two killedo i four others were killed and shot in an apartment complex in capital heights.ight lindsay watts has more on the investigation and the time. >>reporter: i'm sure a lot of families go lieu this. you look at it on the news. > p show you crime tape and police cars just about every day. you kind of come, you know, think it's going to be at yourbe door accept. for irving good all that changed with one phone call about his grandson. one of thed alhone c toughest days i have had in life, the call that i got at the time i got it. the the phone kept t ringing and i didn't want to answer it because i k 18 year oiled brian davis had been hanging with friends at this apartment complex.. it's unclear what led up to the gunfire that left the bullet holes in windows, but brian was among six people him he loved te play hi basketball, foot all, al sports. > brian was also the nephew of a fox5 employee. the d.c. high school student died here on scene.ene. due for graduation in june.e. to his mom that what he wanted to do was joining the military. growing up he was always active. he liked to did th

. >> lindsay watts reports. >>> for now, d.c.'s only on poling place is in judiciary square and there were lines for hours there today. more than 2500 voters. people we talked to were excited to vote. hopeful for d.c. statehood and ready for this election to be over. >> this was the line to the early voting. >> everybody should make a plan to vote. >> mayor muriel bowser joined the crowd encouraging them to vote yes for d.c. statehood. >> we want senators like every other american. >> while, widely supported in the district. >> i think it's long overdue. >> it's an uphill battle with congress having the final say. this to be reality. >> we're hopeful we will not only win the white house with the person who supports stayedhood but both houses of congress which would make this an easier progress later saturday a quieter judiciary square. no more lines but still a steady stream of voters including some picking a president for the first time. >> kind of excited. like just to be a part of something, just to have -- >> one to tell us th

lindsay watts gets us started in temple hills, maryland.ll >>reporter: there ares, quite a few people staying the nightght here, even though they have been told to leave. it's definitely another i to walk through these dark hallways.hall obviously you can't take the elevator, so people the upper levels have on go up the stairs in the dark sevenk flights in some cases. we have our camera light on right now but you can see without it it is pitch black. so no lights, no heat on what is the coldest day of the fall season so far. no power. we talked to one family who is inside their apartment right now. they say they have no choice but to stick it out. i mean, i have nowhere go. thank god he we found a place for the two week old baby to go. but we have nowhere to go so we'll be staying here. > do you have any candles. >> it's like immediately. we didn't get a notice, you know. we had a one-day notice, youe, know. > and so you don't have electricity. >> no. > your food is going bad. >> yes, ma'am. > will you take me over to the kitchen area.ea. >> sure. sure. > as you can see we've been we

fox5's lindsay watts joins us with details. this complaint named school board member curtis valentine and the head of the school board, dr. saw gunk eubanks. i had to do with a study they wanted to do on why parents aren't choosing prince george's county. a study that would cost taxpayers more than # 20 now that money set not only to do to headed by a former school board >> it doesn't smell right. > and for a former prince george's county school board member if it doesn't smell right, it deserves a second look. i said, you know, let me do some more research. > a d.c. research company was commissioned to do the survey. at $10,000 per focus group, the work wasn't cheap. but what stood out to fletcher wasn't so much the cost, but the company where a former board member is a senior partner. i said, wait a minute, this is crazy. we signed an agreement, if you're a board member, that once you're off the board, you cannot have any business and you cannot be employed with the board. > and that tans for one year. fletcher's complaint hi

fox5's lindsay watts is more with this story.wi >>reporter: such a horrible crime. almost unbelievable. u drinking with friends in thishi area where we are at 14th street and tis place here in the columbia heights neighborhood. he said he had just started to walk home when two guys came up from behind and demanned cash. the man says he didn't have any money and the robbers got angry. he says that they forced him to the ground face first and thenhn set him on fire burning his back. people we talked to couldn't cou believe it. it. what? i guess i was very surprised. neighborhood. i've just lived here for a year, but it seems like it's a pretty relaxed place so to hear something like that is pretty disusual ting, you know. according to the police report this happened late last night, but for some reason the man chose not to report this at the time. he didn't seek out any help. so the way police found outound about this, the man was spottedt just a few blocks from where we are by some people today, people who saw his burns. this is what went out over the scanner.sc runn

fox5's lindsay watts reports. >>reporter: online anyone can find it for sale. pink heroin is a powerful synthetic opioid known as chemists as 47700. it typically comes from china and it comes cheap. so new many states are still working to ban it, making it i legal in most places. it is a serious problem and it can cause deaths.deat loudon county sheriff make chap man as his office just confirmed apartments overdosed on the drug. the 24 years old was firstas thought to have ingested regular heroin, but toxicology tests revealed it was the new powerfup drug. the people are trying to get th high of their lives are in the e process are dying like neverike before when it comes to heroin and opioids. pink heroin has proven especially deadly because it's re size decongestant. a shot used to safe people whoae we're trying to get the word out there that this is not good. i mean, this will kill you. chap man spent more than twowo decades as a dea agent. he says the opioid crisis we're seeing is unprecedented and parties need to be aware, especially with a drug that is. y

live in alexandria, lindsay watts fox 5 local news. >>> montgomery county police are investigating a suspicious death in rockville. the body of a woman found in a parking lot in park line drive near the twin brook metro. police still trying to identify the woman. they say there was no apparent trauma to her body remains were sent to the medical examiner. >>> we learned the name of the man killed in a pedestrian a car hit robert gross man as he was crossing georgia avenue at regina drive. he was not in crosswalk. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. driver stayed on the scene, no word if the driver will face charges. >>> new tonight at 10:00 police are investigating a case of animal cruelty in washington county maryland. a family's dog was shot and killed with a cross bow arrow. bronx was a therapy dog for the family's 8-year-old son. the dog was let last friday morning to go to the bathroom. about 20 minutes later, a family member found bronx bleeding on the front porch with an arrow sticking out of his chest. this happened along orchard ridge road in hasn't cock. anyone with

lindsay watts is live in northeast at the fort trotton station with more on this. hey, lindsay. >> hey, matt. the red line is metro's busiest shutdown two stations. what that means is that trains aren't running. where we are at fort trotton to noma gallaudet university and you can see up here, this will be lasting almost a month until november were 22'nd. metro is providing free shuttle busses for people. in the time we have been out here, we've been watching the busses and they have a been running quickly and smoothly. sheet metals like riders haven't had to wai way. but of course, it is the weekend. we are expecting a much different scene here on monday. a lot more people boarding these busses. we have seen a few people ineventualliesed today and some heading out to celebrate their halloweenly festivities. >> we didn't know it was going to be closed down, we're on a time limit. it's caused little bit of delay for us, now we have to take uber >> reporter: would you have changed your travel arrangements had you known about this ahead of time >> definitely. we planne

lindsay watts spoke with a church member about the charges. >> reporter: the man i says he has known the pastor since he was just a kid and that his family was among those who invested in the preacher's business. millender was in court today to hear the charges that could be taking him from the pulpit to prison. >> so, your house, your car, your land, your -- that doesn't define you. that's. >> reporter: he's a preacher who condemned agreed and materialism sunday morning. they're miserable. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say terry millender was preying on the people he was preaching to. according to court documents, he convinced parishioners to vest in his company. they gave 1,000, 50,000, even four $400,000. the grand total, 1.2 million. investigators say wife grenetta and their friend wells used things like risky trade deals and this lavish home >> it was more so a sigh of relief >> we spoke by phone to eric brown. there has been rumors about misconduct for years and his family was among those who invested in the millender's so-called business >> i asked him hey, that's a nice ca

two killedo i four others were killed and shot in an apartment complex in capital heights.ight lindsay watts has more on the investigation and the time. >>reporter: i'm sure a lot of families go lieu this. you look at it on the news. > p show you crime tape and police cars just about every day. you kind of come, you know,

. >>> lindsay watts is in wood bridge. >> reporter: here in front of the wal-mart where the person was stuffed in the trunk of the car. it happened in front of the store about 10:00 last night. police say there were plenty of witnesses. someone reported this and wal-mart turned over the surveillance video. we'll give you another look at that now. police tell me they aren't sure if it's a man or woman there that's being dragged toward the car. you can see the person looks to be struggling to away. the two guys get the victim inside the trunk, close it up. one man gets in the front, the other the rear passenger side. police don't know who any of these people are at this point. this is baffling, the person never yelled out for help. some who saw this thought it was play fighting. police say they're taking this seriously >> we're worried right now that that's how we're investigating it. there are still a lot of questions we have as the investigation gone on. >> a few of the witnesses reported to us that the victim didn't scream during the encounter. it appeared that they were play fighting

lindsay watts, "fox5 local news". >> one spern in the hospital with life-threatening injuries and this broke out a little after eight on third floor of the building in 700 block on second street. we're told the building sprinklelers managed to cop taken the fire until firefighters arrived to put it out. no word on a cause or how many people will be displaced. parents accused of killing their own baby, antoine petty is held without bond tonight charged with first and second degree murder in the death of his son. jen ees is charged with accessory after the fact. she's being held on 120,000 bond. police state couple admitted to their involvement in the child aedz death and they told police they buried the baby to hide crime and they led police to a shallowra >> this death represents a tremendous loss to our community and not only that but in my mind represents yet again another instance where this community failed to protect the child and this is a horrific, horrific case and we hope it will again hope us to focus on the fact that we must do everything we can to protect children. >> a rel

the woman who filed theed complaint says taxpayers be furious about what she foundn pox 5'd.s lindsay watts joins us with the details. >>reporter: this names schoolas board members curtis valentine and the head of the school board, dr. saw gunk eubanks.bank it happens to do on a study they wanted to do on why parents aren't choosing prince george'si county. itng's cost $120,000.t the money is slated to go to an outside firm, but a firm headed > for prince george's county former county school board member if it doesn't smell right it deserves a second look. i said, let me do some more research. a d.c. research company wasse commissioned to daro the surveyt $10,000 per focus group, thehe work wasn't cheap. but stood out to fletcher wasn't he so much the cost, but the b company on board. a company where a am toker boar member is a senior partner. crazy. we signed an agreement if you're a board member that once you're off the board you cannot haveann any business and you cannotanno employed with the board.e > and that stands for one year. fletcher's complaint highlightsm there was nopl bidding

fox's lindsay watts has the story from woodbridge, virginia. >> it may look like madness at this woodbridge home. but there is a message here. >> all of the parent save all of their newspapers. and they donated them to me today. >> she is after the sunday coupons. getting help sorting them from her two boys, and some neighborhood kids, too. >> they love to help. >> lauren's been feeding the needy for a few years now. but it reached the point where she couldn't afford it. and that's where the coupons come in. >> i was able to get both of these items for free. 28 cents a bag. so i'm going to coupon like crazy for these meatballs. >> i was able to get these toaster strewed else for free. i think i probably have close to maybe 50 boxes down in here. >> when she realized when was possible? >> some meals, it will be maybe 5 cents per meal. >> she ups the and tee. vowing to feed 30,000 people by next september. her 30th birthday. >> when i realize that i was able to get food for free or close to free, i just new that that was going to be my golden ticket. >> we sat down with her as she found her l