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también en washington la alcatel alcalde vincent gray y la jefe policía katy lanier, anunciaron que losieron el nivel más bajo, desde los años 60, veamos más detalles. >> reportera: el alcalde de washington vincent gray y la jefe de departamento policía katy lanier informaron que hoy se puede presentar el índice más bajo de homicidios en los últimos 50 años, esto que se presentan las principales ciudad del país. >> quiero felicitar al departamento de policía, y por el éxito de casos cerrados. >> reportera: según datos oficiales, hasta ayer hubo 108 homicidios, un descenso con relación al mismo periodo del 2010, si bien la tasa de crímenes ha disminuido, nunca había sido tan alta desde 1973, antes en promedio 479 ejidos, en el 2007 se hubo 181, en el 2886, los menores del guaraní cuatro, y en el 2010 132, también se atribuyó este logro a la actitud de cerrar los casos, sacando los delincuentes de las calles, reduciendo la probabilidad de más crímenes de violentos. >> nos conocían como la capital del homicidio del mundo, y las ideas de los casos no resueltos, nuestros oficiales de policía
también en washington la alcatel alcalde vincent gray y la jefe policía katy lanier, anunciaron que losieron el nivel más bajo, desde los años 60, veamos más detalles. >> reportera: el alcalde de washington vincent gray y la jefe de departamento policía katy lanier informaron que hoy se puede presentar el índice más bajo de homicidios en los últimos 50 años, esto que se presentan las principales ciudad del país. >> quiero felicitar al departamento de policía, y por el...
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dc police chief cathy lanier says officers fired shot when he wouldn't put down the weapon. no news on the identity, but he has died. >>> don't forget we're always on at wusa9.com. have a great night. ♪ [ female announcer ] during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers help you rise to every occasion. ♪ from delectable to amazing. there are over 20 affordable safeway select appetizers ♪ to make all of your gatherings just as merry as can be. ♪ only at safeway. ingredients for life.
dc police chief cathy lanier says officers fired shot when he wouldn't put down the weapon. no news on the identity, but he has died. >>> don't forget we're always on at wusa9.com. have a great night. ♪ [ female announcer ] during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers help you rise to every occasion. ♪ from delectable to amazing. there are over 20 affordable safeway select appetizers ♪ to make all of your gatherings just as merry as can be. ♪...
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police chief cathy lanier. >> the shooting happened a short ago down the terrace. police responding to the call of pcp with a gun. police say they rushed to the scene when they had a call that a gunman was shooting and homes clay terrace. this man did not want to show and he said he heard gunshots and then saw the police officers. heard at least 20. and then you came around. yes. police officers surrounding him with flashlights. he said there were way too many gunshots fired. cathy lanier says that the came face-n scene, to-face with the gunman. he continued to fire. the officers fired their weapons the suspect, and he went down. now, the gunman has not been but people who live iran here said he also lived in the neighborhood. he was taken to a nearby hospital in very critical condition. horace holmes, abc7 news. thank you. and fairfax county, a man is head inee times in the reston. jay korff is live there now with witnesses and neighbors are saying tonight. jay? >> that victim was shot multiple times just behind me on that sidewalk. the while, children were in the
police chief cathy lanier. >> the shooting happened a short ago down the terrace. police responding to the call of pcp with a gun. police say they rushed to the scene when they had a call that a gunman was shooting and homes clay terrace. this man did not want to show and he said he heard gunshots and then saw the police officers. heard at least 20. and then you came around. yes. police officers surrounding him with flashlights. he said there were way too many gunshots fired. cathy lanier...
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police chief kathy lanier -- cathy lanier praised the officers who literally put their lives in danger. >> we had several cases where undercovers traveled outside the district of columbia with suspects known to be involved in multiple armed robberies. those suspects during those discussions made it clear they had no problems in shooting or killing police officers or security guards in the course of their criminal conduct. >> a total of 161 weapons were seized as well as gallons of pcp and a large cache of marijuana. >>> the manual accused of firing at the on -- owe the manual accused of firing at the white house will not get out of jail until his trial. the 21-year-old is accused of firing dozens of shots at the white house last month. he's charged with attempting to assassinate the president. the obamas were out of town at the time of the shooting. >>> 4:35. here's a look at some of the things making news now. a snowstorm continues to hammer parts of the southwest in the great plains this morning. the system barreled through new mexico yesterday bringing whipping winds and whiteout co
police chief kathy lanier -- cathy lanier praised the officers who literally put their lives in danger. >> we had several cases where undercovers traveled outside the district of columbia with suspects known to be involved in multiple armed robberies. those suspects during those discussions made it clear they had no problems in shooting or killing police officers or security guards in the course of their criminal conduct. >> a total of 161 weapons were seized as well as gallons of...
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lanier says when the suspect refused, as many as four officers opened fire. >> officers at some point trying to engage the suspect opened fire. and the suspect was struck. >> reporter: police say that he was firing shots randomly in this neighborhood. >> that's not it. >> reporter: this man says he's a friend of suspect who he calls mike. sullivan says he arrived at the scene shortly after mike was shot by police. >> you don't believe the police's version of events? >> no. i believe it was overkill. >> reporter: just to be clear, police say the suspect is not dead but does, indeed, have life-threatening injuries. they also found his weapon, his handgun here at the crime scene. anita and lesli. >>> fedex says it's the busiest shipping day of the season. >> ups and the postal service are busy with holiday packages too, meaning lots of the packages will end up on door steps in the next few days. gary nurenberg reports those packages are easy targets for thieves looking for an easy score. >> reporter: adam morgan monday evening. another one in the christmas spirit on 34th street. let's fa
lanier says when the suspect refused, as many as four officers opened fire. >> officers at some point trying to engage the suspect opened fire. and the suspect was struck. >> reporter: police say that he was firing shots randomly in this neighborhood. >> that's not it. >> reporter: this man says he's a friend of suspect who he calls mike. sullivan says he arrived at the scene shortly after mike was shot by police. >> you don't believe the police's version of...
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chief lanier said that 59% of this year's murder cases have been closed. the number of sex abuse cases, how far, has risen this year. some 15%. mostly officials say on the east side of the anacostia river. chief lanier said she's concerned about that but overall, pleased with the way the numbers are going. >> about i started here in 1990, the two things thattoused to really bother me is that we were --na used to bother me that was we were known as the murder capital of the world and the city of unsolved homicides. our police detectives and officers have done an amazing job turning that around. we're no longer one of these things. >> and yet this is a city still with the fair share of violence and heartache. coming up on the news edge at 6, you will hear-from-how one murder in this city this year can tear highways a part. >> see you -- tear lives a part. >>> if arlington can get through the next day without a homicide, it will be the first time in more than 50 years without a single recorded murder in the county. police records dating back to 1960 show at l
chief lanier said that 59% of this year's murder cases have been closed. the number of sex abuse cases, how far, has risen this year. some 15%. mostly officials say on the east side of the anacostia river. chief lanier said she's concerned about that but overall, pleased with the way the numbers are going. >> about i started here in 1990, the two things thattoused to really bother me is that we were --na used to bother me that was we were known as the murder capital of the world and the...
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ninguna de esas dos cosas el alcalde vincent grey, junto a la jefa del departamento de policÍa cathy lanierha tenido una reducciÓn en el nivel de asesinatos en relaciÓn al aÑo pasado y que se encuentra en su nivel mas bajo desde 1963. en lo que va del aÑo se han reportado un total de 108 asesinatos y esto lo atribuyen al alto desempeÑo del departamento de policÍa. es un logro fenomenal y lo atribiummos al esfuerzo de nuestros elementos aunque las c una mejorÍa en el nivel de asesinatos la comunidad no lo percibe de esa manera y esperan mÁs de las autoridades . "esta igual o sigue talvez en acenso" para mi no es cierto para mi no es cierto para mi hay crimenes que nisiquiera los noticieros se dan cuenta.. pasan en los vecindarios de uno y no se que tipo de reportes les pasaran me imagino que han de ser los que los policias le pasan .. porque de lo contrario no don josÉ piensa que la mejor manera para estar seguro.. es evitar es mejor no salir yo no salgo de mi apartamento.. llego de trabajar hago mi comidita, pongo a ver television, y cuendo de da sueno me voy a dormir . la jefa de policÍa d
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and the police chief, cathy lanier came out to the scene to talk about what happened.t was on the 5300 block of clay terrace in northeast off division avenue northeast to talk about what happened around 7:00 last night. she says that witnesses found a man who was high on drugs shooting at homes and refused to put down his gun. that's when police arrived. they demanded him to take down the gun. he would not. that's when police opened fire, shooting the man. well, we did talk to napoleon sullivan. he said he's known the man for seven years. he believe the police actions were excessive. >> as far as i know, he was shot over maybe 15 times by the police. good guy. into sports. we played video games together. the situation, this event, it don't have his name on it. it is not his curse. >> police have not released this person's name. the friend says his first name is mike. we are expected to hear much more later on this morning. police are waiting to notify next of kin. we'll have much more coming up at noon about this investigation. so far, police are still trying to figure
and the police chief, cathy lanier came out to the scene to talk about what happened.t was on the 5300 block of clay terrace in northeast off division avenue northeast to talk about what happened around 7:00 last night. she says that witnesses found a man who was high on drugs shooting at homes and refused to put down his gun. that's when police arrived. they demanded him to take down the gun. he would not. that's when police opened fire, shooting the man. well, we did talk to napoleon...
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police chief kathy lanier. back to you in the studio mike. >> very interesting and of course jess will have that on wusa9 and on wusa9.com. the mayor's comments there. >>> the murder rate in the district is at the lowest level since john f. kennedy was president. as of thursday there were 108 homicides in the city this year. and that is the lowest since 1963. there were 132 murders in the city at this time last year. compare that to 20 years ago? 479 people were killed in the district. >>> 24 hours after a deadly car crash, police still want to know what caused it. they're working on the cause now. we brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. an suv left university boulevard east in silver spring and hit a fence and then smashed into abulic retaining wall. -- a brick retaining wall. 22-year-old jenice richards and tamara johnson died in the crash. 18-year-old desaleen james survived. her twin sister says she knows what happened but is having a hard time acknowledging the death of her friends. >> she
police chief kathy lanier. back to you in the studio mike. >> very interesting and of course jess will have that on wusa9 and on wusa9.com. the mayor's comments there. >>> the murder rate in the district is at the lowest level since john f. kennedy was president. as of thursday there were 108 homicides in the city this year. and that is the lowest since 1963. there were 132 murders in the city at this time last year. compare that to 20 years ago? 479 people were killed in the...
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police chief kathy lanier and they hold a press conference later today at 2:30. will be interesting to see what he has to say. mike, back to you in the studio. >> thank you jess and of course we'll have that right here on 9news now and on wusa9.com as well. >>> a grand jury has now indicted curtis lopez for the murders of his estranged wife jane mcquain and his stepson, 11-year-old william. they were both killed back in october. montgomery county police say lopez went to mcquain's apartment in jermantown where he beat and stabbed her. police found william's body in clarksburg days later. investigators believe lopez used a bat to crush the boy's skull. >>> the district of columbia has been ordered to pay over a million dollars in attorney's fees in connection with the city's handgun ban. the court case back in 2003, dick heller sued the district saying the ban violated his second amendment rights. the case wept to the supreme court. the justice sided with heller and overturned the ban in 2008. now a judge awarded his attorneys more than $1 million in fees and expe
police chief kathy lanier and they hold a press conference later today at 2:30. will be interesting to see what he has to say. mike, back to you in the studio. >> thank you jess and of course we'll have that right here on 9news now and on wusa9.com as well. >>> a grand jury has now indicted curtis lopez for the murders of his estranged wife jane mcquain and his stepson, 11-year-old william. they were both killed back in october. montgomery county police say lopez went to...
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mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier say the dramatic drop in murders is, in part, due to what they call community policing as well as strong leadership in traditionally more violent neighborhoods. >>> the activists who are on a hunger strike for d.c. voting rights will launch an online petition today. they hope to get one signature for every resident in d.c., which is roughly 618,000. they are also proposing a new one cent tax on bottled water that would fund a full-time lobbyist for the district. artists and occupy d.c. protester adrian parsons has been consuming only electrolyte enhanced water and vitamins for three weeks now. a few others fasted for shorter periods. >>> a federal judge has ruled that d.c. must pay more than $1 million as a result of a court case over guns in the district. in 2003 dick heller sued the city saying a ban on owning guns was unconstitutional. five years later the supreme court agreed ruling the ban violated the second amendment. the $1 million will pay for heller's lawyers fees. now d.c. residents are allowed to own guns, but there are stri
mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier say the dramatic drop in murders is, in part, due to what they call community policing as well as strong leadership in traditionally more violent neighborhoods. >>> the activists who are on a hunger strike for d.c. voting rights will launch an online petition today. they hope to get one signature for every resident in d.c., which is roughly 618,000. they are also proposing a new one cent tax on bottled water that would fund a full-time...
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mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier say the drop in murders is from what they call community policing and a strong police presence in traditionally violent neighborhoods. >>> an online petition will be launched today in d.c. they hope to get one signature for every resident in d.c., which is 116,000. they're also proposing a new tax on bottled water that would fund a full-time lobbyist for the district. online protester adrian parsons has been consuming only electrolyte enhanced water for three weeks. >>> in 2003 dick heller sued the city, saying the ban on owning guns was unconstitutional. five years later, the supreme court agreed, ruling the ban violated the second amendment. yesterday a federal judge awarded heller's lawyers more than $1 million in expenses. d.c. now allows people to own guns, but there are strict registration requirements. >>> two gop candidates who failed to make virginia's primary ballot are headed to court over the decision. an attorney and tea party activist has filed a lawsuit on behalf of newt gingrich. jonathan mosley filed a suit yesterday conten
mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier say the drop in murders is from what they call community policing and a strong police presence in traditionally violent neighborhoods. >>> an online petition will be launched today in d.c. they hope to get one signature for every resident in d.c., which is 116,000. they're also proposing a new tax on bottled water that would fund a full-time lobbyist for the district. online protester adrian parsons has been consuming only electrolyte...
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police chief cathy lanier closed the dupont circle pub last month after a man was shoot to death there and five others were stabbed. tonight the alcohol beverage control boards no more live entertainment -- board says no more live entertainment, no promoters and it must close by midnight every night. >>> a construction worker seriously injured this morning after falling 16 feet into a trench in gaithersburg. a bus hit a barrel, the barrel hit a man nooking him into the hole. he was taken to the hospital burst knocking him into the hole. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but is expected to be okay. >>> the last f-22 raptor rolled off the assembly line at lockheed martin. the cost of production on the aircraft is just too high and many argue the fighter doesn't have a purpose anymore. in its place, the f-35 joint strike fighter. >>> coming up why one local leader is open to the idea of slots in his county. >>> plus keeping the holidays from turning tragic, some fire prevention tips are obvious, others not so much. check out some of the other stories on the rundown. the n
police chief cathy lanier closed the dupont circle pub last month after a man was shoot to death there and five others were stabbed. tonight the alcohol beverage control boards no more live entertainment -- board says no more live entertainment, no promoters and it must close by midnight every night. >>> a construction worker seriously injured this morning after falling 16 feet into a trench in gaithersburg. a bus hit a barrel, the barrel hit a man nooking him into the hole. he was...
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mayor vince gray and police chief cathy lanier holding a news conference today to call attention to the city's homicide rate. currently 108 homicides in 2011. if that holds, it would be the lowest since the early 1960s. now, that's a major improvement over the 479 homicides recorded back in 1991 when the city was in the midst of a crack epidemic. mayor gray attributes the decline in part to community policing and strong neighborhood leadership. >>> investigators are looking into whether speed played a factor in a deadly accident on the beltway. kevin hinnant, jr. of lower maryland was killed when he crashed his motorcycle on the outer loop near colesville road in silver spring. witnesses say hinnant lost control and hit a guardrail. blamed in that will be -- lanes in that area were shut down but since reopened. >>> a grand jury indicted the maryland man accused of murdering his wife and son. he's accused of stabbing jane mcqueen to death in her germantown apartment in october then taking her 11-year-old son william to a wooded area and beating him to death. lopez is set to be arraigned
mayor vince gray and police chief cathy lanier holding a news conference today to call attention to the city's homicide rate. currently 108 homicides in 2011. if that holds, it would be the lowest since the early 1960s. now, that's a major improvement over the 479 homicides recorded back in 1991 when the city was in the midst of a crack epidemic. mayor gray attributes the decline in part to community policing and strong neighborhood leadership. >>> investigators are looking into...
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i have said all along i'm a huge fan of cathy lanier as chief of police.anding job and i look forward to continue to go work with her. >> and that has to be approved by council, right? >> she's actually been confirmed. >> so you just continue her? >> that's correct. >> going to give her a raise? >> well, we have already dealt with the issues of salary. >> they are trying to even out the salary situation and all of that. >> well, again, in the case of the chief we want to be competitive with her salary. we have addressed that with the council. you know, bonuses and the like that have been provided in the past are no longer going to be provided. it will just be a straight salary for her. >> all right. well, i have some issues we want to bring up. we'll take another break and come back with mayor vincent gray, mayor of the district of column bee kwrafplt you >>> can you just -- where is yours? you said you'll cooperate all along. you've not been asked to go before a grand jury. have documents been subpoenaed? have you turned over things? where do you stand on
i have said all along i'm a huge fan of cathy lanier as chief of police.anding job and i look forward to continue to go work with her. >> and that has to be approved by council, right? >> she's actually been confirmed. >> so you just continue her? >> that's correct. >> going to give her a raise? >> well, we have already dealt with the issues of salary. >> they are trying to even out the salary situation and all of that. >> well, again, in the case...
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chief lanier describes what happened next. >> the gunman continued to fire. officers gave commands for the gunman to drop the gun. he did not. the officers fired their weapons at the suspect, and he went down. they immediately went to where the suspect was and began to administer cpr. >> reporter: the suspect was transported to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. police are not releasing his identity at this time pending the notification of the next of kin. they do plan on staying here on the scene and maintaining this crime scene until they have daylight. they want to make sure that no one else was injured and that no property was injured or affected by this shooting as well. we're told there weren't any other victims in this shooting, but police are continuing their investigation. i'm tracee wilkins live this morning in northeast. back to you all in the student yoi. >> tracee wilkins in northeast, thank you for that report. >>> this morning jerry sandusky will face some of the men who have accused him of sexual abuse in court. prosecutors will sh
chief lanier describes what happened next. >> the gunman continued to fire. officers gave commands for the gunman to drop the gun. he did not. the officers fired their weapons at the suspect, and he went down. they immediately went to where the suspect was and began to administer cpr. >> reporter: the suspect was transported to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. police are not releasing his identity at this time pending the notification of the next of kin. they do plan...
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chief lanier describes what happened next. >> the gunman continued to fire. officer gave commands for the gunman to drop the gun. he did not. the officers fired their weapons at the suspect, and he went down. they immediately went to where the suspect was and began to administer cpr. >> reporter: again, the suspect did die from his wounds. police are not releasing his name at this time until they notify the next of kin. they're going to maintain the scene until they have more daylight to continue their investigation. i'm tracee wilkins live in northeast. back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. >>> police in fairfax county looking for three men possibly connected to a deadly shooting in fairfax. investigators say someone shot a man at the crescent apartments on cameron crescent drive yesterday afternoon. the victim died at the hospital. police say the three men were seen leaving the complex shortly after. detectives have not releaseded a possible description. >>> today on capitol hill, speaker john boehner expects house republicans to pass their v
chief lanier describes what happened next. >> the gunman continued to fire. officer gave commands for the gunman to drop the gun. he did not. the officers fired their weapons at the suspect, and he went down. they immediately went to where the suspect was and began to administer cpr. >> reporter: again, the suspect did die from his wounds. police are not releasing his name at this time until they notify the next of kin. they're going to maintain the scene until they have more...
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chief cathy lanier says as many as four to five police officers opened fire on the man with a gun who was acting erratic. >> they hear the gunshots. he's given commands to drop the weapon. he does not. officers at some point in trying to engage the suspect opened fire and the suspect was struck. the officers who engaged in fire with the suspect immediately went over to him and began to perform cpr. he looked like he was in pretty bad shape. >> and, in fact, that man went to the hospital. he died at the hospital. we have not learned the identity of this man. we're expected to hear that later on today. we'll also hear from a friend of this victim who doesn't believe in the actions police took. but again, police officers are trained to shoot when they feel like they're threatened. they have a gun and refuse to put it down and police fire back. so, we'll hear from this man coming up in the next half hour. back to you, mike. >> surae chinn is live outside the police headquarters in northwest this morning. >> we should know later today, the identity of a man who was fatally shot in the head
chief cathy lanier says as many as four to five police officers opened fire on the man with a gun who was acting erratic. >> they hear the gunshots. he's given commands to drop the weapon. he does not. officers at some point in trying to engage the suspect opened fire and the suspect was struck. the officers who engaged in fire with the suspect immediately went over to him and began to perform cpr. he looked like he was in pretty bad shape. >> and, in fact, that man went to the...
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we talked to police chief kathy lanier about why she believes this may have happened, this man firing as many as 30 gunshots. >> there were several calls that came in. first, for a man with a gun shooting at the houses. then calls came in for a person high on pcp firing a weapon. as officers enterrd the block, they heard the gunfire and observed the subject with a gun firing. >> reporter: now, when the man refused to drop his weapon, they did fire on him. cpr was performed on the suspect at the scene although he later died. they do suspect that pcp or perhaps some other drug was involved but we do not confirmation. police are on the scene and will probably continue their investigation once daylight breaks. i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. >>> and police are still looking for people responsible identify deadly shooting in reston. a man found shot on cameron crescent drive. he later died of his wounds. investigators say three men were spotted leaving the scene. they have not yet dairmd motive but believe there is no threat to the -- determine a motive but believe there is no
we talked to police chief kathy lanier about why she believes this may have happened, this man firing as many as 30 gunshots. >> there were several calls that came in. first, for a man with a gun shooting at the houses. then calls came in for a person high on pcp firing a weapon. as officers enterrd the block, they heard the gunfire and observed the subject with a gun firing. >> reporter: now, when the man refused to drop his weapon, they did fire on him. cpr was performed on the...
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here's chief cathy lanier. >> there were several calls that came in, first for a man with a gun shooting at the houses. then calls came in for a man high on pcp firing a weapon. as officers entered the block, they heard the gunfire and observed the gunfiring. >> they were performing cpr on the suspect. we don't know if police identified him yet. investigators are there right now documenting the scene looking for shell casings, more on this one as we get it. >>> i know the big story we're following tonight at 10:00, he was a star athlete who dreamed of being a u.s. marine, a dream 21-year-old kevin victor of brentwood will never realize. he was shot and killed during a robbery attempt friday night in the 4600 block of 37th street. fox 5's audrey barnes talked to his family and friends tonight about the senseless crime. >> kevin victor survived a brutal civil war in liberia when he was just a child. he started school in the u.s. years behind his peers but against all odds he graduated from northwestern high school last year only to be gunned down in brentwood friday just minutes from home.
here's chief cathy lanier. >> there were several calls that came in, first for a man with a gun shooting at the houses. then calls came in for a man high on pcp firing a weapon. as officers entered the block, they heard the gunfire and observed the gunfiring. >> they were performing cpr on the suspect. we don't know if police identified him yet. investigators are there right now documenting the scene looking for shell casings, more on this one as we get it. >>> i know the...
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. >> reporter: chief lanier says that accusation is not true. now there was a lot of lead in the air here. i was this story today, a woman walks by and says, welcome to the wild, wild west. pat, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. >>> after several days of interviews, tonight virginia state police are hitting a dead end as they search for a motive in that murder of the virginia tech more. 22-year-old ross ashley, however, police say did legally buy a .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun last year. investigators have not found a connection between ashley and the police officer, derrek kraus. kraus was murdered last thursday and then ashley killed himself. the officer's funeral was yesterday. >>> turning now to the weather. another seasonably cold day but there could be a warm-up on the way. >> doug has the forecast and some christmas lights. >> reporter: yeah, you can say that. also blow-ups or inflatables. whatever you want to call they will. we have them all at this house today in bethesda. we'll be showing you most of the inflatables tha
. >> reporter: chief lanier says that accusation is not true. now there was a lot of lead in the air here. i was this story today, a woman walks by and says, welcome to the wild, wild west. pat, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. >>> after several days of interviews, tonight virginia state police are hitting a dead end as they search for a motive in that murder of the virginia tech more. 22-year-old ross ashley, however, police say did legally buy a .40 caliber...
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mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier say the dramatic drop in murders is in part due to whaty call community policing as well as strong leadership in traditionally more violent neighborhoods. >>> governor bob mcdonnell approved new rules to tighten regulations for virginia abortion clinics. the new rules treat abortion clinics like surgery centers and must meet hospital type standards. in the past, the state's 22 clinics were treated like doctor's offices and dentist offices. anti-abortion activists say the clin changes will make clinics safer for women. pro choice activists say it will cause the clinics to close. >>> a new law to require parents to notify police about missing children. the law is named caylee's law in honor of caylee anthony. casey anthony did not report her daughter's disappearance for two months. >>> 911 operators can be the difference between life and death, but in prince george's county, the 911 call center has been bogged down by an onslaught of emergency calls. >> i hate you. i hate you. that's my emergency. >> you want to call who? >> i want to call t
mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier say the dramatic drop in murders is in part due to whaty call community policing as well as strong leadership in traditionally more violent neighborhoods. >>> governor bob mcdonnell approved new rules to tighten regulations for virginia abortion clinics. the new rules treat abortion clinics like surgery centers and must meet hospital type standards. in the past, the state's 22 clinics were treated like doctor's offices and dentist...
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. >> reporter: police and kathy lanier wrapped up a news conference telling us her side of the story and the figures they gathered so far. the last couple of day, 108 murders this year. the largest that we have seen in the district since 1963. >> as 2011 winds down, d.c. is a safer place to be. according to the mayor and police chief. >> when i started here in 1990, the two things that used to really bother me is that we were known as the murder capital of the world and the city of unsolved homicides. our detectives and our police officers have done an amazing job in turning that around. >> 108 murders, down 18%, and a 94% homicide closure rate. that beats out the national average of 65%. but the president of the fop claims overall crime is on the rise. he blames the occupy d.c. movement for draining resources. >> in fact, there's been a double digit increase in violent crimes and jour all crime overall crime in the city. >> based on the time of year, but to blame that on occupy is crazy. >> and the chief credits the community for keeping the crime numbers low and is now asking the c
. >> reporter: police and kathy lanier wrapped up a news conference telling us her side of the story and the figures they gathered so far. the last couple of day, 108 murders this year. the largest that we have seen in the district since 1963. >> as 2011 winds down, d.c. is a safer place to be. according to the mayor and police chief. >> when i started here in 1990, the two things that used to really bother me is that we were known as the murder capital of the world and the...
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concerned though about police tracking and storing information of innocent citizens, however, cathy lanierefended the program thursday on wtop. >> it's the same thing that launch did with pen and paper -- law enforcement did with pen and paper for years. there's no restrictions on me jots down license plates in a crime scene. it's the same principle. it's automated now. >> police say the program leads to at least one arrest per day in the d. c. area. it will maintain existing cameras, create a new data base and add three new cameras to the system. >>> time now is 5:42. women suffering from back pain and headaches may want to check their bra. coming up at 6:47. how getting the right fit should alleviate some pain. >>> but next, mike is out but class is still in session. see how a few jedi mind tricks is helping some local students master their math problems in today's cool schools report. >>> 5:42. here's who's celebrating a birthday today -- >>> good morning, welcome back to 9news now. we are so happy it's friday. it's 5:46 and howard is here and it's a cold morning but like you said it's
concerned though about police tracking and storing information of innocent citizens, however, cathy lanierefended the program thursday on wtop. >> it's the same thing that launch did with pen and paper -- law enforcement did with pen and paper for years. there's no restrictions on me jots down license plates in a crime scene. it's the same principle. it's automated now. >> police say the program leads to at least one arrest per day in the d. c. area. it will maintain existing...
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mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier say they realize even one unsolved murder is one too many. >> we're still working on it. we never give up. we'll keep working those cases until we come to closure. we just ask the families to stay with us and have faith in us. reporter: but this d.c. resident, businessman and taxpayer, 2011 delivered him a crushing blow that no crime stat could ever erase. >> the pain is still there. it's still real. i'm glad, you know, it was the lowest, but i just, you know, wish it had been lower than that. reporter: in the district bob barnard, fox 5 news. >>> if arlington can get through the next day without a homicide, it will be the first time in more than 50 years without a single recorded murder in the county. police records dating back to 1960 show at least one homicide has been reported each year. since then the county has averaged about five a year. the number of murders in arlington has been on the decline since the '90s. >>> what were the biggest headlines of 2011? we're recapping the historic year that was coming up. >>> plus the redskins
mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier say they realize even one unsolved murder is one too many. >> we're still working on it. we never give up. we'll keep working those cases until we come to closure. we just ask the families to stay with us and have faith in us. reporter: but this d.c. resident, businessman and taxpayer, 2011 delivered him a crushing blow that no crime stat could ever erase. >> the pain is still there. it's still real. i'm glad, you know, it was the...
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. >> chief lanier said that accusation is not true. investigators from internal affairs will review this shooting to make sure no laws were violated and everything was done in accordance with police policy. i'm pat collins. news4, washington. >>> occupy protesters up in baltimore had something of a setback today. they were cleared out of their camp along the inner harbor this morning. about 100 officers surrounded the camp and escorted about 40 people out of there. nobody arrested, no one injured. according to the mayor's office in baltimore, 24 people are now staying at a homeless shelter. occupy baltimore protesters had asked for their permit to be extended until april so they could remain in that camp. that request was denied earlier this month. sflx the house is voting right now on a bill that would extend pay roll tax cuts but president obama is not please that had a republican priority has been linked to that bill. and once again the threat of a government shutdown is looming over the capital. steve handelsman is there. >> report
. >> chief lanier said that accusation is not true. investigators from internal affairs will review this shooting to make sure no laws were violated and everything was done in accordance with police policy. i'm pat collins. news4, washington. >>> occupy protesters up in baltimore had something of a setback today. they were cleared out of their camp along the inner harbor this morning. about 100 officers surrounded the camp and escorted about 40 people out of there. nobody...
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so at lanier, the issue about what we're talking about here now really hit me, because i said what am i looking at? where did it come from? what happened in this country that we ended up this way? i wasn't talking about the kids and what was wrong with them. because we have the wrong conversations with the wrong people. we talk to the country about the kids. we need to talk to the country about the country come and we need to talk to the kids about the kids. it does no good to talk to the country about the parents of the kids if they are daddies, right? .. and you're going to have to cut your class size down. no more than eight team, maybe 20. and all of us teaching algebra have to have time every day where he can sit down and talk to each other. so in the middle of that first year, the school announced any kid who doesn't pass the state test is taking his algebra courses, they will have to repeat algebra as 10th graders or go back as ninth graders and do pre-algebra. so that was an opening. it was a direct hit, look, you pass our course. if you don't pass the state exam, we will move
so at lanier, the issue about what we're talking about here now really hit me, because i said what am i looking at? where did it come from? what happened in this country that we ended up this way? i wasn't talking about the kids and what was wrong with them. because we have the wrong conversations with the wrong people. we talk to the country about the kids. we need to talk to the country about the country come and we need to talk to the kids about the kids. it does no good to talk to the...
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this is atlanta's drinking water, lake lanier. at full pool, this water would still be way over my head. this year the trouble started early. a ground hog day blizzard in chicago paralyzed the city with two feet of snow. in the spring, midwest snow trickled south and combined with three times the normal rainfall, caused the mississippi to flood. above-average hurricane season resulted in only one storm making landfall -- that was irene. category 1 in north carolina, but it moved up the atlantic coast causing widespread flooding and 45 deaths. and then there was the unheard of halloween snow in october. but why are we seeing these extremes? one reason -- la nina. let me explain la nina. it is when cooler than normal water is off the coast of south america. it changes our forecast pattern because it changes the jet stream just a little bit. it creates a big drought across texas, we saw that, a drought across the southeast, and a new area of wet weather that this year turned into a new tornado alley. the weather pattern allows for a
this is atlanta's drinking water, lake lanier. at full pool, this water would still be way over my head. this year the trouble started early. a ground hog day blizzard in chicago paralyzed the city with two feet of snow. in the spring, midwest snow trickled south and combined with three times the normal rainfall, caused the mississippi to flood. above-average hurricane season resulted in only one storm making landfall -- that was irene. category 1 in north carolina, but it moved up the atlantic...
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mayor vince gray and kathy lanier holding a news conference. currently 108 homicides in 2011. if that holds it would be the lowest since the early 1960s. that's a major improvement over 1991 when the city was in the midst of a crack epidemic. mayor gray attributes the decline in part to community policing and strong neighborhood leadership. >>> these past games deadly on montgomery county roads. this morning a man driving a motorcycle was killed on the beltway. kevin hinnant junior of laurel crashed in silver springs. witnesses say hinnant lost control while traveling at a high rate of speed and hit a guardrail. lanes in that area shut down but have since reopened. >>> police have still investigating a crash that killed two young women on university boulevard in silver springs yesterday morning. the suv they were traveling in veered off the road and hit a retaining wall. last night family and friends gathered to remember 19-year- old at that marra -- tamara johnson and 22-year-old jenice richards and parade for james who is now dealing with serious injury. >>> police identifyi
mayor vince gray and kathy lanier holding a news conference. currently 108 homicides in 2011. if that holds it would be the lowest since the early 1960s. that's a major improvement over 1991 when the city was in the midst of a crack epidemic. mayor gray attributes the decline in part to community policing and strong neighborhood leadership. >>> these past games deadly on montgomery county roads. this morning a man driving a motorcycle was killed on the beltway. kevin hinnant junior of...
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dc police chief cathy lanier says officers fired shot when he wouldn't put down the weapon. no news on the identity, but he has died. >>> do take toast. spread with i can't believe it's not butter! add jacques. he's french. mmmm. [ male announcer ] fresh butter taste that's irresistible. i can't believe it's not butter! on my journey across america, [ male announcer ] fresh butter taste that's irresistible. i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. by marie claire as one of the 25 beauty products that will change your life because it whitens by removing up to 80% of surface stains. see how it can change your life. crest 3d white. life opens up when you do. ♪ crest 3d white. you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle ins
dc police chief cathy lanier says officers fired shot when he wouldn't put down the weapon. no news on the identity, but he has died. >>> do take toast. spread with i can't believe it's not butter! add jacques. he's french. mmmm. [ male announcer ] fresh butter taste that's irresistible. i can't believe it's not butter! on my journey across america, [ male announcer ] fresh butter taste that's irresistible. i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "big"...