bowie, lanham, woodmoor, okay. those are your points where you really have to sort of be careful, keep your eyes to the sky. we'll keep you posted here and of course at wusa9.com, because the warning itself goes on until 5:15. if i pop a shear marker or things change, i will be back. right now we'll sent over to the guys. >> we want to thank our viewers as well who have been posting some major -- some interesting pictures on our facebook page. a funnel cloud in sterling, virginia, 413 comments so far. clearly a funnel cloud formation there, so please visit our wusa 9 facebook page as well. >> one of the first areas to be hit was mount airy, maryland. >> scott broom joins us live from there with a look at the damage those storms have left behind so far. what are you seeing now, scott? >> reporter: i'm working out of my live view vehicle right now. let me take you outside the vehicle right new and show you just some of the typical damage with the dashboard camera. i'll point it out for you. you can see a branch down

. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in lanham, maryland, where police are investigating a man shot to death by a metro transit police officer. the blown out police cruiser indicates a violent exchange of gunfire on lory lane. >> we are very thankful the detective was not injured or killed today. >> reporter: the officer was investigating the man as a person of interest in the attempted abduction of a 25- year-old woman at a d.c. metrobus stop over the weekend. it led him to the 44-year-old man's house this afternoon. witnesses say the suspect came out with a gun and chased after the officer, then rammed the police cruiser. there was an exchange of gunfire. witnesses heard four to five shots. the 44-year-old suspect was found dead in the road. >> some people are built to do certain things. he's not like that. >> he's not no type of guy, he's not like that. he's got two kids, always stays with the kids. >> the name of that detective has not been released, but metro says he's a five-year veteran of the force and currently on administrative leave. >>> former d.c. council member harry thomas, jr

. >>> it was the last thing residents in a lanham neighborhood expected to see this afternoon, a gunfight between a metro transit police detective and a man officers wanted to question about an attempted abduction at a bus stop in the district last weekend. police say the suspect pulled out a gun and fired several shots and the detective returned fire and killed him. >>> the fox 5 weather team tracking this oppressive heatwave tonight. the d.c. area officially kicked off summer with scorching temperatures nearing the century mark, don't expect any relief tomorrow. pal with an update. >> people should be prepared -- sue palka with an update. >> people should be prepare for the fact it might be warmer tomorrow and possibly a bit more human. many places will be -- humid. many places will be close to that triple digits. just a couple weather headlines to make sure you're ready for tomorrow. it's going to be a code orange air quality day. we remind you to check on the elderly. children have to be mon forked and definitely keep an eye on -- monitored and definitely keep an eye on your pets. you

it all started about noon yesterday on lori lane in lanham, maryland. the detective went to a house to question a man they called a person of interest in an attempted abduction. police say the man came charging out with a gun. the detective fired back and killed the man, 44-year-old chepser joseph -- chester joseph creswell. >>> karen toles was found guilty of reckless driving. she was doing at least 105 miles an hour on the beltway and 80 on branch avenue before they were finally able to pull her over last february. the judge fined toles about $400 but allowed her to keep her license. >>> will a casino be coming to frederick, maryland soon? legislators will be talking about that at a county board meeting today. if a resolution is approved there convincing state leaders would be the next step. this whole thing comes a day after the possibility of a casino at national harbor was put off till next year. there was a grouping -- was a working group considering whether gambling could be expanded. they failed to reach an agreement on the matter so it was push

. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in lanham, maryland, where police are investigating a man shot to death by a metro transit police officer. the blownout cruiser indicates a violate gunfire on lory lane. >> we are very grateful that the detective was not injured or killed today. >> reporter: the officer was investigating a man as a person interest of in an attempted abduction of a 25-year-old woman of a d.c. metrobus stop over the weekend. it led him to the 44-year-old man's house this afternoon. witnesses say the suspect came out with a gun and chased after the officer, then rammed a police cruiser. there was an exchange of gunfire. witnesses heard four to five shots. the 45-year-old suspect was found dead in the road. >> they say some people are built to do certain things. he's not like that. >> he's not like that. he had two kids. >> reporter: surae chinn, 9 news now. >>> in baltimore a man named michael johnson has pleaded not guilty to charges he murdered a teenage acquaintance from north carolina who was visiting this area. the victim? 16-year-old phylicia barnes, the half sister of

. >>> on a sleepy street in lanham, maryland, a deadly gun battle. this started about noon when a detective with metro transit went to a house on lory lane to question a man they called a person of interest in an attempted abduction. police say the man came charging out with a gun. the detective fired back and killed that man. 44-year-old chester joseph crestwell. >>> no one was hurt when a fire broke out at san francisco's historic pier 29. the building was being renovated. more than 100 firefighters had to be called in to get that four-alarm fire under control. >>> and take a look at this. this is the damage when a sinkhole opened up and swallowed part of somebody's house in florida. this one just happened this afternoon right north of tampa. nobody in there at the time but the neighbors say they sure could hear a large crash as the ground opened up. investigators are now trying to figure out what the heck is going on there and is the area safe tonight. we hope. >> you worry about hurricanes and tornadoes, then a sinkhole gets you. i mean, really.

it shows the intense scene on laurie lane in lanham yesterday as prince george's county police provided backup to a metro transit officer. metro says the officer was canvassing the neighborhood for a suspect in a possible attempted abduction at a bus stop on sunday. at some point, witnesses say 44-year-old chester creswell rammed the officer's car and began firing. one person says creswell was a family man. >> we were at church sunday. he got an award sunday and got up to bible study and there was nothing out of character with him this morning. talked to him this morning and said he was going fishing. very uncharacteristic of him. i don't know what happened. they say the police came here and knocked on the door and they got into an argument. >> it is still unclear what sparked that argument. prince george's county police are handling the investigation. >>> the prince george's county council woman who was pulled over for going more than 100 miles per hour on the beltway will get to keep her license. karen toles was convicted of reckless driving yesterday. a judge fined her a little more

we're north of beltsville, greenbelt, and lanham. and this is the area of concern. if you are in bowie, you probably need to take cover as well. if you are northeast of this area, you certainly need to take cover. you always kind of have to know what's to the southwest of you. there's laurel right there. let's just see if we can find any rotation with this particular storm. and we'll see what the winds are. so we've got winds 41 miles per hour away from the radar site. pretty strong, i'll give you. that but there's not any winds toward the radar site. so that's still -- if you're in jessup, up 295, baltimore, washington parkway, i would take it seriously, take cover. it certainly has hail in it. we see that north of laurel. so again, anne arundel county, howard county, prince george's county, a tornado warning until 7:30. let's go to bruce. >> bruce leshan joining us live. bruce, what's happening? >> reporter: well, pretty scary. i mean this is by far the most significant damage that we have seen so far. you can see the flooding. look at that, that nissan right ther

is ready to go and hundreds of volunteers about to get to work at thomas johnson middle school in lanhamut why educators from across the nice are pitching in for a big makeover. we'll be right back. ight back. >>> good morning i am holly morris on this wednesday morning. we are talking about educators making a difference at a school but not necessarily the way you might think. we are live at thomas johnson it is getting a huge make over. it is called outreach to teach. easy for me to say. it is a program, through the national education association having its annual conference here in washington. 400 educators from around the country are coming to this school to refurbish it. look at the supplies, they will make a huge difference in the way this school looks come end of the day. this morning we will learn more why they do it, how they chose the school and talk to the oldest volunteer who is 97. she will be out here volunteering her time. >> nice. kind of looks like a combination of michaels and home depot. nice job. >> they probably went to both of those stores to get supplies to come her

it happened in lanham last night. erica gonzalez has our report. >> he finished talking to me on the phone, bye, mom, i love you. >> chester creswell's mother is still trying to figure out why her son was shot and killed by a metro transit officer yesterday afternoon on the 7100 block of laurie lane. >> two suspects pulled up to the bus stop. >> reporter: dan citiesle with metro tells news4 creswell and franklin sweeney allegedly tried to abduct a woman from the bus stop on the 4100 block of minnesota avenue in northwest sunday evening. sweeney has since been arrested for attempted kidnapping. following up on a lead, a metro transit officer, who is now on paid administrative leave, went to creswell's neighborhood. >> during the process of being on the block, he made contact with the suspect, who was armond. he returned fire. this cell phone video shows the heated moment when backup arrives on scene. metro is investigating what led to creswell's car being rammed against the detective's vehicle. neighbors tell us creswe

it happened this afternoon on laurie lane in lanham.lease were investigating an attempted abduction. police say the man firedally them, so they are fired back. no police were injured. we'll have a live report at 5:00. >>> closing arguments set to start tomorrow in the child sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. today the defense rested without putting the former assistant coach on the stand. he's accused of abusing ten boyce. if convicted he could spend 9 rest of his life in prison. >>> the house has just voted to send the full vote to the house. they say he has not produced. into the fast and furious gun-running sting operation. democrats say republicans are playing election-year politics. >>> on the that the fed hasn't acted sooner, the dow closing, now about a point and the s&p drop two points. >>> we're only hours away now from the official beginning of summer. and the season is coming in with a bang. up and down the east coast, temperatures are in the mid to high 90s, and a good part of the country will have to what illustrate a few m

it happened near the suspect's home on lory lane in lanham. fox 5's paul wagner has more on how the attempted abduction suspect wound up dead. >> reporter: the neighbor says she saw the is of run to his car and back off down the street. that's when the man under investigation described as in his 40s got into a red pickup truck and followed. the two somehow collided and a gunbattle ensued. >> what we know is at approximately 12:30 p.m. today metro transit police detective was here in the 7000 block of lore lane conducting this -- lory lane conducting this investigation when he came in contact with an armed suspect. the suspect opened fire on the officer. the officer returned fire striking the suspect and he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> reporter: the gunfire shattered the rear window of the detective's car and left bullet holes in the windshield of the suspect's truck. >> we are very thankful, grateful that the detective was not injured today or killed. >> reporter: neighbors and family members say the man killed recently lost his job as

let's head over to lanham severn road. please use caution as you make your commute. a live look, head lights coming inbound on route 50 at lottsford vista. nice and clear, in fact, in both directions. aaron -- excuse me, eun and angie, back over to you. >> we have the same initials. >> that's right. >> thanks. >>> the time right now, 5:13. why queen elizabeth's appearance at an event on sunday have some sounding the alarm about her health. >> also ahead, they bought the tickets for their favorite olympic events but a numb per of fans may find themselv >>> he was a prime suspect in her disappearance. coming up in we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. >>> welcome back. the prime suspect in the disappearance of a maryland woman in aruba now wants the insurance money he took out on her life. according to the n brnbc news, s suing american express for $3.5 million. he says robin gardner is presumed dead and the

shots ran out in lanham, maryland around noon yesterday. authorities say that detective went to the home on lori lane to question the suspect about an attempted abduction. they say that's when an armed man charged the detective. 44-year-old chester joseph creswell was shot and killed. >>> the man who barricaded himself inside a southeast d.c. apartment building has been charged with second-degree murder. 23-year-old garrett babb finally surrendered early yesterday morning. he shot and killed 24-year-old jerome brown near r street. at this point investigators are not saying what sparked the shooting. >>> no jail time but a $430 fine for the prince george's county council woman with a lead foot n. is video from police dash car video of karen toles speeding last february. that's what they saw in court yesterday. officers testified with this video that toles was going at least 105 miles an hour on the beltway and around 80 miles an hour on branch avenue before he stopped her. toles was found guilty of reckless driving but she will keep her lice

the police cruiser's windows were shattered by bullets in lanham. a detective went to the area to interview a person of interest in an attempted abduction but when he arrived the man fired several shots so the detective returned fire. the suspect was found dead in the road, the detective was not hurt. >>> new calls for action in baltimore county after a taken dies in an altercation with an off-duty police officer. wjz investigates live at randall town high where a vigil will get underway in just hours. mike. >> reporter: mary, this is where 17-year-old christopher brown went to school and where loved ones will gather in prayer tonight amid questions over his final moments alive and the role of officers when they're off-duty. more than one week after teenager christopher brown died, no one has been arrested or charged. police say brown was killed after an altercation with off- duty baltimore county police officer james laborde, leaving his family outraged. >> it's still unfathomable at this point to understand someone not having that amount of contro

police say the person fired several times here in lanham, prince george's county.he detective returned fire killing the. he is on anyone strairve leave as the shooting is investigated. >>> a silver spring woman is charged with filing a false police report late to the theft from a major league baseball player. the person told police a group of men tied her up in a hotel room belonging to cincinnati reds pitcher chapman. she says the men took off with thousands of dollars in jewelry. police no longer believe her story but are not revealing her role tin incident. >>> time now for a quick look at stories in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. more on the insider trading probe involving orioles hall of famer eddie murray. evaluating which orioles have the best shot at making the all- star team. and a guide to the summer's outdoor movies. for these stories and more read tomorrow's baltimore sun. and look for the updated forecast from wjz. >>> tens of thousands of u.s. soldiers were seriously injured in the battle grounds of iraq and afghanistan. now as mike

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this cell phone video shows the intense scene on lory lane in lanham yesterday as prince george's county police provided backup to the officer. metro says the officer was canvassing the neighborhood for a suspect in a possible attempted abduction at a bus stop on sunday. at some point, witnesses say 44-year-old chester creswell rammed the officer's car and began firing. the man's brother says creswell is a family man not known for getting in trouble. >> we was at church sunday. he got an award sunday, got up and spoke and read out of the bible sunday. there wasn't nothing out of character with him. talked to him this morning, said he was going fishing and everything. very uncharacteristic of my brother. i don't know what happened. they say the police came here and knocked on the door and they got into an argument. >> it is still unclear what sparked that argument. prince george's county police are handling the investigation. >>> and a judge has decided that virginia should still be found negligent for the way they handled the worst school shooting in the nation's history. the judge ruled

this cell phone video shows the scene on lory lane in lanham yesterday as prince george's county police backup. metro says one of their officers was canvassing the neighborhood for a suspect in a possible attempted abduction at a bus stop on sunday. at some point, witnesses say 44-year-old chester creswell rammed the officer's car and began firing. the man's brother says creswell is a family man not known for getting into trouble. >> we was at church sunday. he got an award sunday. he got up and spoke sunday and he read out of the bible sunday and there wasn't nothing out of character with him. and he talked to me this morning, some of them are going fishing and everything. very uncharacteristic of my brother. i don't know what happened. they say the police came here and knocked on the door and they got into an argument. >> it is still unclear what sparked that argument. prince george's county police are handling the investigation. >>> it wasn't the money a crook was after at a montgomery county restaurant. police are looking for the person who got away with used cooking oil. surveillan

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