fox5's melanie alnwick isanlnwi live this morning at a growing memorial in landover hills. h mel, what can you tell us.el >> reporter: good morning,d morn guys. yeah, continuing to lay candles adorning the intersection here at 68th avenue and annapo hlis road.oa you know, firefighters, they accept the risks that come with the job but this kind ofhi death is almost unimaginable.e. fire station 30 now draped in black while members of the landover hills volunteer fireter station grieve their friend and colleague, 37-year-oldgue,7o john ulmschneider who was shott to death while responding to a medical welfare check fridayck f at a home in temple hills.e lls. ulmschneider was a 13 year veteran of the fire departmente and the father of ath twe o-year-old girl.year-old gi. now friends are rememberingare e the man they knew as skillet.ll. >> funny thing is skillet had that nickname before us. u he's had that nickname forname awhile 'cause he worked on a farm and somehow they calledcae him skillet. and it sort of stuck. nicest person you would everson meet. he had the ability to mak

officer colson was killed by friendly fir of the district 3 headquarters in landover. revealed yesterday in court that five-year officer taylor krause was the one who fired the shot that killed colson. >>> we have just learned atlanta braves player hector olivera is out of jail after posting a $10,000 bond. he was arrested yesterday when arlington police were called to the ritz carlton hotel wednesday morning for an apparent assault. police tell us the woman allegedly assaulted and olivera knew each other. olivera was supposed to appear in court today. he's waived his appearance. his attorney will be there on his behalf. he was in town for a game against the nationals. >>> bryant, on his way! it's a one-point game! >> kobe, kobe, kobe, one of basketball's superstars, is officially finished with his basketball career. kobe bryant went out in style, shooting 60 points, leading the lakers to the win last night. he retires with the third most time. he won five championships. >>> tonight's two big games could make your evening commute a mess out there. "first 4 traffic's" m

reporting live in landover hills, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. >> tonight a desperate search is under sps way for a northern missing since friday. her car was found in shen endou -- shan endoughia national park. >> this is where nicole mittendorff worshipped and where her friends are going to be praying for her state return. the police are searching a massive area in the . right now nicole mittendorff's mystery is where is she at this point. rewind to friday, that is when virginia state police tell us they received the first report that nicole mittendorff was missing. the 31-year-old is a firefighter paramedic county niir and rescue. she is described as having blonde hair, green eyes, 5'6", ways about 125 pounds. her family tells police the last time they heard from her was on wednesday. no one answered the door that at the home she shares with her husband. the mittendorffs are friendly faces in a neighborhood that frankly doesn't talk to each other all that much. right now those neighbors are desperate for news of nicole's safe return. >> the neighborhood is talking about her a

he normally serves at landover ems station 830. medics flew the other firefighter to the university of maryland shock trauma center in baltimore. >> 19-year-old volunteer firefighter kevin swain in serious condition after undergoing surgery. >> we're hoping for a great outcome. >> and the good news is he is expected to survive his injuries. >>> at this hour, the alleged shooter's name has not been released yet. >> derrick ward has been speaking with some of those who are neighbors to the suspect. he's live in temple hills this morning. derrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, as you can see, the house that is the subject, there are markers in the yard you cannot see. we have talked to neighbors of the person who live here. we're not identifying him. he has not yet been identified by police and authority. we do know he has lived here several years and that the relative who was the one that made that call to check on his welfare is a regular visitor. there is no animosity among those folks who lived here was just seen

>> reporter: we are live across the street from the landover hills fire department and you can see an ambulance decorated with flowers and candles in remembrance of the fallen firefighter. the state's attorney office telling me they don't have any evidence to prosecute him, to charge him at this time. >> it was all over in five or six seconds. it's was rapid fire. >> richard vetter was standing in his driveway when he saw firefighters forcing their way into his neighbor's home. >> that went on for a few minutes and it took them a few minutes to get into the door and almost as soon as that noise stopped, the gunshots rang out and there were six or seven gunshots. >> an hour later he says his neighbor surrendered and the police had guns trained on him as he came out. >> i saw the garage door open and the lights were on in the garage and he walked out with his hands up. >> his brother called firefighters to the house to check on him and when they got in the house he opened fire, a 13-year veteran of the department died and a volunteer fire was seriously wounded. the shot and wounded. the

. >> it's setting in, it is a memorial outside the landover station. where swain worked, a somber mood as well. >> totally shocked. everyone woke up with the realization we had to deal with a death. >> reporter: this is the kind of have a procedure for. they got no response from inside, so they went in. >> pounded on the door. >> reporter: once they opened the door, the homeowner opened fire. police were not on the scene initially to assist. >> this was an alert to best but seemed it was an ems call. >> reporter: they thought time was of the essence. such procedures will be under scrutiny. meanwhile, the work of first responders continue as they mourn one of their own and answer the call so others will not have to feel the grief of loss. derrick ward, news 4. >> here is what we know about the firefighters, schneider was a 13 year veteran who lost his life at 37 years of age. he leaves behind a wife and 2-year-old daughter. morningside firefighter, kevin swain is 19 volunteer. he was in serious condition. the third person shot is expected to survive. go

first responders from the country are paying their respect to john ulmschneider and his team landover station. >> he is one of the most humble compassionate honest men that you will meet in your life. i'm proud to call him my brother. >> valiant. there is no other way to describe him. >> kevin swain shot four times up and talking in baltimore shock trauma. ulmschneider's viewing begins tomorrow. we have the details on our wusa9 app. >>> the search for a missing fairfax county firefighter intensified. search-and-rescue teams are combing ten square miles looking for nicole mennendorf. the firefighter was reported missing three days ago. op can't help but think the worse as they hope for the best. >> she could have been that she was kidnapped. we don't know. it has been 20 years since we have had any excitement and we did have a murder up on skyline drive about 20 years ago. two young ladies got kill up there. >> investigators swifting through middendorf mini cooper found abandoned. so far they have not found anything suspicious. >>> a former fairfax county officer that shot and killed a

reporting live in landover, tracee wilkins. jim, back to you. >> john kasich is hoping to get the attention of maryland voters ahead of the state's primary, he's holding a town hall at savage mill in howard county tomorrow afternoon. and on thursday, early voting again starts in maryland running through next thursday. maryland holds its primary april 26th. the same day as pennsylvania, delaware, connc island. >>> with possibility of a contested convention for the republicans, there's been a lot of focus on an outside candidate. a white knight ultimately getting the nomination. riding in and saving the day as some say. well now at least one major republican is saying it's not going to be him. chris lawrence is in the news room with paul ryan's comments today. >> well wendy, speaker ryan has repeatedly said he's not interested in the job. late this afternoon he went to rnc headquarters to try to make that crystal clear, saying he wouldn't accept the nomination even if his name came up. now some people pointed out the fact that he

landover hills, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. meanwhile a surprise guilty plea today in the deadly police involved shooting that forced changes for fairfax county police. former police officer adam torres pleaded guilty to charges that he shot john geer during a standoff in 2013. geer was unarmed. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg covered this case from the beginning. how is geer's family reacting tonight? jeff: mixed reaction. john geer's father saying that the sentence is not harsh enough but he can accept the deal. john geer's mother vehemently opposes the agreement. the plea deal came together late yesterday afternoon. the attorney representing john geer's long-time partner saying she wanted to avoid a trial while defense attorneys for adam torres proposing the guilty plea of involuntary manslaughter with a year in jail. prosecution saying it's not perfect but it is acceptable. >> not long after torres pleaded guilty the shooting and killing john geer, geer's father don was asked whether the justice was done. >> i

congressman chris van holland was at the sports and learning complex in landover. early voting centers will be open from 10:00 to 8:00 through next thursday april the 21st. primary date is tuesday, april 26. there are 24 people in the maryland u.s. senate race. we invited the candidates polling highest to come in our studios to state their cases. chris van holland that represents the 8th congressional district is among the first to accept. he will join us tonight on the local news at 7:00. if you have a question, let us know by going to our wusa 9 facebook page or tweet us. >>> also make sure you download the we posted the maryland voter guide that includes the locations and profiles on the candidates. >>> coming up, virginia's governor signs a bill designed to help sex assault victims get justice. >> still ahead, the washington cops quest for the cup begins tonight against the flyers. we will take you live to the verizon center. >> a pretty evening. temperatures are in the upper 60s. 64 manassas. fairfax 65. grab a jacket for tonight. i have good news about the we

assembled here tonight observed a moment of silence at 7:51, the exact time of the shooting live in landover hills, jackie bensen, news 4. back to you. >>> a local family's worst fears were realized this morning when police found the body of their missing sister and daughter. 36-year-old lizette lopez was found in a ditch a little over a mile from where she was last seen at a cvs drugstore in woodbridge. police say it was a homicide. shomari stone has more. >> reporter: tonight the family is absolutely heart broken. her mother was supposed to come from bolivia for her graduation party on may 15th. she was last seen behind me at this cvs pharmacy. her body was found less than two mil a >> i saw him outside and i was like that's really unusual for him to be out this early. >> cindy sensed something was wrong when her daughter's dog barked this morning. >> she said i had to let him out. he wouldn't stop crying. he kept trying to wander away. >> reporter: cindy believes he knew a body was behind the townhouse in woodbridge. police believe the body is that of 36-year-old lizzette lopez. a neighbo

. >> reporter: and the signs of grief are obvious here at fire station 30, landover hills. you can see the ambulance that firefighter ulmschneider would have served on. it's obvious here and also obvious in the hearts of his colleagues. now, ulmschneider, a 13 year veteran of the fire department, was killed on friday responding to a call in which firefighters often respond to but rarely, rarely do they end like this one. >> he had a medical condition that may make him vulnerable to a medical emergency. and so firefighters discussed it and decided to move forward with going in through the front door. they're trained to announce themselves before doing so. pounding on the door loudly announcing yourself, which apparently all was done. >> reporter: and again, it all the welfare of a gentleman in a house in temple hills. and as we've been saying, that man has been cooperating with authorities. he has not been identified yet. he hasn't been charged. authorities believe he thought that his house was being broken into. and again, it's not always the burning buildings that pose dan

back at the landover hills firehouse, members of his other a strong sense of duty and heavy hearts. derrick ward, news4. >> as you heard derrick mention, he leaves behind a wife and 2-year-old daughter. a you caring fund has been set up to help them financially after the loss. if you'd like to help, you can open the nbc washington app and search firefighter fund. >>> now, the other firefighter also shot friday night is showing signs of improvement. morningside volunteer firefighter kevin swain is now out of intensive care at baltimore shock trauma. he was shot four times. family, friends, and fellow firefighters are at his bedside today. >>> now to the desperate situation in ecuador. right now rescuers are digging through the rubble hoping to find survivors after a devastating earthquake hit in the dead of night. more than 230 people are dead, and coming up we'll have a full report on the damage. >>> police are looking for suspects tonight after one person was shot and killed and another critically injured in prince george's county. us? darcy spencer is here is the investigation. >>

adding his name to the county firefighter memorial in landover hills. a resident shot and killed the 37-year-old two weeks ago. he was responding to a medical call. family, the fire department and kevin swain, the firefighter who survived that temple hill shooting, were all at last night's ceremony. swain's mother says her heart breaks for the ulmschneider family. we're grateful that our son is here, and we're thankful for the fire department and everyone that reached out to us that we don't even know. >> folks at the special ceremony also observed a moment of silence. it was at 7:51, the time of that deadly shooting. >>> amtrak won't be allowed to impose rail standards on other private railroads. the u.s. court of appeals ruled it's unconstitutional to give a self-interested company regulatory power over competitors. a 2008 law suggested amtrak work with federal regulators to create standards that help keep trains running on time. the freight railroad industry objected, filing a lawsuit challenging amtrak's authority. >>> a man killed after being hit h

. >>> redskins have played at fedex field in landover since 1997. the skins current home lacks tht charm of rfk stadium where they won five nfc championship gamesg there's now a plan to revitalize that area and possibly win the skins over to come back to dc. matt ackland has the story: so the big plans won't be announced until monday at a public meeting. but we've talked to several city leaders who gave us some hints on what will be announced because they've been briefed already. first of all, there are two major plans. one that includes a football stadium, not football stadium, another onenoo that has no plans for a football stadium here also all of these s parking lots so many people complained about, there's acres and acres of them, they are the going to be removed, replayed with recreation nail spaces. you know that this site eight lines the river, there are plane for that for many years people complained about run off from f the parking lots going right into the rich i'm told that arei plans to develop this area'm ne the water so the public can

he joins voters at the sports and learning complex and landover. >> it's an election about how we grow opportunities for people struggling to keep their places in the middle class. >> reporter: marylanders have a week to cast an early vote for the primaries. the polls are open between 10 am and eight >> reporter: marylanders have a week to cast an early vote for the primaries. the polls are open between 10 am and 8 pm. primary day is april 26. election officials using paper ballots instead of touchscreen machines because every candidate's name can't appear on one screen. what is one thing you want to see changed? >> for the children i would like to see them have more resources. >> reporter: one of the changes that voters would like to see. mikea turner wusa9.>>> we just learned president barack obama will deliver the keynote at howard university and they will give him the honorary degree doctor of law which is the highest honor. >>> the democratic candidates hillary clinton bernie sanders debate tonight at the navy yard and polls show clinton leading sanders by 10 points but sanders wo

he was killed after a man fired at the police station in landover.colson drove up to the station in plain clothes. he was caught in the cross fire between the suspect and police. fire from an officer's gun struck colson. and now this in richmond. this year 29 officers have died in the line of duty. that information comes from the officer down me moral page which honors our fallen law enforcement here owes. now this time last year nationwide there were 31 fallen officers. teisha lewis, fox5 local news. > fox5 is in the district tonight where a police officer was hit by a car while on the job much the accident happene southern avenue and mississippi avenue southeast. the officers' injuries were not life threatening and the car that struck him did stay on the scene. that driver stayed on the scene. tonight in fairfax county, members of the muslim community held a prayer vigil for the victims of the bruise else annular whore terrorist attacks. today members of amad yeah muslim community observed a fast in memory of those who were killed in the attacks. o

garrett is live with more in landover. >> reporter: even the fire chief called him by the nickname skillet. his full name was unveiled on the monument behind me as his family and held back tears. the most uplifting moment of the ceremony was not on the program but came when the volunteer firefighter kevin swayne arrived in his wheelchair. he survived the same incident. his grateful mother. >> i am proud of my son. i am a mother and so i kept -- don't think there are words for what i feel and i am beyond proud. >> please rise and observe this rerent moment of silence. >> reporter: at 7:51, all words stopped for a moment of silence, two weeks to the minute from when the incident began. afterwards, the county fire chief making clear whatever questions remain about that night, he has 99 about his men's action. >> and our folks did what they were supposed to do that night. and i and you likely would have done the same thing. >> reporter: holmesnideer's widow and other family members steadied each other as his name was revealed on the memorial and then walked away. as the crowd firefighters whee

. >> reporter: in november 1984 prince shows in landover maryland but before he left the area he played one more show, a free concert on this campus. ( music ) >> it was a quiet afternoon in november and everybody started chattering and saying go to the field house and there will be a concert. i didn't know who is performing but just thought i should go. >> reporter: so he did. >> when i got there i was shocked at the size of the stage. there were giant towering speakers. >> reporter: stephen hilbok was a student at gallaudet university which wasn't at deaf university and he didn't know it yet but prince would be on the stage. >> it was amazing and i could feel every beat. >> reporter: prince and his team kept the concert under wraps until the last minute. according to a report at the m them were deaf college kids. >> of all the places to choose, gallaudet university? at that time it was on her to sing a song to 1600 deaf people but prince was sensitive to the disability community. >> reporter: it's a nightly can't forget and doesn't want to. >> we were sending our love to him and tryin

. >> she's been getting her lay of the landover the past few days. >> yes. >> meisha, how is she doingaffic this morning. >> did you do pretty well brooke? >> i went out of my way to find mcdonald's. >> did you? >> eating a burger at 2:00 a.m. in the news room. >> cheese burying nerve my purse. >> you're not kidding? >> no! >> boy oh, boy. >> well, i hate to be the one that bridges the party down, although i am going to right now, but it is about to get very chilly, my friends, you know, it was cold enough over the course of the weekends, right? now we've got reinforcements on the way, it

. >> she's been getting her lay of the landover the past few days. >> yes. >> meisha, how is she doing in traffic this morning. >> did you do pretty well brooke? >> i went out of my way to find mcdonald's. >> did you? >> eating a burger at 2:00 a.m. in the news room. >> cheese burying nerve my purse. >> you're not kidding? >> no! >> boy oh, boy. >> well, i hate to be the one that bridges the party down, although i am going to right now, but it is about to get very chilly, my friends, you know, it was cold enough over the course of the weekends, right? now we've got reinforcements on the way, it was so dank windy over the course of the weekend. it continues in fact to be a running theme, look specially into tonight, tomorrow, we will talk more about. that will but starting offer with a look what's happening now, not just april rain showers, clearly, you're eyes are not deceiving you here, cold enough to be producing some snow up toward the mountain us terrain, even locally, couple of very nasty thunderstorms, let me see one more time out here, what happens on the tail end of the loop, n

he normally serves at landover hills firestation 830. medics flew the other firefighter to the university of maryland shock trauma center. >> he is 19-year-old volunteer firefighter kevin swain. he is in serious condition after undergoing surgery. he is expected to survive this morning. >> his loved ones are around him. we are here to support him. we're hoping for a great outcome. >> again, he is expected to survive his injuries. the alleged shooter's name has not been released. the relative who initially made the phone call was also shot. no charges have been filed at this time. the count investigation of this shooting. >> stay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for new developments in this case. as always, we will send out breaking news as we get new details. for more on this story, search firefighter on our app. >>> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein on this saturday morning. we've got a clear sky but rather cold temperatures. down into the 30s starting off early this morning. look at that predawn glow over u

he normally serves at landover hills station 830. medics . >>> neighbors had seen them yesterday.of this happened, nothing seemed out of character. we're told the relative that called 911 to check on the welfare of this person is a regular visitor to this house and there never seemed to be any sort of problem. neighbors were startled by the sound of gunfire when all of this happened. now the investigators trying to put it altogether to see what led up to this. we're told this person had just retired from o federal government and taken another job recently within the past few days. all, again, making this all more puzzling. that's what investigators are trying to piece together. derrick ward, news 4. >>> derrick, thank you. stay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for new developments in the case. as always, we will send out new alerts and breaking news as we get more details. for more on this story, search firefighter on our app. >>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >>> good morning. still rather cool. you will need a light jacket for another hour or two. then you'll be comf

elijah in the ambush attack on the prince george's county police department's district 3 station in landover that led to the death of jacai jacai colson who was killed by friendly fire. prosecutors say the shooting was recorded by malik and elij use as oldest brother michael opened fire on the building. an effort to commit suicide by cop. >> reporter: it's clear that our argument is going to be he didn't have any intent, he didn't have any plan. he wasn't part of any conspiracy to be involved in any shooting any officers that day. >> reporter: relatives of the ford brothers came to the court hearing. >> it was emotional for the family and the friends. we here to support them and show love. >> reporter: erica thomas is the ford brothers' aunt. can you believe what they're charged with doing? >> no, i can't believe these are not the guys that i know. >> reporter: also in court today we learned the name of the officer who fired the shot who killed jacai colson. it was taylor kraus. he was the only responding officer armed with a rifle that afternoon. officer colson was killed by a rifle shot. >

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