lets he ' get right to lindsay watts who is live on the scene with the latest. hey, lindsay. >>reporter: lauren and marina here is what know so far. at around eight:45 tonight he three people were shot in a park, two of the victims died and a third was seriously injured. we are on north picket street just off the duke street in alexandria and the park where this occurred is where you see all the flashing lights. it's called veterans park. in just the last two minutes we've found out from police that they are not search ing for any suspects. they believe this incident was confined to the park and that there is no threat to the community. so that is the very latest update show you some video from when we first arrived here, a huge police presence at that time, alexandria police were using the fairfax county police helicopter to look for potential suspects. i can tell you just about 20 minutes ago a woman came up to where we were tanningment she was in tears. she aid that's my son. she said her son was among those killed. she was with a teen boy and they left with police. she di

fox 5 lindsay watts is following the story >> this new information comes from an e-mail we've obtained. that was sent by a prince george's county high school employee to the firm conducting the investigation into alleged grade fixing. it says before investigates were scheduled to visit her school, that she and other employees spent all day and all night getting student files in order. specifically, making sure credit tallies added up for seniors who graduated in the last two years. she said her school got a tip from another school that those tallies were a key part of the investigation. in the e-mail to investigators, she said schools were calling around to other schools to get they will done before you all came. she also writes that as they work on those tallies, they found students who should not have graduated because they did not meet the core requirements for graduation, woman who sent the e-mail did not want to be named and she didn't even want her school named for fear that she would be identified. she sent the e-mail to the consulting form conducting the investigation as well a

tonight parents, students and but they don't believe the allegations against him, fox5 lindsay watts is live at the student tonight. >>reporter: i've never seen a show of support quite like this after an allegation of child sex abuse. frank pug rita's wife was among them. people made signs them. were comforting each other and everyone we spoke to said these allegations just can't be true. police, though, say otherwise and court documents reveal specifically what led to this arrest. words just don't describe happening. it doesn't even feel real right now. i feel like this is all all a nightmare. he's practically my dad. et cetera ' my godfather. i trust him with everything. he's taught them self defense for years, but after frank p pug rita's arrest it's his students who are defending him. when i heard that he was arrested all i really wanted to do was just cry because i have known him since i was four. jennifer santos is 15 years oacialgd the same age as the girl who i sas pug rita abused her here the at the studio. according to arrest records the girl says back in may pug rita rubbe

fox5's lindsay watts is live with new action is that being taken that could do just that and it's a story you'll see first here on fox5. >>reporter: one of the big things that the metro workers union is wanting to he see happies for all assaults on transit workers to be considered felonies. so we went to d.c. leaders today to find out would they support this and we found that at least two council members are already working to make it a reality. it has been open season on transit workers at metro. there have been 67 assaults on bus drivers so far this year according to metro. on were threatened with guns. on october 3, an operator had a knife pulled on him. and of course there was the woman who threw urine on her driver. an attack considered only a misdemeanor. in some cities all assaults on bus drivers are considered felony oh offense he we are proposing legislation worker. councilman tray on white as he wants the increased penalties to protect drivers in the district. we have to make sure we put ram p if i education s in place to protect these workers. >> white isn't alone. i'll be intr

fox5's lindsay watts is live with what's being done. lindsay. >>reporter: tony, after that gathering today of metro workers and union leaders, we went to d.c. council members to find out would they support making all assaults on transit workers automatic felonies and what we found out is that at least two d.c. council members are already working on legislation that would do just that. it has been open season on transit workers at metro. there have been 67 assaults on bus drivers so far this year according to metro. on september 15, two operators were threatened with gunsment on october 3 an operator had a knife pulled on him. a course there was the woman who threw urine on her driver an attack considered only a misdemeanor. in some city ts all assaults on bus drivers are considered felony offense he. so we are proposing legislation called the transit act of 2017. wants the increased penalties to protect drivers in the district when their lives are in jeopardy equally yours is in jeopardy. we have to make sure we put ramificationses in place to p

that's where we find lindsay watts. >>reporter: ashante billy graduated from wise in 2016 and earlier dozens of her former classmates came here to remember her. they described ashante as outgoing and kind. she was on the sedans team. also part of r otc. after high school she moved to the norfolk area on go to culinary school. people we talked to tonight say they have no idea who would do this to her . i just can't believe this happened to her. former classmates remain in disbelief. they say ashante billy was the girl at school everybody loved, someone with so much ambition. billy was out tanning. billy not fair. she was supposed to& go to school, open a restaurant and have kids. just things like this are not supposed to havment the last time we know of that ashante was seen alive was nearly two weeks ago on monday, september 18. she arrived to this norfolk millions try base early in the morning for work. she had recently been hired as an assistant manager at a blimpy 's job. just 30 minutes after she arrived surveillanc

lindsay watts. fox 5 local news. >>> >>> police need your help tracking down three masked men who assaulted and robbed a woman at gunpoint near the wheaton mall. detectives believe these followed a woman from the food court into a star well. we will have much more only investigation, a closer look at those image puts coming up tonight in a live report at 10:30. dc police need your help identifying a person of interest in robbery in northeast. investigators say the victim and suspect arranged to meet through an online dating ap. suspect attacked the victim and stole his money. marina marraco is live at police headquarters now with the latest. marina. >> reporter: police have a victim and they believe they know exactly where the crime took place. but tonight, dc police asking for the public's assistance in identifying this man, they're call him a person of interest. someone who they believe set up his victim by luring them to meet up via a dating ap. police won't say which of the social media tools th

lets he ' get right to lindsay watts who is live on the scene with the latest. hey, lindsay. marina here is what know so far. at around eight:45 tonight he three people were shot in a park, two of the victims died and a third was seriously injured. we are on north picket street just off the duke street in alexandria and the park where this occurred is where you see all the flashing lights. it's called veterans park. in just the last two minutes we've found out from police that they are not search ing for any suspects. they believe this incident was confined to the park and that there is no threat to the community. so that is the very latest update

fox 5 is getting involved with efforts across the dmv >> lindsay watts is at the humane rescue alliance making toys for rescue animals. >> reporter: sarah and marina, we have a great group from the 21 it's century fox volunteering the human rescue lined is an we're making toys for the rescued animals using a few items, i want to bring in david smith and tell me about your little friend here >> this is vesa, two months old, found by animal control officers. she's ready to be adopted looking for her forever home >> i note animals need something to play with, especially in circumstances like this and these are expensive to go to the store and buy it. >> absolutely. we have to get them enriched. we can't with them 24 hours. that's why we need so many, one toy for each animal is great. >> reporter: how many animals >> several hundred, we adopt out about 445 animal as month. here at the human rescue realliance, we built families and we have a wide variety of programs to support those relationships, it's grt. a pet, this desperate place to come. what are volunteer opportunities people coming a

fox five lindsay watts is live in the district with details. >>reporter: a union representative for drivers says he fears somebody is going to lose their life if more than isn't done to prevent these kinds of attacks. there have been dozens of attacks on metro bus drivers in this past year. in just a little over a month we have seen a driver doused with yeurn, another sprayed with juice and now threatened with a knife while all behind the wheel . an afternoon pickup on eighth metro bus driver fearing for his life. we talked to him and he said i'm glad to go home to my family. as the bus doors opened on the x2 line the driver says he saw a guy whos has been a problem before, a known fair evader shall also arrested this summer accused of fighting at a metro station. the gentleman came on the bus, refused to pay his fair and pulled a knife on the operator. according to the police report, the suspect allegedly told the driver rkts i'll kill you you the next time i see you. police say when they later arrested him he continued to make threats. while

lindsay watts is live with the latest. >>reporter: this shooting happened just a few blocks from campus at this home over here on rhode island avenue, a group of students live here h. for the most part they have not been interested in speaking, but i did talk to one guy who came out earlier and he sayses that the two victims didn't actually live here. he wouldn't elaborate about what happened last night, but he did tell me that both victims are doing all rightment they're continuing to recover. we'll show you some video from soon after this hasmed it was around eight:20 yesterday evening when police got the call . they say when they arrived they found two male students who were hurt. one shot, a second who was assaulted . both were taken to the hospital with injuries that weren't life threatening. they don't appear to be a random crime, but to this point they haven't had any information about a motive or su pects. the suspect pes were seen running towards the metro station. we watched police were in and out of the house. b

fox5's lindsay watts live in college park with the latest. lindsay. >>reporter: reporter lauren and marina, this shooting happened just a few blocks off the university of maryland campus. it happened last night at this home here on rhode island avenue . we are just a little l ways from fraternity row. quiet here now as you can see. we'll show you you some video, though, from last night. police were called around eight:20. we talked to a student who lives nearby who says he heard the this they were fire crackers. both students who were hurt are expected to be okay. the one man who was shot and a second who was assaulted. i just checked in with prince george's county police and i'm told that there are no updates on who did this. investigators are continuing to try to track down those suspects. they were last seen running towards the college park metro station, according to the university of maryland police. the neighbor who heard the shots says he also saw the suspects sprinting away. he say s police got here quickly. listen. >> it was pretty interestin

fox5's lindsay watts joins us now with that new footage a. >>reporter: shawn and tony, we just got this video into the news roomment take a look at this. you can see the car enter ing the people are standingment people are franticment we'll give you a closer look at this video now, just devastatingment this happened in upper marlboro. the car yashed through the wall of a restaurant. there was about 30 people inside. around one:15 today at babes boys' tavern. people inside said it felt and sounded like a bomb went off. prince george's county fire seven of the nine people injured were taken to the hospital and two of those victims have serious yourself. the fire department says there just happened to be some first responders in the restaurant having lunch when this happened so they were able to start giving people medical attention before paramedics arrived. fox5 spoke to the woman that you can see come crashing in here. this isód$ what she says happened. o you you know what happened? coming out of this and i was slowing down and my brakes went

for now live in northwest, lindsay watts, fox5 locks news. >> i know you said he did run into some other cars. do we know if anyone was injured in this incident? >> no, we haven't heard about any injuries at all, arlington police just let us know that there were few cars that were so far we haven't heard about any injuries. >> i want to see what everybody saw, but still pretty big police scene, still cop cars are here, that suspect vehicle, over there, at least what we believe is the suspect still a lot of information, and have more for you tonight. >> very good, reporting from northwest washington, thank you. >> maryland family is grieving and looking for answers. their daughter was in miami celebrating her 22nd birthday last weekend when police shot and killed her. >> now, investigators say the officer opened fire after cariann hithon, sped off and hit another police officer. live in bowie where her family lives, paul? >> reporter: hey, tony, sean, yes, here in bowie we talked to her father this morning neighborhood. you'll hear from him in just a minute. he told us today that she turn

fox5's lindsay watts is live in the district tonight with the latest details. >>reporter: shawn, a union richt for drivers says he fears somebody is going to lose their life if more isn't done to prevent incidents like this. so far this year there have been dozens and did you dozens of attacks on metro bus drivers. in a little over a month we have seen a dwriefer doused with yeurn, and another threatened with a knife all while behind the wheel on the road. an afternoon pickup on h street northeast left a metro bus driver fearing for his life. i'm just glad to be able to go home to my family. as the bus doors opened on the x2 line the driver says he saw a guy who has been a problem fair evader also arrested this summer accused of fighting at a metro station. the gentleman came on the bus, refused to pay his fair and pulled a knife on the prepare. according to the police report, the suspect allegedly told the driver i'll kill you the next time i see you . police say when they later arrested him he tipped to make threats. while over all crime is down on metro assa

lindsay watts is live tonight in upper marlboro with the update. >>reporter: we've learned the numbers are significant down when it comes to prince george's county school staff on leave accused of abuse and misconduct ment here's the latest ,s as of last week there were 40 employees on leave accused of misconduct. compare that to 299 when we did our initial report on this back in april and then that huge number of 850 employees on leave accused of misconduct for all of last school year. we have done multiple open records requests to get the numbers on this. we found out the district sment $10 million paying staff on leave last school year, a nearly 1500 percent increase over the school year before that. this all stemmed from strict new policies put in place after of some high cases in prince george's county they something had to be done to correct a culture of underreport ing abuse. staff members told us what resulted was teachers being pulled from classrooms for minor incidents like accidentally touching a student or breaking up a fight. the stude

lindsay watts live tonight with an update. >>reporter: lauren and marina this shooting happened just a few blocks from campus at this home over here on rhode island avenue. a group of students lives here. for the most part they have not been interested in speaking. i did talk to one guy who came out earlierment \he\e he says that the two victims do not live here. he wouldn't elaborate on what happened here last night. he can say that the vices times ever continuing to improve. we'll show you some video from soon after this havmentd police say they got the call around eight: 20 last night. they say when they arrived they saw two male students, one was shot, a second was aall thed. both were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening. police say this doesn't appear to be a random crime, but they haven't release any information about a motive or suspects. the suspects were spotted wrunning towards the metroization according to investigators. we watched last night as police were in than a out of the home. t

and "fox5" lindsey watts asking why tonight, lindsay, what did you find out. >> sarah this investigation is going on more than a month now and supposed to be finished in a few weeks and to this point prince george county school administration has not notified staff about how to reach investigators. just for background, months ago, several school board members contacted the governor asking for this investigation. telling him there's widespread fraud to boost the high school graduation rate to the detriment of students that didn't erin their diploma. they have been pushing to hot line and email to investigation firm to teachers and other staff and asking where was it sent to media outlets like us not directly to staxt ed burrows school board member. >> i'm still meeting teachers today, to this day that don't realize the hot line number has already been made public and is available for them. >> tonight the school district is saying it believes the coverage on "fox5"and i few other outlets is enough to alert staff. they're not planning to put anything out. school ceo dr. kevin maxwell contin

lindsay watts live in upper marlboro now with that update. lindsay. >>reporter: shawn and sarah, we have learned the numbers are significantly down when it comes to prince george's county school county employeeses on leave accused of child abuse and misconduct. here's the latest. as of last week there were 40 employees on leave accused much misconductment compare that to 299 when we did our initial report on this in april. and then for all of last school year there were about 850 employeeses on leave accused of have done multiple open records requests to get all of this information and we found out the district spent $10 million payit school year and nearly 1500 percent increase over the school year before that. this all stemmed from strict new policies put in place after some high profile child abuse cases in prince george's county. school officials said something had to be done to correct a culture of underreporting abuse but staff members told us what resultedded was teachers being pulled from classroomses, sometimes for months for minor incidents

lindsay watts is live with the latest tonight.>reporter: frank pug rita a has owned this karate studio for a decade. a 15 year old girl he taught here tells police inside the studio he touched her inappropriate and tried to kiss her. tonight pug rita is being held without bofnltd meantime his students gathered at the studio in a show of support. among them teen girls who say pug rita has taught them since they were little and they don't believe he could have done this pug rita a's wife and some employees were here as l well. montgomery county police say they believe their thr could be additional victims in this case and they want information to contact them. there's in you details in the death of abu i woman shot and killed by police while celebrating her2 two birthday in miami. the officer she's accused of hitting was accused release from the hospital. a traffic stop in virginia turned into a police chase and ended with a crash in the district. arlington police tried to pull over a jetta vogues waggen much the driver didn't stop

lindsay watts spoke to the family and is live with more, lindsay. >> jim and sarah, this say 1-month-oldolen yesterday. we'll show you a photo. the name is haeven. d.c. police put out this picture in hopes that someone will come forward with information. i talked to heaven's owner who was held up at gun point. a car pulled up a 'man he never seen before got out with a gun and told him to hand over the dog. they're hoping someone will help get their puppy back. >> al police are investigating a triple shooting that left two men dead an a third person injured. it happened last night in the 6200 block of h street norm west. this is bright wood neighborhood. d.c. police are looking for a black bmw and three suspects in connection with shooting and no word yet on motive behind it. >> loudoun county sheriff department is looking into reports of two suspicious people in bedroombleton area on friday a woman approached mother in a park and asked questions about kids and tried to reach for one of them. an monday a little boy heard someone talking about him. >> president trump hit the road in pennsy

lindsay watts shows us in a story you you will see only on fox5. and suddenly to my surprise, it's the holiday where people love to push the limits. but raising the ked can race the question, how far is too far? a woman in large audience plate oh was stopped in her tracks by this. i mean this is really rubbed me the wrong wayment i'm just sayingment i'm not really feeling this. i'm not. she posted a video on social media and contacted fox5. so we went to charles county for a closer look. it's not meant to offend anyone. nancy jones her daughter and grandchildren, a family that obviously loves halloween. they're still in the process of decorating inside as well as out. jones says these were just hung up earlier in the week and so far no one has contacted her with complaints. anything you say to people driving by, see the bodies on the trees and say too much? >> when i first saw them i start ed laughing saying okay we're going big time now. don't be so up tight about everything people do. but you're entitled to your opinion. opinions ran the gambia t

i can't wait until she's done. >> reporter: lindsay watts, fox5 local news. >> question is, is it toowell i haven't seen worse. [ laughter ] >> still her house. now you know if you're in that area you know with 100% certainty that's what they're doing. >> it will be down by thanksgiving. >> all right. we think. >> we'll see. >> okay. check in with mike thomas at 8:35. nothing scary about the forecast today, mike. >> absolutely gorgeous. hard to complain about anything that will happen in the weather department later on today. satellite/radar showing nothing. live shot beautiful blue skies already with sun advising in the sky. 48 your current number here in washington. certainly a chilly start in fact look at the suburbs hanging out in the 30s. 39 for gaithersburg. culpeper 37 degrees. 30s off to the north and west as well. your two-day forecast here in d.c. sunny, bright, beautiful and by the afternoon hours comfortable. start each day on off on the chilly side. 71 degrees later on today. by tomorrow afternoon temperatures just a little bit warmer. if he degrees. we'll keep that trend

watts is live at d.c. headquarters with more, lindsay. >> tony the man would was held up at gun point yesterday says he was walking done the street with puppy when a car pulls up out of nor. a guy he's never seen before got out with gun and demand the he hand over the dog. d.c. police are now trying to find that pup and get her back to her family. >> we had her a week now. she's a very playful doling dog. us with and spoiled. >> heven a pit bull puppy only a month old. >> we want our dog bag. >> heaven's owners didn't want to be identified foyer their own safety, palm roy road their dog was taken at gunpoint. >> silver four door car black tipt guy hopped out of passenger side came around basically he wanted dog he didn't ask for cash or cellphone or anything just wanted the dog. i'm glad i'm alive. >> heaven is is on a special diet because she's so young. they're worried whoever has her won't provide proper care. >> i'm glad to say that i'm glad it was not my son's life. but can you bring -- give us our dog back. i mean, she was everything to us. >> so keep your kiz out for that dog if you see her, if you

lindsey watts is in the newsroom with the the details on this lindsay. >> tough sorry today, jim and sarah eur h. i confirmed a short time ago xavier young was a senior at high school in for the immediate. they say it was a rough day at school students were crying and heartbroken by this we'll show you where it happened around 11 p.m. saturday at apartment complex on north laurel road in laurel. two people arrested today are 19-year-old luiz or ordernecessitates and francisco rodriguez they're now facing charges as adults charming including murder and assault. >> investigators saying violence stemmed from a drug deal. suspects met with the victim and altercation broke out and shot was fired from a car window striking young. i spoke to a neighborhood who heard that gun shot and saw the aftermath. >>. >> i saw them try to revive hem and then the ambulance showed up and tried to put him in the ambulance and revive him as well. >> i feel sorry for everything and that i don't understand why people do this stuff. >> hug your family and kids a little tighter tonight because you never know.

"fox5" lindsey watts was on the scene right after this happened last night. she is live in alexandria right now with the latest. lindsay. >> reporter: tony, the shooting happened here in all veterans park north picket street off duke street here in alexandria. this has been a really shocking crime for neighbors because this is a popular area right by biking and running trails. police say this is where a 19-year-old man shot and killed a 17-year-old girl, and shot and jrd a 15-year-old boy and then killed himself. we'll show you video now. we've about speaking with neighborhoods and they tell us the crime happened at this picnic table in the park and i also talked to a friend of the 17-year-old victim. she says it was girl's exboyfriend that did this and she says the surviving 15-year-old was girl's family member. alexandria police are only confirming that the victims and suspect knew each other and investigators don't believe played any role here. this happened around 8:45 last night. you see in the video there was a massive police presence. initially there was a search going on with shooter and later police realized o