kristen fisher has more now from the scene. >> reporter: this is all that's left of the silver infinity that crashed into a fairfax county police cruiser before bursting into flames. the driver, an adult man, was killed instantly. but somehow the officer, a seven year veteran, was still able to call for help. what happened was the fairfax county police officer was heading this way on ancona road. the driver of the silver infinity was heading this way. for whatever reason the driver swerved into the police officer's lane. the two collided head on. >> that car caught on fire. the driver of the car was pronounced dead on the screen. the officer was transported to a local hospital. >> reporter: fairfax police closed this section of francona road for four hours. they had to clear the roadway to let the accident reconstruction team figure out what happened. what caused the driver of the infinity to veer into oncoming traffic. so far, that is still under investigation. in alexandria, kristen fisher, 9news now. >>> now. >> so far, the driver's identity has not been released. >>> the 5 trees sla

shock.as kristen fisher explains... the box contained a high powered rifle! rifle! "even as i opened it there were some metal parts and i thought, 'oh, maybe these go with the tv?' and then of course as i opened the foam up a little further, it was kind of a huge shock to see that this was a military-grade rifle."seth horvitz is still trying to prrcess how a ups driver could drop off such a deadly weapon on his doorstep and in a city where these kinds of guns are illegal."how could this happen? how could this mix-up happen?"the ups label did have horvitz's name and address on it, but the invoice inside the box was made out to a gun store in pennsylvania. seth didn't know what to do. he knew that simply having this gun was illegal in dc. he also knew it's illegal to drive with it in your car, even if you're driving to a police station. so seth called police and they came out to his apartment."not something they encounter every day, for sure."dc police confiscated the weapon and they say they're still investigating how it ended up at seth's apartment. it turns out it

knew 9news reporter kristen fisher has more.rning. >> reporter: crews will be taking down about 60 trees over the next three weeks. these are all very big trees that pose a big threat to drivers. crews are going to be working from kwr-9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. six days a week. >> i want to go ahead and take a look, show you guys exactly where these problem trees are so that you can watch out for them. 25 along river bend road will be removed. 15 on browns mill road. seven on beach road six on the georgetown pike, four on walker road. here's great falls resident and arborist robert vickers. >> a lot of people are saying it is about time they are doing this. because there was a lot of trees downed in the big storm, and we lost our electricity for six days. >> reporter: this isn't, of course, just about preventing power outages. it is more, right now, about safety. one month ago 64-year-old carl ross was killed when an oak tree fell on his car. after the accident a team of arborists inspected trees all over great falls and they recommend

kristen fisher was at the grand opening. she takes us on a tour of the $40 million distribution center. >> reporter: this new facility has been seven years in the making. this year alone, they have seen a 22% increase in the amount of calls to their hunger hotline. and this huge warehouse will double if not triple the amount of food that goes out to the community. >> when i walked in i was like wow, this is amazing. >> reporter: harrison runs one of the 700 agencies that relies on the capital area food bank for food. today she is one of the first people to shop inside its new afood district probation center. >> i literally see a vision where there is sufficient food for everybody. >> we were turning away food. >> reporter: lynn brantley, who founded the food bank in 1980, needed more space. >> their warehouse just more than doubled in size. >> this is our wonderful warehouse the community has built. it is 98,000 square feet of warehouse space. >> reporter: including massive refrigerated loading docks, solar pams, a state of

. >> i'm kristen fisher -- kristin fisher in college park.oving is never fun but imagine moving using only bicycles. annual employee here did just that last week. find out how he pulled it off coming up. >> up next, help for people at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. but there's a catch. we'll tell you about it when we come back. >>> when it comes to your mortgage statement, do you really understand what you're reading? the consumer financial protect bureau, if they have their way, will you soon. new rules will require mortgage companies to send you a very clear monthly statement. they would have to warn you before an interest rate goes up, have to credit your payment quickly and help you avoid foreclosure. you can weigh in on this proposal until october 9. >>> citigroup is out with a new plan to help keep families at risk of foreclosure in their homes. the bank just started a rental program. it's going to start out renting out about 500 homes to owners but there is a catch. citigroup won't actually own those homes. a separate inves

live in arlington, i'm kristin fisher, back to you. >> kristen, thank you. >>> the accused gunman in the mass shooting in tucson, arizona, was back in court today. jared lautner. karen brown with the latest from the courthouse in tucson. >> reporter: a judge ruled that jared lautner is mentally competent to stand trial. he pled guilty. tv cameras were not allowed. lautner appeared very different. pale, thin, gaunt. he sat still as a psychiatrist testified about his troubled teenage and college years when he allegedly heard voices in his head. the psychiatrist said lautner told a doctor he was remorseful for what he did. lautner told his doctor, quote, i especially cry about the child. apparently referring to nine- year-old victim, christina green, who was killed in the attack. jared lautner's attorneys hope the plea agreement will get the 23-year-old college dropout life in prison instead of the death penalty. survivors of the shooting came to court, but former congressman woman, gabby giffords, was not one of them. mark kelly said he and his wife are satisfied with the plea agreemen