police arrested 17-year-old angelo lamont jackson, a student at richard montgomery high school. the suspect was identified by officers who have had prior law enforcement contacts with the suspect. in court prosecutors said jackson has a juvenile record with a second degree assault conviction from 2014 and an attempted robbery charge. at jackson's home in montgomery village, his brother tells me angelo has been in trouble before, but nothing like this. >> my brother is a good dude. he makes jokes. he's a goofball. a killer, a murder, that could never be my little brother. he's not a murder, heer, he's n killer. >> i know where my son was at. i have proof where my son was at the time this incident happened. >> reporter: you're saying he was not wheaton. >> he was not at wheaton mall at all. he was not there. >> reporter: jackson's brother and a group of friends came to court to support him. jackson maintains he is innocent. police have identified the tabbitab i stabbing >> angelo lamont jackson stabbed these two young men. they later succumbed to their injuries. murder in the first

police say the suspect left and returned with a knife, stabbing two of the men. >> angelo lamont jackson stabbed the two young men and they later succumbed to their injuries. it's a very very serious crime that carries a life penalty. >> reporter: his mother tells us his side of the story. that's cg >>> members of a church now looking for a new place to worship after a fire destroyed their building this afternoon. you can see flames shooting out of the windows. the blaze quickly spread to the rest of the church. >> reporter: pat, we're at mt. olive church where the fire broke out earlier this afternoon. we've got some video of what those flames looked like. this came from the prince george's county fire department. i'm told the fire started in the basement and then spread to the first floor. no word yet on what caused the fire. the building was empty at the time, so no one was injured. i spoke to the pastor of almost 30 years here. he told me this church is his life. >> i don't even know. i'm surprised and hurt. but in all things, we have to give god th be replaced. if a life is lost, th

one reportedly showing that lamont jackson committed a double murder. the other showing exact opposite. either way jackson is behind bars. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. larry: there is a scathing report from the justice department known as a decent degree mandates fundamental changing to police work. this follows the 2015 death o the justice department that stated some of the officers acted unconstitutionally. >> i have no doubt when we eventually emerge from this, we will be better crime fighters and have greater, more respectful trustful relationships with our community. larry: after the expected approval of a judge, a period of the community input will be followed by the selection of a monitor to oversee that police department. alison: developing story out of the justice department tonight where the inspector general says he will investigate how the agency and the f.b.i. behaved in the months before november's presidential election. democrats, of course, criticized f.b.i. director james comey's handling of the investigation into hillary clinton's privat

lamont jackson, a high school student, is charged in the incident. his family is disputing that. relatives say they have video evidence jackson was not at the mall. but detectives say that he was caught on tape committing the crime. today, business leaders had a chance to hear plans for the inauguration. several businesses may be impacted by road closures and are being asked to prepare. the department of transportation detailed plans for public transportation. this will impact at least a few metro stations. local and federal law enforcement remind be alert and report any suspicious activity on inauguration day. >> this is a longer inauguration period than usual and people are not aware of the big march the day after or closing down a big part of union station the night before. roadn: for a full list of closures, visit our website, wjla.com. jonathan: on the hill today, a busy time. questions about russia dominating hearings to confirm present like donald trump's cabinet. general james mattis picked to lead the department of defense told lawmakers we have to "recognize reality whe

tonight, police have arrested angelo lamont jackson, who is 17 years old and from montgomery village. police say when a inside wheaton mall, yesterday, police described it as complete confusion. >> when i saw the police officer, they had every section of this mall locked down. >> i don't think we can be protected from random acts of violence and hate. we just need to be ready when they come up. >> police identified one of the victims as angel gomez, so far no arrests in this case. >>> a drone captures video of seattle's space needle, wound up crashing into the iconic landmark. this happened last month as the city prepared the new year's eve fireworks. people working up there were not hurt. this is the third time a drone has been recovered from the space needle. >>> an employee attacked his boss with a meat cleaver. he was a temporary worker at a restaurant in florida only on the job for two days. the owners say they hired him through an agency they hired him for a permanent position, police say he got upset when they asked for complete paperwork. nobody was seriously hurt. >>> and we

said they made app arrest this afternoon in the mall stabbing and police say 17-year-old angelo lamont jackson is responsible for the double fatal stabbing inside the mall. they were able to identify him from pictures in the surveillance because they had prior "him in the past. we're told they arrested him this afternoon as he was leaving his home. again he's charged as adult with two counts of first degree murder. >> new at 11 police trying it figure out what led to deadly multi-car crash in northeast. those are photos from the scream and police say the crash happened 6:30 new york avenue bridge east of florida avenue and three cars were involved in the crash and you might be able to make it out. one of them was wrapped around a light pole. another was hurt. at this point, police are not very leased any identities. >> u.s. park police are looking for two people wanted for armed robbery in georgetown that happened this afternoon 3 p.m. in the 3500 block of water street northwest. police say the gunman robbed two people out walking and investigators canvassed the area looking for clues. >> and

andim and arrest him at the ace home.e police say the mall video shows 17-year-old angeloar-o lamont jackson stabbing one victim way knife, then goingoi after the second victim. vtim. this happened tuesdayned afternoon on the mall's lower level outside jc pen steer and hollister. there was a police called to aa physical altercation between jack which was broken up by mall patrons. jackson we're told after the'r stabbing was able toe walk out of the mall, 24-year-old anar-od gel wilfredo gomez pacific northwest the other unidnortentified victim both hw at the hospital.at t now, jackson is being charged cg as an adult on two counts ofo cf first degree murder. westfield -- westfield wheaton s mall security tells fox5 theyll are also reviewing their security procedures in this pro incident.ce back to you guys.uuys. >> melanie alnwick reportinglnwk this morning. >> right. >> 4:31 is the time.>> 4:3 also in the news the director of national intelligence james clear says he's spoken to -- clappersays the intelligence community has not decidedhas t c whether the document is reliable. the white house

police say the mall video shows 17-year-old angeloyear-o g lamont jackson stabbing onebbone man withgoi after the second victim. victim. this happened tuesday tuesday afternoon many noon on then ma mall's lower level outside j. oj c. penney and hollister.list now, shortly before this stabbing, there was as police called eight physicalcal altercation between jacksoneen and the two victims which washis broken up by mall patrons. then they got back into it again.ai 24-year-old angel alfredo pineda-gomez and the other still unidentified victim both died at the hospital. at spit jackson we're told was somehow w able to walk out of the mall.e now he's being charged as an adult on two counts of firstfi degree murder. mde westfield whet ton tells fox5et that it is reviewing the t incident and its security surity procedures. lie in wat >> melanie thank you.ie thaou. >>> new this morning, senateis r republicans are a step closernig to repealing the affordableorbl care act also known as obamacare. after the republican lawmakersms passed a budget measure earlyre this morning by a vote of 51 o51

police have charged 17-year-old angelo lamont jackson with twoiw counts of first degree murder.o the jackson and the two victimss were fighting moments before th stabbing.st one of the victims has been identified as 24 cereal angelel gomez of silver spring. sin the other victim has not been identified yet. investigators are still tryings to figure out asti motive here. >>> the tsa releasing a reportot of how many firearms were foundd on carry on bags at checkpointsn it's more than you might think.i very disturbing here. last year, more than thee thousand firearms were found in carry on bags. 83% of them were loaded. l you can see on your screen thern where the most weapons were found. >>> car maker honda recallingecl more vehicles in the united thed states because of defective airr bags made by takata corporation. the owners of 772,000 more hondn and acura vehicles will have to have the air bag inflaterr replaced in the front passengerg seat. at if not the air can explode in a crash sending metal shrapnelap flying.flng. >>> the san diego chargers newew home could be in la.n l th

connection with the deadlyeadly stabbing of two people ate a wheaton mall. 17-year-old angelo lamont lamon jackson as an adult nown with two counts of first degreee murder.murd mall surveillance video showsili jackson and two victims fightint moments before the stabbing sbb inside the mall.al investigators are trying toe trt figure out a motive. >>> late night on capitol hillal for lawmakers just before 1:30aa the republican led senate voteav to do officially launch thelaune effort to repeal and replace tht affordable care act.ar act the senate approved the measuree in a nearly party line vote of 51-48. it will keep democrats fromtsro being able to filibuster futuree repeal legislation.islation the house plans to vote on thee measure tomorrow.measure tomor let's get some more informatione on that. on jal. >> all right. thanks so much, steve. 7:31.31 >>> and speaking of action on capitol hill, one local l seeing things from a new a n perspective this year. yea we all new him as marylandd representative chris van holland but now he's democratic senatorn van holland from maryland withat eight days un