a 5-month-old baby boy has been reunited with his parents after a man carjacked the suv

it's a horrific story and it all started here at the intersection of connecticut and knowles when dozens of witnesses who were here just after 9:30 in the morning saw an unimaginable crime unfold before their very eyes. the suspect, 51-year-old philip gilberti, he is the man police say terrorized and killed his estranged wife. surveillance video at intersection captured the chaotic scene just after 9:30. the two were traveling in a van together. heather mcguire tried to get out of the car when gilberti pulled her back in, shot her in the head and shoved her body into the street as he sped from the scene. police worked well into the night searching for the suspect and found him just before 11:00 p.m. in rockville. >> we attempted to make contact with the suspect. receiving no response, we were then able to make visual contact with the suspect who appeared to be laying in a hallway. tactical units entered the home, found mr. gilberti deceased of an apparent gunshot wound. we believe the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. >> reporter: we tell you we poured through court records and they indi

tuesday morning when he shot her and dumped her body out on the street at the corner of connecticut and knowles in kensington. police later found the former professional boxer dead in a rockville home from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. mcguire had a protective order against him. she said he had told her i don't need a gun. i can just snap your neck. authorities arrested gilberti twice over the weekend for violating the protective order, but each time he got out. the last time the judge released him on a $57,000 unsecured bond. >> the judge who made the ruling in this case, he is a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that apparently the computers in the courtroom were down. some of the criminal history this guy was not available to the judge. >> reporter: gilberti's criminal history stretches back decades, assault, drugs, steroids, seven years in a nevada prison for allegedly trying to kill another girl friend. >> for a very long time i've been very aware of mr. gilberti. >> reporter: mcguire had a long criminal record, too, with arrests for assault and confining an unattended